The day when Decade time-traveled!

“dEcaaAdee”

Decade on a travel

वो कौन है जिसने मुड़ के मुझे नहीं देखा

Wo kaun hai jisne mud ke mujhe nahi dekha

अह्ह्ह्ह वो सदी है, वो दशक है, वो २०१० से २०१९ का डिकेड है.

ahhhh wo sadi hai, wo dashak hai wo 2010 se 2019 hai

वो मुड़ के अब कभी नहीं देखेगा

Wo mud ke ab kabhi nahi dekhega

जो पल चला गया वो बस चला गया

Jo pal chala gaya wo chala gaya

आज जब मैं ये पोस्ट लिख रही हूँ

तो १० साल पहले का टाइम आँखों के सामने से यूँ गुज़र जाता है

मानो कल की ही बात हो.

aaj jab mai ye post likh rahi hu

toh 10 saal pehle ka time aankhon ke samne se yu gujra jata hai

mano kal ki hi baat ho.

Here’s to the months that turned into years

with friends for life that turned Family…

The moments that turned into memories…

We know the best relationships start off with friendship. Adee & Ecaa’s friendship has seen this decade together, from being friends to being married, they have lived it fully. From being best friends to being a family of them it’s been a great journey. Keeping the theme of this “Decade Blog hop” I had tried to paint a small scene, with my lovely characters Adee & Ecaa.

(Adee and Ecaa names are born out of word “Decade”).

I hope now you know why my title is “dEcaaAdee”…

Adee(husband) and Ecaa(wife) are now a married couple from being roommates a decade ago are happily living together in there digitally controlled house. It was last evening when Adee was looking at this beautiful frame and reminiscing the decade they spend together. They had a house party with friends and family which went off well.

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The year 2020 – 7 am

The next morning after the party, Ecaa got up snoozing her alarm almost 5 times already. Today was Sunday…Sunday hey wow so more time to sleep and without delay she goes back to sleep again. She goes back to that early morning sleep which is the sweetest thing in a day. She could feel she was asleep but not asleep in mind. Her body went to laze around but her mind was asking her many questions. She enters an unknown land…

Scene 1

Ecaa – In sleepy tone – “Adee have you seen my dongle?”

Adee – “Dongle, what’s a dongle?“

Ecaa – “Are you mad in the morning or you still have a hangover? Give me my dongle back.”

Adee – “Oh! do you mean danglers, well you must have slipped them below your pillow honey!”

Ecaa – “Adee don’t drive me crazy, are you nuts, where’s my WIFI dongle? My JioFi…hope you get it now. Need more details? Do you?

Adee – “WIFI, what on Earth are you saying Ecaa.

Yes Yes you are my WIFE, I know and so does the world, it’s not wifi dear it’s pronounced as a wife.

Ecaa – rolls herself in the quilt irritated & frustrated.

Scene 2 – 0830hrs

Ecaa – Good morning honey.

Adee – Good morning. I hope your second shift of sleep is over by now.

Ecaa – “hmmm, ya Sundays only allows this much sleep you know na?”

Adee – “Ya ya I know sweetie, Sunday Funday & I’m at your service too.

Ecaa – hey, by the way, what’s in the morning news? Any new update? arey that reminds me, did you check purvi’s what’s app status last night? What a cute pic of her’s with her new buddy. I’m so happy for them.

Adee – Ecaa darling you okay, what status you talking about, what ka status??

Ecaa – “Whats app status…. what else”

Adee – “What’s app aha now who’s that guy?”

Ecaa – Adee again tum shuru ho gaye, again you have started pulling my leg. Is it not enough what you did in the morning, not again please”.

Adee – I will go crazy, you better get up, get fresh so we can have breakfast together. I will go and pick something from the corner cafe by the time you get ready.

Ecaa – Why you wanna go to pick, just swiggy it na.

Adee – “swing it”, how will chola bhatura get a swing, are you in a garden what exactly is on your mind dear.

Chola bhatura on swing, well how will it look, the visuals are weird…

Ecaa– Uff you are too much. Anyways go wherever you want and pick.

Scene 3 – 0900hrs

Ecaa enters the washroom and decides to go for a face mask to pamper herself a bit. While applying her mask all of a sudden, she calls out loudly…

Ecaa – Adee did you check our drone image on Instagram? You know Adee ‘De’ was telling me it was trending like anything you know.

Adee – Did you install? Did what ??? Did you check what? come again Ecaa… What was I suppose to install??

Ecaa – Adee insta story yaar, the pic we clicked on our mountain trek, the Instagram is loving it.

Adee – grams…what grams, whose weight. And who’s a drone, are you talking of honey bee?

Ecaa – Adee I’m talking about Instagram ok, not your weighing grams.

