KajuSandy

I am very fond of reading blogs. Some of them have got me addicted to them. But whenever the thought of starting/ updating this blog came, my mind went blank. Could not think of anything I could write about.

And suddenly today, it struck me there are sooooo many memories, so many ideas, so many thoughts that I can go on and on.

And the latest realization being, I should write about the most asked question to me: why Kajusandy? what does it stand for? Did you love "Kaju" as a kid or did you boyfriend named Sandy gift you lotsa Kaju.. and it would go on and on.. It was in college that I was even confused with a guy named Sandy (got a message on yahoo from his friend, which was obviously not meant for me). Over the years, I have grown so fond of it and also, I was proud that I had a different/ unique Yahoo ID..:)

Well it was a name given to me by my sister L and there are reasons for this name. This is actually 2 names: Kaju and Sandy. Kaju was because to my sister (and to a few others), I resembled the actress Kajol (I guess it had to do somethign with my brows meeting at the centre etc etc). I was named Kaju and my other sister V, Pista (to go with the flow), though these names were never used as such. (A trivia here: there is this site where you can match your face to celebrities, and Kajol was actually one of the matches.. I know Kajol, I made your day and you feel beautiful... But then, you are beautiful..heheh)

Now coming to Sandy, there is an interesting story behind my deserving the very prestigious name..:)).. I was studying in Trichy and my sister L was working in Bangalore. I used to be nicely pampered everytime I visited her. (Snippet: I still am more comfortable going to those restaurants, beauty parlor, shops which were introduced to me by her. Another thing which comes to my mind is, she will make sure to get me Ferrero Rocher cos she knew I loved them, so much so that till today, special dabbas of those come for me from US). So, coming back to the story, it's obvious that I would hop on to a train/ bus to come to B'lore at any given opportunity.
Long long time ago, I boarded a train (Tanjore- Mysore express) and as the smart ones would have guessed from the name, the last stop was Mysore (and not Bangalore) . Being the "Kumbhakarna" that I was, I kept dreaming and dreaming, not realising when Bangalore East- Cant- Central came and went. (also, being the introvert that I am, no one in the train knew I was to get off at Bangalore). And when the sleeping beauty finally arose, the train was way off Bangalore.. the chugging off at great speed towards Mysore... Luckily for me, it stopped at a crossover (is this the right word??), and I jumped off (only after somebody told me that there is a passenger which would take me to Bangalore.. otherwise, I was too happy to go to Mysore..:)).. (Snippet: I still preserve that passenger train's ticket: that was definitely one journey to remember!!). I came back to Bangalore, only to find my sister unpertubed (still wonder why.. luckily for me, she had not come to the station to receive me).. After narrating the story to her, she went to office... and guess what I did.. I went back to my dreamland.. yes, I slept.. and slept till she came back from work..(wowow!!).. And thus I got the suffix to my other nick name. Sandy was cos in hindi SAAAND means an ox.

It still did not become official. I was baptised the very next day, when I got my first email ID created. Yahoo had already given my name as a username to somebody else. We kept trying a variety of permutations and combinations, when my genius sister thought of trying if "Kajusandy" was avaiable.. and abrakadabra.. It very much was...

Thanks didi (it so sounded weird at that time, but I love the name... and sadly for me, that account of mine got hacked and could never retrieve it..sob sob) for all the memories...
But that was not the end of it.. If you realise, the blog (read the name) is a tribute to that long lasting memory..:)