Have a good day!

Happy Dushehra to you all!!

Its just a coincidence that after my first blog on Ganesh Pooja, 2nd is coming on the eve of Durga Pooja! much delayed....!

Today, suddenly has been a good day and I thought why not share it wish u all. So....a sunday, plus a holiday of durga pooja (making it extended week end)...one would think that saturday I would have enjoyed India-Pak match. Well I did not. I slept early....and woke up early...to go and play badminton (after my long search for a badminton partner in mumbai - finally I found one colegue of mine who is willing and interested!!)...got ready, got instructions on phone from my friend how to reach the venue.....and finally, I got to play Badi which I love so very much! 3 sets (after a gap of 3 years I guess)...2 wins and a close loss! Well not a bad beginning, considering that we lost to one of the best players in the colony, who perhaps coaches other players. All the drop-shots, smashes and the hits and misses made it so very interesting that one wanted to continue for long. But then the court was wooden flooring and only non-marking soles shoes were allowed, which I did not know. So I had to play bare foot, ending up with blisters in both toes! So had to stop after 3 sets.

But then, both me and my collegue headed to swimming pool. I spent time just relaxing in the pool and learnign to swim! Completed half lap!

Today is the b'day of my my friend Amar! Had sent him some surprise (could not visit him personlly)...and boy, he was delighted!! It's such a pleasure to c so much of true happiness on the faces of ur near and dear ones!

Came back to home...and ..oh, sorry, forgot to tell u the context here.....I have been on "falahar (fruit diet only)" for last 8 days in Navratri....so I came back...and ate like I was hungry for years....god, the same food tasted so very delicious!! I ate so much that suddenly I realised that I was feeling very uncomfortable and I didnt have space in my stomach for even water!! SO, rested on bed for a long time. Well, I was invited for dinner by one of my best friends Akshita and so I had to leave, while I was thinking that I will sleep after having so much of food. To get over the lazy feeling and avoid sleeping, I started my Onkyo on high volume, enjoyed and even in that high volume, I slept!!! ha ha...Suddenly light went, silence came..and the end of sound ended up waking me!!! sounds so crazy..but true!

I woke up, hurried to bus stand to get the AC bus...and I was lucky, as this time, the bus was just about to start (before today, everytime I ended up waiting for more than 20 min at least). No taffic led to me reaching from Mulund to Kandivali in less than 1 hr! Boss - in mumbai, thats a blessing! Plus, the bus was playing FM, and the channel was like playing one after other of my all time favorites..so much so that I was wondering this can not be a coincidence that at least 9-10 songs of my choices were played continuously!

Finally - Reached Akshu's home - and we all (Akshu, her bro Monu, Her Husband Maharnav and me) went to have "Gol-gappe"..or say pani puri in mumbai ka language!! We had so much of fun..this was like north indian tasting, not the gujju tasting gol-gappe. So we thought we will have more once our stomach allows that. Then went to Cafe coffee day! had fun there...then went to park...and enjoyed the "luxury" of park in mumbai! watched stars and we discussed how long it has been since we watched stars in mumbai! crazy lifestyle it has been! We came back, and had one more round of gol-gappe!! yummyyyyy!!

Vapas, Akshu ke ghar..and we ended up watching outlander...more than the movie...the bakar was fun! at dinner, not knowingly, Akshita made Kadi...my favorite!! even when I didnt want to eat...I ended up eating so much!!

And Now, just now I got a mail from my friend....his marraige is fixed....so ended the day with one more good news...!!

So - today has been great! meeting up with friends....sports, swimming, friends b'day, food, very good music, good commutation experience in mumbai (thats so rare!!), gol-gappe, CCD, phir se gol-gappe....and then, in the end, great food and good news of frnds marraige!!
It could not have been a better ending of dusehra! Thanks to Akshita and Dhyanesh (my collegue) for making it great!

Enjoy! Have fun!