Office New Year bash. Two glasses of red wine and I was determined to be sober. But I just couldn't resist the dance floor despite the crappy Himesh Rashimiya numbers. As long as there's some ding chik ding chik ding chik , I'm happy.

Beer and beef fry at Coconut Grove. Beatles and Sound of Music as accompaniments. Old friends. Beer after wine, not so fine after all..

And now, James Taylor , who reminds me of my father. And I know that as I get more sober, I'm going to wonder if I did anything stupid during the Office party... Hmmm, no I didn't. Since when did dancing become a sin , huh? So just for the record, ' No you didn't, you had a good, good time, ain't no problem with that'

Ya , I said 'ain't'.. I'm not sober........ yet.......

Edit : Very incoherent post, no more posting when drunk...

Oh ya , so I got really bored during the conference call.....

Just Right For .....

Last Sunday, my cousin, met her potential in-laws at a local church. She went with another cousin and they met up after the Mass. Later, her parents called up the intermediary to find out what the potential in-laws had to say. It seems they said that she wasn't as TALL as they thought she would be .

How, how, may I ask, does a girl's height affect the compatibility of a couple? How does is matter at all? I have nothing against "arranged marriages". I don't have anything against "love marriages" either. But when arranged marriages get reduced to a sort of animal-trading business , that infuriates me.

However , the saving grace was that my aunt responded curtly by saying, " Well, we can't do anything about that , can we? Vallichu neettaan pattuvo? (we can't stretch her , can we?). "

A little late , I know, but I wanted to put this up for posterity !!

We were having an X'mas party at home and Amma and I made this crib together in the last minute.
I'm pretty proud of it . :-)

Resolutions

This year I want to try and :

- not procrastinate (well okay, this post is a little late, but I was on a holiday and I was having so much fun , I just couldn't find the time to post but FYI, I did decide on this resolution on Jan 1st itself)

- not make lame excuses to myself for procrastinating (oh shaaddup ! )

- carry my own bag when I go shopping (this one is inspired by Guardian's award- winning resolution.

- eat a healthy breakfast and not have only coffee

- regain contact with old friends and STAY in touch

- not let my manager's mood decide my mood

- write at least one letter a month - yes, yes, snail mail. If not a letter, then a postcard.

That's a lot of stuff I know, I wonder if I'll remember them !!!!

Sinking

A couple of days ago I , very unexpectedly, ran into my 'ex' (ooh I hate that word). I was caught completely off-guard and we spoke for a while, at least he spoke and I blabbered. It was weird and unsettling . Though we were talking to each other, it felt like our eyes were having some other conversation running parallely. And my mind couldn't seem to focus on either of the conversations. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I couldn't stay for too long and the conversation ended pretty fast.

I came back and I felt like I did when we had just broken up. It's been 1 year, 3 months and 23 days since we broke off. And two evenings back , I felt like my heart was broken all over again and all the little pieces were floating around inside me and slowly settling to the bottom of my stomach.

My first propah New Year's Party !!!

Thanks to Aa I went for my first serious New Year Party and it turned out to be THE best party I've ever ever ever been to !!!

It happened in a little island off the coast of Cochin. We were told to wear a black top with jeans and meet at the Cochin Jetty. I think, we, the enthu cutlets that we are, were one of the first to turn up , dot at 9.30 . There was around 12 of us and we all boarded a little boat and were off. I was really excited but I didn't show it - 'Oh I do this all the time!'
It was a quick journey and we were greeted by the hostess and her sister and made to wear glittery poncho's over our tops and the guys had to wear silver tinsels around their neck .

The place was pretty. And I say that because no other word describes it better. It was quaint and well decorated and well, it was just so pretty.

So after the customary round of introductions, we went straight to the bar and I downed my first mug of beer. And after that everything else is a blur !!! Ha ha, no not really. AFter a few more mugs and when I started feeling like everyone was My Best Friend, we all gathered around for games ! Yes , there were games !!! And it was shit loads of fun, I'm really bad at describing things, (as you may have already noticed) , so I'm not going to get into that !

And then the dancing began !!! And I love looooove luhuve to dance, especially when I'm a Happy High ! And to top it up, they had Bhalle bhalle music which is currently what I love to shake to !

And we danced and danced and danced and danced in the New year and burst cracker and danced some more. And then everyone was really tired out and then they bring in the band. Yup, there was a band too, to top it all ! It was just two guys on the guitar actually, but they were really really good and sang really good songs - Dylan, CCR , Elvis and a lot more of my favourites !

And once everyone had recharged their batteries, WE HAD KARAOKE !!!!!
Ha ha, I'm still laughing thinking about it. Reading lyrics off a projector, with a video of a couple walking hand in hand along a beach, feeling the pain when singing Yesterday, fighting for the mike with Aa for 'Oh Carol', starting the 'Ooh ooh ooh-ooh ' a little earlier and stretching it a little longer for Imagine. Aaah, nothing is more rejuvenating than some good heartfelt karaoke !!!

And this continuef for a while, with the occasional break for the live band, then dhingchik dhingchik dancing, and more dancing .... and lots lots lots of beer....

And before we knew it was 5 in the morning and we were served strong hot coffees and sweets , the boats were readied and we headed back to reality.

What a party !!