Trip & a wedding

Last week was pretty hectic for me. Was unwell for 2 days & had to take offs on mon & tues. Had to visit Doc as the temperature wasnt going down. I had temperature of 103 'C when we visited Doc. Went to work on wed. Thursday - had to wake up 4 in the morning as had to board the 7 am flight to Coimbatore. Only reaching at the Airport I came to know that the flight to Coimbatore is via Mumbai. Anyways we reached Airport at 6 AM. At the last moment I was packing my stuff. First time I saw the Flight status as "Boarding" even when there was 45 min to go for the flight to take off & we did not clear the security check-ins. We were not alone.... There were others too :D

Indian Airlines has improved a lot - be it their food or in-flight entertainment channels. You will find different movies played on different routes. For e.g. last month when we travelled from Delhi-Trivandrum (via Kochi) the movie which they had was "Love Aajkal". And this time I get to watch two movies. One was starring Bobby Deol & kagana - dont know the name of the movie. Another movie was getting played on another video channel- starring Shammi Kapoor & Asha Parekh - once again dont know the name of the movie but it had some amazing numbers including the one 'O mere sona re sona re son re ..." When the movie reached its climax our flight reached its destination - Coimbatore. Prior to that we landed in Mumbai - my first live experience of Mumbai. The Airport is all surrounded with slums - one of the biggest in Asia - but you wont even come to realize it b'cause it doesnt look bad from above :) I found the Mumbai crowd - people who got down at Mumbai - well behaved, dressed and decent as compared to Delhites. I would love to visit Mumbai again n' would like to explore their culture (that by default includes food too). After landing in Coimbatore we boarded a cab to Salem which was approx. 150 km away.

It was a nice drive because of the smooth roads. We crossed over Cauvery river which was full of water. When we reached Aunt's place we were told that we were the first relative to arrive for the function. It was my cousin's wedding the next day. It was a north + south indian marriage. My cousin is from south & his bride from Jabalpur. He follows Christianity & her bride is from a Hindu family. Anyways the bride's family was expected to reach by 3 PM but their train was late. I waited till 10 PM - was dead tired so went upstairs to catch up some sleep. The relatives arrived around 10 PM & they had their dinner. I slept like a log & woke up next morning. I had batch early in the morning because we had some customs to follow - we went to the hotel & gave sarees & all other stuff to the would-be bride. My bua speaks good hindi so conversing with the other people wasnt that difficult. But still the translation was happening as they sung songs. After it was over we went back to home for lunch - relatives were expected for lunch. After lunch we started getting dressed for the occasion. Had few photo sessions which were funny - thanks to my cousin. We all departed for the Church where the ceremony was suppose to take place. Church was all decorated beautifully with flowers. The ceremony took place - bride & the groom said their prayers & accepted each other as husband & wife. Everyone proceeded to the community hall for dinner where the reception was hosted. I was ggiven a good job - had to stand on the stage along with the newly weds to collect the gifts. Thats a job given by my bua to yours truly. I had no issues but I stood there for more than 2 hrs - God there were so many people - and imagine yourself standing for that long on a footwear which I wore after nearly a gap of 3 years. After every few minutes I looked at the Q hoping that it will get shorter - (people lined up for the presentation ceremony). Anyways everything went off well & wanted to return back to Delhi to my sweet home & wanted to sleep on my sweet bed for a good sleep.

Next day we boarded a Kingfisher flight from Salem to Chennai - it was a small aircraft - baby aircraft :D. The pilot's accent reminded me that its not the first time I am listening to such an accent. His accent reminded me of Ruslan. :) We reached Chennai shortly within 45 mins. From there we boarded Indigo flight back to Delhi. My suggestion would be to never board indigo as its one of the cheapest airlines & the lack of space would be a big discomfort for you.I've told my father that i wont fly unless he gets the tickets booked with AI/IA in future :) It was a good journey but a tiring one. One more thing - when I am in South I at times get the feeling as if I am in California & when i was there in San Francisco I felt as if am in my home town. It has happened to me many times when I visited South last month & this month. I still dont know the reason why.

Hate my boss

Awards were distributed today & I did not even get one :(

trip n' lalala laaaaaaaaa

Finally, here I am in front of my laptop writing this post after 2 weeks of holidays. I am still in that holiday mood. I did not feel like coming back - reasons - 1. Weather in South is great- you dont require a sweater - no chill no fog no pollution - simply enjoy the greenery & the wonderful weather 2. Simply "haram khoori" - feels great to be away from office :) 3. Those pussy cats - I'll miss playing with them - my best time with an animal after my rabbit expired way back in 1999.

Now let me summarize my trip:

Be it morning, eve, noon or night, every other relative of ours was enquiring & curious to know as whats happening at my personal front. They were ready to help to such an extent that they arranged a meeting with a guy after a day I reached there. So I was "occupied" in answering all kinds of questions thrown by my relatives including as what kind of guy i would like to get married to. I even thought of telling them someone whose got 4 legs , 4 ears :d Kidding!

I am so sick & tired of meeting these guys that I hate to talk about my experiences.

1st proposal: This guy doesnt have a job and he asked me about my salary in front of people that too in the first meeting. I was pissed off & still am. My parents were all set to get me maaried to this fellow until they visited his home. They were disappointed & someone was happy :)

2nd proposal: Guy did not turn up so was happy. N' I dont think this would materialize as my parents are not that interested as they were initially due to x-y-z reasons. Good for me!

3rd proposal: Would be good if relatives would stop helping me in finding 'such' a life partner. Period.

