ohh... i would be missing a lot ...

when i decided to move to chennai, it looked very simple... i got a job, better salary, better exposure, so i am moving.... but then it was not just that easy... my beloved wife and children insisted that i should shift the entire family rather than i face the chennai heat all alone... it all took about 4 actual days to get a school admission, to locate a convenient house that is close to school and at the same time in an apartment so it is safe and comfortable etc....

as the days draw close, it was very difficult to leave tiruppur.... a city that has given me so much... it gave me lot of scope and taught me how hard and dedicated work will take one to higher posiitions when i had a 7 day trip to u.k. and the netherlands and over a period of time it extended to another 8 countries in a span of 4 years - i had my entire schooling, my entire carreer, my maximum number of friends, and most of my first and immediate circle of relations etc... the city taught me how to respect people and how to organise things. lots and lots of sweet memories and i felt that i would be missing everything all of a sudden.... i felt very upset when i realised that i would be just another spectator attending the family functions just arriving a day before, missing all the joy and happiness i got when i use to involve myself in organising the functions, looking into minute areas which would need attention.....

with a great amount of ' leaving behind everything ' feeling, i left tiruppur and then it struck me how much my wife and kids will miss the town... we have a beautifull individual house with lot of beautifull plants, a tree that give senbaga poo, a nice sit out and a wonderfull motta maadi.... my wife was never this far away from her parents, my daughter never this far from her both side grandparents, everything just changed all of a sudden....

the feeling grew more for them, as they were received by a very hot weather, an apartment atmosphere which was totally new to them and the initial few days where they found the communication languages different by accent, by respect in words and all these things just rubbed more salt to the wound....

is shifting to a new place this difficult ??? is this right to have so much attachment to the place ??? the answer in my opinion is a big yes.... the house we built 4 years ago was difficult to leave out, the relations around whom our life grew up were difficult to be away from, the city that gave me so much and took me to this stage is unforgettable and difficult to part away.....

any calls i take from tiruppur, any thing i hear from that city, now a days bring big smile and lot of memories...... i knew things will change ... but how long ...... i soon found how to make my kids and my wife feel at home ..... so we went to ......