The Week that was. 1st to 7th Jan 2007

... And a Happy New Year to you too !!

As I mentioned earlier, the Bidanis from the plains of Delhi and the Bedouin Anands from Dubai came to Hyderabad to find new meaning and purpose for the New Year 2007.

The long and short of it is - Rishi and Alisha are now more of a deadly combination than ever. Shiv and Seerat are preparing for their teenage years ahead. Sachit and his babies are still inseparable [ stuffed pillows he’s had since an infant ] and Armaan is friend of all the world and is game for just about anything.

During this time we have stretched the little flat at No 3 Methodist Colony, as well as the Wagon-R. We now know what both are capable of [ or not ]. Which by the way, reminds me that I should be phoning the Limca book of records or something for this :

RM Dhawan 80Kg, Sanjay 85 Kg, Dilip 75 Kg, Seema 65 Kg, Anju 65 Kg, Deepa 60 Kg, Seerat 50 Kg, Shiv 40 Kg, Sachit 20 Kg, Rishi 20 Kg, Alisha 15 Kg, Armaan 10 Kg, and yours truly 75 Kgs at the wheel.

7 adults 2 teenagers and 4 kids = 13 people [ 661 Kgs ] in the Wagon R !!

We kicked off the evening with PINACOLADAS for all at home, followed by some Moet & Chandon Champagne.

Then off to the Taj, where we rocked the pants off the place and what would otherwise have been a prim and proper sit-down buffet, had us playing Goan Mandos [ Seema carried CDs from Goa ], and who else should be on the keyboards than Sebastian !

The week flashed by in a blur of Biryanis, Rose wine, BIBINCA, laughter, crying, nose-bleeds, Macchar Fry, late nights and even later mornings. And as the Mob Bosses in Chicago would say, we “hit the mattresses”.

Oh yes, I also saw a lot of Salar Jung’s stuff he collected round the house [ 3 floors each with 2 wings of amazing stuff ]. His jewels we couldn’t see, and when they go back to Delhi in Feb, looks like that’s where we’ll have to go to see them.
[ ha ha…….. very funny… I can see you laughing when I said “his jewels” ]

Alisha turned 5 years old yesterday 6th Jan, but we’d already celebrated on the 2nd, with Princess cake, balloons, bungee jump and all.

Looks like we’re going to have a Great Year ahead !!…….. see you next week.