Sunday, November 30, 2008
It was finally the D Day we all were waiting for - Sister's Marriage!
For me, as a brother it was a day filled with mixed emotions. Since morning, i was wondering, should i be happy that my sister is getting married or be sad that she is going to go so far away from us! But there was so much of work that i chose not to let my emotions be any kind of blockage for them. Went to the farm house where the marriage was supposed to take place early in the morning along with mama (uncle) and papa. While the ladies were getting ready and giving all the last minute finishing touches to themselves and sister, we were busy making sure that the arrangements are properly done. Marriage was scheduled to start at 8pm. We rushed back home at 6pm and got properly dressed up for the occassion.
I reached there in mama's car with dad and saw my sister dressed up in her bridal wear and her make up done! She was really looking like a princess - Of course she had to, it was her MARRIAGE! haha.
Jiju was waiting 200 m away from the venue with his family and friends who were part of the baarat. I rushed there to do the 'tilak' again as per the customs. Once it was done, they were set to dance all the way with band orchestra and fireworks! It was grand, really grand.
Time was really flying, and i kept looking at the watch praying to god that please drag these moments a little more so i can have some time with my sister. I was sitting besides her while she was getting married. She had tears in her eyes and i supported her in a certain way i guess. The marriage was over at 4am. (It was on time but thats how indian weddings are, LONG!) hehe.
Then it was the worst moment that i was dreading for so long - Her departure. Mum cried, dad cried, sisters and cousins cried. Surprisingly i was stoned. It was like i just couldn't believe whatever was happening. She hugged me and cried like a small baby and all i could do was to support her and assure her that i will take care of our parents!
When she sat in her wedding car with jij, that was my breaking point. I hugged her and cried alot this time around. Didn't have much of time with her after that but only i knew what was i feeling like and then she finally left. I love you didi - Always!
8:03 AM
Start of another new exciting day! Not that exciting for guys actually..lol! But didi was looking pretty. By evening, all her friends also flew in from Mumbai. So she had another reason to be happy. A lot of ladies applied the mehndi to their hands and feet (wonder how they have the patience!) while we guys we doing the photography and of course disturbing our cousin sisters. Later, since they had the excuse of not using their hands because of the mehndi, we guys had to do all the household work. It was really back breaking. Later we had to feed them too! But i loved doing that...anything for my sisters =D.
7:51 AM
It was the "dirty" yet auspicious day! haha..we had to apply haldi (turmeric) to didi's face. It is said that turmeric really enhances the skin and makes it glow (a little tip for all the girls out there reading this!) LOL. After the applying of haldi was done, we actually played holi at our residence with the remaining mixture! haha..it was getting really dirty and all of us just rubbed the mixture into each other's faces! Dirty but FUN! hahaha....carried on with it for good 30 mins and then we announced a 'cease fire'. Thank God. It was getting to a 'no mercy' match. We did a quick wash up and then played some family games + dance of course! Then we slept at 4am - Tadah end of day!
7:45 AM
We went to jij's farm house somewhere on the outskirts of delhi. Its a beautiful place. It was a 3-4 hrs ride from our place so we went on with our nonsense talks, singing etc! (my cousins are just the best!!) haha..
We reached there by afternoon with all the gifts and stuff we had to present to didi's family to-be. Since i am the only brother, i had to do the 'tilak' for jiju and sat down with him while the priest was chanting his mantras. Later he was gifted with all the stuff that was bought earlier on my mum and dad. After the pooja ended, we were forced to shake a leg at the dance floor by jiju's cousins. Initially we all were damn shy cause it was like....ahhh hard to explain! haha.. but soon after that, all the shyness just vanished in the air. All my cousins along with jiju and her sister danced like real party animals (includes me too!) Its unbelieveable but we danced for good 5 hours! hahaha...now thats what happens when u are in a real party mood. Even the DJ was like guys, please stop dancing now! haha..gr8 gr8 day!
7:34 AM
Friday, November 28, 2008
Today we had this very important function which in hindi is called "milni" (family meeting). My bro in law's family was invited for some traditions and customs where they were supposed to gift some things to my sis like her wedding dress, jewellery and blah blah blah...
We all got nicely dressed up and were ready to recieve them at the gate. After some time, they finally came. Jij was looking stunning as usual. Oh btw, for those who dunno "jiju" means brother-in-law! My sister was looking as gorgeous as ever. She was tearing though. Maybe it was an emotional moment for her. She sat down for the ceremony to start and the whole thing took about good 3 hrs. phew thats long! But still fun. After that, all of us had lunch with jij and didi. Haha...more of a teasing ceremony from us than having lunch..LOL! one really cute thing about jiju is that he blushes alot and then his face will turn red like a tomato! haha..so we do it even more. After talking and more talking, we pulled them to the dance floor. Me and jij did some bhangra! lol..it was really fun. I did it after such a long time. The time really flew and we didn't even realise it was night already. Then jij along with family had to go back. We bid him a good farewell. Didi wasn't allowed to be there though..tsk..sad sad! haha.
