Wednesday, 2 January 2013

LETS MAKE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER...

So this is a continutation from my previous blog The Bangalore Santa.. In case you havent read that then this wont make much sense to you...

This was one New Year Party that bhabhi and myself have been planning since Oct... So you can just about imagine the anticipation...And Anu ( my sis in law) didnt help me at all by putting soo much pressure by practically bringing the topic up in every occassion we spoke which was everyday! LOL ( kidding)

It all began with zeroing on the place for the occasion which was finalised as Sainath tower.. The guest list is next which was supposed to be all the cousins and close friends had to go through infinite confirmations before finally reaching 17.

So we contimue the planning with food.. Wow that is one topic that was decided and revised and decided and revised and there on... *whew*.

So all set with the party invites getting confirmed and the menu closed on..we begin the party !

SInce this was a party where mom and dad were the Chief guests mine and Anu's drinking was practically a crime.. What do we do then ??? There comes bhabhi to our rescue... So the drinks chosen by us are WINE and BREEZER which are rechristened as Grape and Orange Juice repectively. i still cant forget the expression on Anu's face when she was told to pretend that this was orange juice... It took bhabhi and myself at least half n hour to convince her... wow !

Now back to the party which had music and drinks flowing all night.. With no agenda in mind for the party we begin with blaring music where me. Viju and Anu take turns in palying DJ... Anu and this supposedly DJ way to increase and decrease the volume of the songs to give effect ! ( mind you this is the orange juice speaking ) .

Where there is a party and dance there needs to be KT with his unique style of dancing. this was by far the first party where i have seen the guys steal the show ! Bro, Manoj, Unni, KT, Viju, Beebs and Sandesh were actually at their best ! (fotos clicked by the grape juice are proof to that :)).

Round 2 is dumb charades where we are split in 2 teams and my dear husband becomes the first bakra to come and enact, who better than me to give him the movie name "Ghaagre mein Dhaam Dhoom". I should have actually clicked a photo of the expression on his face when he heard the movie name. Wow ! Then came other interesting options like Howrah bridge mein latakti laash and My Boss Bajrangbali ( cheaters you only said no dubbed movies ).

As the clock ticks 12, we start wishing each other and getting busy on our cellphones... I even heard Manju wishing someone Happy Bday ! So after the celebratory break we get back to the routine of dancing the night away...

As the night wore away, i realised the showstoppers for the night were Bro and KT. Wow... it was one roller coaster night... Bhaiya realised that he couldnt find a better occassion to pull Bhabhi's leg so he also made the most of it ! ( wonder what is his condition now... ha ha ha). 

Couple of tracks change and then comes the anthem for the night.. Gangnam style... This is when i see the normally quiet and reticent Deeba suddenly get up and do a jig with KT... That was a KODAK moment i tell u...

No party in our family is actually complete without mom shaking her booty to the songs... dhinka chika dhinka chika... She is quite an inspiration i tell u ! 

The icing on the cake was when bro actually was the krishna and we radha's danced around him.... that was all the motivation that we needed to the apt song... Radha likes to party !

As we reach towards the end of the party (4 am....yawn) we reach the last leg of singing... Some amazing songs from Sandesh where he mixed the lyrics and tune of 2 songs.. and sang it flawlessly... this is after all the drinks mind you !

I really wished that night went a little more longer... though it was much better than what was initially envisioned...

As my post headline mentions... this was one night to remember !! i know i will always cherish them...

i sign off with a cheers to having many more such parties in the days to come !




 

Tuesday, 1 January 2013

THE BANGALORE SANTA...


Okay.. here goes my first attempt at writing a blog….Hope this comes out as good as it is in my mind !!!

I was just bursting to pen these thoughts down since morning… it was like as if they were waiting to be poured somewhere…

This happens to be the best year ending that I have ever had in my life… What started out as a small gathering of family turned out to be the most happening and rocking party of all times. This new year celebration begins with my bro (read bro in law) and bhabhi coming in post xmas… I was dying to meet them after such a long break.. More than me I could actually see my mom (read mom in law) getting geared up to meet her “mone” in her own words… We actually had a mini food fest at home.. It was like as if her sole aim was to feed everyone at home at all points of time.. I have never seen such a spread being served everyday.. all your typical Kerala specialties… Puttu Kadala , Avial, Fish Curries and Chicken (I am still a veggie) etc..

I don’t know about exercise for the other parts of my body but our mouth and stomach definitely had the most workouts !!!

When we actually get some breather from the food festival at home there was a loootttt of shopping to be crammed in.. Crawford markets and Bandra’s of the world feature in this.. My bhabhi and Deepa actually had the best time of their life ( I cant say the same thing about Bro and KT.. LOL ),  bhabhi was only short of taking an oath to come at least once in a year to Mumbai and shop.. Make a small piggy bank and save up all the money that they want to spend back in B’lore.

Okay I am taking a small diversion from the trip details and going to describe a particularly interesting person  I met in this vacation.. Rajeshkumar Kalaripallil Thangappan (I hope I have got this name correct !!)  alias KT . He is the only person I have met who knows to keep someone smiling just by saying nothing and to top it all of his antics are out of this world ! Oh and yes he has met his match in Deepa alias Deeba… What a deadly combination they make (touchwood) ! Kudos to that ! So let me try and get some of the “out of the world ” qualities of KT here… He has a unique way of dancing and actually knows how to make someone dance (even  those with 2 left feet) be it changing bulbs, or starting a motorcycle and shooing a dog ( the last one is my fav).

Wow… mindblowing non stop entertainment… the only time he is actually quiet is when having food….hmmmm.. so these are some things that I can write about him..

Now, back to our discussion .. So between shopping and eating a mouthfuls of food we had these long night conversations which had more than its share of the fun elements.. Small things like seeing mom's eagerness to come home early from her 2ndshift.. Both Viju ( my dear husband)  and Bro eagerly waiting for her to come home are gestures that are more than millions in this world.. Then comes our discussion into the night… We actually adapted to sleeping at 2 or 3 in the night.


 As the days went by, I was actually dreading the fact that this vacation would soon be coming to an end.. But wait there is the new year party also to watch out for !!! Wait for more on my next blog… “ LETS MAKE IT A NIGHT TO REMEMBER”