Simply Me
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
...And thats what happened
2 days to my 7 month anniversary and I decided to type some thoughts.
So whats been happening since my last post....
20th December, 2011: The very very special day in my life. R and I got married. People have told us that the wedding day is something you never remember. You know what, you might prove those people wrong. The day rushes by and a million things are happening around you, but you might just remember everything that happened... the way he looked... the anxiety... the joy... each and every moment. That was how it was for me. I remember him, my family, friends ... all those special people who added to our special day.
With the Satyanarayan pooja on Thursday, we proceeded to Pune for our reception on 25th December. A week with amma and we were back.
The New Year marked our visit to Andaman and an idyllic week at Port Blair and Havelock. It is oh-so-beautiful there. Needless to say most of the other Make-my-trip travelers were couples and most of them were fellow honeymooners... The beaches, the sunsets... everything makes for wonderful memories.
I have to say I forgot to mention my interview call on 19th December (nah, not really, just didn't wanna start the post with that). A technical interview in December and an opening in April and now I am back to working with KPIT Cummins Infosystems limited. (No, I joined as a new joinee. Not a transfer. This is a different project. No the kind of work is different though its on the same platform. Yes, the timing is 9-6 unless the project entails calls in US timings. Its the same distance as before - 18 kms, but twice the commute time. Yes, I have a cab to office. Work from home is indeed an option when necessary and my manager is pretty good about it.)
In all this time, we have been to Pune almost every other month and also visited family. We are trying to (still) get to know each other better. We are still thanking the heavens and family for helping us meet.
In this time, my friend Varsha got married. Purni now has a six month old baby and I am waiting for Shrads to give me the news of my becoming a pacchi soon. Suchitra and Mukta now have kids. Priyanka (Pradhan) delivered a baby. Deeptiakka and Dinesh Bhavaji have baby Diya... It seems that when you are happy (touch wood) you get to hear great news everywhere.
So now, I have a new family in addition to my old one. Everyone is trying to get to know each other. You know the thing is, a family is just as big as the space in your heart ready to accept it.
I do have 5 followers and I really appreciate you. So I am going to definitely try to be alittle regular in my posts. Hope to see you again soon. I leave you behind with some photos.
Thats R in his wedding revelry... looking all dashing and handsome...
This is obviously me... Smiling for all its worth.
A beginning to many many pics together
So whats been happening since my last post....
20th December, 2011: The very very special day in my life. R and I got married. People have told us that the wedding day is something you never remember. You know what, you might prove those people wrong. The day rushes by and a million things are happening around you, but you might just remember everything that happened... the way he looked... the anxiety... the joy... each and every moment. That was how it was for me. I remember him, my family, friends ... all those special people who added to our special day.
With the Satyanarayan pooja on Thursday, we proceeded to Pune for our reception on 25th December. A week with amma and we were back.
The New Year marked our visit to Andaman and an idyllic week at Port Blair and Havelock. It is oh-so-beautiful there. Needless to say most of the other Make-my-trip travelers were couples and most of them were fellow honeymooners... The beaches, the sunsets... everything makes for wonderful memories.
I have to say I forgot to mention my interview call on 19th December (nah, not really, just didn't wanna start the post with that). A technical interview in December and an opening in April and now I am back to working with KPIT Cummins Infosystems limited. (No, I joined as a new joinee. Not a transfer. This is a different project. No the kind of work is different though its on the same platform. Yes, the timing is 9-6 unless the project entails calls in US timings. Its the same distance as before - 18 kms, but twice the commute time. Yes, I have a cab to office. Work from home is indeed an option when necessary and my manager is pretty good about it.)
In all this time, we have been to Pune almost every other month and also visited family. We are trying to (still) get to know each other better. We are still thanking the heavens and family for helping us meet.
In this time, my friend Varsha got married. Purni now has a six month old baby and I am waiting for Shrads to give me the news of my becoming a pacchi soon. Suchitra and Mukta now have kids. Priyanka (Pradhan) delivered a baby. Deeptiakka and Dinesh Bhavaji have baby Diya... It seems that when you are happy (touch wood) you get to hear great news everywhere.
