August 30, 1986 to October 9, 1987

As my pranks being increased day by day, my age too… Many of my neighbors and my relatives became my fan… I am three years old on those days of 1986 in which I met my childhood friends Ajay Kumar Jaiswal, Aarthy Kumari Jaiswal and Luna Ram Jaiswal… They lived nearby my home and all our parents were very close from their childhood and living nearby as neighbors… Ajay was born on May 25^th 1983, Aarthy was born on September 10^th 1983 and Ram on November 7^th of 1983. So we all were same year born babies and from our third age we were best friends. We usually use my home and Ajay’s home to play. There were some coconut trees in his lawn and we usually play thereby and each coconut tree must be with a height of 55 to 65 feet’s and each tree contains more than two dozens of tender coconuts. This made us fall of a great love on coconut tress and even now a day(s), when we are in travel towards hill stations or some other of our favorite spots we usually stop our cars near coconut trees and remains talking for hours and hours… Several Philippine proverbs demonstrate the usefulness of this species:

"If you could count the stars, then you could count all the ways the coconut serves us."

"He who plants a coconut tree, plants vessels and clothing, food and drink, a habitation for himself, and a heritage for his children."

Even there are some great stories about coconut trees we heard from our moms and grandfathers… Of the more than 1500 species in the Palm family of plants, the Coconut palm is the best known. A unique tree, with no really close relatives (it is the only member of the genus Cocos), it is considered to be one of the most useful trees in the world. A recent study reported 360 contemporary uses for this tree, half of which were for food.

In June 1987 we started our schooling in Al Ameen Matriculation Higher Secondary School which is situated in our hometown. There by we got some more friends in our team… five months passed by… Its October 9^th 1987… an unforgettable day for us in which we met our friend Mustaq Ahamed in our School from our nearest Classroom…

… … to be continued … …

October 10, 1983 to August 29, 1986

As it was in the beginning…

I was born on the 10^th of October, 1983 as Haseem S Ibrahim. I am the only son of two siblings. My dad, Syed Ibrahim was a business man (Turmeric Merchant). My mom, Sakira Banu was House Wife. Both’s hometowns were the same (Erode) in which I born. My dad was the second son of three siblings and my mom was last daughter of seven siblings. Both my parents missed their mom in their childhood. So from the school days their (my parent’s) siblings took care of them. Both my dad and mom stopped their studies at the tenth grade of high school and they grew up, literally without education. Both my grand pa’s were with us in the same home. It was a kind of apartments in which each block contains 10 – 12 homes. I really don’t have a very good idea of my child hood till my third age. But I do remember some particular incidence when my parents introduced their whole family and friends to me. Till my third age my mom told me many fairy tales. Hmmm in middle of night there was lot of power cuts, so if fan get switched off, the atmosphere threw me out of my sleep and usually me started to cry, that time my mom used to told me lot of fairy tales which I loved a lot in my childhood. Really my mom is an angel down to earth. I was much blessed by Allah to get a sweetheart mom like her… Alhamdulillaah… Usually I keep sleeping in the nights and do wake in day time as I had lot of cousins to play with…. Neighbors loved my activities and pranks. Usually I was playing whole days with my cousins & neighbors, Till my first day of play school the days passed by like this… Every night before I went to bed, I got to pick out a book and my parents would read it to me. Still today I practice this ritual, reading a little bit before I go to bed (At present I am reading the book named Adaab-e-Jindagi in Tamil Translation). Days passed by… As the pranks of me get raised, my age also…..

So this is the Friday 29, August 1986….. Also a very special day in my life in which my Princess born in Chennai….. I even don’t know about the Chennai…Where it’s situated or how far it’s from my hometown. Will continue my life in details, how I got committed to my Princess Fathima in upcoming days….. .

…… to be continued ……..