Adee – Insta…when did grams turn instant, I mean instant noodles are what I relish at midnight but I really never checked its weight in grams. I will do so from next time for sure if you insist.

Ecaa – Ahhh…. you are mad or have plans to drive me crazy this Sunday morning.

Scene 4 – 0930hrs

Food is ready, I have laid it on the table, let’s have it together.

Without delay, Ecca and Adee sit down to have breakfast together.

He had bought chole bhature from a nearby cafe and she had home-delivered pizza cones and cronuts.

They enjoy fusion food together.

Adee – So what’s the plan for today?

Ecaa – Let’s watch a good movie on Amazon Prime or Netflix, you choose or maybe binge-watch the latest season.

Adee – Choose a movie, is Netflix a new movie hall? And what did you just say… binge oh ya would love to binge on nachos in hall.

As a matter of fact, where did you get info from? Netflix wow the name is very nice. Is it far or near our place, let’s go and have a fun time?

Ecaa – Adee now its heights what’s wrong with you? Why are you behaving stupidly since morning? I’m saying Netflix/ Prime and you are calling it a movie hall name.

Adee – Ecaa relax! what happened. Why are you suddenly behaving so odd today? And why are you yelling at me?

Ecaa – Leave it, I’m done with explaining or describing things to you. I will plan an outing with my friends, the last but the least can you please book my ola cab, so I can at least finish up cleaning and leave.

Adee – What to book? Cab??? Ola cab you mean a wet cab…

{Ola in marathi means wet}

You can take a taxi from down the lane, whats booking in it. Ola … means ‘wet’ in Marathi you know. So why you need a wet cab to go out with friends.

Ecaa – Adee please stop irritating me, just hand over my iPad I will manage myself. I left it near the table.

Adee – what did you say pad with an “i”. Are you kidding me?

Ecaa – Adee before I start throwing things at you just leave me alone.

2020 – 10 am

Before the alarm gets out of snooze mode and it rings for one last time. Ecaa gets up and presses dismiss for the alarm and try to recollect where she was. Did she really time travel? Did she actually lived in present and Adee went 10 years back. She turns on her side and checks for Adee. Adee is not in bed, she slips out of bed and walks across her room and there is Adee in the green corner of their house reading today’s epaper on his tablet. Today his post “Decade – what changed our lives” is on the front page of leading daily.

Without delay, Ecaa walks with coffee mugs that their coffee maker had obediently made. All this as instructed to Alexa darling with a soft music played on QuietComfort. To sum up, her FitBit says she had restless night, She wanted to know what happened but she couldn’t. Overall, something was different, something was missing…

tick tock tick tock the clock is still ticking…

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I’m sure when Adee will realize he is 10 years ahead of what he dreamt of, he will be in a shock. I suppose this is how he will think what I’m thinking right now.

“Decade – what changed our lives”

Up to the present time, when I look back I get a glimpse of all that happened in this decade gone by. Talking of 2010, I was not blogging. What was blogging??? I had to refer a dictionary for that. A lot of things happened – My photo journey just showcased me a series of glimpses to cherish & remember.

In summary, Jio came into our lives with unlimited data usage. Jagjeet Singh left us and I felt unfortunate to miss his live performance, we all went in NaMo clad, we became space power with Chandrayaan II launch, nirbhaya & disha tore our hearts and I’m glad public, women all stood together and had a voice for themselves, we tried to fight against black money & corruption, Home delivery of food be it from corner street or dhaba became trending, I escaped Kedarnath by few hours and can’t thank god enough for it, the defense showed its strength with surgical strikes, Bollywood completed 100 years of successful entertainment. By all means, If I keep on writing It’s already a long post(alert missed). I’m sure the day will end as the last decade has completely changed especially for those born in the ’80s like me.

We have witnessed the change,

Also, We have lived this change and

And We have accepted this change too.

Last but not the least, for a better tomorrow we became aware of our environment and nature. We decided to go plastic-free and opt for sustainable living. We started to care for our dear Rivers a bit more and became aware and concerned in positive terms. We cared for our air in areas where pollution is increasing and people are coming together to find ways. Sun is shining brighter and we are thinking of utilizing solar energy, wind energy even rainwater harvesting for future to come. I wish the coming decade brings us more close to our nature and natural elements and we learn to live in sync with it.

In essence, I wish the coming decade will be a landmark of positive change and lifestyle for all. At the same time, I wish in the race of time we don’t forget to love nature and care for it too.

Keep smiling, Keep caring, Keep thanking, Keep blogging, Keep shining, Keep reading.

“This post is a part of ‘DECADE Blog Hop’ #DecadeHop organized by #RRxMM Rashi Roy and Manas Mukul. The event is sponsored by Glo and co-sponsored by Beyond The Box, Wedding Clap, The Colaba Store and Sanity Daily in association with authors Piyusha Vir and Richa S Mukherjee”