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*blows nose*..damn the goddamned haze i tell you!..thnks to it i have a freaking BAD cough and running nose..was supposed to meet ash today for brewekrz but beacuse of my cold, i had to stay home...sorry ash!..next time k?..

i was lying in bed this morning and i realised i didn't blog about how my deepavali went..i mean not that it was extremely fun and happening or anything..this deepavali really didn't feel like a festive occasion..it felt like any ordinary day actually..i think the reason why it felt so "normal" or uneventful was because my grandad wasn't around to celebrate it with us..i miss him tremendously...i never realised it before but he really was a big part of why deepavali was so fun for me..

I remember on deepavali mornings how my dad would yell at us to wake up and get changed and rush us to my grandpa's place where my grandma would quickly adorn us with her jewellary while my grandad got his camrea ready to take photos of us in our new outfits..

I remember how my cousins and my sisters would have to stand in the hot sun while my grandad took pictures of us,all the while making fun of the way we stood or scolding us for not smiling properly..he really loved taking photos..without fail,every deepavali from the time i could remember..not this deepavali though..not anymore..

I remember how every deepavali he would sit in his study room and call us all in one by one to secretly give us money so we wouldn't have to put it in our banks..

I remember the jokes he cracked and how he made fun of my grandmother's cooking or dressing or just simply made fun of her..

I remember how he would always be on his chair in front of the TV,waiting to greet me as i entered..

god i miss him...It's going to be a year now...

..till next time fellas...catch you on the flipside...=)