(June 25, 00:14am)

A very tiring day it was.. Woke up at 6:30 after only four hours of sleep and yet not retired to bed..

Since I would not be returning Patna till the end of the year, unless there is a flattering turn of luck, I got muma's yearly shraddh performed today..

Though the pooja was over by later afternoon, I went out for miscellaneous purchases, that are warranted before a long travel to another city...

Then in the evening I needed to go to the Ganges banks, to immerse the pooja remaining, an obligatory custom in the Hindu faith,..

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In the late evening, after only a tea's break, I went to see a neighbour in the apartment next to ours.. she's an old acquaintance of mom, and has maintained cordial relations with us even in her absence..

She offered me copy and a plate full of different snacks.. After the gruelling day's work and a fasting for greater part of the day, I loath to have it..

I looked at the coffee with an annoying feeling and avoided it, till a request from her side left me with no option but drink it..

God, then it was a pleasant surprise.. It wasn't a hot one.. It was cold coffee and tastefully made.. Honestly, I quite loved it.. sometimes we form opinion without testing things,.. this holds true in so many other situations in life..

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