Happy Vishu!

വിഷു ആശംസങള്‍ (Vishu Aashamsugal) to all the Malayalees reading this! And Happy Tamil New Year too. Both belated, of course. Heheh..This year, both festivals fall on the same day,yesterday. I am pretty sure that many non-hindu's might be confused now. You might be thinking that Deepavali is not until at least 7 or 8 months later. Well, yah. But Deepavali isn't our New Year as many of my friends had previously thought. I shall not go into that now.
However, Vishu, or the Malayalee New Year is. And one aspect of the New Year I had always been fascinated about is the ritual called Vishu kani. It actually means The Lucky Sight. My aunty, for the past few years, had made us wake up in the morning of Vishu and told us to go straight to the prayer room with our eyes closed. Only until were we in the room could we open our eyes and view this arrangement of flowers, jackfruit, gourds, coconuts, mangoes, gold jewellery, coins, and a mirror. If we have viewed this arrangement of Vishu Kani, it is believed to bring good fortune and properity to the viewer.

So this year was no different. All preparations were made for Vishu the night before. However, I was stolen of my lucky sight. All because of Sister #1, The Grinch Who Stole My Vishu. There I was sleeping when I heard a voice, apparently reading from a letter of some sort. I heard my name, I heard NIE and some sort of acceptance offer for a degree course there. So I woke up and took the letter from her and looked at it. OOPS! Huge mistake! There went my good fortune and prosperity for the rest of the year! I thought maybe a few minutes wouldn't matter, so I made my way to the prayer room still, hoping for a few months worth of good luck, at least.

Coming back to the letter. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I applied for the NIE course for fun, if you can recall. So I went for the interview. I did not think that I would be granted a place there. Anyways, I am still not going for it. Yah, the same reasons I cited the last time. Why haven't NTU sent any of the letters yet, either acceptance or rejection?? I have a life you know?? Other decisions to make?? If the latter comes in, I have two choices. One would be to try again after NS, and the other is to start looking for suitable courses in Australia. After the somewhat re-assurance from my father yesterday, maybe I can gradually, but not with high hopes, lay some ground for this option.