Wednesday, August 11, 2010

When a man's needed

Feminists be damned, theres one area over which we females will never approximate to a male, and thats in brute strength. Sister #5 and I have pleaded, begged and badgered mom to get a male servant but she thinks she has a man's strength so she remains adamantly against the idea. 

We once had the perfect male servant. Well almost- he went out one Sunday and never returned and some of our stuff mysteriously disappeared with him too. He was 5 ft of muscle. He can hoist himself off the ground with just his arms, using a pole as support, aligning his body perfectly parallel to the ground. When he carried heavy loads he's skip merrily, waving his arms and saying "Heiha huiha". And he also fancied laddies so it was perfectly safe to leave him around with five little girls. Now he's gone :(

Our house is located on a hill and all routes to it contain hundreds of steps, vehicle inaccessible. Many's the time #5 and I have staggered our way up those steps when theres a delivery of sacks of rice, building materials, gas cylinders etc. Today, a truckload of sand unexpectedly arrived. We had only one worker to help and he was scrawny and puny. It looked to be a long day's work for #5, me and him.

Bro-in-law #2 came over, bought us icecreams, said he had work and couldnt stay, told us to change into long pants (we were in shorts) because we had Vai workers and they might ogle. We dimpled prettily but didnt change. Who ever heard of mucking about in sand in long pants?

Then #4 and her hubby, bro-in-law #3 came over. #4 wants to "play in the sand" too and she told her hubby to take their six-month-old son. Hubby insisted on being a man (yayyy) and helped us instead. So there was no longer any need for #5 and I to walk up and down the steps carrying sackfuls of sand. All we had to do now was to load the sacks with sand while bro#3 and puny worker carried them. And God made the weather blissfully cloudy so it wasnt too bad.

Yes, yes, I know, we look like models on an exotic fashion shoot but still, it was grueling work. Anyway, one highlight of the day was when two little schoolboys, probably 6 or 7 years old came over and insisted on helping. The held open the sacks for us and then asked for a handful of sand as payment :D
Then they ran away, cupping their treasures in their hands, whooping in delight. I want sons like those. And thats another instance where men prove helpful too. To help in procreation.

Anyway, its now time to clean up the mess the workers made, and to start preparing dinner. A woman's work is never done. Thats when its nice to have a man around to talk to after a hard day's work.

So feminists and supporters of all-female utopias be damned-again. Men do have their occasional uses. And I for one am going to badger my mom again about seeing to a male servant. 

15 comments:

Mos-a said...

He can hoist himself off the ground with just his arms, using a pole as support, aligning his body perfectly parallel to the ground.

I can do that too but I don't need to even use my arms. Just er.. a pole is enough.

Engpawhnise... Brick thiar hi chu mawms a St.Paul's ngawih ngawih. Kum 3 ka luh chhung khan classroom bang pakhat tal daih khi chu kawngpui tangin ka pu chho hman ang.

Nia "vai" worker ho chuan kan ogle tlangpui mizo nula kheh no deuh deuh ho hi chu. Tiang hian generalise loh tur ania vai worker zawng zawng hian kan ogle kher lova... a pawi khawp mai...

ku2 said...

Awihawm loh em mai, I dawheh. Vai i nih vang aniang tralalallaa :P

Just one wall? Classroom khat tawp ka thiar asin. Classroom thar kan luah hmana, i thiar a telve maithei ani tahchuan. Classroom bang kha chil chhak khum kan hrat hlawm lutuk.

Vai worker in kan ogle ti a, vai worker zawng2 hian kan ogle lo a ti leh si, chiang rawh ka unau. I ogle nge ogle lau?

wonderboy said...

Mos- a comment mai2 chu a! Ka thil ngaihtuah sa pawh ka theihnghilh phah daih! hahaha

btw, class 3/4 velah kan lut ho thin in ka hria, but not too sure!

ku2 said...

@Wonderboy? Ami? Kan la te awm SHS chu anih chuan :)

Anonymous said...

this i enjoyed reading a lot!! i couldnt stop laughin....who knows you might just be able to sew the pages together into a book....this stuff will have a lot of readers. think about it as a pet project.

___ K said...

i reckon judith butler, eve sedgwick and all the androgynous transgendered lesbians would love to pettle u with fruit after reading this article. but i agree completely. hehe

ku2 said...

@Nars: Anything longer and I would bore myself to tears :D
Pet project,Gawwddd, I wish. When I reject the Nobel Prize for Lit (bcos it promotes strife or some such noble misguided ideal), Ill mention ya as my inspiration.

@__K: Hah, You would say that :D
But seriously, after just having dispatched the neighbours' sons to go line up and fetch our gas cylinders for us, Im realizing more and more just how indispensable the male species are :D

ku2 said...

Ps @_k: Seedless fruits at that, i bet.

Eveline said...

It's neat, I guess, that you've set up a whole post aside for men. I'm a feminist but very Pro-male too. :)
I'm so very far from being my mother in most areas that I'd have to think I'd be most like my father (except for the pee standing up and the fake-snoring).
I like how most of the men I know in life are driven by the love of family around them and their highest priority is making sure that their loved ones are happy and safe.

Fabulous post.

wonderboy said...

2006/7 vel khan tekuri nen kan inhre thar leh a (cl 4 kn nih lai kha kan inhmuh hnuhnun ber), chung hunlai velte chu kan sawi chhuak a, i hming pum chiah ka hria tawh a, kukui tiin an ko alom a tia...chuan hmanni ah mizoblog update (misual.com ah) khan i blog hi ka hmu a ka rawn zawt risk tawp che a, i lo ni hlauh a, lawmawm khawp mai. I blog ka rawn ti hnawk ta nuai a, so sorry! Would you mind if we exchange email at wonderboyisme[at]gmail[dot]com ??

ku2 said...

@Eve: Thank you :)
Im against bra-burning, male-bashing, aggressive feminism too. I love heels and frills (suppressive tools,hah) and I dont consider men the enemy. Just slightly clueless persons we have to co-habit with :D

@Wonder: Ami? Kan batch mate ka hriat te chu.. Dorothy kha nia, nu ani tawh a, Lenny pawh pa ani tawh a, David pawh nupui neih a tum hnai deuh amoni. Chuan Alan-a kha a blog ve a, ALX tiin. A rei tawh lutuka, hmun hrangah hmu ilang, tu vak mah ka hre tawh lovang ka ring

jay-me said...

Your mom is the toughest mom i know...and her kids are struggling to fill her shoes, as proven by this post :P Dont wear yourself out dear and invite me over for dinner, okhreh??House warming dinner i ba. "Sa" nen ngat o plus engemo neuh2 hehe

ku2 said...

James, dinner chu ee, huihams, sa leina tur pawh kan neiloo, we're soo broke :D
Vawiinah pawn balu kan thiar lehh, ka sek tawh lutuk

Jerusha said...

haha the pictures are JUST adorable!

and another hahah at the laddie-loving 5ft of muscle man :)

ku2 said...

He's somewhere out there, prolly batting his lashes and flexing his muscles at emo boys :(
Pics courtesy of sister #4 who thinks allll occasions should be fotographically captured