The ‘grand entrance’ from the boys who usually drive a Mercedes and Porsche.

A great truly great achievement for the young guns- DirectiPlex

Kinnari -Mommy dearest

My Mentor and me!!!!

“The party is on” -Ankush

Ha ha Supandi …. look who I got

And finally with the man who made Directi possible for me. Thank you Ryan

The rest you can have a look at here

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Here are some pictures from our first day at the Plex (as we like to call it)

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Plenty happened over the  last month, so let me fill you in.

I took the last of the management entrance exams the CET on the 15th Feb. Had to trudge all the way to Malad to the Atharva College of Engineering. Met up with a chatty girl in the bus to the venue and was thoroughly entertained all the way The paper was good but the environment really noisy! Met up with Malcolm after the paper and over coffee, pav bhajji and onion uttappa, discussed the merits of poets.

Ryan was in town for his birthday after 4 years and so he got treated to 2 birthday parties! Priyanka asked me to make the cake, which suited me just fine as it saved me the hassle of thinking what to get him. I made a chocolate cake with a topping of white chocolate cream. It was yummy even by my standards:)

Now the question was how to transport the cake in rush hour traffic while carrying a costume to the party!? I guess these facts were the only reason I got into the new BRTS (Birhanmumbai Rapid Transport System) bus that transported me all the way to Sion in sheer comfort. Had fun at the party – sang to my heart’s content. We wished Ryan at 12 and sat up half the night chatting away. Had breakfast with them and headed to Andheri and Ajay

I’ve been wanting to visit the Mumbai Time Cafe (which is located on the fifth floor of Crystal Shoppers Paradise, diagonally opposite KFC in the same lane)  for some time since hearing raving reviews of the place. Ajay treated me to dinner there 20th night.

I loved the ‘By the Sea” ambience with the sand floor, little yellow canoe and deck chairs (which can be tad uncomfortable for dinner and conversation). We ordered the Seafood Pulao – a combination of rice, clams, prawns and squid lying in a bed of chappati. The prices were pretty steep, the service cheerful and the quantity plenty for two people.

Next came Ruth’s 21st Birthday celebration although she celebrated her birthday on the 10th, we finally got down to having the party on the 21st! We had the family and close friends over for dinner. I did up the place in fairy lights – must say it looked very pretty and warm Had a blast dancing with my 6 year old cousin, Craig. Come to think of it I had a merry time with the little fellows Dad when I was that old Here are some pictures.

While I enjoy war themed movies, Valkyrie was not one I particularly wanted to see in the sense that the end was predictable. Anyway the company was worth the time spent. You can read a review of the movie here.

Dinner at Dynasty seems to be a common phenomenon with Ajay and me. We seems to end up there more often than not. I think they should start us on a frequent visitor program! Anyway as usual, the food was lovely and the service good.

I’ve decided to pay some attention to the people who have been badgering me to go commercial with my craft.  I’ve decided to launch a  new venture – this will consist of me making and marketing handmade cards, bookmarks and gift tags as of now. I hope to progress to fancy art and craft work once the venture kicks off. Wish me all the best. Will keep you updated on that front.

Much against my wishes, I was taken along to watch the Pink Panther 2 movie. Boy, I’m so glad I went along, I was in splits through out the movie.

Here’s the review from the man who made sure I came along.

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When we were little, my Grandma used to hard boil eggs and get my sister and me to decorate the egg shells before breakfast. It was a lot of fun. Pity I don’t have any photographic evidence of the same

Tanya and Joshua came over with easter eggs and bunnies. How I love those kiddos. They are a joy to be around.

Lunch was a mish mash of fantastic Manglorean cooking (courtesy my Dad) – Pepper Pork & Pork Vindaloo, Chinese – Chicken in hot garlic sauce and Hakka noodles, and the all time tried and tested vegetable pulao!

I promised to cook dinner for some very ’starved’ potential Jesuits and so made some extra Chinese and took that over in the evening to Vinalaya. Spent a quiet evening with Joel and met some other Jesuits too.

I’ve always loved the peace, serenity and lushness of the Jesuit campus at Andheri, and this time was no different. Spent some time in silence at the foot of the Grotto of Our Lady and reminisced about how much my life has changed since the first time I visited the place. All I can say is that I have been blessed immensely.

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the multicolour checked shirt

the black jeans

the floaters

me trying to impress you with my ‘knowledge of power point’

you sprawled on the floor of A’s living room

you trying to connect the CD writer to the system and realizing that it was not going to be possible and you would have to do it at home

you promising to have it ready by the next morning and me being paranoid that you wouldn’t have it ready

me asking you to give me a lift to the bus stop

the suggestion that maybe you should burn the CD and give it to me before I went home

the ride to your home

the introduction to your mum

the actual job we went there to do

your concern about how I’d get home

the bumpy bike ride to the station

the long conversation we had

me trying to con you into dropping me home

the exchange of email addresses

the promise to keep in touch

the email I sent you when I got home

4 years and 1 month of memories to the date!

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I left a bit early from work so that I could spend some time with him before heading for the Goan Association. This event is held by the ‘Goans’ from the Sacred Heart Parish, Andheri and is an event I like to go for simply because of the good music they play and the company I would not forfeit for anything.

This time  there was no mass, and my guess is that this was the reason for the late hour at which people trooped in. Anyway, we had to literally drag AD away from his ‘call center’ ( – yup he was answering a million calls from people who are supposedly wanting to apply to SCMHRD!) to get ready and by the time we reached Canossa it was a little past 8. But like I said we were among the few ‘early’ ones.

We met the usual folks, danced to a few numbers (they wern’t able to play too many) and then headed for dinner (which was a very hurried affair ….. I didn’t even get a chance to finish the kulfi I love so much!) after which AD had to go to a wedding reception to wish the couple.

I left for home the next morning with plans for a fishy dinner. A batchmate dropped us off at Parel where we settled down to a delicious meal of fish curry and tandoori fish at Amrut Punjab.

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