5 days 100 slaps

I had assumed wrongly (as always), that Vivan would be nice to me this time. After living as a villager for 5 months in BITS, Pilani, I was more than over confident that my nephew, 1 year 10 months old, would finally have some sympathy for me. But he did not...

Nevertheless, I was still armed with all the toy trains and cars and candies in the world to bribe him whenever he would revolt against me. I was always ready to be singled out in the crowd of people always very eager to entice him by ANY means.

And eventually I did succeed. I was always singled out ! Yes ! The only person to be slapped and yelled at was always me. But I do face stiff competition from strangers. And although the occasion is rare, the thought is comforting.










Anyway, I did have a really nice time in Bangkok carrying all the shopping bags and baby food and surprisingly (really ?) not shopping much for myself yet spending heavily. But I was desperate for a trip outside. One whole semester of imprisonment in my college was becoming more and more intolerable. I know my friends out there will empathize.