4th proposal: This one came just a day before our trip back to Delhi. Guy is working in Thailand but the parents are not sure about the name of the city where the he lives. Though they have all the details about his living. Nyways- only the guy's parents came - the guy's father was more interested & worried about me wearing specs. He even made me to take out my glasses for a min. & I had to obey only & only because of my parents. Disgusting! I dont see myself getting married to such a guy whose father is looking for a perfect bride for his son & am not perfect!

Between the 3rd & the 4th proposal, there was a gap of 10 days & all my mausis & mamaajis asked me all kind of weird qestions regarding me not getting married at this age & why I did not like the guy (1st proposal)

Best moments were the ones which I spent with those cutie cats- ah I simply loved them & I'll miss them like nything.N' of course not to forget how I lazed around doing no work - absolutely no work. I proved everyone & to me that I am a big lazy bum! :D

On our way back saw the beauty of nature. Flying can be boring if one has to stick to the seat for 5 hrs. But this time nature loved me for some reasons :)

blah blah blah

I deserve an award or least a pat on my back.

Reason: Its freezing & its all foggy and cloudy outside. Even our house which is on the 4th floor freezes like anything. And in the midst of all chill, I managed to wax my hands & legs. Its not a big deal specially in this weather.

I'll be flying on 12 to south & would be coming back on 25th. I hope n' pray that I get to enjoy these holidays :)

My love...

Was completely stressed out by the events which occurred in the past week on my personal as well as on my professional end. To start with my personal end, I was made to meet a man & talk to him for 5-10 mins. I found those 10 mins the hardest moments of my life. To start with the story- this proposal was sent by my very own mamaji , reason- the guy is good & he is working in Delhi for the past few years. My parents went to see him initially. Then they decided to call the boy at our place so that 'we' (I and the boy) can 'see' each other. I had split off last week so wanted to relax on my week off but then meeting the boy was made the priority for me for that one day. I hated it but then ws left with no choice. Finally they guy came with his cousin & an uncle. Initially I was confused as who is the 'eligible boy' but somehow figured it out after few minutes of talk. His cousin did the entire talking part. N' i did not like the guy on the first instance. I thought they'll leave after few minutes. But the boy'cousin pushed 'us' to talk for few minutes though I wasnt quite interested. God, those were the toughest and the hardest minutes of my entire lifetime. I knew how I managed to talk to him. I did not ask any questions. He had questions which I answered honestly. There was some pressure from my parents to say "yes" to this proposal but I straightaway said "No" because it was a big NO from my side. Thats it. Period.

On the professional side, I was struggling to convince my manager that I wasnt at fault - an incident which happened almost a month ago n' no step was taken by my immediate boss. I was hurt by all this then came this another episode. I was forced to get examined by the doctor because they suspected me of swine flu. I had cold because of weather change n' they suspected me. Once again I failed to convince my managers n' had to take a day's off.Doctor diagnosed it as sinusitis. I was prescribed anti-bio tics which I usually avoid.But this time was an exception. It was hard to concentrate on work when so much was going on. By the end of the day I felt that am completely stressed out. I couldnt take it anymore. But I promised myself not to argue with the managers in near future on any damn thing/matter.

I was talking to 'S' when he asked some weird questions which he asked me few months back. He is kind of verge of proposing to me but resisting himself because I am not taking too much of interest. I've reasons too: I never met him- its only thru our work that we got in touch & started talking. I dont know the kind of person he is but am sure that he is a nice gentleman.He is located far from this city n' I dont know but somehow I dont see myself there.I dont want to mess up with my life at this juncture. God, give me the strength to take correct decisions for myself. I dont want to commit the same mistake which i did in the past. Only thing I've realised so far is that I can live only with a person if I know him & are confortable with each other. He has to be a friend for me and rest will follow. Life is not that easy as we think. A times I think why I need a 'marriage' when am ok being single. Relatives wont like you to stay single for long u c ;-) .I've engrossed myself in so much of work that I've almost forgotten that I've a personal life too. Anyways, I would still say the same but not sure what destiny has in store for me. Meanwhile I've decided to spend the rest of my life with z00z00 ;-)

I love you, z00z00! Will you marry me ? :) I'll wait for your answer. :)

Wedding

I had a burning desire to attend someone's marriage. Wanted someone to invite me to attend his/her wedding. Its been a while since I dressed up in ethnic & attended a function. Finally my dream came true. I saw S******'s wedding invitation in my Inbox. I was happy but then there was no way that I can attend this function. Major reason being that people who are invited they don't stay in/around my area where I reside. It becomes a high priority for me as travelling during night is kinda concern for me. Lets see how things turn out....

Bhelpuri....

Finally I made an effort to 'cook' something though it wasnt actually. i made an effort today to make chatpatta bhelpuri. So in the eve, I took out the packet, cut it open & found the receipe inside it. So as per the instructions, I took a potato, to boil it kept it inside the oven for 10 mins. My innerself kept telling me that I should have kept the potato in a bowl half-filled with water but ignored. I got busy in peeling the onion & then after several minutes saw my mom running towards the oven. man.... it was smoke coming out of the oven. My mother quickly turned off the oven from the main switch. N' I like a dumb ass kept looking at it as what went wrong. The potato was all back & it was weighing light like a ball. The bowl in which I kept this 'ball-turned' potato had a hole. WOW.... nice way of starting off with my culinary skills. :D My mom then lend me a helping hand. I cut those dhaniyas & onions in small pieces. Of course the 2nd successfully boiled potato was smashed into pieces as well. Then the mixture was mixed with all of these ingredients along with the chutney n' pomegranate. It tasted nice! Everyone at home tasted the bhelpuri including our maid. :)

Its Abhai's bday today. N' after speaking to him in the day I really feel & wish that he gets engaged/married soon to the lady of his choice. I felt as if he has lost interest in small things which can make him happy. Like a friend I try to help you but u dont listen to me. Anyways, all the best, dude!