Can you Fix it? Hijab can :D

I know how to repair telephone wires. Only some of friends know that, others hardly belive it. When my parents decided to shift to a place where when you call the Telecom company and ask them to repair internet wires and telephone wires, they tell  you to change your house instead.

On Sundays, my dad is a repair man a mechanic and most importantly an electrician. But on the  other days he is what an officer should look like. I love him when he is getting dressed for his work. I have loved my dad dressing and I have told mom how lucky she is to have a well dressed man. But all she ssays is, “ Hijab, don’t go  after good looks, it should be the heart.  My dad who over heard it said, “ so u mean I don’t have a heart? … And my mum politely replied , “ No. Heart tou kisi aur ko daydiya tha na jawani mein.”  ( No, U have given heart to someone already in your youth)

Well… the point is I repair telephone wires haha.

So on Sundays, when my dad is free. He wouldn’t sort out his papers or watch tv. Instead, he will check all the bulbs and lights in the house and check for fuse.  The worst part begins when I am called to stand by his side and hold extensions, new bulbs, wires, lighter, a piece of cloth.  So this fine Sunday morning I remember when the tea wasn’t made well and I was little cranky and having one of my usual mood swings, dad decided to take the matter in his own hands when the telephone didn’t work. He burnt the wire with the lighter and quickly wiped the plastic off with the cloth.. Then with those naked wires he twisted them and did something I don’t remember and tied it in the white box which is kind of the main thing which needs to have wires inserted to it so the phone can work. * Fanfare* … and it worked so fine.



After my dad got posted to another city, I used to repair telephone wires, internet wires and go up the roof top myself. I used to replace oil in my car and end up washing it too.  But fortunately never broken a nail. Ah achievement. I have even polished my car with a tea cup in hand and have the servant attend my phone calls. lol. It so hard to believe and my friends make fun of me. They say hijab if u had been guy .. we would have married u without even thinking twice. well that’s cheesy =p