For me, it was 3 movies in a row. I watched Happy Feet with Arya on Thursday, then Dhoom-2 with the whole family (aaji, vin, adu, k, a and me) on Saturday and Casino Royale with K on Monday.
Of all the movies, I found D-2 the coolest. I loved Hrithik's dance moves, Abhishek should not have danced in the movie. Poor AB. He didn't get much of a chance to act and that's the stuff he's really good at and what he should stick to doing.
Casino Royale - K described it at the Best Bond movie ever. Coming from K, who is quick to criticize, I think that's high praise.
Happy Feet - A's personal fav. She even did the Tappy Tappy Dance when she was out of the cineplex.
On Sat, we also were part of a real life movie :-) T and N celebrated their 20th Wedding Anniv and Prabha got them the Tamil shaadi wala clothes, so T in a navari and N in a pattu, it was sweet and funny. We took lots of pics and celebrated with them until 2 am, with nice Italian khana (gnocchis, lasagna, bruschetta,risotto and crepes) and Tiramisu to top it off.
And on Sun, we went to the new Crystal Jade at Taka lev 2. It's all Black and red and looks very pricey (it is) but the food is oh-so-delicious. They have exotic stuff there, Australia lobsters, full cream crabs, pigeons, ducks, what not. We had some very well-cooked beef steaks, rice cakes with minced meat, noodles in a cream soup with lots of veggies and kung pao (my fav) But surprise, surprise, I ate that last of all. Arya made sure that we visited the CJ toilet as well, which is very regal, alongwith the food and decor. She has a penchant for visiting regal toilets. I am never going to forget the Cafe Royale at Paris. But, I digress.
In the evening, K made Kathi rolls....mouthwatering and just the right street food flavour. Yummm.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Friday, November 24, 2006
Happy Feet Treat
Yesterday Arya got a special treat from me. We watched the first day, first show of Happy Feet. She has been working hard for her tests which concluded yesterday. This was a nice treat for her. She thoroughly enjoyed the movie, I was watching her laughing and munching popcorn and sipping coke. She said she had a great time and thanked me very much. I wanted to take her to the library at Jurong Point but we found out that it was closed. So then we went to the Jurong Regional Library. We reached 15 minutes before closing time and hurriedly borrowed the required books and left. Arya was frantic. She thought they would lock us up inside. She is so funny. We took a cab home. It was a perfect kind of day.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Weekend full of fun
This weekend was what Arya's dreams are made of.
On Friday, we went to a birthday party. One of her friends turned 8. It was a bbq party. She had great fun, climbed on some pillars, sat on some really high up planks of wood (quite dare-devilish for her). Good food and the cake was Ariel.
We had our own bbq party on Saturday. All my colleagues got together at FC. We had a wonderful spread of food and drinks and K's kebabs were a hit as usual. He had prawns on skewers and chicken reshmi kebabs. A was bored for a while until the kids showed up. Then she got real pally with a girl called Alison, and both of them requested to be excused from the party so that they could go upstairs and play in A's room. After Alison left, she didn't miss a beat and started running around and playing with Greg's twins. She even managed to scream a couple of times when they were playing Tag. The change in her was quite stunning and I am really glad. I discovered that she is a fast runner after all ;-)
And then yesterday night, we had dinner at another colleague's house. He has a wonderful family, but no kids Arya's age so she was worried and asked if she could take a book along to read. Turned out that they have a dog - a puppy really who's big enough to knock Arya down, called Aella. So Arya was more than thrilled.
Asked her which she enjoyed the most - Aella won hands down.
On Friday, we went to a birthday party. One of her friends turned 8. It was a bbq party. She had great fun, climbed on some pillars, sat on some really high up planks of wood (quite dare-devilish for her). Good food and the cake was Ariel.
We had our own bbq party on Saturday. All my colleagues got together at FC. We had a wonderful spread of food and drinks and K's kebabs were a hit as usual. He had prawns on skewers and chicken reshmi kebabs. A was bored for a while until the kids showed up. Then she got real pally with a girl called Alison, and both of them requested to be excused from the party so that they could go upstairs and play in A's room. After Alison left, she didn't miss a beat and started running around and playing with Greg's twins. She even managed to scream a couple of times when they were playing Tag. The change in her was quite stunning and I am really glad. I discovered that she is a fast runner after all ;-)
And then yesterday night, we had dinner at another colleague's house. He has a wonderful family, but no kids Arya's age so she was worried and asked if she could take a book along to read. Turned out that they have a dog - a puppy really who's big enough to knock Arya down, called Aella. So Arya was more than thrilled.
Asked her which she enjoyed the most - Aella won hands down.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Keep Walking
I had excuses and excuses. My walking mates, Tulika and Adu were both out of town. It was Diwali and I had faral to prepare. I had a bad cold for 2 weekends. K was home early. We watched a ton of movies thanks to our new Videoezy membership. And most of all, the haze was out there.
But finally yesterday, under perfect weather conditions (there was a cool breeze after the evening thunderstorm) Tulika and I were walking again. It felt good to finally get some form of exercise. I have been feeling F-A-T.
But finally yesterday, under perfect weather conditions (there was a cool breeze after the evening thunderstorm) Tulika and I were walking again. It felt good to finally get some form of exercise. I have been feeling F-A-T.
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