Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Diwali 2006

I had a lovely time this Diwali. Fun started on Friday when I went forDon. Being a person who claims to be a big fan of Amitabh, I was sure I woudn't like the new version with SRK in it. Not that I dont like SRK but I always felt he's better at the romantic roles he keeps doing most of the time. But I was wrong, I loved the movie. Anybody there who would go by my recommendation, go n watch this one! It's a very sleek movie with awesome settings, lovely background and great direction.

Tina was coming to Hyd for Diwali, n that guaranteed fun, which we had more than we had expected.For those who dont know Tina, she is my best friend. She's working for Wirpo at B'lore. (lagta hai teri intro ke liye toh mujhe tera CV upload karna padega ;-) )We caught up on the latest gossips, latest happeneings in each other's lives and it was already past 2am before we could realize. Thought it was time to go to bed but Tina so very badly wanted to call up someone at that part of the night and disturb. We tried almost all the common friends we had. Finally at around 3, one of them called back. Now this guy happens to be a TV star. He has worked in few serials but, to us, he'll always remain the same confused guy we met at Vijayawada railway station 6 years back when he was a tennins player. There's nobody else who worries him more than we do, esp when we both get together, we almost drove him crazy!

Staurday went in shopping and loafing around. Rahul and Henry (these two r my bro's friends, they r very close to me. 3 of them r my Amar, Akbar n Antony) came homeafter a long time. Felt so good seeing them, it added to the joy, I mean it guys! So keep coming more often, I love having u guys around :-)


That's Tina wid Henry (left), Rahul and Raj


( http://www.orkut.com/AlbumZoom.aspx?uid=12446339638028837856&pid=9)



As usual they worried the hell out of Tina. They even hid her lappy and wrote a note for her saying that they would kidnap her sis if she doesnt hand over her lappy to them for good. They call her Mathe, so that they could inherit it after she's gone. They felt it was a better idea than getting her murdered just for the sake of a laptop ;-)

Came back home at around 8 and that's when the actual Diwali celebration began. Pooja first, and then lit diyas and put them all around the house. All the bachhas were home by then. We were 13 of us at home that day. We were making dinner and bursting crackers at the sametime. Music was blasting as though there was some rock concert going on and all of us were dancing like mad!

Pooja Time!

Tina n me getting ready to light diyas (R)



I know there are some who wont believe it...but Tina's become an expert in making chicken curry....n she not only makes it well, but loves making it also :-D


We finally had dinner at 12:30 and half of the bachha-party left for hostel.The remaining half continued with music and food till 3 in the morning.Finally we realized that we need some sleep. Tina, I'm sorry I censored one of ur sugestions here ;-)


We continued with shopping the next day too for almost 4 hours. And by the time we were done with it, it was already time for Breiti (is one of my bachis) and Tina to leave. Rahul and Henry were home when we got back home,worried Tina again and finally went to see her off.With almost everybody gone, the house suddenly felt too huge and quiet.


Starlene and Soujanya came home on Monday. It was almost a year since 3 of us got together, though I had met Star in between. We had a gang of 4 in college and hostel for 3 years. The fourth one was in Kerala and the rest of us missed her terribly. Divya, how we wished you too were there that day!The only thing that we did that day was talk about our college life.Soujanya was fasting as she's got a muslim boyfriend, Hisham. She promised both of us a treat at KFC in the evening, so we too didnt eat anything that day ;-)


You can guess where our next stop was. But we went to our college and hostel before leaving for KFC. It felt so good to be in the campus again!We met Hisham finally. Enjoyed the chicken there n conversation too,ofcourse! Had a lovely time and we decided that we should meet up more often.


Tuesday was bhai dhuj (we call it bhai-tika)...bachha-party was back home again in the morning.Spent some time with them and then left for Himayatnagar (had 2 tasks there) -
1. To submit my re-registration form
2. To get the address transferred for gas connection, it was pendingfrom a long time


By the time we finished, it was past 5. Got down on our way at Anand just in time for 6 o'clock show(Jaaneman) and watched that too. Went for it with my Bro and my Sis. It was after so many years that only the three of us went for a movie. All 3 of us being in 3 different places, we would just meet once a year for Dussera. Though we have been staying together now from last 6 months, our offs hardly coincide, so we would usually go with our own group of friends. Movie was okay type...nothing great but nothing bad either. It's a time-pass movie. But what mattered more to me was the company :-)


Called home and spoke to mom in the night after the movie. Finally went to sleep at 11:30, which is strange and too early by my own standards, esp when compared to last 3 days when I had gone to bed only at around 5 am.


