Dear, ...........,
Hello. Sorry, I missed to write my blog yesterday. I had a very bad and
disappointing day yesterday. For the last eight months, I had been attending my
appointments with the dentist. Yesterday I was supposed to get the dentures
fixed. In fact, the dentures had to be got fixed a week earlier but the dentist
office informed me in advance a few days earlier that the dentures were not ready.
I was told that I would get the dentures during my next appointment and that
was yesterday. I was received in the doctor’s chamber. He took hold of the
package with my name details printed outside. He opened the package and
announced that the dentures inside appear to be for some one else. He expressed
his apologies. He told me that they will attempt to locate the dentures meant
for me in the next few days. If found by the next scheduled appointment date
next week, the dentures would be fitted. If not found, the whole process of
making a mould, fitting dentures etc. would be started again. The dentist told
me that the appointment calendar is already cramped. I have requested him to
help me. He has not promised any at this stage. During the conversation, he
mentioned that the workshop that develops the final dentures has a poor record.
He was not very hopeful that my dentures would be located. In light of his
statement, I am hoping that I would be a lucky person next week – the correct
dentures would have been located. If not, I will have to rethink what to do
next in the light of my travel plans in the second week of September. I would
be out of the country for about five months. Getting dentures made in India is
crossing my mind as of now. I will double my prayers to God this week to help
me.
Today is a very important day in my life here in Canada. I have achieved a
great milestone. I travelled solo by bus from my daughter’s place in
Scarborough to my son’s place in Richmond Hill. I had to change three buses and
travel in two transport authority systems. I did it very smoothly. It took me a
total of two hours and forty minutes to complete the journey. I had an ambition
to travel by bus on my own to commute from place to place here in Toronto. (All
my life in India, I have mostly travelled by bicycle and Bus.) I made my first
move in this direction about three years back. I bought a PRESTO card by
depositing an amount of $ 100/-. This would enable me to travel by swiping the
card in the buses and at the train stations. I made a trip soon after aided and
accompanied by my daughter. It was successful and easy. Before I could do more
trips, the Covid epidemic took over. I had to shelve my dream. Now I started
planning the trip. I took help from one of my grand sons. We talked and messaged
a countless time on the route, buses to take for commuting between my daughter’s
house in Scarborough and my son’s house in Richmond Hill. I am sure that NASA
must be taking less time and lesser preparation for the trip to Mars, than I
did. My grandson would be delighted to know that I did it finally.
Are you surprised that I consider the trip as a great milestone? But it was
a great milestone for me. Everyone wants to be independent. So, I also want to
be independent. I am getting old. People around me seem to have less faith on
my capabilities than I have for myself. I want to walk and stand on my own as
long as I can. I want to be as much independent as I can. I want to do all things
unaided. That way everyone around me should be able to take care of their own
responsibilities without having to unduly worry about me. The trip that I made
today – successfully, will help every one in my family to have confidence in
me. That makes me happy and confident.
My next project: - Riding a bicycle around the park – definitely not for
making the journey from Scarborough to Richmond Hill. I encounter two problems
with the bicycles here – one, the back wheel braking is controlled by the lever
fixed on the right handle (in India it is fixed on the left handle.) I need to
get used to it. A few years back, I rode a bicycle nicely but lost balance when
I thought I was braking the back wheel with the left handle lever, I fell down.
An angrez looking at a distance was amused that an adult fell down from the
bicycle. The second one is the gear system on the bicycles here. It appears
complicated to me. I need a simple bicycle. I will keep you updated on this
project too.
I will revert to my narration about my past tomorrow. Bye till then.
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