Adventures in Kerala

After completing a stressful, exciting and exhilarating one year MBA from SP Jain Dubai –Singapore, I decided to take a refreshing holiday in Kerala to recover, so Mum and I packed our bags and headed to Calicut.

On my first day at my ancestral house, I awoke to hysterical screams from mum who was clearly distraught. On further probing, I was able to find out that she had ventured into the bathroom only to be greeted by a flying frog. No idea how the frog managed to get into the bathroom but there it was, merry as ever, jumping on the buckets and generally having a gala time, while mum was clearly troubled. Mum asked whether I had become braver after going to B school and once it was established that I was still as frightened as ever of frogs, let alone the flying variety, we locked the bathroom door and went in search of someone who was braver than the both of us.

The first person we chanced upon was our maid, Anna Kutty who on hearing about our predicament was genuinely concerned and accompanied us to the bathroom to help get rid of the creature who had dared to invade our home and our peace of mind. She bravely marched into the bathroom and searched high and low for the frog but the frog had done the vanishing act and was nowhere to be found. She declared the bathroom a safe zone and emerged. Mum decided to be brave and went for a bath, she finished her bath without any excitement.

Then it was my turn, I gingerly entered the bathroom and looked around, somehow I was not convinced that the frog had left, call it the sixth sense or whatever but I could feel those little beady eyes looking at me, I just couldn’t figure out from where. I then decided to fill water in one of the buckets so I turned on the hot water tap and just as I was going to touch the cold water tap, I saw a pair of bulging beady eyes staring at me! There was the frog happily sitting on the cold water tap. I don’t think I’ve ever screamed so loudly in my entire life!

The good part was, that it galvanised the entire household into action, my mum came running, closely followed by my saviour, Anna Kutty and my grand aunt who is deaf in one ear. I had exited the bathroom in record speed and was sitting shivering on the bed, I’m sure I could have qualified for a Guinness record! Then Anna Kutty bravely entered the bathroom and tried to catch the frog, mum decided to help her by giving her a bucket to catch the frog in, but just as she opened the door to help Anna Kutty, the terrified frog jumped on the bucket. Mum threw the bucket and ran for her life in the process falling and bruising her self. So those of you, who thought I was disgracefully accident prone, please note that it’s hereditary!

Anyway the frog was finally caught and disposed off after about half an hour. I was weak with fright by then and had to take a small nap before I was able to proceed for a bath again. And even then I kept looking around the whole time that I was having a bath expecting flying frogs to come leaping out of no where! So much for a relaxing holiday in Kerala !