Di comes home at around 4:30 am when all of us are sleeping and I hardly get to see her. Didnt want to deprive her the luxury o having someone at home. So I would make dinner for her at around 3:30 am and wait for her to come home. No matter how bad a day you have had at work, seeing someone by the door waiting for you makes you forget everything. I dont know about the others but I feel bad when I have to open the door by myself and enter the house after a long day at work.


Now, before any one of you ask me how I kept myself awake for so long for 4 days continuously, the credit goes to an insomniac like me, who gave me company throughout in letting me talk ;-), playingTic-Tac-Toe and our so called art-exhibition.Thanks a lot Mr. 'DON' !


Thanks to all you guys for making my time so memorable!

P.S : More photos coming up in another few days

32 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

:-(
oooooooooooooooooo
mero ta photo pani chaina mero blog pani chaina but tara lekin kintu parantu
hamro hakucha audaicha
uoo

12:25 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

usko ta blog ma pani chicken lekheko cha
malai wakka aayo.
tara usko blog ekdum ramro cha............mero photo chitto haldeu natra.................ma kehi pani gardina.

12:27 PM  
Blogger Anshuman said...

thats a reallyyy looooooooonnggg post .. I dozed off twice on the keyboard, and thrice on the mouse pad before I could finish it ;-D

here are a few questions for you --
1) Tina, I'm sorry I censored one of ur sugestions here
hhmmm... what on earth is that ?? ;-) elaborate puhhlleeaassee :-D

2) yeh DON kaun hai ? have you been hallucinating ever since you saw that movie ? ;-P

3) how many chicken did you eat up eventually ? :P

4) yeh "loafing around" kya hota hai ? :P


more questions, coming up soon :P

12:31 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey hun....Good work!!

12:20 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Archu...i shouldnt have censored it...!!!It was direct dil se!!

12:21 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i mean u shouldnt have!!!

12:21 AM  
Blogger crystalmermaid said...

Anonymous: hajur na surtaisiyo, aba arko chhutti ma hajur ko pani blog banauni parcha :-)

1:26 AM  
Blogger crystalmermaid said...

Anshuman ji...
I know it was pretty long. If i had to know that ur keyboard and mouse pad had to suffer, i would never have asked u to read it :P
Coming to ur questions:
1) Tina, I'm sorry I censored one of ur sugestions here
hhmmm... what on earth is that ?? ;-) elaborate puhhlleeaassee :-D

A: Bahut jaldi pata chal jayega :-D

2) yeh DON kaun hai ? have you been hallucinating ever since you saw that movie ? ;-P
A: Aap ko nahin pata DON kaun hai! It was Amitabh in 1978 and SRK now in 2006 ;-)
I've been hallucinating ever since I saw 15 Park Avenue ;-)Woh Lamhe also helped a lot!

3) how many chicken did you eat up eventually ? :P
A: I lost the count of it!

4) yeh "loafing around" kya hota hai ? :P
A: 'Loafing around' is going around all over the place making a fool of urself n others as well. In other words, it's just being ourselves (definition applicable only in our case) ;-)

1:38 AM  
Blogger crystalmermaid said...

Tina:

Thnx dear! now that i know it was direct dil se, i'll give it a serious thought! ;-)

1:40 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Eggjactly...loafing around means playing antakshari in the auto and asking the auto driver to pay entertainment tax....hhehee...!!

1:41 AM  
Blogger crystalmermaid said...

yeah, tina.i forgot to mention that. we were playing antakshari in an auto n the driver first thought we were singing only few lines coz we didnt knw the full song. hee hee :D
wen we reached our destination, we told him we wud pay him 5% less than the actual meter charge (entertainment tax)

4:10 AM  
Blogger Anshuman said...

@ Crystal

my keyboard and mouse didnt "suffer" as such ... they are used to me dozing off on them ;-D

1) Tina, I'm sorry I censored one of ur sugestions here
A: Bahut jaldi pata chal jayega :-D


--> par batayega kaun ? koi yahan pe bhi to kuch likho, as comments :P


2) You still didnt answer -- yeh DON kaun hai ? :P

3) how many chicken did you eat up eventually ? :P
A: I lost the count of it!


--> oh yeah I read it in the papers : dozens of chicken missing from Hyderabad :P :D


4) "loafing around" + entertainment tax !!
the auto wallah suffered a lot, you guys should have paid him compensation :P

12:14 PM  
Blogger Kamlesh Acharya said...

good one Crystal...

Nice detailed writeup and a lite-read.. I wish I knew your group better to understand and make better sense of it all...

