Abhiyum Naanum "A movie dedicated to all fathers"-A moment to relive you memories from the past

Few weeks ago, we (Sangeetha, Ravin loshini) watched a very beautiful and exquisite movie, namely Abhiyum Naanum; the movie portrayed a relationship between a father and his daughter and how the father loved, cared and nourished his daughter right from birth till adulthood. I must say, it is, indeed a movie that is dedicated to all fathers, all around the world. The only person that was in my mind when I was watching the movie was non other than my dearest father, Dr. S. Vijayakumar. Every aspect of the movie reminded me so much about him and how he looked after me, my brother and my sister; I was missing him so much, I am sure my sister and my brother felt the same way too.

I might be sounding a little selfish but, I have not met anyone like my dad before. My father is a precious little gem that is priceless, divine and so unique. I feel so proud of him whenever his patients or his friends speak highly about him or greet him with full respect and dignity. He is well respected amongst his fellow peers and the Cameron Hihglands community for his sincere dedication towards his career as a doctor and his positive attributes and qualities. My mother always says"You can feel a positive vibe when you are around good people" I feel that vibe very strongly when I am either with my dad or my mum. The best thing about him is, he goes all out to provide us the best of the best...well let me stress the word "THE BEST" of everything. He always thinks about us, our future and what is best for us; he has bought every single thing we requested for but he quiet rarely thinks about buying something that he loves or desire the most. However, 1 day he did buy something that is close to his heart. My dad has a craze for cars, especially Mercedes Benz. He owned and drove a great deal of Mercedes Benz, like the 123 model, E 220 and E 230. We were all so trilled when he finally bought his dream car, the S class 280 Mercedes Benz. I was with my dad when he collected his beautiful Black Mercedes Benz. Trust me it was beautiful and I was in cloud nine to see my dad smiling and driving his new car. His car looks brand new up until today.

I have an Album of myself when I was young.My sweet loving Grandmother compiled the pictures and created this Album for me before I left to Australia. I love her to the core!!! There are so many pictures of me, my parents and my family. I really looked so cute with my Afro hair style!!!..hehehe...I go through the pictures in my Album when I am missing home, my parents and my family. It just brings back little little memories that I cherish and relive forever. One of it is the days when my dad use to bring us(me,my brother and sister) for a walk every Sunday morning in his Red Isuzu Trooper,; we were so young. Sundays are his day off. He spends time with us by bring us out for a walk. Our usual walking path is the Jalan Tengkolok (A turning near the Tanah Rata Polis Station, Cameron Highlands - It is a long straight road that ends at the golf course near Merlin Hotel, which is known as Cameron Highlands Resort, Well we use to start our walk from this end of the road, near the golf course). As I recall, my dad use to park his Trooper inside a small beautiful looking mini jungle in Jalan tengkolok. I always felt that jungle would be mesmerizing if they had a small waterfall; use to picture it in my mind every single time my dad parks his car over there when I was young:)(the area does not exist anymore, how sad!!!). The walk was pretty short but I always felt like I have achieved something great, that is to complete the walk with my dad. Surprisingly,once in a while we do encounter with snakes around that area when it is extremely cold. My dad has pulled me like a million times when I am about to step on one of them because they look like a stick from a distance. Okay people.... I will consider that as an excuse:( Let me rephrase that... Whenever I day dream or not pay attention to where I am walking. That happens quite often and my dad has also warned me to keep my eyes open like a million times....hehehe. After our well satisfied walk, he brings us to Strawberry Farm (the one opposite the Golf Course) to eat some Strawberries. We love to eat them with sugar. That is how my dad spends time with us after a whole week of working.

That jogging path is a historic path because that is our usual jogging track until today. My dad and I always go for a jog when he closes his clinic between 4-6pm. Our long track is about 9KM (Brinching Murugan Temple- Taman Sedia-Tanah Rata Town-Jalan Tengkolok-Cameron Highlands Resort/Golf Course- Brinchang Temple) and our short track, 4KM (We start from the Brinchang Temple jog all the way through to Strawberry Park Hotel, The Sultan's Palace, Sikh Temple and finally back to the Temple). This is how I spend my time with my dad....by going for a jog with him every evening; it is healthy plus we share quite a number of things together, like my father's childhood stories, his mischievous childhood prank that is used to play along with his best friend, our family well wisher and uncle- Samba peripa, my father's life in India when he was Studying Medicine, stories about my uncles/aunties (his brothers and sisters) when they were young, My grandparents, His marriage, his friend, his pleasant days during his youth and after marriage, his unpleasant encounters and difficult moments that he had to endure and so on. I am missing my jogging moments with my dad ever since I left to Australia to study, but I told to myself that I will never miss a single minute to go for a jog with him when I am back for my break and I did just that!!! Can you believe my dad is turning 58 but I sincerely feel he looks like he is in his late 40s and early 50s because he is so fit and healthy!!! WELL DONE APPA!!!

All I want to say is Thank you so much appa for everything!!!! We are so blessed for the love that you have showered upon us and a wonderful life that you have given us. Losh, Ravin and I, love you so much and we feel so happy whenever we hear appa's voice on the phone. We are really missing both amma and appa so very much. I am also glad that we gave appa a watch as a gift when appa came over to Perth last yer for my graduation. I always wanted to get appa something nice and I finally did with my own money, which is indeed, a dream come through for me!!!



We gave appa a surprise party in Samba Peripa's house