The other day, my sister was watching some silly thing on Pogo. Pogo is such a silly channel. (Still its the one channel everyone at home has to watch - else my brat of a sister will make a huge fuss with teary eyes and a runny nose - yes, I know how cute she looks. She isnt really all that adorable. I mean, we arent even allowed to talk when Tom and Jerry is on even if its an episode she's watched a hundred times on DVD!)
I asked her, politely, if she'd let me have the remote she was hugging(hogging?) cos I just wanted to see something for a minute and I promised I'd let her have it back(fat chance!). Well she's too clever for me, now and refused to give it.
I had two options.
1. Wait patiently by her side until she let guard down.
2. Grab it from her forcefully - this almost never works. Even if I do happen to get the remote(which is not easy - five year olds are really vicious) she starts crying and I have to give it back. Sigh.
So I waited. And then Pogo in a rare show of brilliance put on Snow White, the cartoon movie (surprising since Harry Potter is the ONLY movie they actually put on - for May 'movie magic', and Diwali Dhamakha and August something something... yes, I know the names of the silly program schedules. How pathetic is that? Well - you try having a five year old sister who wont eat or sleep without watching Noddy or Oswald. )
As I was watching Snow White, I was watching my sister's reactions to what was happening onscreen. She was so engrossed and involved in the movie, and except to look at me, occassionally and ask 'nice, no? you like the movie?' patronisingly that was cute in a way, she didnt take her eyes off the tv.
Sitting there watching her watch the movie, I wondered where she would be in fifteen years (that would make her 20) and what she would be doing.
Then I realised in fifteen years, I would be bloody 34.
And I dont want to think about what I would be doing then.
Sigh... 14 years is a long gap between sisters. She'll never think of me as a sister - prolly as some sorta aunt. Poor kid.
Scratch that - poor me! When I'm 35, I'll have kids who look upto my sister as a sister.
Phew! How screwed up is that?
Monday, October 23, 2006
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hehe. My two sisters are 16 years younger than me, and they, too, hog the remote when I am home :) If it's any comfort, as of right now they still think of me as a big sister, but my suspicion is that it's due to my parents' attitudes. But like you I worry that if I'm ever lucky enough to have kids they will be more like siblings with them than aunt & nephew/niece. Ah well, I have friends whose neices are older than them, and it works out. I suppose family is family, and age is to be respected, regardless of one's title.
i was waiting for you to reach the part where you were touched by the innoncence that once even defined you.
fat chance :P
and young lady, you ought to watch pogo and disney channel more often... they teach real good.
Yours forever sthupitly.
Anna - its been a while.. am glad there are people who know how i feel..
sthupit - u know that pogo and disney are for kids, dont you?
You were at a point your sister's age. A sister be it your own/step is still human. . Next time,give her a kiss with a hug and tell her she is the best sister in the world..better still universe..5 year olds like space,galaxy things. Say it every other day when she is sad/happy.
as said..the remote or any other trivial thing is yours to rule.That's what stands you apart. even adults dont match up well. If you have done it before.perfect it.it works wonders...................
u referred my blog on something called frog plague??? i keep getting visits from there....
lol...its scary to think where will land up in some years, isn't it?and 34...scarier:D
got here from megha's blog...thot I'd say a hello atleast:)
nearly one month of absence !!
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