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We had a BLAST at Anita's place.
Since I am writing this, it is gonna be my account :) so live through it.
Praveen had given me timings of 11 for entry and, in my defense, I had to drop my sister for a class, so I arrived sharp at 11 and boy was Anita "shocked" :D
Well, the watchman was sweet enough to ask me to park inside the basement to make sure my bike doesnt sadu-fy in the sun ;) nor did he ask me to sign in the register. And that was the case for Kuttu and Vinitha. Praveen on the other hand was forced to enter his Personal details and submit Birth certificate etc to be allowed in and still had to leave his bike under the sun. Harsha went through most of that, but Praveen took it rather badly uahhahahahahahahahaaaa .... rotfl .. .talk about discrimination ;)
oh and Anita was the perfect hostess, she had a glass of juice ready for each one of us as we dropped in, and finally when Harsha came in we knew , she would go to that fridge, take out the bottle , fill up the glass and like Magic come and drop it into the 'guest's hand' .
Oh of course, there was the 'get Good Life Slim Milk, 3 lts' scene in which Jumbo called up 4 times to make sure he got the name right and finally came with the non-slim version ;) but the payasam was AMAZING , so a few kgs more is acceptable :))
I saw Vinitha after 2 years I think, she looks the same and is the same .. no change .. the rest of us have gotten fat(we did check out in the weighing machine that Ani keeps :D , so there's your proof) all but Jumbo of course, now wait a min, we shouldnt call him Jumbo anymore, he weighs lesser than me :( and the largest weight gain is Harsha , from a skinny 55 to 72!!! and yet, if I stood in front of him, it would look a elephant in front of a lamppost sigh*
;)
A little of photos, a forced viewing of Music and Lyrics later, chomping down on khara-fied groundnuts and banana chips and "Hide and Seek" and waiting for the crowd to arrive, we reached one of the high-lights of the day, Kuttu's wedding story ... the part that led up to it.
and of course how could i forget, the Merck PJ story was rekindled ;) Merck people, just wanna say that"We Rule, the rest of them are just jealous ;) 3 cheers to us!! "
And then, the surprise of the day, I got to cut a cake , a home made at one(thanks di) lalallalalalalalalalallaalaaaaa ....
Thank you guys , it was really special for me :)
Lunch was an absolute feast, Mari and Ani dint let us know who cooked what though.. All the stuff was great , I mean there were 3 fries, the bhindi was amazing guys, and the sambar and the salad and OMG ... Marriage really does turn Pretty Young things into aunties :-P
and we looked through Ani's wedding video too while Harsha kept searching for his long-lost aunty ;)
A part of me always feared that my 'attachment' to the NTP was only coz of the wonderful memories that we shared. I am so glad that fear proved false. My gang still is the best!