So now, I have a new family in addition to my old one. Everyone is trying to get to know each other. You know the thing is, a family is just as big as the space in your heart ready to accept it.
I do have 5 followers and I really appreciate you. So I am going to definitely try to be alittle regular in my posts. Hope to see you again soon. I leave you behind with some photos.
This is obviously me... Smiling for all its worth.
Sapthapadi
A beginning to many many pics together
A pic with family on both sides
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
Wedding bells...
Almost an year after my last appearance on my blog, this time I return with an announcement... 'I'M GETTING MARRIED.'
So today, 16 days to the wedding, while I sit at home with huge piles of clothes towering all around me on my bed and on the floor, I decided to write about 'him.'
My fiancé, Raghavendra, is just the sort of guy I was looking for - the exact opposite of me. I keep saying, when God made him, all the qualities He had left in the other box went into making me... He is sensible... I am a nut-case; I am a chatterbox... he will listen to every nonsensical comment of mine; he is a romantic... I am... well... clueless; I love to read... he has promised all my books are going to gather dust sitting in the book shelf he is going to buy for me 'cause he says he wants me to give him company in not-reading!!! In another life, I would have probably been a psycho-rocker... he keeps me grounded...
The question my school friends started with was... 'Tell us everything... Start right at the beginning.' So I did...
Teen saal pehle ki baat hai... (They go: Teen saal???!!!), amma decided to start looking for a prospective groom for me. (Oh accha, wahaan se start kar rahi tu...)... So I continued, saying, we met in Bangalore at my mhanthu's (my dad's older brother's) home. We had a very practical discussion about the typical must-have questions... job, friends and jealousies, clothes - restrictions, how religious is his family, how family oriented everyone is. We moved on to things like hobbies, friends, general stuff... We met up again the next day - Friendship Day. I said I needed time to think and probably talk to him a bit more before coming to a decision. We had received a 'Yes' from his side that morning.
Monday morning, we took a flight back to Pune. My cell pinged with a message as soon as I turned it on... Hope you reached safely... I replied, Yes, reached Pune. Could I call you later around 11 P.M. after I get back from office? He said, 'Sure.'
I called him up at night. We said hi to each other... Then I said, 'Actually, the reason I wanted to talk was to say - Yes.' His reply - OK. You are not saying that because you are being pressurized by your family, are you? I am like!!!??? Ye kaisa reply hai? 'No, I thought about it and came to the decision. How about you? You aren't being pressurized by your family, right?' (I mean, no excitement, no pressure na... itna practical question??? :( Gharwaalon ne to nahi haan bulwaaya usse) 'No-no, nothing like that.' We spoke for a while more and then cut the call.
What I missed telling them was, since then, I have already teased him endlessly about the lack of emotion when I said yes. And he has since told me that that monday was the worst of life in between the time he read my message and I gave my assent. He said he couldn't concentrate on his work and worried incessantly about what I would say. I said, ‘Of course, what else could I say? You ticked all the check boxes in my list of what I wanted...’
Since that first time we met, I have visited Bangalore, he has visited me in Pune, we have each surprised the other on birthdays, we have gotten engaged, we have fallen in love... (though he claims he fell in love with me after talking to me the very first time).
What I didn't tell my friends was R and I were probably destined to be together from a long time. We had been sent each others' horoscopes 3 years ago - right at the beginning of our respective searches but while according to their pandit, our horoscopes matched, not according to our pandit. 3 years down the line and after receiving his horoscope about 5 times from different sources, my mamama ( amma's mum) finally said, 'You know what, lets check again.' Well, needless to say, the rest is history. This time the horoscopes matched and quite well I might add. Apparently, relative positions of the stars makes a difference from time to time... Ohhhh...kkkkay.
Whichever way I look at it though I'd say smart catch on the horoscopes. So as we soon embark on a new journey, we both keep our minds positive about the future and look forward to writing a new chapter of our lives - this time together.
