The Elusive Fate…

 

Many weird things happen in one’s life.  Some *weird* instances  especially happen when you do stuff out of the norms. No, don’t confuse much. Let me give a vivid picture about what I mean, with some examples.

1)    Let’s say, You’re not a regular visitor to a swimming pool. But one fine day, you suddenly decide to go to the nearby swimming pool in the club in which you are a member. Unfortunately, you go there only to find the pool closed because of maintenance.

2)    You travel by bus daily and you’re this disciplined person who buys the ticket regularly in spite of the crowds and the fact that nobody’s checking your ticket. One day, only one single day you try to be a li’l adventurous and try travelling without a ticket, only to find yourself caught and fined by the ticket-checker who visits the bus  that particular day of all days.

    Well, what’s the pattern behind all these happenings?! If you ask any well-experienced adult, they’ll come up with a single answer, *FATE*. Thala-vidhi or Thalai-ezhuthu.  Fate is one mystery that takes a very long time to understand. Every mythology speaks about Fate in a very distinguished manner. Some popular mythologies quote that fate is synonymous to the mystic spinning of threads  in which each thread represent a human’s life. Well, let’s not go deep into it. Put in simple words, the two reasons behind these instances maybe fate,  for spiritual people or just a simple co-incidence for those-who-don’t give in to all these fate and destiny stuff.

                          Something like that happened to me last night. Normally, I sleep in the bed at night. But last night, I suddenly had a craving (uh?) to sleep in floor in what-they-call-as pai. (mat!) After spreading the mat in my bedroom, I left to the hall, to read a novel ‘cuz 1) I was suffering from a short insomnia that night as my results were coming next morning. Besides , uh..I loved that book. 2) My parents were also sleeping in the same room and I did’nt want to disturb them by switching the light on. After completing the novel, that was one of Ludlum’s writing known as the “Holcroft covenant” (a kinda-crime novel that focused on killings and murder!!) I returned to my room at 12:30. I silently lied down without waking my parents. I still could’nt get sleep. My thoughts were still-wandering around the story-the deaths-my results – and the after-math of it, if it was the unexpected-and –everything -that- focused- on –fear. I was, literally trembling at that point of night and then the *weird* thing happened. Something was moving up my ankles. For a moment I thought it was just the air from the AC. But then, it was still moving. Involuntarily, I jerked my legs and the *lump* fell again on my ankles. My heart skipped a beat.I got up with a start, adrenaline flowing all over, shouting amma, eli!! (Mom, rat!!!), switched on the light. The li’l culprit was nowhere to be seen. It had run out of sight.

My grandma feels comfortable down and she sleeps on the floor every night. Nothing like that has ever happened to her. That was the first time I ever decided to sleep down  and that was the first time ever something like that e happened in the house. Uh..Though, it was just a rodent, the prospect of something crawling up ,esp. when you’re already scared out of your wits… definitely disturbing!!

Was it fate in the role of rodent playing it’s game on me, last night or was it just a mere co-incidence?? Heaven-knows!!

 

 

PS. Or was it just my illusion?? My mom said she never saw a rat in our house. No. I definitely felt something crawling up. Any similar instances?? Post them in comments.