10:44 PM
We had nothing much to do today, well there wasn't any function scheduled that day. So we cousins decided to just hang out at all the cool places in delhi and have a ball! Now thats exactly what we did. Went to malls, shopped till we dropped! Ate ice cream while it was already super cold outside (haha yeah i know thats crazy but when i am with them, thats what happens!). We spent the entire day roaming around and it was a fun filled day!
10:40 PM
It was the 16th. We woke up early morning to start preparing for that day's event - The Non Veg Party! Yeap it sounded damn exciting and indeed it was. We could not eat non veg food til the marriage was over. It is supposedly some indian custom. So, to make up for it, we planned this party! More guests were gonna come in so we decided to make some arrangements in the living room. While preparing things, we cousins made fun of each other, disturbed our bride and had loads of fun with our baby cousins. It was a complete blast! Evening the celebrations started which included unlimited dancing, eating, teasing and playing!
I was busy taking pics and vids while the others were dancing and then i was forced to dance too! It was just funny - thats all i can say! hahaa...the party went on till 3am in the morning. I had arranged for some really good music so they couldn't afford to miss even one track! After 3, we were so tired that we just knocked out instantly. haha..but it was sheer fun!
10:31 PM
I reached delhi early in the morning at about 5.30am. It was chilling cold out there. Uncle and my cousins came to recieve us. When we reached home, i could feel the vibrance in the air. Countless relatives where waiting to greet us along with friends that i met after 3 yrs and my darling grannies.
We soon settled down after meeting and hugging each other for long time! haha. It was really good to see them. We just had a good rest that day as we had to start all the preparations for the functions the very next day!
10:23 PM
hey guys! alot of ppl actually complained that i didn't blog for long. My apologies to all, just returned to singapore two days back! I was away for my sister's marriage in new delhi. Yes, she finally got married. A dream that was both scary and pleasant finally came true. I truly miss her now. We only realise the true worth of a person in our life when that person has gone away from us. I still remember fighting with her all the time..as in not those serious fights but still! Now i miss those fights. To part from someone with whom you have stayed for good 18 yrs of your life is one terrible feeling. Not saying i am the only one who faced it, i know its a norm now but it still feels bad. On the other hand, when i see her happy with her husband, i feel secured that he will keep her just the way we did. HAPPY HAPPY AND VERY HAPPY! that makes me feel good. I wish both of them a very happy married life and fantastic future. Miss you di..
10:17 PM
Thursday, November 13, 2008
BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!
after much struggle and argument with HP, my notebook has finally been repaired and dispatched back..whew...this whole thing has really made me go crazy all this while. I just hope it works well now..u must be wondering what happened? well, i was working on it while it was already giving problems and then i see this "blue screen of Death'" as it is called...
The screen appeared thrice and then i got a weird sound from my pc...and then tadah...happy bday to me! MY COM CRASHED! i was pissed initally cause i didn't get to save all my work and stuff...but lucky i had some of it backed up in my external hard drive. So that was my lucky break! now its back and i seriously hope that i don't get any of this nonsense while i am in india cause there it just can't be fixed and i can't do my work! lol..yeap thats the story for my notebook...haha:)
4:17 AM
hello hello and hello all! haha..today was a good day i guess.. not much of stress and quite a light day at school. Reached SP at 10am and met my friend, cheng shen who was an hour late...(god knows why!!!) haha...and then we both went for our critical reasoning skills thingy. Our class had to team up into groups of two and talk about picked articles. I chose terrorism and he chose education. Kinda two different topics, but i guess we managed to impress the lecturer to some extent. We were having a good time inside though..no stress or nervousness at all...which means..good grades! after that played need for speed carbon on ryan's laptop. Haha that was fun...then we went to the security lab for our next very "interesting lesson". Spent two hours in there and tadah...school was over! haha. :-)
4:08 AM
Sunday, November 9, 2008
hello ppl! talking about today, it wasn't a fantastic day. In fact not a good day at all. woke up in the morning, had planned a meeting which got cancelled as not all could come. I had told to pass down the message which wasn't done maybe for some good reason. So, i got scolded for it as some people were already at the venue waiting for the meeting to be started. I was shocked to discover that the message wasn't passed down. I still tried to clear up the matter and it got all messed up. Now i am just feeling low..not wanting to do anything...Just telling this to myself again and again..."Not all days are roses, not all days are thorns!" so yeah..waiting for that "day of roses" now...take care all!
