Da Ugly Devil's Heaven

Finally we sold our house last week on Monday, 18 August 2008. There are a lot of happy as well as bitter moments in that old creepy house. I never accepted it as a house or home in any way. It was just a place which gave us shelter for more than five straight years. I was forced to stay there by my mom and dad. I was told we would only stay there for three months and we will shift to a new place but there was something creepy about that house, it just kept us there and we couldn’t leave it no matter how uncomfortable we felt living there.

If I analyze my stay in that house, I would have more of the bitter moments rather than happy ones. Many of my friends would want to visit it but I always hesitated and never took anyone there no matter how much they insisted. I once had written a poem to one of my best friends, who got lost somewhere after her marriage, Malina Shakya, on Friday, 31 March 2006 01:11:08 NST. The poems goes like:

My House
My house is not a house
house of cards are better
At least they look so amazing
May be I will only show it later

5 feet 16 inches, thats my house’s area (i just measured it)
No where to sleep, Nowhere to sit
Where will you stay? Where will you eat?
It will hurt me more within so deep

Four-story house with three stairs in it
Windows are six pairs with two pairs of doors
Within it living us, mom, dad, me, & my two parrots
Thats about my house, what u wanna know more?

It’s dirty, It’s stinky, It’s so …
All the bad things you will never wanna know
No invitation for anyone
Coz I got nothing to show!

I guess this poem best defines how my house was. I never took Malina to my house. Finally after so many struggles we finally were able to move from that house as there was not much space for the whole family. The brokers really helped us sell that house but they got a huge prize for that as well. We sold our house in 5 lakhs (approx. $7250), and I know that is not a good price but for that house, it is the best price we could get.

I also can’t forget the happy moments with my family there. A lot of occasions were celebrated, a lot of history was made, a lot of memories still remains. Well still I got no regrets for selling that house. We had to do it once and for all and I am glad it happened this year. No house for us for now but we will be struggling a lot to get one soon. May God help us and be with us in our search of a better home and better place for living!