It was yet another lazy Sunday morning and I was curling smaller and smaller on the mat when suddenly the door bell rang. I carried myself on reluctant legs to open the door partially to have a peek at the intruder who turned out to be an unrepentant elderly woman clutching a Bible.
I tried to explain to her in my elementary Korean that "I no Korean, single man, no woman in house you try next door Ajummani.....err..."
.....suddenly I heard a beautiful voice saying;
"Good morning"!
I opened my eyes wide to see if the Ajummani indeed spoke those words to see her moving aside and letting her companion take over the task of convincing the alien. I opened the door wider and offered a beaming smile to the tall and beautiful young lady who definitely appeared to have good news for sinful single aliens leading irresponsible lives among the hermits. She introduced herself and spoke in fluent English about a magazine she was carrying which she wanted me to subscribe. She asked me what my language was and showed me an article in Hindi, asking "this one?", I replied in the negative and took the magazine from her. There was the same article in Tamil too, but not in Malayalam. I told her that my Mother tongue is missing from the list. She said:
"I am sorry, I will search for the article in your language and bring it for you next Sunday."
I smiled approvingly, bade them good bye and forgot about it.
Next Sunday I had a letter in my letter box, accompanied by a magazine, which asked me;
"Why Do People Do Bad Things?"
and the letter from Ms. Young
What if I weighed in just 65 kg all my adult life?
Mein Bhi Ban Gayaa Mr. India!!
Have Wonderful Days you all....
Sincerely.....
forever young ;)
