What are the odds that my usually regular broadband connection would go off *kaput* when I finally decide to get back to blogging??? It just went off suddenly yesterday afternoon and is still not back *sigh*. I’m just typing this out on word for now….
And not just blogging but also stay off on a day when I HAVE to get my ticket bookings done to visit my parents for Christmas!!! We had to use Rajiv’s laptop and his connection to book the tickets as soon as the booking time started (why can’t Indian Railways have 24X7 bookings??!) and would you believe it there were just 19 berths left! We can book 90 days ahead and we got here exactly 90 days ahead and that too in the first hour of booking and ONLY 19 berths left?! WOW *pheww*
Anyway, we got confirmed reservations and so it’s gonna be Christmas at my parent’s new home :) and mum’s also excited about having the lil one’s “Annaprashan” (first rice eating ceremony) one of the days while we’re there. I’m also looking forward to visiting mum’s ancestral village and the holy seaside city of Puri. My folks are in Bhubaneswar (capital city of Orissa) now, which is also known as the City of Temples! A city that suffers a rather treacherous summer but is quite pleasant in winter! John I’m sure hates the place coz he had to go visit at the height of summer *heh he he* … although I did warn him!!!
Right now, Orissa’s suffering from severe floods. Last month it was the state of Bihar and now Orissa. And even our very own Delhi had flood warnings issued the past couple of days. T
he Yamuna River which is usually in quite a sad state, has for the past few days been looking like a REAL river! Fortunately, since last evening the water level has receded. The last time we had a flood threat here in Delhi, I was still in college and I remember we could see the river from Suchi’s old home. She lived on the 6th floor flat and there wasn’t so much construction around our area back then, so we could get a rather vivid view of the river.
The one time I saw floods was when I lived in Assam. Though the area we lived in was in the suburbs and on higher ground, other areas of Guwahati city weren’t so lucky. One day we went into town and there was a bridge we had to cross to get to the main city…the water level of the river was so high…the water was flowing at the bridge level! And the next day, there was no bridge!!! *Hmmmm!* The following year they built a parallel bridge higher than the old one!
Moving on to other stuff…. V’s got the part of Meghnad in his school play. They’re staging the Ramayan for the festive season. He’s pretty excited about being on stage :) … I’m happy he’s happy! I don’t see myself going out much for the festivities during Puja because of the lil one. But I hope to get to see some of the celebration in our local Puja Pandal. And since this will be our first Diwali in our new home, I want to make it special esp. for V who’s keen on having a whole lot of fun! :) … we started it off already by buying new clothes for everyone!
The other day we got a lovely gift for baby from our very own Uttsy mausi (Uttara) which included a pair of very cute silver baby anklets and I promptly put it on and took pics to send her! But now I’m stuck waiting for the net connection to come back *hmmmpfhhh*
Time to get back to the kids and their constant craving for attention! Ishi the blogger signs off while Ishi the mommy takes over.
Bye all!
Pssstttt… I used dial up to finally get this post up! Ssshhhhh…don’t tell R!! :D
And not just blogging but also stay off on a day when I HAVE to get my ticket bookings done to visit my parents for Christmas!!! We had to use Rajiv’s laptop and his connection to book the tickets as soon as the booking time started (why can’t Indian Railways have 24X7 bookings??!) and would you believe it there were just 19 berths left! We can book 90 days ahead and we got here exactly 90 days ahead and that too in the first hour of booking and ONLY 19 berths left?! WOW *pheww*
Anyway, we got confirmed reservations and so it’s gonna be Christmas at my parent’s new home :) and mum’s also excited about having the lil one’s “Annaprashan” (first rice eating ceremony) one of the days while we’re there. I’m also looking forward to visiting mum’s ancestral village and the holy seaside city of Puri. My folks are in Bhubaneswar (capital city of Orissa) now, which is also known as the City of Temples! A city that suffers a rather treacherous summer but is quite pleasant in winter! John I’m sure hates the place coz he had to go visit at the height of summer *heh he he* … although I did warn him!!!Right now, Orissa’s suffering from severe floods. Last month it was the state of Bihar and now Orissa. And even our very own Delhi had flood warnings issued the past couple of days. T
he Yamuna River which is usually in quite a sad state, has for the past few days been looking like a REAL river! Fortunately, since last evening the water level has receded. The last time we had a flood threat here in Delhi, I was still in college and I remember we could see the river from Suchi’s old home. She lived on the 6th floor flat and there wasn’t so much construction around our area back then, so we could get a rather vivid view of the river.The one time I saw floods was when I lived in Assam. Though the area we lived in was in the suburbs and on higher ground, other areas of Guwahati city weren’t so lucky. One day we went into town and there was a bridge we had to cross to get to the main city…the water level of the river was so high…the water was flowing at the bridge level! And the next day, there was no bridge!!! *Hmmmm!* The following year they built a parallel bridge higher than the old one!
Moving on to other stuff…. V’s got the part of Meghnad in his school play. They’re staging the Ramayan for the festive season. He’s pretty excited about being on stage :) … I’m happy he’s happy! I don’t see myself going out much for the festivities during Puja because of the lil one. But I hope to get to see some of the celebration in our local Puja Pandal. And since this will be our first Diwali in our new home, I want to make it special esp. for V who’s keen on having a whole lot of fun! :) … we started it off already by buying new clothes for everyone!
The other day we got a lovely gift for baby from our very own Uttsy mausi (Uttara) which included a pair of very cute silver baby anklets and I promptly put it on and took pics to send her! But now I’m stuck waiting for the net connection to come back *hmmmpfhhh*Time to get back to the kids and their constant craving for attention! Ishi the blogger signs off while Ishi the mommy takes over.
Bye all!
Pssstttt… I used dial up to finally get this post up! Ssshhhhh…don’t tell R!! :D
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