It felt so strange. We were sitting in a big circle initially. My cousins and my brother were there as well. However, I didn’t know the rest of them !

Me : heyy so you guys gonna announce now???

(they were gonna announce about me singing)

My only concern was my family. Conservative and staunch. Definitely there will be some unhappiness. I could imagine my mum wailing and telling me that I was going to tarnish their reputation…

Believe me, I can totally sense and remember vividly the way I was feeling. I took a peek at my Brother and cousins. But they looked ordinary to me….. “Enoda pillae namma maanathae vaangaporaaaaaa” (Our reputation is at stake because of our daughter !!!!!!) was already ringing in my ears. My facial expression showed it all… The tension and anxiety were pasted all over my face. I can see it like from a mirror.

However, there wasn’t any announcement yet. But..

Andrew : heyy a surprise for you.

Andrew started singing. He sang “Konji pesida vena” …. Well it sounded nice but it didn’t come across to be a surprise to me. Hahaha like I mentioned above, my facial expression showed it all, like a mirror.

However, just right after his lines, a girl started singing ! OMGoodness! It was Jane…!!! She’s my favourite singer… I love listening to her. The excitement was overwhelming! I was seeing my favourite singer right infront of me… Thou she was a little surprised by my reaction, I thought I had the best day in my life !

Thereafter, a band walked in to the stage. Seemed like the whole setting changed. It was no longer the circle but instead everyone was looking at the stage. Anthony was one of the band members.

He totally took me by surprise. He was looking right at me when he was performing. All I could think of was “what the hell was he doing here?” I don’t know why, but I wasn’t comfortable with The Eye contact. When I moved to the right, he moved to the right. When I moved to the left, he moved to the left. All I could think of was run away from there. Run away from him… but I felt I was caged! Helpless! ! Soon after I saw him approached to my direction. He was coming towards me, eyes pointed at mine. My heart was palpitating. I was shivering. I just sat quietly.

Anthony : We need to talk

(This phrase is every girl’s nightmare) .

I refused to look at him. Obviously I didn’t want to go with him.

A Friend of his approached him to have a conversation with him! ! Ahhh ! Just the right time, when I thought he lost me, I took off !

My Brother : Akka !!!

Oh shit.!

He turned to my direction and caught me running away. I quickly dumped my heels and ran. I ran as far as possible.

I ran, and ran and ran….. But no matter how far I ran, he was always right behind me. Like Edward Cullens in Twilight! I went up the stairs, I ran through the corridor, went down the stairs, I zig zag in the carpark, tried my level best to lose him. But to no avail.

There came a point, where I was running up the stairs and slowed down because I was really tired, he was walking up the stairs whistling and singing “En Iniya Pon Nilavae” – I was nearly caught but wasn’t caught, because……..

I woke up! 😳 Yessss!!!! It was a damn creepy dream!!! I quickly looked at my iPhone and the time was 5!!!!!!!! I just had an hour to sleep! Crap!!! But unfortunately I couldn’t! I could remember every single details till now that I’m able to blog even after work today! 🤦🏽‍♀️

And the song!, “en Iniya Pon Nilavae” haunted me the entire day! … LITERALLY ….. Now this song is giving me a ghostlike 👻 feeling…!!!

Tsk tsk !!! My brain is forever active – especially with all these dramatic dreams 🤭😭

Disclaimer : Andrew, Anthony & Jane were supposed to be unknowns 😳