My 29th Birthday Snaps!!

I celebrated my birthday first in the office as I was working and then at home with my parents and hubby. Dinner that night was at HOTEL ABBOT , in THE CREEK restraunt .Check some of my 29th Birthday snaps - Shweta's Birthday Snaps :

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOME....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SHWETA...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! ...Yes ..I turned 29 today!! Hubby Darling gave me a surprize by coming at 2am from Delhi!! Yesterday I was very upset that it would be for the first time since 2001 that we would be spending my birthday without being close to eachother!! But he came and also send me a bouquet through his friend at 12 in the night!! My parents are still here and we are planning to have a small quiet dinner at home today!! Thanks Monica and Jeffrey for your wishes!! And those photos above are 8 years old ...I look quite different now!!

Saw K.A.N.K Yesterday

Yes I finally saw K.A.N.K ( Kabhie Alvida Na Kehna ) yesterday evening along with my parents.I really enjoyed the movie...a typical Karan Johar stuff. I even cried in the movie!! I think every married couple must see it once. Although I think the extra maritial affair was not at all justified in the movie. Preity Zinta looks amazing and so does Abhishek Bachchan. Rani and Shah Rukh have done some fantastic acting . All in all a good one.The entire movie has been shot in New York and a small part in Malaysia. The locations are beautiful!!

My Snaps!!

My friend Meenal got a new camera phone today , so she has gone bonkers clicking everyone’s snaps in the office!! Check out some of mine below :

Shopping Time

This Raksha Bandhan since I could not visit my brother in Pune due to the bad weather conditions , I was in Mumbai itself. Whole day we lazed around at home and in the evening we went for some shopping to be done. We bought a new LG DVD Player and traded it with our old one. Then we went to a nearby mall and did some shopping for Rajeev in Pantaloons . Regal offered a flat 55% discount and I love these sales so I bought quite a lot there. After that we did some basic grocery shopping in Food Bazaar and then left for home. On the way we brought home some Chinese food for dinner. So all in all it was a relaxing holiday. Now I am looking foward to my parent's visit this Saturday. They are here to give me company for a good one week as Rajeev has to go back to Agra.

HAPPY RAKSHABANDHAN

Since I would not be in office tomorrow ( its a holiday ) , I thought I should post this today. I badly wanted to visit my brother in Pune for Rakshabandan but going by the bad weather , I am sure I will be stuckup on the express highway because of the rains!


Some information about Raksha Bandhan

Rakhi - The bond of love

Raksha Bandhan is one festival that primarily belongs to the North and Western regions of India but celebrated throughout the country with the same zeal. Regional celebrations may be different but Raksha Bandhan has become an integral part of those customs.

As per the traditions, the sister on this day prepares the pooja thali with diya, roli, chawal and rakhis. She worships the deities, ties Rakhi to the brother(s) and wishes for their well being. The brother in turn acknowledges the love with a promise to be by the sisters' side through thick and thin and gives her a token gift.

The festival falls on the Shravan Purnima (full moon day of shravan month) which comes generally in the month of August. The rakhis and the sweets are bought and prepared generally before the Purnima.

As per the tradition ,the family members get ready for the rituals early. They take a bath to purify mind and body before starting any preparations. The sisters prepare the thali for the pooja. It contains the rakhi threads, kumkum powder, rice grains, diya (an earthen or a metal lamp used for worshiping), agarbattis (incense sticks) and sweets.

The Sisters tie the thread of love to their brothers amongst chanting of mantras, puts roli and rice on his forehead and prays for his well being. She bestows him with gifts and blessings. The brother also wishes her a good life and pledges to take care of her. He gives her a return gift. The gift is the physical acceptance of her love, reminder of their togetherness and a symbol of his pledge.

Hi , I'm back!!

Hi ,

I am back after a long and an exhausting trip to my inlaws place. Sadly my Mom-in-law’s health is still in a bad shape. Now its been more than 15 days that she has been admitted in the hospital. Actually she has been ill for the past 20 years off and on. Not even AIIMS Delhi has been able to cure her. Almost every second month she is in the hospital for 3-4 days. She starts getting high fever , loose motions , vomiting , everything together. This time we also gave her 3 bottles of blood .15 days that I was there , every day I used to sit atleast 12 hours continuously in the hospital room. Rajeev and his father used to sleep in the hospital everyday/ My MIL is not even in a position to sit by herself. She needs to be lifted up by others. All her daily chores are on the bed. Everyday she has been getting atleast 20 injections and 3 drips on her body. The doctors say that after so many years of putting drips , there are unable to find any veins remaining where a drip could be put. They used to spend atleast one hour finding a new vein strong enough to add a drip! And the temparature in Agra is horrible. Its so hot that one cannot sit without an AC or a cooler on. Since MIL was very ill , we couldn’t switch on the AC in the room and the fan was running at a snail’s pace. So you can imagine what must be the room temperature inside! It was boiling hot! Now that we have come back , Rajeev’s elder brother Sanjay is in Agra to help my father in law . Next week Rajeev might go again if she doesn’t recover till then. All the relatives from Agra and Delhi helped us a lot in all this. I just pray to GOD that she recovers fast. Please pray for her.We reached Mumbai yesterday at 10.30am. But we reached my place at 1.30 ( usually time taken to reach from Mumbai Central to my place is only 50 mins by Taxi , 50 mins is hardly anything considering the size of Mumbai ). But yesterday it took us 3 hours! It was pouring like anything and just like last year , the entire place was flooding. I prayed to God that we shouldn’t get stuck up in the rain and be forced to stay at some relative’s place like last year!! Thank God , our taxi driver managed to find away somehow to cross Sion Circle. Once that is crossed then there is no tension as Chembur onwards there is never any water clogging. I missed all of you in the last 2 weeks. I have a lot of catching up to do in the office as well. I went through all the blogs in the morning ( doing a 8-4 shift today ) . But will go through the photographs at leisure.