An Idea that changed Pigeons' Life!

A Husband Pigeon (HP) and Wife Pigeon (WP) unaware of Life’s sweet surprise in near future, casually nuzzling tea on a weekend evening.

WP: Darling!

HP: Yes, Honey!

WP: Shall we go on a vacation?

HP: No. It is not safe for our house.

WP: Why?

HP: There is no guarantee that our house would exist after our return from the vacation.

WP: What?

HP: Yes, Honey! Our house would either be trespassed by other Pigeon family or be demolished by government's municipality.

WP: Come on, darling! Don't be a pessimist. 

HP: Have you forgotten our struggle to get this scanty nest house? Top to it, we got it in the middle of the city, amidst pollution and noisy tall buildings. 

WP: Yes. Our old house was a paradise. We had it on a tree, a very big nest and envied by all the pigeon community around.

HP: Yes, until you proposed the idea of vacation. We went to Canada and when we came back home, there was no home. Everything got vanished. If we wouldn't have gone on vacation that month, we would still be living in the same great place.

WP: Hey, don't blame me! Except the home tragedy, didn't we have an awesome time there?

Little Pigeon was overjoyed when he saw the snow for the first time. It is rejuvenating to have a vacation once in a while.

HP: But I cannot afford another home loss.

WP: Okay forget about this house. How about temporary homes? 

HP: What do you mean?

WP: Our dream home had already gone and I have no hope that we will build another such mansion again. So, hmmm.....let's become explorers. Let's travel and make the first nicest place our home until we find next. We will travel, explore and enjoy. Forever.

HP: Are you mad? Little Pigeon's education will get disturbed with this wacky idea of yours.

WP: Never! I promise you. There is a famous saying that goes like “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”  He will get more education on travel trips than in Pigeons school. I will start home tuition for him. 

HP: Hmmm.....(letting out a gust of air)

WP: Trust me! It will be the best thing we have ever done in our life.

HP: Seems like I will have to build 10 houses per year.

WP: So what?

HP: Don't you see me? I am growing old. I cannot build that many. 

WP: Okay! I will do it. I always wanted to do it. I always wanted to experiment with our interiors. I will do it.

HP: You are as stubborn as Guaiacwood! 

WP: So is it a yes?

HP: Have you ever taken "No" for an answer?

And thus, the Pigeon family embarked on a lifetime journey and started living the life to the fullest. After 3 years, at Glendale Narrows along the Los Angeles River, Little Pigeon now speaks 5 languages and understands 10 languages. While the Wife Pigeon successfully runs her Interior designs line, Husband Pigeon has become an affluent consultant.  

Rendezvous with eValentine

Valentine's Day! The day devoted to celebrate love. There are debates forever enduring why there has to be a day to remember love but today we are not going into those details. Let's just talk on celebrating love on the day of love - Valentine's Day! It is observed worldwide as a day when one discloses love for one’s loved ones and let the loved one know the depth of one’s affection for them through gifts, cards, flowers or sometimes just through words. On Feb 14th, the Valentine's Day, I had been to a restaurant for dinner. The place is so dressed up for the event that even the strictest singletons would hope to get linked up for one hour to spend at that restaurant. On each table rests a soft red satin fabric with three candles, put up as the middle three fingers of one's palm, at the center of the table illuminating the golden glow along its diameter and the perfect romantic look completes with roses on either side of the plates. The walls were decorated with radiant stars and cartoons of Romeo and Juliet and the ceiling was voluminous with heart shaped balloons in red and white colors. The staff also color coordinated with the setting by wearing white uniforms and red neckties.

However, the abundant romance in the environment failed to strike the chord with its customers. The people, who have come with their family, partners or spouses, were not connected with the love in the air. There was a couple sitting adjacent to the wall with Romeo-Juliet hand in hand smiling over their shoulders but the hands of these couple were busy romancing with their cronies - The Cell Phones. And there was Cupid on the window waiting so long to smite his arrow at the young couple by the table only to be disappointed later that none would lift up their heads from gadgets they were holding to look into each other's eyes for the arrow to work its magic. There is also a family of Father, Mother and two sons. The total family time was hodgepodge as the Father would check his work emails on his phone, the Mother would watch a video on her tablet and the older son would play game on iPad; and the younger son constantly disturbing his brother to give him one chance to play the game but the brother would not even look at him as he is about to make a highest score. On another corner of the restaurant sits family of three members - Father, Mother and Daughter. While the Dad and Mom get immersed in their respective phones, the daughter who is still too young for e-world is unconcernedly ignored. The little girl perplexed at the situation entertains herself by glancing at clouds of balloons. The pair of the evening was the couple which argued over who should order the menu as both of them had to tend an important work with their e-partners independently. In my mind, I declared them as the Pair of the evening because, though they didn’t exchange any eye contact, they had at least exchanged a few words.

On the day of love, I witnessed people who are deeply in love, who wanted each other very badly and madly, who are truly faithful with each other and who would do anything for the loved ones; these lovers are very much in love but not with the bodies which inhale oxygen instead with paramours that exhale radiations. Valentine’s Day with eValentine, how romantic and how alarming!