So the countdown to our wedding has started. Slated to be held on June 24th of this year, the preparations for the same are going well…well… I guess not so well. But my enthusiasm and creative rush is hard to contain. I just hope I channelize it to something fruitful…like…well getting myself a tasteful and intimate wedding.
Anyway coming back to this post, I have decided to put in top headlines from local newspapers and relate it to my experience of the same day. Let’s see what comes of it. Here goes…
June 1st: Jaya’s Frenetic Pace.
(CM Jaya took a slews of steps to implement her vision for TN’s development….)
And here in the very same Chennai, the capital city, one Ms. JJ has also started at a frenetic pace towards her wedding preparations. Yup. I have. At least that is how I was on Day 1. I did a small dress rehearsal and liked what I saw. I tried on my sindoor red and off white matka (?) silk saree and loved the very auspicious look it gave me. I even tried on a bit of make up with some good results. And went to sleep with images of me looking exotic in the red sari and flowers and kajal and sindoor and bangles and… yawn.
June 2nd: Downpour Takes City by Surprise
I didn’t do anything much after my initial downpour of enthusiasm the previous day. More like the downpour yesterday being a false alarm for the monsoon. But rain is rain and I loved the fact that this month is blessed with the first of the rains…even if it was a minor thunderstorm.
June 3rd: Day after groveling, Govt. to adopt balanced approach on Ramdev
Thankfully I didn’t have to grovel to anyone but I did take a balanced approach to this whole wedding planning. We started with finalizing the dates once more. Initially we had planned to register the wedding on 24th June and have a small dinner for our closest kin on 26th June. But S and I have now done away with 26th and have decided to combine the two activities and hold it on 24th June. So now it’s gonna be a one day pressure than something stretched over 3 days.
June 4th: No Birthday Bash, Partymen Disappointed
Ah so sad for MK Karunanidhi. But not so for me!!! Had a fabulous surprise Bachelorette party in P’s house. She had started planning this from a long time ago I believe. And it showed. We had X-rated games and lots of yummy food to keep us going. Sixty percent of the group were young mothers who had left their charges in somebody else’s care…read…flummoxed husbands and kind friends. They had to rush just like me, coz I was still Ms. Cinderella wasn’t I?
June 5th: 6000 Chennaiites Join Ramdev Fast
I'm quite unable to decide if Baba Ramdev's intention is true and that he does hold such a clout with the ruling government. Anyway there seems to be atleast 6000 chennaiites who think he is good enough, to join him in his fast. But for me it was a day for deciding the feast that we had planned for the wedding. Since we have decided to host a small dinner for the neighbours, relatives and friends, we had to plan the menu for the same. I plan to go to my trusted source, Ambur Biriyanis, a dinky little shop in T Nagar, churning out biriyanis to die for, for the non-vegetarians. The vegetarian menu was also planned and the catering service booked. Ah...all in a day's work.
Anyway coming back to this post, I have decided to put in top headlines from local newspapers and relate it to my experience of the same day. Let’s see what comes of it. Here goes…
June 1st: Jaya’s Frenetic Pace.
(CM Jaya took a slews of steps to implement her vision for TN’s development….)
And here in the very same Chennai, the capital city, one Ms. JJ has also started at a frenetic pace towards her wedding preparations. Yup. I have. At least that is how I was on Day 1. I did a small dress rehearsal and liked what I saw. I tried on my sindoor red and off white matka (?) silk saree and loved the very auspicious look it gave me. I even tried on a bit of make up with some good results. And went to sleep with images of me looking exotic in the red sari and flowers and kajal and sindoor and bangles and… yawn.
June 2nd: Downpour Takes City by Surprise
I didn’t do anything much after my initial downpour of enthusiasm the previous day. More like the downpour yesterday being a false alarm for the monsoon. But rain is rain and I loved the fact that this month is blessed with the first of the rains…even if it was a minor thunderstorm.
June 3rd: Day after groveling, Govt. to adopt balanced approach on Ramdev
Thankfully I didn’t have to grovel to anyone but I did take a balanced approach to this whole wedding planning. We started with finalizing the dates once more. Initially we had planned to register the wedding on 24th June and have a small dinner for our closest kin on 26th June. But S and I have now done away with 26th and have decided to combine the two activities and hold it on 24th June. So now it’s gonna be a one day pressure than something stretched over 3 days.
June 4th: No Birthday Bash, Partymen Disappointed
Ah so sad for MK Karunanidhi. But not so for me!!! Had a fabulous surprise Bachelorette party in P’s house. She had started planning this from a long time ago I believe. And it showed. We had X-rated games and lots of yummy food to keep us going. Sixty percent of the group were young mothers who had left their charges in somebody else’s care…read…flummoxed husbands and kind friends. They had to rush just like me, coz I was still Ms. Cinderella wasn’t I?
June 5th: 6000 Chennaiites Join Ramdev Fast
I'm quite unable to decide if Baba Ramdev's intention is true and that he does hold such a clout with the ruling government. Anyway there seems to be atleast 6000 chennaiites who think he is good enough, to join him in his fast. But for me it was a day for deciding the feast that we had planned for the wedding. Since we have decided to host a small dinner for the neighbours, relatives and friends, we had to plan the menu for the same. I plan to go to my trusted source, Ambur Biriyanis, a dinky little shop in T Nagar, churning out biriyanis to die for, for the non-vegetarians. The vegetarian menu was also planned and the catering service booked. Ah...all in a day's work.
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