No words just pictures!

I have no energy to describe... so here are some pictures from home where the flurry begins at 6 in the morning and ends at 2 in the night!

More Madness

I didn't even bother with the alarm clock today, I needed to sleep! The Calcutta party arrived with a bang, and I mean that literally. First of all bengalis are naturally loud and then there was total confusion because one bag got left behind at the airport. So they were all standing outside trying to figure out where they left it, if they left it, what they should do now, etc, etc... Uff, what madness. Anyhow, they managed to retrieve the bag.

Me playing Nanny and feeding my niece... SHHHHHHH!
I am still sane, despite the madness around me for which I am thankful for. LOL. But it is great fun, its good to see all these relatives after so long, and there's a wonderful old couple too - my dad's uncle and aunt. They are so wonderful. And I got a call from Max Mueller Bhavan who had the results for my test, which I wrote last Friday. I did good and they want me to test for the next level! YAY!

2 DAYS TO GO!!!!
Much love,

Chatter, chatter, chatter…

So the first batch came in day before yesterday. My grandma, aunt and dad. Well, technically my dad doesn’t count, cause he owns the house! :) SO already the house is pretty packed but apparently there’s space for more and they will be arriving by the dozen tomorrow. So yesterday was supposed to be the day of calm before the storm but it was pretty stormy anyway!

The morning went by with me trying to get my dad’s attention for about half an hour so we could fill up a US financial aid form which was soooo annoying, because the questions are just so annoying and talking about money isn’t my favourite topic in the world. Anyhow, we got through that somehow between the thousand doorbell rings, and grandma chatter and then I practically ran out the door to get to D’s house where we sat and packed about 43 give away gifts! Tiring job (and we’re only half way through!), and kinda tricky till you get the hang of it but the end result is just so pretty!

And we also did some chatter and played with D’s babies; Sophie and Tyson and I have been commanded to display their pics so here they are…

They are overly hyper so its practically impossible to get a decent pic of them as they are in constant motion.

Let’s play ball!!
Sophie… she’s soooo small!
This is the only way we could get a pic of them both without it turning blurry!! So here we are, Tyson and Sophie; barely not in motion!
In the evening, D’s family came home and so there was more chatter! And there was me, letting my camera do the talking!
Abby, look up!
“I’m too handsome for the camera!”
D, me and Abby (D’s brother)
Meet the inlaws…
He really is too handsome for the camera, but I managed to get him to smile for me! YAY! What a smile, I’ve been trying to get this shot for a long while. Finally!

The Calm before the Storm...

8 days to go...

And at the moment this is what my days consist of...

crossing off the days!

I decided to make use of the fact that I have this much time on my hands that I may never have again so I'd make some Christmas cards thus my table has turned into a workshop; scattered with bits and pieces of paper and I've also been getting some mail! Which is great, not all of it is exciting though...

This one was! I got a Christmas card from Niru! Thanks daughter!

Playing with my nieces, who would not go home without my doll and my pram! (Don't worry I don't play with them anymore, I used to, a LONG time ago!) Seriously it was really funny, the little one, just picked up the thing which is about the same size as her and said, "my dolly!" So yeah, they took it home fighting about who is going to push it all the way! So I guess I can't save that one for my kids!

I finally finished reading Like the flowing River. It was a good read, interesting thoughts but I don't agree with a lot of things. So now it sits on my shelf with all the other books.

Besides listening to Christmas Carols (Courtesy of D, my sister-in-law to be!) I have been listening to a lot of Aradhna which I got introduced to by the blog of a friend of David Sorge's! For me this was a great find cause I've been looking desperately for some good Christian music in Hindi as I am a nutter for hindi music and this was even better than just that because they sing in the traditional bhajan style which they sing in temples and it sounds so good.

See www.aradhnamusic.com for more information

The members of the group.

City Walk!

I walked the entire stretch of MG road yesterday and if you've been to Bangalore you will know that that is a pretty good distance! I could feel it in my legs later on! The reason for this randomness was simply that I had to get from one end to the the other, I had the time and I could do with some exercise!
I went to church yesterday morning to St. Mark's Cathedral which is this really old church - and by really old I mean 1808 old! The service is nice there, a lot like St. Stephen's up in Ooty and it felt really good to go to church after so long. I needed it, badly...
So I got there early and I sat outside waiting for the 8:30 service to finish and the 10:30 one to start and listened to the singing inside. They sing all these old hymns and it sounds really nice and peaceful.
Anyway so it was over by about 12:00 and I had to meet my mum, brother, dinah and her parents at the Taj Residency at the other end at 1:00 so I decided to walk it instead of wasting 12 bucks on an auto and then waiting at the Taj for an hour which is not very favourable. The Taj is just so posh you feel scared to do anything really cause you feel like you're being watched and you might do something inappropriate!!
Anyway, so I had a good look at MG road. There's really nothing interesting, just some tall buildings that look not so welcoming, shops that look very welcoming at first sight and then you go closer to be able to see the price tags and quickly get out, traffic that's not so bad on Sundays but its still there, and pollution that is probably doing unseeable damage to your lungs.
Well, atleast I had a treat at the end of it: we were at the Taj to taste the food they will be serving at the reception which was absolutely delicious! Yum!

All content after stuffing our faces!

The bride and bridegroom to be with the DJ Ronny

Uncle Frank and Aunty Rachel (parents of the bride) giving ideas