Keep up the gud work.. :-)

1:29 PM  
Blogger Anil Singhal said...

i read the blog, and i read comments..and i thought I will say a few too.. it was a nice simple read.... and as kamlesh said..if we knew ur group better.. v would have enjoyed more..but I do see Tina & U having a good sense of humor .. i can see that both of u could be dangerous .girls given that u woudl ask the auto guy to pay entertainment tax.. and from what I figure in the blog :-)) anyways..good words.spread..and ur having a good time - and introducing good people in the pictures.definitely makes the world a better place..

4:42 PM  
Blogger crystalmermaid said...

Anshuman ji aka DON ji :

my keyboard and mouse didnt "suffer" as such ... they are used to me dozing off on them ;-D

thnx for making that clear. I was actually feeling bad abt it :-D


1) Tina, I'm sorry I censored one of ur sugestions here
A: Bahut jaldi pata chal jayega :-D
--> par batayega kaun ? koi yahan pe bhi to kuch likho, as comments :P


Koi na koi bata hi dega, it's just a matter of time :P


2) You still didnt answer -- yeh DON kaun hai ? :P

U seem to be suffering from severe Identity crisis.....u were the 'DON' I was referring to, or atleast I thought so, but I'm all confused now ;-)

3) how many chicken did you eat up eventually ? :P
A: I lost the count of it!
--> oh yeah I read it in the papers : dozens of chicken missing from Hyderabad :P :D


Thank God! Atleast somebody kept a count of it. :-)

4) "loafing around" + entertainment tax !!
the auto wallah suffered a lot, you guys should have paid him compensation :P


Compensation? No way!!!!!!
In fact, the auto wallah was so impressed that he wanted to wait for us so that he could bring us back home even when we told him we would take around 3-4 hours.

12:22 AM  
Blogger crystalmermaid said...

Kamlesh:

thnx a ton for visiting!
If i continue writing, hopefully u will get to know my group better

12:23 AM  
Blogger crystalmermaid said...

Anil....
Hee hee....With people like us around I only hope that the world will remain good enough for others to live ;-)
no doubt that we had a great time n yeah, we r very dangerous but that's only when we get-together :-D

12:26 AM  
Blogger Anshuman said...

@ Crystal


Anshuman ji aka DON ji :

--> DON !!?? I am a DON ? I look like a DON ? Do i ? huh ? :P
I am one helluva simple guy, me no DON ;-D


my keyboard and mouse didnt "suffer" as such ... they are used to me dozing off on them ;-D

thnx for making that clear. I was actually feeling bad abt it :-D


--> you feel bad even about non-living things ? :P lolll thats interesting :D


1) Tina, I'm sorry I censored one of ur sugestions here
Koi na koi bata hi dega, it's just a matter of time :P


--> how about starting with yourself ? :P



2) You still didnt answer -- yeh DON kaun hai ? :P

U seem to be suffering from severe Identity crisis.....u were the 'DON' I was referring to, or atleast I thought so, but I'm all confused now ;-)


--> or maybe its you who is suffering from the "identity avalanche" :P Are you still hallucinating ? :P


Compensation? No way!!!!!!
In fact, the auto wallah was so impressed that he wanted to wait for us so that he could bring us back home even when we told him we would take around 3-4 hours.


--> hmmm u must be kidding ? or maybe the auto walaah had just run away from the mental blocks of Agra! :P ah that makes sense :P

2:36 AM  
Blogger crystalmermaid said...

This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

3:43 AM  
Blogger crystalmermaid said...

TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN :

Main bhi kis se behes karne lag gayi!!!!!!! :-(

Anshuman ji aka DON ji :
--> DON !!?? I am a DON ? I look like a DON ? Do i ? huh ? :P
I am one helluva simple guy, me no DON ;-D


Ab yeh toh DON hi jaane ke asli DON kaun hai :-P

http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=13802692860326736533

my keyboard and mouse didnt "suffer" as such ... they are used to me dozing off on them ;-D
thnx for making that clear. I was actually feeling bad abt it :-D
--> you feel bad even about non-living things ? :P lolll thats interesting :D


yeah, i do feel bad for non-living things, esp when they are victims to so much of suffering


1) Tina, I'm sorry I censored one of ur sugestions here
Koi na koi bata hi dega, it's just a matter of time :P
--> how about starting with yourself ? :P


itni aasani se batane wali baat hoti toh main usko censor kyun karti ;-)