P.S. Archana was wondering if I have known R for 3 years... so maybe my post is confusing... We met august of this year... 2011... So amma of course keeps teasing me... Yeah yeah, and before you used to say... 6 months of engagement... Now from the time you first met him to the wedding, just over 4 months... What changed?
So today, 16 days to the wedding, while I sit at home with huge piles of clothes towering all around me on my bed and on the floor, I decided to write about 'him.'
My fiancé, Raghavendra, is just the sort of guy I was looking for - the exact opposite of me. I keep saying, when God made him, all the qualities He had left in the other box went into making me... He is sensible... I am a nut-case; I am a chatterbox... he will listen to every nonsensical comment of mine; he is a romantic... I am... well... clueless; I love to read... he has promised all my books are going to gather dust sitting in the book shelf he is going to buy for me 'cause he says he wants me to give him company in not-reading!!! In another life, I would have probably been a psycho-rocker... he keeps me grounded...
The question my school friends started with was... 'Tell us everything... Start right at the beginning.' So I did...
Teen saal pehle ki baat hai... (They go: Teen saal???!!!), amma decided to start looking for a prospective groom for me. (Oh accha, wahaan se start kar rahi tu...)... So I continued, saying, we met in Bangalore at my mhanthu's (my dad's older brother's) home. We had a very practical discussion about the typical must-have questions... job, friends and jealousies, clothes - restrictions, how religious is his family, how family oriented everyone is. We moved on to things like hobbies, friends, general stuff... We met up again the next day - Friendship Day. I said I needed time to think and probably talk to him a bit more before coming to a decision. We had received a 'Yes' from his side that morning.
Monday morning, we took a flight back to Pune. My cell pinged with a message as soon as I turned it on... Hope you reached safely... I replied, Yes, reached Pune. Could I call you later around 11 P.M. after I get back from office? He said, 'Sure.'
I called him up at night. We said hi to each other... Then I said, 'Actually, the reason I wanted to talk was to say - Yes.' His reply - OK. You are not saying that because you are being pressurized by your family, are you? I am like!!!??? Ye kaisa reply hai? 'No, I thought about it and came to the decision. How about you? You aren't being pressurized by your family, right?' (I mean, no excitement, no pressure na... itna practical question??? :( Gharwaalon ne to nahi haan bulwaaya usse) 'No-no, nothing like that.' We spoke for a while more and then cut the call.
What I missed telling them was, since then, I have already teased him endlessly about the lack of emotion when I said yes. And he has since told me that that monday was the worst of life in between the time he read my message and I gave my assent. He said he couldn't concentrate on his work and worried incessantly about what I would say. I said, ‘Of course, what else could I say? You ticked all the check boxes in my list of what I wanted...’
Since that first time we met, I have visited Bangalore, he has visited me in Pune, we have each surprised the other on birthdays, we have gotten engaged, we have fallen in love... (though he claims he fell in love with me after talking to me the very first time).
What I didn't tell my friends was R and I were probably destined to be together from a long time. We had been sent each others' horoscopes 3 years ago - right at the beginning of our respective searches but while according to their pandit, our horoscopes matched, not according to our pandit. 3 years down the line and after receiving his horoscope about 5 times from different sources, my mamama ( amma's mum) finally said, 'You know what, lets check again.' Well, needless to say, the rest is history. This time the horoscopes matched and quite well I might add. Apparently, relative positions of the stars makes a difference from time to time... Ohhhh...kkkkay.
Whichever way I look at it though I'd say smart catch on the horoscopes. So as we soon embark on a new journey, we both keep our minds positive about the future and look forward to writing a new chapter of our lives - this time together.
P.S. Archana was wondering if I have known R for 3 years... so maybe my post is confusing... We met august of this year... 2011... So amma of course keeps teasing me... Yeah yeah, and before you used to say... 6 months of engagement... Now from the time you first met him to the wedding, just over 4 months... What changed?
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