i am Shyam Chand k. I am from Kerala, always known to be god's own country. I dont feel the the way its god's own country at times by looking at ruler's actions or sand smuggling from rivers or bandhs n hartals. or is it that i donno how a god's country should be. This is the present day scenario I m quoting. there are places in kerala where if u go its paradise, or kinda heaven. the places are becoming acute touristic n the beauty is reducing day by day. the business has started to grow which also started to grow plastics and other wastes. u shud also keep in mind that Global Warming is also affecting kerala's atmosphere. the temperature is increasing and the summers are getting scorching. winters doesn't seem like winter as the impression of a winter night would be to make u wear atleast a shirt. u'll find it difficult to sleep even with the shirt. its a bit cool in the morning, n i feel the climate GODdish at that time.

the best thing in kerala where u can experience is what u can experience only in kerala and that u experience in mornings. oops what does that mean... i was talking abt the climates, u shud be getting up around 6:30 am, plzzzzz do it. u shudn't be an appartment 'resident evil'. u r supposed to have a small house in a compound, say 8-9 cents of land atleast. a small backyard where u have a lil grass or mud. concretes shud be avoided. if u dont hav 1 go ahead n stay with some of ur frenz who hav it in kerala. getup in the bed, yawn a lil bit, offcourse u can open ur mouth wide n no need to keep fingers in front of it. the fresh air is gonna clean up the atmosphere around u which breezes thru the already open windows. so u don hav the feeling tht u r nauseating others surroundings... get up tie up the 'lungi', u shud be or else u will be like when u were born. a very very important part of a malayalee lies in the lungi. its also told that malayalees loose a lot of time for tying n folding and even fancily waving the ends of the lungi. but thats fascinating, n if u have never done it... i wud copy the NIKE ad here, Just Do It...

take ur brush rub the Vicco or KP namboodiri's toothpaste on to the bristle, straight set out. u feel a lil chilled or a bit cooool when smart winds blow thru ur thighs n naked half body. u r not wearing a shirt here. i also set another requirement here, the compound should have a well. better u hav a cement wall around the well. take a bucket of water from the well, u have all physics laws being used here, n the application of pulleys comes into pic. take the water spray to the face, n then u come out of the coccoon of sleep completely. the water wud be relinquishly sweet too. fold ur lungi push the brush to the mouth n start off. u walk thru the ground in the mud, in the grass, its a gr8 experience. present day malayalees has grown up with the western culture that they hav a motor attached to the bristles n they need to simply keep it in the mouth, also not coming out of the bathroom inside house. i pity them for not enjoying the brisk crisp morning breezes.

u may hear nature's sounds from all types of crows, sparows, parrots, mynahs, cows(they r very important in a malayalee life, as morning is the best time for the cows to be milked), sometimes manmade 'suprabhatam' too. u wud also hear cookers whistling, vapouring, or dosa being prepared from others house. u feel like brush on n on n on n u finally will leave it with ur mouth n teeth weared out... take a towel from inside come again to the 'well bank' take another bucket of chiling water n jus pour it from ur head... i recommend to repeat this action atleast 5-6 times. u also understand that its an excercise for ur bisceps n tummy. u'll be now jumping in the air of cold... believe me ur whole day is fresh after this.

eat hot puttu with kadala/cherupayar or idyappam with stew/thengapaal(coconut milk) or vellappam with stew or soft small small idlees or crisp thin dosas with chutney... aaaahhh... yummy, pls somebody get me any of these things NOW for me... believe me these delicacies are best when are prepared in coconut oil...

the day, that u say, u making ur own day, starts only after this.....
enjoy the kerala mornings, now i feel n also u wud Kerala can be called as Gods own country...
nex time u visit, try to simulate this....

i m shyam chand k. now i m in bangalore, said to be garden city, aaaaah, will talk abt its mornings sometime later....

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