August 19, 2006 to September 22, 2006 was a memorable time this year when I took an extended vacation spent in the country of Gods. It was especially cherishing because this was Aki's first ever India trip, and I was always curious to see how she will react to the sudden attention and pampering that she would get there. Well she being my daughter - she loved it! She made most of the attention that she got from her grandparents, uncles and aunts, and everyone around.
Aki's first birthday party at Vanita Samaj on August 23 was also a grand event. About 120-130 people attended the function, most of them being family from both sides. The cakes were ordered from Monginis, and the highlight of the party was an awesome poem composed by Tejal uncle, Nandu kaka, on Akanksha. The dinner for the function was courtesy Lily Caterers.
The weekend in Murud was fabulous - thanks to the awesome location of the "Sarkari Vishram Gruha" (Government Guest House) where the steps from the front lawn directly led to the beach. The best part of the trip was the company - along with most family were also a couple of my best friends, Samir and Nikhil. Nikhil had coincided his trip from London with ours and it was great to meet him after 3+ years. The one person that we noticeably missed on this trip was my kid brother, Sasmit, who was on his maiden foreign trip to Germany.
The Goa trip was short and sweet and most of the missions were accomplished. I got an opportunity to perform an "Abhishek" at Ravalnath, and a "Laghurudra" at Mangeshi.
The Thane and Borivali trips were also good fun and time well spent with relatives and friends. Got a chance to meet good ol' Ashwin Kenkare after a long time. He hasnt changed a bit and is growing bigger each day.
Overall the India trip was good fun as it normally is, and it stinks to be back to the grind!
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yes...I think this India trip of yours was the most busiest of all with sooooo many big and small events....be it Akanksha's first birthday, The Ganapati preparations, Akanksha participating in her first stage performance (and her entire family cheering her from the first row :)), the Murud weekend vacation, the Goa trip, the overnight weekends at Thane and Boriwali amid fiasco of the rains and railway blocks ;), lunches and dinners with family and friends and at all favorite hangouts, Sasmit's constant stories of Germany, buying stuff for home and most important...everyone pampering Chingu day in and day out. As for me, starting from my Ladakh trip in June, I think the past 4 months have been the most happening months of my life with memories to last a long long time.
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