The whole DeepaRaya hoohaa
Yea it came and it went. Deepavali was relatively quiet for us this year compared to the only other way i remember it being - open house from morning to evening, pots full of food, seeing people i see during festive season only and an endless stream of beer. The family decided to keep it a little low profile this year, and at one point i got tired of not having anything to do. I was actually craving for people to come and wished i hadn't told my friends that there was no invites this year. I got tired faster doing nothing. Was all dresses up, complete with bangles that syncronised with the colors on my salwar kameez, and had nothing to do but evesdrop on my cousin and his friends conversations.
Raya begun like it does every year also, visits to the standard houses we go to, and stuffing our faces. This year's had a nice extra touch to which i'm sure no one would mind if it became a standard yearly event. Tanty's raya open house. The first thing me and brother saw as we approached the house were the Carlsberg girls. Then the wine selection. All effort we put into our dressing to look cultured and polished just went down the drain from that moment onwards. We got ourselves a table and made more noise then all the people in the house combined. And i assure you, there were alot of people. With instructions to refill 2 jugs every half hour or so we were a happy bunch and made ourselves quite at home for the rest of the evening. I even took a nap on the couch - slept like a log.
With five days without work one would think that i'd have used it to catch up on stuff i loose out on while at work. For the whole duration, i've successfully managed to keep my productivity level at a safe zero. Big fat ZERO. Everytime i wanted to do something a sudden wave of laziness would take over. So many times i've sat down in front of the laptop to..erm, well.. document my laziness(?) and ended up succumbing to it. Besides sleep at all the hours i wasnt watching tv i didnt do any of the items i had lined up on my mental to do list. Today afternoon,the last day i have to laze before i go back to the grind, i was suddenly enveloped in guilt and washed my car in the drizzle. And proceeded to clean my room and sort of my wardrobe. I seem to be always sorting out my wardrobe dont i.
One thing i did do though, quite easily was add about 5 pounds, mostly around the waist and the thighs. What can i say, when you have murukku, choc cake, pineapple tarts and other little torments of sugar at my disposal, shouting out my name everytime i walk past the dining table, it would be sinful to let them go to waste.
Raya begun like it does every year also, visits to the standard houses we go to, and stuffing our faces. This year's had a nice extra touch to which i'm sure no one would mind if it became a standard yearly event. Tanty's raya open house. The first thing me and brother saw as we approached the house were the Carlsberg girls. Then the wine selection. All effort we put into our dressing to look cultured and polished just went down the drain from that moment onwards. We got ourselves a table and made more noise then all the people in the house combined. And i assure you, there were alot of people. With instructions to refill 2 jugs every half hour or so we were a happy bunch and made ourselves quite at home for the rest of the evening. I even took a nap on the couch - slept like a log.
With five days without work one would think that i'd have used it to catch up on stuff i loose out on while at work. For the whole duration, i've successfully managed to keep my productivity level at a safe zero. Big fat ZERO. Everytime i wanted to do something a sudden wave of laziness would take over. So many times i've sat down in front of the laptop to..erm, well.. document my laziness(?) and ended up succumbing to it. Besides sleep at all the hours i wasnt watching tv i didnt do any of the items i had lined up on my mental to do list. Today afternoon,the last day i have to laze before i go back to the grind, i was suddenly enveloped in guilt and washed my car in the drizzle. And proceeded to clean my room and sort of my wardrobe. I seem to be always sorting out my wardrobe dont i.
One thing i did do though, quite easily was add about 5 pounds, mostly around the waist and the thighs. What can i say, when you have murukku, choc cake, pineapple tarts and other little torments of sugar at my disposal, shouting out my name everytime i walk past the dining table, it would be sinful to let them go to waste.
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