Contemplations and Ruminations

It's been a while... I don't know where to start. School reopened last week and I get reports every alternate day from the sisters (either they call up or I do), I miss that place so damn much. Seems there are many new admissions this year, about 20 of them!!!! Can't wait to go back and see them all... a boy (this new kid from bombay, 12 year old Down's syndrome) already broke a pipe and enjoyed the water shower. Yeah, life was fun there... Life now is not bad either, there are so many weddings coming up. I want to attend all of them, though I know one won't be possible. It's fun listenin to the wedding talk and all the other stuff that preceeds a wedding. Other people's weddings are so much fun compared to your own. I've been wanting to meet anju for a very long time, being in the same city and all that. But things haven't been working out (thanks to a couple of very lazy guys, who say 'yes' to everythin then go disrupting all my plans t...

(don't worry, not mine....) We had gone to Pondicherry last weekend to attend a friend's wedding and it was a cute little hindu ceremonial thing. The hall was practically empty, cause most people turn up for the previous day reception, while only the really really close family members are present during the actual 'thali' tying ceremony which took place at 7am. When we entered, the bridegroom had one end of his attire tied to the girl's pallu and they were walking round the stage... I don't know what this signifies, but I really liked this part of the ceremony. (Enrique's song "you can run, you can hide, but you can't escape my love" would have fit the mood...) Anyway here are a few more pictures taken in/on the way to Pondicherry: Apparently alcohol is damn cheap in Pondicherry... The salt farm on the way to Pondicherry. Sajeeve's bullet proof cellphone, he got hit by a bullet a few days back, but the phone saved his life. (you can...

Tonio was looking at himself in the mirror, shaking his head and sayin, " Travelling so much my complexion is getting spoilt." So I told him, " You are already married, so why bother. It's not like you have to find somebody." To which he replied, "What if you die?" Am I lucky or what...

That's what Tonio said before he left for work on Monday and I started laughing. He's going back to work after the wedding and stuff and all he could say before leaving was "don't touch my jeans" . Poor thing, all my clearing and arranging must be gettin to him. He keeps saying "you're like my mom.....keep this back, don't leave this here..." (mimicking me) And I keep telling him "you're like manoj... leaving your clothes lying around..." Yeah... sure feels like home.

Here are a few picutres that won't find a place in the wedding album... but they were equally (some of them, even more) memorable. Everybody loves sunoj.... I was so happy to see them all...... (first time they were coming to my new place) Sunoj again.... hanging out with this guy is like shopping, ice cream, chocolates... etc. You can't get enough of them. The crazy cousins gave us a very interesting gift... this gift will be with us for six months then it will start its cycle of educating the owners. Though I doubt my cousins need much education in that department. It was fun opening the book and Jardin being the smart guy wanted somethin read from page 69. It was so cute the way Sunoj quickly picked up "The Magic Faraway Tree Series" from the corner and gave me to hold up when Robert uncle walked into the room (turns out he was the one who bought the book). I still remember Robert uncle laughing his head off.... good times. This wa...

Saw this on orkut and couldn't stop laughing.... Sunoj: hey wassup man..u guys enjoyed??? Jovan: Ya man, had a ball there!!!!!!! Sunoj: whos ball u had man..din't tel me..

Life couldn't be better, the past few weeks have been hectic and wonderful in so many different ways. Everythin went off well, except for the weather. The cousins who travelled all the way from Bombay rocked the place (sheena we missed you). Anju was there for both the functions and unfortunately she found someone to talk to. Sajeeve 'The Mahathma' visited his homeland after a long time and it was great having him around. Met his brother Sunoj and you can't help but love that guy, he's so funny. Ashwin dropped in at the reception looking all hep and cool. Roamed around a lot, ate a lot of good food (check Sajeeve's blog for pictures), received a lot of gifts, spent a week at my new home, had a lot of fun..... now everythin and everybody is slowly getting back to normal. Somehow I am reminded of this line from the movie Sound of Music, "When the Lord closes a door, somewhere he opens a window." He made everythin go well...

I posted something new.... Gifts have started pouring in, mostly from fathers and sisters though. Mother (Sr. Magdalene) gave me Rabindranth Tagore's 'Gitanjali' and two rosaries. Fr. Emmanuel (one of the few fathers I really like) gave me this Holy Family Statue/lamp and its incredibly beautiful.

Wouldn't you say so... Nam and me were in this huge clothing store and we were making fun of all the models on display (there was one of hrithik in which he looked kinda gayish) when we came across this one. Seriously, dark people are more better looking....

Visited a few churches on Good Friday to see how the Blessed Sacrament was displayed and adored. Infant Jesus Church, Ponnappa Nadar Nagar Church of Our Lady of Snow, Maravankudi St. Joseph's Church, Vattakarai St. Antony's Church, Kurusady Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Punnai Nagar Holy Family Church, Mela Ramanputhoor St. Xavier's Cathedral, Kottar Holy Family Church, Ramanputhoor

Santhi Nilayam celebrated its 13th annual day on Sunday the 1st of April, 2007. The day started off pretty good with the kids in church trying to fool the priest and anybody that passed by. It turned out to be a very entertaining evening too. The kids all performed well. I sure was glad to be there... to be part of the entire event, to watch the whole thing unfolding after days of arduous practice sessions and countless funny moments in between. It was a close to perfect day... Here are a few pictures....