TidyCity » Lighter vein

Competition for trash pick up!

City Cleaner — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:03:59 +0000

– by Ajai

On Feb 22, I came at around at 3.50 pm at the Museum gate and was looking for TidyCity guys as I was a new member and didn’t have any idea how to find them. Then I called Sreejith and he said they are on the way and wait in front of the gate. So I stood there searching for more members (later I came to know that some guys who were standing next to me were ‘the’ members). Then I thought we should make some posters and large, eye catching placards. So I went on looking for chart sheets and paint, in the LMS compound and found all the shops closed (stupid me.. of course its a Sunday!!). When I came back, to my utter surprise, there stood Merle with a pair of cute pink gloves in her hand. Curious, I asked if she was a member of TidyCity. She said yes and she too was a new member and was anxiously waiting for the others as it was already 4. Then she offered me a glove and I said I’ve brought a pair of gloves with me. Happy to find company, she readily started picking up small wrappers and all and dumped it in the nearest dustbin. I gladly joined her and picked some papers and put it in the waste basket. She then pointed to a paper near the security’s shed and said ” Thats mine..”.

I was very happy to find her that much excited because she was clear about what we have in our mind “A cleaner world”. But I felt sorry because there were people who saw us picking up trash but continued to throw more wherever they felt like.

I went with her and a security guard stopped and asked me what was going on? I said about our project and he said OK. Just then Sreenath came to me and inquired whats happening. I never knew him so I mentioned TidyCity and then I heard him say to someone over the phone, “Pedikkanda, nammude aalukal thanneya” (Dont worry, these people are our members!”)

While walking back after our clean-up, I was wondering what must have gone through Sreenath’s mind…

He(& the guy over the phone) must had in their mind that…

“Eeshwara, chavaruparakkanum competitiono???” (“God, do we have a competition for trash pick-up???”)

Learnings from last Sunday

City Cleaner — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:31:22 +0000

– by Aneesh Ramachandran

Last Sunday was pretty interesting in many ways. The venue was my favourite hangout place in Trivandrum, the lustrous Shangumugham Beach.

It is true that we didn’t do much of a cleaning, but nevertheless it was an opportunity to learn much more…

Presenting my take on the learnings from last Sunday on a lighter note.

1. It took the ‘guy selling flute’ at the beach to make me realize that Cris has not paid me a dime for my cleaning efforts so far. .He was shocked to learn that I was picking up his ‘Gutka’ and ‘Pan’ covers in that blazing Sunday afternoon for no charges whatsoever.
Cris please note

2. It is impossible to clean the clean the beach front in a day as my friend Piyush rightly pointed out. .
It is indeed a reality folks, for every plastic cover we picked up there were hundred more buried under the sand.

3. Never ever say in front of Dr Swapin that our spices, especially pepper are being genetically modified. . I thought that he was gonna kill Bindu for saying that.

Just kidding folks!

BTW Dr Swapin seems like a walking encyclopedia .Every weekend I end up learning more and more from this great guy.

4. If anyone wants to see Dr Bindu on a rage, just tell her that u burnt plastic last day. I think she gets all worked up on the mere thought of burning plastic.

Hey Bindu, Thanks for checking my spectacles from being cleared away as garbage.

5. When Shibu called for ‘Start waste management from your home’, I was moved and all with plans. So this Monday evening I came home from office with a large clay pot, all ready to uphold the principles shibu proclaimed as to convert the waste into compost. To be exact I didn’t get a very big pot but a medium sized one, those readily available at the road side now a days.

And all my mom had to ask was “Enthada Pongala Idaan ithrayum valiyaa kalam venoooo?”
Translation: “Why do you need such big clay pots for Pongala?”

Anyhow I wasn’t completely able to convince my mom to go with the ‘Compost’ idea, but nevertheless she agreed to distribute the bio degradable wastes amongst her plants rather than giving away to the corporation.
In addition, three new sacks have taken their place behind our store room to hold plastic covers, plastic bottles and kalippu things like batteries respectively.

6. I realized last Sunday how grossly uninformed I was in the field of waste management. So the time is ripe to read and learn more.

7. Never agree that there is nothing in a name.
That is a secret folks. right Cris??

And to sum it all up, is a request to all you folks as I found out that there is one more ‘Aneesh’ in TIDY CITY, to gimme some ideas to distinguish one from the other.
Any spark, folks?
Yep, I know it’s a dumb request…

So thank you folks for yet another wonderful weekend for a wonderful cause.

Btw I am still wondering on what we did with those plastic Bisleri bottles after our meeting? Fried Green Tomatoes movie full

Mosquito repellent girl

City Cleaner — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:32:00 +0000

– by Cris

I forgot about this. Last Sunday we were getting ready to start our museum clean-up. I was distributing the clean up tools. I took out an Odomos cream and was telling aloud “Mosquito repellent, mosquito repellent. Apply it apply it. It drives away all mosquitoes”. Hearing this, an older man came to me, looking interested, and asked “How much?”

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A message conveyance in vain

City Cleaner — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:15:46 +0000

To include one in lighter vein… I have been to a wedding reception today and they gave us all these small candies you see only at weddings now. Anyway, a couple of friends took the candies out and dropped the wrappers on the ground. I immediately picked it up although the ground was packed with all sorts of waste papers by then. I just wanted to convey that this should not be the practice, so they will remember next time not to drop things anywhere they feel like.

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However, my message went unnoticed when the groom’s mother saw my gesture and thought I was having some kind of fancy for chocolate wrappers. She came running to me with a whole lot of wrappers and put it in my hands affectionately. My wrapper-dropper friends burst out in laughter as I stood there hands full of wrappers. The rest of the friends didn’t fail to open my hands and dump their wrappers too. Hmm. I hope, some day, one can work on a clean city initiative without actually serving as a trash can.

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