First and foremost in my bucket
list is to get free of corona around us. Every one of us should be free and
happy to roam around.
*vegetable markets in Chennai are
mostly in open spaces. That’s the biggest advantage and it helps many people to
gather at one place and buy their vegetables. The open place will become crowded
by evenings, when many drop to buy vegetables after their office hours or while
getting back home. Those vegetables are fresh and cheap when compared to the
packed ones in super markets. Buyers can check each vegetable individually.
Pick it up, check whether it has cuts, bruised, rotten or damaged, then we can
weigh it, check the weight, adjust those little grams of ups and downs in weight,
calculate and then pay. Sometime we get lucky, the seller will reduced the cost if you
buy a kg of the vegetable. Many freebies like curry leaves, pudinas (mint),
coriander leaves or greens are given. I’m right now missing all these. The
first thing post corona is to visit the vegetable market and shop my favourite
vegetables hand- picked by me.
* Next comes the visit to the Library,
during boring afternoons I make a visit to the near- by Library and I don’t
make any serious reading. But my favourite at afternoon are Magazines, the
whole collection of magazines stacked up in the rack makes me happy. The colour
attracts me first, next the cover image. I pick the most attractive and
interesting one and leisurely turn the pages. I will stop just to read the eye
catching titles. I focus more on entertainment and interiors of the house. I look at the advertisements of brands in the fashion industry. I will try to buy the best
products in the category. Almost 18 months passed by, that I missed my
afternoon treat. This is the second item in my bucket list.
* Post corona and free of the
virus, I’m eagerly waiting to attend a LlVE concert of carnatic or instrumental
music. Watching our favourite stars performing live is a joy that words cannot
express. Start early for the concert to catch the front row of seats when
bookings are not allowed. It’s just “ALL ARE WELCOME, in that scenario we need
to be early, it’s a first come first serve basis. Settling down in the first
few rows , that itself is half done. There will be variety of audience there,
dressed well, some are gorgeous and others quite simple. People of different
ages, many humming their favourite tunes or Alaplana of the raga. Mostly they
expect those ragas inclusion in the performance. We happen to see many
stalwarts, VIPs and politicians and many others in lime light along with the
common people. They all seat in their reserved ones. Many gather there for the
auto graphs. Within some time, everything becomes quite. The curtains go up and
a huge round of applause from the whole audience. The artists bow and thank and
get into their work. Ah! How amazing it will, to be in that environment.
Complete serenity! Looking forward to one such in the near times.
* One of the wish from my bucket list is
started through swayam. I have joined in two of the courses. One has started
and the other will begin at a later date. The Swayam portal is authentic and
genuine in every way for online courses https://swayam.gov.in/
* Plans to attend the virtual book launch of my
favourite writer Ruskin Bond on 25 th July https://www.ruskinbond.in/event-details/tales-from-my-heart-a-heart-to-heart-conversation-with-ruskin-bond-a-book-to-your-home
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Hope you achieve them all! Loved reading the post and wished I had a library nearby too!
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