Ever since I came back to DC, I haven't been able to sleep beyond 2 in the night no matter when I go to sleep. While staying awake all night is not new to me, waking up so early once I have fallen a sleep has never happened before. It is not even like I am sleeping during the day, even though the antibiotics are making me drowsy.

Today, I am awake at 2 after a very disturbed sleep. I was dreaming of rocking ferries and tornadoes and feeling sea sick, wanting to throw up. I woke up feeling nauseous. It felt like I had slept for a very long time, but it turns out I was in bed for 3 hours. Aren't the antibiotics supposed to make me feel drowsy? I am feeling languid and washed out, but I can't seem to sleep.

It's been over two days since I ate anything and I am not hungry. But, on the whole I am feeling better.

In the last two days I have been advised to "give a few days before I blog about any event in my life, so that I am able to disqualify unimportant details from my post that might seem dramatic now, but trivial later" So I'll do just that!

In the mean time, here are some telugu and tamil proverbs that I thought were quite ambiguous and even funny.

"Count the bamboo bars in your host's house"

What could this possibly mean! It is a very mysterious trope. Bamboos are not expensive, so it can't be the metaphor for money. But, they break easily, which gives the guest a chance to escape in case he has been taken "host"age :)

"The shouting donkey came and disturbed the eating donkey"

The only way this makes sense if I am the former and Tapi is the latter. I see NO problem with it whatsoever, although Tapi might think otherwise.

"Yenki's marriage has resulted in Subbi's death"

Were they lovers? I have a feeling this is to imply that the former's happiness was at the expense of the latter's life. Still, what a strange way to put it.

"He shakes more and pees less"

Ok. This is about false pride or bragging without any real achievement. But, what a way to say it!

"Even when throwing in the river, measure what you have"

Now why would I want to do that, except to prevent pollution! If you ask me the proverb should say "Never throw anything into the river"

"Even waste should be measured and discarded"

Ok! This is the same as the one above. But, I am willing to discount the "original" meaning (whatever it is, I really can't wrap my head around it) and credit it as a brilliant idea for recycling :)

"How much rice do you have? I have enough beans"

This is a Malayalam proverb. But, given that there is no coconut involved, the former is clearly not inviting the latter for a cooking party!

Looks like we have something in common with Greeks beyond the Big Fat Wedding! We have our own version of Delphic proverbs. Perhaps they are meant to be deliberately obscure.