1:36 AM
Suffocation..yes i feel it...the suffocation that builds up overtime...the suffocation that can rarely be cured..the suffocation that really puts me in a frustration mode...personal suffocation..professional suffocation...i feel it from everywhere..how much ever i try to come out of the deep valley of suffocation, i find myself slipping in more...can there be no cure to it? am i to live that way always? being loaded with duties, from school..home..cca...etc..and after me doing everything...i still get scolded? the best part is..i can't retaliate..all i can do is shut up and build that suffocation further. i may not show it...no one knows but i am tired of listening it all now..can it be stopped? can't i just do what i want to do and when i want to do? why my life is so controlled by others and not me? weird thing isn't it? yes i want to spread the love amongst all, i want to help everyone..but why doesn't it go that way? Suffocation...yes i feel it...the suffocation.
1:26 AM
Thursday, November 6, 2008
went to sch today..had class at 8...was almost late..like always..haha...but managed to settle down before lecturer arrived! had a two hours lecture after which we had a two hours break..(yes i know u must be thinking what a relaxed life!...hehe) but lemme tell u guys..its just friday that i can really relax...rest all other days...including my weekends...i rarely get time to do anything..maybe its my poor time management..which i am trying to improve on! went to burger king with friends at holland village during the break time..then returned to sch for last lecture...it was quite interesting cause got to learn new things! after that..i RUSHED to woodlands to collect my phone! yes yes...i finally have my phone with me now..it was kinda spoilt..took good 5 days for it to get repaired. so yeap...finally got it back..! all the people who messaged me and i didn't reply..now u would know the reason...and i deeply apologise for it! anyways...i am sleepy...maybe my bed is calling me now...yes i love sleeping in afternoon.hehe...catch up with all soon! take care..:-)
11:59 PM
heyyo! went for training yesterday...we did nothing much actually...just ran for 3 km..then went to the gym to do some 10 stations(thats when i had my terrible muscle strains kickin in)...after that we played water polo!! haha..it was gr8 to experience it for the first time..all the fatigue was like vanished! we were all refreshed and had alot of fun with seniors. then i left for home...almost sleeping on the entire journey back home...i managed to reach my house by 10pm. dad was home..cooking for us(me and my sister) since mum is not around...so sweet of him!! i took a hot shower and ate some food. soon later, i went to sleep..guess i was tired after training. yeap thats abt yesterday! haha..take care all..:)
11:54 PM
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
ello guys! things were cool today...was almost late for school though..hehe..! i was busy fixing my laptop bugs which i am sick of...finally cleaned up my lappie's redundant crap that was taking up extra space..its much faster now! Got a call from my phone's service centre..they said my phone's ready for pick up..yay!! haha...aight guys thats it for now..will be back soon!
8:38 AM
yoz! i am back..haha!
since i didn't write anything yesterday..lemme talk abt it first! umm well yesterday was quite an interesting day. Class started at 8am, then i had lessons for good long 2 hrs..then a break and lessons resumed and went on till 4.30pm...after that..i joined sai (my classmate) to get ready for dragon boat training at 5.30pm. We slacked a while and then it was the big tough training time..haha! we slogged it out in the gym for good 1 and half hrs and pushed ourselfs to the extreme limit. Then when the gym training ended..i felt estatic thinking that it was the end...like finally! BUT i was sooo wrong...mx (our captain) took us for a 6km run around the SP premises...sounds alot right? haha..yes it was...but have to agree that it was very refreshing..jogging with your fellow mates who have really high morale makes u push yourself to the max at times! thats wat happened yesterday...all thanks to all! haha...training ended about 9.00pm.then i returned home. ate my food while i was already half dead and then went straight to bed! yawn yawn yawn!:)
8:13 AM
Sunday, November 2, 2008
hi guys! i am back for more blogging...haha! alot of u guys might be wondering why have i put up my blog title as "It's all about loving your parents!" WELL...the reason is pretty simple...its because i simply love them alot!! haha...also...i was inspired by a movie...sounds weird? haha yeah the movie was good...kinda 'eyeopener' for me cause after that i really appreciated my parents more for whatever they have done for me.....so yeap..thats the story behind my different and rare title! cya guys...have a gr8 day ahead!
9:48 PM
Saturday, November 1, 2008
hi guys! this will be my first blog on blogspot..can't believe i am doing this...i actually hate to type..lol! after alot of people asking me to blog since its "fun" as they say..i have decided to try it out finally! haha...maintaining it will be quite a pain i believe..but i can try my best to do that whenever i am free..thats all for now guys...hope we can have a gr8 time on blogspot! take care...love all!
10:01 PM
BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!