2) You still didnt answer -- yeh DON kaun hai ? :P
U seem to be suffering from severe Identity crisis.....u were the 'DON' I was referring to, or atleast I thought so, but I'm all confused now ;-)
--> or maybe its you who is suffering from the "identity avalanche" :P Are you still hallucinating ? :P


whoever! but there's some serious identity problem somewhere for sure

Compensation? No way!!!!!!
In fact, the auto wallah was so impressed that he wanted to wait for us so that he could bring us back home even when we told him we would take around 3-4 hours.
--> hmmm u must be kidding ? or maybe the auto walaah had just run away from the mental blocks of Agra! :P ah that makes sense :P


hmmm.... i forgot to ask him which block he had run away from. will do it for sure when i see him next. :-D

thank god! chicken's topic is closed :-P

3:48 AM  
Blogger crystalmermaid said...

cont....

TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN :

Kaun Hai Don

3:58 AM  
Blogger Anshuman said...

@ Crystal

Main bhi kis se behes karne lag gayi!!!!!!! :-(

--> oye ... whaddaya mean, uh ? kya matlab hai iska ? :P


DON !!?? I am a DON ? I look like a DON ? Do i ? huh ? :P
I am one helluva simple guy, me no DON ;-D

Ab yeh toh DON hi jaane ke asli DON kaun hai :-P


--> bilkul sahi kaha ... main to vijay hun ... DON nahi! mera vishwaas karo! ;-D


Tina, I'm sorry I censored one of ur sugestions here
--> how about starting with yourself ? :P

itni aasani se batane wali baat hoti toh main usko censor kyun karti ;-)


--> itni aasaani ? kaunsi aasaani ? itne nakhre kar rahe ho tab se :P :))



In fact, the auto wallah was so impressed that he wanted to wait for us

hmmm.... i forgot to ask him which block he had run away from. will do it for sure when i see him next. :-D


--> you will ask "which block" ?? tumko sab blocks pata hai kya ? :P hehehe .. now thats interesting ;-D



thank god! chicken's topic is closed :-P

--> topic closed or not, tumne to un sabka chapter close kar hi diya [:P]

5:53 AM  
Blogger RituRaz said...

Looks like i enter late into the coversation...did u mention that we(or rather tina) took one million and thirty seven videos n thrice that number of photos.. comin to the truer part.. this was ma best diwali in nine years n only coz u, di , n me were together(n tina to ad dto the joy, and chicken to top it all)

10:51 AM  
Blogger crystalmermaid said...

Anshuman, DON, Vijay (whoever u r) :

Main bhi kis se behes karne lag gayi!!!!!!! :-(
--> oye ... whaddaya mean, uh ? kya matlab hai iska ? :P


Samajhne walon ko ishara hi kaafi hota hai! :-P


DON !!?? I am a DON ? I look like a DON ? Do i ? huh ? :P
I am one helluva simple guy, me no DON ;-D
Ab yeh toh DON hi jaane ke asli DON kaun hai :-P
--> bilkul sahi kaha ... main to vijay hun ... DON nahi! mera vishwaas karo! ;-D


vijay??? oh! i'm so sorry. i thought u were anshuman ;-) no wonder there was so much of confusion all this time :-D


Tina, I'm sorry I censored one of ur sugestions here
--> how about starting with yourself ? :P
itni aasani se batane wali baat hoti toh main usko censor kyun karti ;-)
--> itni aasaani ? kaunsi aasaani ? itne nakhre kar rahe ho tab se :P :))


sab kehte hai ke ladkiya nakhre karte hai, toh socha y not prove them right :-D


In fact, the auto wallah was so impressed that he wanted to wait for us
hmmm.... i forgot to ask him which block he had run away from. will do it for sure when i see him next. :-D
--> you will ask "which block" ?? tumko sab blocks pata hai kya ? :P hehehe .. now thats interesting ;-D


well, pata toh nahin tha, lekin ab pata kar rahi hoon


thank god! chicken's topic is closed :-P
--> topic closed or not, tumne to un sabka chapter close kar hi diya [:P]

Jab unka chapter aur topic dono hi close ho chuke hai, toh main aur kya kahoon :-)

12:07 AM  
Blogger crystalmermaid said...

bhai:

totally agree with u, it was the best diwali in last 9 yrs but missed bidushi a lot...remember it was only the 3 of us last year?
hey, bidu, u better come over next year!

n out of the miliions of videos n photos we took, i couldnt even find one proper one to put up here :-P

12:11 AM  
Blogger Anshuman said...

