Saturday 21st July, it was the first day of my summer holidays and the day I was waiting for over a year. You know what, pretending to be a good student @ school was very tiring but I got my rewards. For those who know me, can very well tell that I am an average Joe but my school gave me few awards this year and I also got an annual award for my academic performance. I guess I am a good actor (nothing else justifies the certificates), I will check with Siri or Alexa if acting is a good career option. Anyways, more than the accolades coming my way, the best part was Anna didn’t get any annual award :-)
I was hoping for a grand pizza, crisps and chocolate cake party with my mates to kick off my holidays but no-one seemed bothered. Appa was busy working on his laptop, Amma went shopping and Anna disappeared with his friends. I played with my toys and then decided to find solace in Ninja-Go, I binge watched few seasons before my dad realized that I need to be fed. Dad claims to be a MasterChef but all he gave me was a sandwich, the ketchup was better than the sandwich
Mom came back, saw the toys scattered all over the house and gave dad + me a lecture for doing nothing. Appa didn’t respond but Anna told her “don’t be flustered we will spruce it up in no time”. I guess Amma couldn't comprehend what Anna said and the discussion took a wrong turn and Amma ended up banning English @ home.
We have been now instructed to talk only in Hindi @ home and she is damn serious about it. Every sentence we speak in English, we lose 5 minutes of XBOX time. More than 10 sentences a day in English and no crisps for a week..... the damages only get worst. Myself and Anna, tried to protest the new rule and the prohibitive penalties but it hasn't helped. Since we cannot live without crisps and XBOX is our best friend, we decided to follow the orders.
What a start to holidays, isn't it ? Just when I thought no more studies, we have to now learn Hindi ! So no more OMG - Oh My God, till further notice it will be OMB – Oh Mere Bhagwan
