Thursday, January 29, 2009

Tea Tale

The music of the meekly splashing waves against the stilts of the water bungalow, the red-orange ball of fire resigning for the day, the school of fish merrily prancing in the warm waters of the Indian ocean - ah! What a sight! What an experience. Together they sat on the wooden deck, sipping on their tea - freshly brewed Ceylone tea - Dilmah tea. She loved the taste- savoring every drop. She dint know if it was his presence, the ambience or the tea. She dint care. She was at peace. "We must buy it when we stop over at Colombo" she said, and true to her words, she bought 3 boxes of it, Ceylone Supreme and Ginger Green tea. She looked forward to drinking it, cherishing it and reliving the moments of bliss that the island had offered. Little did she know that Lady Luck had something else in store. She reached ARId-ZONe and there was no sign of her bag or her well packed, carefully wrapped Dilmah boxes. She was understandably upset and annoyed. Eventually, she got over it. Then one day, she said to him "I wish my bag dint go missing. I could have sipped on some Dilmah" and she continued to chitter-chatter about unimportant things. A week later she received a package. She opened it with utmost curiosity. She loved surprises- so she was sure she was going to love this. When she opened it, she had a wide big smile and lightly moistened eyes. There she saw were 3 big boxes of Dilmah tea - Ceylone supreme and Ginger Green tea. She realized it then - it wasn't the tea or the ambience :).

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Archana, my sweet friend and now my favourite blogger. I was not very fond of reading blogs until i started reading Archana's blogs and I must say I am a big fan of her after reading a few of her blogs.

Of late, waiting for her next blog is like a young lad waiting for the next issue of reader's digest in his mail :).

I have been in a situation where I have lost my baggage. I can sense the feeling of loneliness that creeps inside a person when you see you baggage missing. You feel like you are helpless and have lost something very close to your heart. You look for a person to lean on, but you will find yourself no one to lean on except for the wall beside the baggage claim section.

In this blog, she has captured the emotions that flow though your mind for small things that mean a lot and expressed it in a poetic way. The mystical flavours of love and emotional bonds expressed in the scintillating flavour of the Ceylone tea is simply amazing.

Whenever I have my next cup of tea, I will be reminded of the Teal Tale story.

Krithika said...
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Archana said...

@ Mohi- thx for such generous comments! I am elated!

@ K - Nuttu!

Unknown said...

aahaaa....Nenja tothuttan anbu macchan...!!!!