The going-ons from my end

I have been in Chennai for a fortnight now. And up until now I have lived up to my own expectations: gain weight eating day in and day out, not do a single thing for the wedding which is around the corner, not even try to walk around the house as a pretext for an exercise. But as part of my job, I was working a lot for a while. So thats something. I had told Meena that I would get things rolling before she is here. But the way things are going(in), I will have to be rolled into the wedding arena. But not like I didn't try. I tried to run one day around the Gopalapuram area. And I expended more energy trying to stand still or outrun dogs on the road. Thats when I called quits for roadside running. So I am stuck consuming food, too bored to look for a gym and generally having a great time, hale and unhealthy:) !

One thing did get accomplished. My mom had gone to buy some jewelery for her future d-in-law and wanted me to accompany her. I of course flatly refused. But she forgot to take cash with her(or so she claims) and I had to be dragged away from my roasted cashew n almond mixed kesari and basundi to get her the money. So, technically I was there when she ordered the mangalsutra and others. And since I brought the quintessential money too, I believe I played a pivotal role for kick starting the wedding preparations. Meens are you listening?? Tell me, who is the man??!!

I have met many of my pals here. Met the usual suspects Sandeep, Vidare, VP, Sowmiyah, Siva, Sandy, Dinesh. Sadly missed Jana's wedding and the couple before they left for Dubai. Got to meet many, many more. Hoping to see Jayanth n hopefully Bargav soon. I was planning on attending Kamal's and Kiran's wedding(Kiran junior). But for some reason I kept thinking both were on the 16th Dec. So I dutifully looked up Kiran's number, called him and asked for directions to the mandapam. There was just one small issue. His wedding had taken place on the 13th. I tried and failed badly at damage control and incurred his wrath for a while. Hoping to meet the newly weds before they leave the coast. I did get to spend quite a lot of time with kamal(both at Rhapsody and later at Kiran's place). I believe I have spent more time than I wanted to spare;) Anyway, successfully made it to Kamal's wedding and later ended up at Lavanya's place. Lenny was around too. People here are in serious doubt of whether he is in Madison or Madras. That night was long. From VKs, the venue shifted to my place with my chums sandy, vidare and siva. Lesser said about these events is better. I think its suffice to say that we almost were in Hyderabad, then Pondy but ended up at Saravana Bhavan, RK salai at 6:30 in the morning.

Devi is in mid air coming home after a sem at CMU. She will be here till my wedding. Now that she will be here, I can take some time to breath and ask her to do some wedding preps. And its kind of strange that I am in Chennai and receiving Dev. It had always been the other way round for the last 5 years. So thats something.
And yes, Meensster has graduated. She is a Christies grad. Let me shout out in this forum :Meens, totally proud of you and your accomplishments. You are where your heart lies and will go a long way in this chosen stream. I wish I had been with meens for her graduation. Alas, we can't control whats not in our hands. But I am real happy that Vasanth could make it to her graduation and be my eyes and ears. The poor chap also helped pick up devi and drop her off. He will be leaving big apple along with Meens. Get to Chennai soon machi.

My 'wanting to watch movie'(esp Tamil) obsession has been sated somewhat. Did a hatrick of movies with my Mommy for 3 days straight. Vel, ATM and Poladhavan happened. Caught Billa with Sandeep on Saturday. So for now I m happy on that front.

Ok, I have been more verbose than what I am known to be. I shall stop here. Will update once Devi n Meens are in town. Got to go to the airport in another 6 hours to pick Devi up.

Adios,
Prem

PS:And yes, no mood swings for the groom. Again, what the hell is that?