Anshuman, DON, Vijay (whoever u r) :

--> abhi tak nahi pehchana ? kaun hun main ... main hun DON ;-D


Main bhi kis se behes karne lag gayi!!!!!!! :-(
--> oye ... whaddaya mean, uh ? kya matlab hai iska ? :P

Samajhne walon ko ishara hi kaafi hota hai! :-P


--> achcha ? mere "DON" ishare to tumko samajh mein nahi aate :P abhi tak u could not guess who I am ;-D


main to vijay hun ... DON nahi! mera vishwaas karo! ;-D

vijay??? oh! i'm so sorry. i thought u were anshuman ;-) no wonder there was so much of confusion all this time :-D


--> arre anshuman is just a pawn ... in the game of "DON" :-D



Tina, I'm sorry I censored one of ur sugestions here
--> itni aasaani ? kaunsi aasaani ? itne nakhre kar rahe ho tab se :P :))

sab kehte hai ke ladkiya nakhre karte hai, toh socha y not prove them right :-D


--> prove karne ki kya zaroorat hai madam, sabko pata hai yeh :)) so you need not prove it again, just spill the "hushh" secrets :P



hmmm.... i forgot to ask him which block he had run away from. will do it for sure when i see him next. :-D
--> you will ask "which block" ?? tumko sab blocks pata hai kya ? :P hehehe .. now thats interesting ;-D

well, pata toh nahin tha, lekin ab pata kar rahi hoon


--> par kyon?? jaana hai kya wahan ? admission letter aaya hai kya ? :P



thank god! chicken's topic is closed :-P
Jab unka chapter aur topic dono hi close ho chuke hai, toh main aur kya kahoon :-)


--> kaho "pek pek pekke pek pek" :-P

3:44 AM  
Blogger crystalmermaid said...

Anshuman

Anshuman, DON, Vijay (whoever u r) :
--> abhi tak nahi pehchana ? kaun hun main ... main hun DON ;-D


Main aapka yakeen kaise karoon ki aap DON hai? ;-) kya proof hai?

Main bhi kis se behes karne lag gayi!!!!!!! :-(
--> oye ... whaddaya mean, uh ? kya matlab hai iska ? :P
Samajhne walon ko ishara hi kaafi hota hai! :-P
--> achcha ? mere "DON" ishare to tumko samajh mein nahi aate :P abhi tak u could not guess who I am ;-D


Maine kab kahan main samajhdar hoon! :-P
Ab tak nahin guess kar payi ke aap kaun hai, aur aghe karna bhi nahin hai ;-)

main to vijay hun ... DON nahi! mera vishwaas karo! ;-D
vijay??? oh! i'm so sorry. i thought u were anshuman ;-) no wonder there was so much of confusion all this time :-D
--> arre anshuman is just a pawn ... in the game of "DON" :-D


Aap jo koi bhi ho, Mr. -------- !!!!!!!!!!(Fill it urself, the choice is urs)


Tina, I'm sorry I censored one of ur sugestions here
--> itni aasaani ? kaunsi aasaani ? itne nakhre kar rahe ho tab se :P :))
sab kehte hai ke ladkiya nakhre karte hai, toh socha y not prove them right :-D
--> prove karne ki kya zaroorat hai madam, sabko pata hai yeh :)) so you need not prove it again, just spill the "hushh" secrets :P


pek pek pekke pek pek, pek pek pekke pek pek! pek pek pekke pek pek :-) pek pek pekke pek pek :-P *


hmmm.... i forgot to ask him which block he had run away from. will do it for sure when i see him next. :-D
--> you will ask "which block" ?? tumko sab blocks pata hai kya ? :P hehehe .. now thats interesting ;-D
well, pata toh nahin tha, lekin ab pata kar rahi hoon
--> par kyon?? jaana hai kya wahan ? admission letter aaya hai kya ? :P


haan, jaana hai, maine aapko bataya nahin? letter abhi aaya nahin hai. waise, it's pretty tough to get admission, got an entrance exam next month :-D i hope i get thru


thank god! chicken's topic is closed :-P
Jab unka chapter aur topic dono hi close ho chuke hai, toh main aur kya kahoon :-)
--> kaho "pek pek pekke pek pek" :-P


pek pek pekke pek pek :-)
I actually wanted to reply to ur comments in this 'pek pek' language but changed my mind, for the greater good of the mass :-P

*agar isse samjh sake toh mujhe bhi samjhana....hee hee hee :-D

12:39 AM  
Blogger Anshuman said...

I am pretty sure this won't end so easily - its a never ending sequence :-D

So I guess I will put the brakes first (say thanks :P )

5:58 AM  
Blogger crystalmermaid said...

Anshuman :

Thnx a lot!!!!!! :-D

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