He has gone through lots of struggles as a young boy. Earning for his studies and still managed to be a top ranker. A man who taught us the definition of Honesty. He is a Hard working person. My dad was working in a public sector where employees are flooded with money during internal elections. I mean the nominees bribe people with about 1000 to 500 bucks,parties n even gold coins (sounds interesting hahn??) But my dad never takes even 1 pie from any of them. We are so proud of him. I would like to mention one small incident here which had a great impact on me.During such an election at his work place.. I had been to my friends place where my friends mother whose husband is my fathers colleague told me that her husband got about 2000 bucks so far(she was very happy coz thatz 'extra' money) and that one of the nominee was giving away a gold coin too. She was trying to be very generous by saying that her husband has reserved 1 gold coin for my dad as my dad was on leave. Here comes the best part.. I told her "Auntie yenga appa adellam vanga matanga. Avangaluku pudikadu" (Auntie, My dad doesn't take bribes. He never likes it)You guys missed the dumb struck reaction on her face.hehe.. He is one of those few people who never likes to sit idle and get paid for it. Instead he works hard and finishes his work on time.
He is our best friend. My parents give equal importance to both of us. I pester my dad a lot. He has lotsv patience. The moment we come home.. we start our regular routine of commenting on all wat had happened from morning till evening. Be it having stupid fights with friends or doing something naughty in class. Everything that is. Seriyana Blade poduvom. My mom will escape into the kitchen but my poor dad will not be spared. The best part is that he gets involved into the conversation. He gives us so many surprises :-) be it buying a sofa or a bike or a cot. He never tells us before hand. Not to mention that he is one great cook. Experiments nallavey pannuvaru. But surprisingly its very tasty. When he is with us,he is just an another kid. We fight, we play, we irritate mom.. Its Fun...
When i was working in Infosys[Love the place..Fond memories..mmm..Now don ask me y did i quit..:-)] I usually come home at 9 or sometime later than that too. It takes 3 hours for me to reach my home as my office is in electronics city and moreover traffic(u know about Bangalore). Also the bus doesn't drop me closer to home so its a routine to call up my dad as im nearing the bus stop. Even before i can come..my Dad will be waiting at the bus stop. No matter how tired or hard the day was for him. He will be there for us. Even if he is in second shift( starts frm 3 P.M to 11 P.M) he takes time off to come out so as to pick us up from the bus stop and drop us home. Ain't he sweet??..He never shows his work pressure at home.
While at home he is always smiling. As i say 'just an another kid'. I love him for that. Oh yeah i have to mention this that while in second shift.. he will always be running about feeding us in the morning coz u see naanga rombo busya ready agitu irupom ;-) [I know seriyana somberinu nenaichirupinga]. When it comes to shopping i take a long time to shop and the only bakra at home is my dad :-). The moment i utter the word shopping everybody runs away. But obviously il pull my dad coz i don want to walk. I want to go by bike. Well that makes my shopping a lil easier ;-)
Its awesome to see my dad smiling. I loove his smile. He will be the first person to encourage us. Even if we hesitate to do something. He encourages us so much that it works wonders. One of his best character is his habit of keeping things neatly and in order. He doesnt like things misplaced. He was always proud of us for what we did and it was very nice to see the proudness on his face.. be it joining a nice college or getting placed in a good organization or getting laurels. We would to anything to see the happiness on his face. He always ahd confidence on us and that his daughters are no less then men.
For what we are today the only reason behind it,.. is my lovely DAD. The things which we learnt form him is something which keeps us going on in life. Not to fear for anything, to be brave, not to expect anything form anybody and many more. He may not be alive now. But he is still afresh in our memories and is still around us. Ever since he passed away its been a roller coaster ride for us. Many people have tried to pull us down. But we were able to stand up strong and the reason again is our DAD. We can still sense him through the people who help us and who are still helping us. He will always be with us. We love him loads and will miss him forever.
He is our Role Model and we are the Luckiest. Love you Daddy...
