I ALWAYS WANTED TO.......... BUT.....

Long back I had a dream, very much ever loved dream of my life thru' which I always wanted to..

• “Buy a piece of land in the prime area for building my dream home. The area around, as on date may look deserted but soon the development comes thru' with a 100 ft road in front of our home and a fleet of buses plying on this road..

• Huge Malls, Multiplexes, a few Food Stores and Hotels sure would come up in this area making it convenient for shopping, movie seeing, guest accommodations, buying groceries and going for weekend eat-outs. And few huge Parks around would sure fit in for evening walks and children's play..

• On home front, the interiors of the house will be laid out with various facilities and conveniences.. As an example.. Our dining table would be laid out in a corner with all facilities for class dining and all at the table can easily watch TV in distance.. 

• The early morning breakfasts, week end lunches, and evening teas, week day dinners well prepared and served on the table so to say are sure going to be a class of their own.. 

• A good Cook working in the kitchen would be an additional attraction here, if one has to make full use of such facilities!”

No doubt, all that ever cherished dream of mine never materialized in full and I had to settle in a moderate flat in a far off place with few home gadgets around.. But looking at the other aspects of our later life it equally was never a regret there as..

• “Age had taken over and movements have come down, travel by bus was left out. Malls and movies.. No interest.. When children and their families visit us, distant Malls and cinema houses are no problem for them..

• One boy is supplying all the essentials to the home direct for a small extra and so Food Stores nearness never matters. The Park nearer is not at all needed as we finish the daily walk in our compound itself. And equally the grand children are not here to take them regularly to park for play..

• The children visit us once in a year and when they come, one will be on office job and the other will be taking us for 'Outing' and dinner.. A few times they come with plans to visit places around and so most of those days we'll be out of the town..

• Equally, guests are rare and even if they come too, they just drop in to say only Hi as none wants to trouble us beyond at this age..

• Knowing well that we don't eat salt, sugar, oil and spices, no cook is ready to do our job.. Instead they say, 'You don’t need a cook.. You only need a help in the kitchen.. You can employ one who'll do those jobs for you!' 

So with almost a bland diet on the plate and that too frugal in quantity, we are not much interested to spread out on the table and instead just settle in our sofa and finish off that silently watching some TV Program as there's not much to talk too between us!”

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Keywords: dream, prime area, home, dining table, cook