In the centre is a Timex watch I bought 2 days back on an impulse, when I went to collect my old black watch after servicing. It is not the kind of watch a 30+ mother of two should be wearing but I couldnt resist it. It is baby pink - the kind young college-going girls should be wearing. But I guess I was feeling as if I were back in college after watching Classmates movie on dvd last Sunday. It showed an era when I was in college, so it was easy to relate to it. And I never thought a dvd would affect me as much as watching a film in theatre would. Such was the power of the movie, I should say.
V liked it and has offered to pay the credit bill for it when I told him it was my (advance) birthday treat to myself.
But I particularly like my black watch, which I had got with my first salary in 1995 in Delhi. Coincidentally for the same price as my new one - Rs. 995. That was a period when watches were dearer, now the younger generation wears use-and-throw ones that are easy on the wallet.
The gold-stapped one was a farewell gift from my old office in Delhi but I have not been wearing it much every since I changed the leather strap for a metal one. I had overlooked the fact that I was allergic to many metals - save for gold and silver - when I did that.
The latter two belong to the Titan family, which revolutionised the watch industry in India. Until then I had a boring-looking HMT watch which my dad got me when I was in high school. Nowadays kids in kindergarten sport fashionable-looking watches but in those days one didnt own a watch until one was 12-13 years old! That reminds me, Ash might want a watch and a mobile phone when he starts school in June!
V just called to say that a letter has come from UCA school stating that Ash has got admission to LKG!
6 comments:
I like the pink watch and we should wear what makes us happy:> good for Ash!!
hi, congrats to Ash and parents..!
the black looks familiar to me.. seen u wear it quite a few times..?
i like pink,light colors etc.. though ,if a watch i will go for no idea..till i get tempted..!!!!!!
Enjoy it.. advance b'day wishes.
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cheers to ash.
and do wear the pink one more often!!
and when is your bday btw??
about a month later! thanks for all the congrats for ash. :)
good watch and even better that you could buy it on impulse. I had a look at the watches in the titan showroom in Delhi but couldnt really buy much within my narrow constraints of designs and budget.
I always think of buying a second watch but never actually buy one till my current watch breaks apart or gets lost (I lost the last one down the bath drain in the UK). These days, with mobile phones, one never misses watches too much.
Do you still have the watch you got when you left MGH?
Love,
Kochumon
Yes. I have it tho I hardly use it now.
Remember we went and got the black one together? And also changed the leather strap for a gold strap?
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