Missed deepavali for the first time in my life

Oh god!... a damn feeling of missing home on a deepavali..

..sound of crackers...getting up early in the morning..quick quick take oil bath...lil coffee..all excited run to burst crackers!..the atmosphere oh wow..the build up to the deepavali is so wonderful...amma,appa,kalai...all our family members..it sucha a great feeling...

on this day...in canada..just woke up..shifted my place from hotel to new home..the run back to office for a meeting...finish the stuff and back home late..not even a visit to temple...

all the years of deepavali was flashing in my memory..i remember the one of the deepavali..where i was training with my taekwondo team in the beach..i was 11 yrs old..

.on the sparring...a fight in martial art...i had to fight two guys in a beautiful location..waves hitting ur knee...sun slowly rising...

i remember the moment..its mandatory we have to keep both of them in around 135 degrees vision..i just lost track of one guy...i tried a round house kick on one...and next second..i received a straight scissor kick on my upper lip from another guy...it tore and i was bleeding heavy..ironically i was first to bring that kick in our dojo..the double edged sword hit me back...which i had used successful to bring down few ppl..
i fought well that day even though i had received a major blow...

..then my father and me..came back home...crackers we burstin everywhere..most of the morning was over..but sacrifice was needed to learn something..i had to sacrifice few hours of my deepavali for my taekwondo...after 10 years..i received a black belt..

now i am 28 ...i have missed a complete deepavali..away from family... :(((((

cheers,
veerabahu