Shopping in the heat !

Shopping is not my cup of tea at all but with the wedding in the family it was a must to leave the comfort zone of my home to dig in for the best bargains that the shops had to offer. So with great effort after a week I finally decided to go out on a Friday around fivesh to avoid the scorching heat.My daughter and grand daughter were there with me as they had to do a bit of the stuff themselves for their upcoming trip to Denmark.
The first stop was at Saffron at Ashiana where she wanted to buy the cosmetics, bags and jewellery items for presents.While my daughter  shopped for cosmetics, my little 4year old started playing hide and seek in the aisles of the store, which made me run and I was completely out of breath. Its a great responsibilty to keep an eye on  the child while you shop.
Thinking that since I am already at Ashiana , I might as well look at the laces available to match with my suit which needed to be given to the tailor for stitching. I searched and searched but as it started to get hotter and hotter and realising that the little one is with us I abandoned the thought of looking for more lace shops. I could see a number of black burka clad ladies shopping in great comfort without the sign of any perspiration and not one but four kids of different sizes ranging from one to ten hustling around them. They without being bothered kept on bargaining with the shopkeeper some laces that they had purchased. I was totally aghast at seeing them.With no air passing through their thick clothes and their head and hands fully covered and the back colour absorbinbg all the heat it can and yet they were  fine. On the other hand I wearing my lawn pastel suit with half sleeves and I was perspiring and sweating as if someone had drenced me in water.
 Our next stop definitely would be an airconditioned shop /mall and so we decided to go to Ideas as there was  a huge sale sign. As we entered the shop the cool blast of the AC  made me sneeze . There on I  was sneezing continuously and it wouldnt stop. The extremes of the temperature triggers me off with the allergies and the sinus problems.Anyways after the purchases we went to The Plaza for a quick look at  a particular fabric that I had seen it  earlier. So we hopped over, got it and raced our car back home.

Security lapse at school!

No matter how much you spend on security equipment and the security personel, what has to happen, will happen.This nine year old child passed the gates of the school without anybody noticing him.Inspite of the guards, the chowkidars, the teachers on duty and the security staff  the child made a few attempts going towards the gate and when no one was looking he slipped out of the gate and started walking towards his home which was five, six kilometres away. Normally picked up by the driver everyday, it was the father who had come to pick him up on this particular day and he was late in coming to pick his child The child had earlier also asked the secretary to call his home. All hell broke loose when the child was not being traced in school , outside school and had not reached home either. Thanks to the  CCTV cameras that the child was traced in the footage leaving the premises at around 2.36 all by himself.. That gave the school authorities jitters that where can the child be now. Concerned people went on their motorbikes to search for  him on the route which the child had taken but alas! no luck. The father was pretty much composed dealing with the school authorities but his burst of anger and anguish could be heard on the telephone with his near and dear ones which was understandable under the circumstances.Finally at around 4.30pm the call from the home confirmed that the child has just reached home. The moment the father heard the news he collapsed with tears of joy rolling down his cheeks and office staff hugging him and comforting him.
This whole scenario had a lesson. People have to be more vigilant and more responsible in giving their duties. Its a very serious matter. God forbid if something would have happened to the child while on the road , one can very well imagine the consequences. Schools should have proper safety and security strategies and ensure that they are followed as ultimate responsibility lies on the school.