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| Tosai - must-have for Sunday |
Surprise to some, I have a knack of knowing whether a person has a good heart (or not) by feeling the vibe around them, looking straight pass the surface level and dive straight to the heart. A skill that comes in handy during my solo travels.
When I first met tosai-man, I developed an unexplainable admiration towards him. He has the warmest brown eyes and a beautiful smile that never fail to cheer me up on a Sunday morning (along with the tosai of cause!) Always in his long cotton sleeve shirt and lungi - I could not make out his age because of his full and untrimmed beard. He should be approaching his late thirties, I think.
It's been a while since we meet. His absence during the month of Ramadhan was hard to ignore. I, missed my tosai-man.
It was a pleasant surprise to see him again this morning! He beamed with excitement when he saw me approaching the tosai shop. As me to him when I enter his tosai shop.
"How are you?" He asked as though we were two old friends who has not met for many months.
"I am good, and you? I have not seen you around during Ramadhan".
"Oh I went back to India!" He said.
"Aah! Which part of India?" I've always thought that tosai-man is a Malaysian.
"Kerala" He said, not expecting me to know where that is.
And when I exclaimed "Oh! Cochin!". Tosai-man was grinning from ear to ear.
We chatted for a few minutes and he ended the conversation by telling me that he missed me.
3 simple words and I was touched. By a fellow human being whom on the surface is so different from me and yet so similar because we both are capable of love and respect.
It was heartwarming...The realization that I was missed by a man thousands of miles away during Ramadhan, a city in the State of Kerala known as Cochin. By a man whom I only see once a week and exchange no more than a "hello", and "good bye" every time we meet.
I wished there more tosai-man among us.
