Back in Bangalore after an amazing vacation at home. Feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.
I reached kerala on the 20th April, slept the whole day and hogged on mom’s food.
Next day the bubby gang arrived... Ok some introductions for people who don’t know the bubby gang.
Deepti A.K.A Deeps: She was my Brother Shane’s colleague in ICICI OneSource. Good pals with her even though she would proclaim to be my best friend.. Which she aint!!!! A person subject to mood swings… but usually on the brighter side of life.
Aditi A.K.A Adi : Deepti’s kid sister. A nut head. But a lovable nuthead.
Rashmi A.K.A Rash: Got to know her through Deepti. Deepti’s best friend. Impish.
My dad woke me up at 5:00 am in the morning…would ya believe that!! 5 in the morning... Got ready and went to pick up the brats. I drove the car!!! Reached the bus stop around one hour early and did a bout of brisk walking an finally the girls turn up. They have come to attend the wedding of my Brother’s close friend Suchi’s wedding which was on the same day.
Came home and lazed around until breakfast was ready and a delicious breakfast it was… steaming Puttu with Egg stew.
Bubby gang arrives:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sunith_shyam/album?.dir=/d602scd
Like I said before, my home is my paradise, so thought I would show some snaps of my house.. At least some parts of it..
Home:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sunith_shyam/album?.dir=/10c9scd
We then decided to go and check out the beach… Payyambalam beach.. its in my own back yard… hehe ..almost. Took some nice snaps on the way… I like the shot of the banyan tree and the one of the stork and the calf, real cute..
One we reached the beach, went berserk and hit the waves like crazy!! Been a long long while since I played in sea almost a year and it was really nice to chill out in the water in the sultry heat.
Payyambalam beach day one:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sunith_shyam/album?.dir=/fcabscd
Came back to get ready to go to the wedding.. Every one turned up sparkling. Time to bring out the camera to capture some amazing poses..But the show belonged to the bride and groom without a doubt, they looked made for each other:
Marriage:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sunith_shyam/album?.dir=/4704scd
Came back from the marriage and slept for a while.. then got up to have tea and chitchat on the veranda overlooking our backyard. After a while we decided to go to baby beach. As the name suggests the beach is a baby compared to Payyambalam beach. But its isolated and peaceful. We couldn’t spend much time over there, but once again we got some beautiful snaps over there. On the way to Baby beach there is a portion of the road which juts out to the ocean where you can see the light house and the waves dashing against the rocks. A really amazing place. We encountered a bug and a cat on the way. The bug was a little shy, so I had to use the flash to bring out the beauty of its colorful persona. The feline was in a friendlier mood and gave a regal posture.
Baby beach:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sunith_shyam/album?.dir=/4addre2
Again we rushed back and got ready for the reception. The Biryani was good, not in the “greatest” category but, real good. Malabar biryani is always good. We then dropped into the summer fair at the nearby police grounds. The bike daredevils were jaw dropping, you need to see it to believe it. I shot a video of the stunts, will try to post it here later:
Reception:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sunith_shyam/album?.dir=/6466scd
The next day was wasted doing absolutely nothing… In the evening we dragged our lazy bones to the beach to see the sunset and have a nice dip in the ocean and dip we did !!!!
Sunset in gods own country:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sunith_shyam/album?.dir=/f99bscd
The rest of the days were spend on a more relaxed pace..will talk about it next time...
I missed my brother a lot, he is as much a part of my home as any other.. and being at suchi's marriage reminded me of him even more.... thats all i can get senti about..
PS: era, the calvin and hobbes site is working now