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Friday, 10th April

The day had finally come.

Both of us were looking forward for it.We were both 'excited' and 'tensed'.Not everytime do you get to do something different like spending a day with a senior Cetian's family whom we had never met before!

We seriously did'nt even know what to expect.How do they look? Were they going to be a very serious couple? How will we spend a day at a place that was totally new to us? These thoughts kept running in our minds.

We had no idea who they were(knew their names though).

Mr. Harikumar Menon of the 1976 Elec.batch and his wife Girija Devi had invited us to spend a day with them. We had no clue about how it was going to turn out. Honestly we expected a vey boring old couple.
But little did we know that our assumption was totally wrong.....

And Oh my Lord! What a lovely couple they were! Not even once did they make us feel like outsiders and treated us like their own family.

It did not take us much time to get along with them.

Girija aunty had only one demand and that was not to be 'formal'. They told us that people who are formal all their life are the losers and tend to forget to enjoy life's best moments.

So both Uncle and aunty showed us around the house and then said, "Now the house is all yours!".

They then told us about their family. They have five children-Nithin,Nivin,Nikhil,Ravi and Rahul. We couldn't meet them as some of them were studying and some working abroad.

Then it was lunch time.

Aunty explained that they close their kitchens during weekends as they prefer eating out. So they asked us what we would like to have.That's when Aunty suggested a restaurant that they had visited once.

So we hopped on to their white Mercedes Benz and drove to Hotel Rydges in Satwa.On the way,Aunty talked about Uncle's cooking skills.
She told us that he was a much better cook than she was. [We then decided that once we would drop by to enjoy a meal prepared by Uncle:-)]

Then we reached the Hotel and went to the 9th floor of Rydges and to the "Cocunut Grove"which served south Indian and Srilankan cuisine. We were lucky to get a window seat and enjoyed our food along with some great view of Satwa.

The food was lovely especially the appam and fish curry.[Aunty loved it so much that she did not fail to personally go and appreciate the staff]

After that wonderful meal we returned to their house.

Something that you wouldn't fail to notice when you are in their house are the various plants grown in the house.
Uncle and Aunty believed in Feng shui and Vaastu.[They had a collection of laughing buddhas too]
So they believed that plants bring in a positive aura to the house and takes away all the negativity in the house.

We later learnt that Aunty has an interest towards stitching and fabric painting and she showed us few of her works.

And it was simply amazing. She showed us the materials that she used and taught us how to do cross stitching and fabric painting too[Aunty made us promise that we would try it at home and show it to her the next time we meet]

Then we entered the kitchen(something that we dont usually do at our own house unless it's to get something to eat)

Aunty had planned to teach us how to make kesari. She told us that it was the easiest sweet to make and as we loved kesari we were intrested in knowing how it was made.

It felt very nice to make something on our own(of course with some help from Aunty) So here is our kesari's recipe:

1.Fry 1 cup Rava in 3-4 tbspns of ghee
2.Add 3 glasses of hot water
3.Add 1cup sugar
4.Add a 3/4 cup of ghee
5.Add a little colouring of your choice
6.Stir well
7.Butter the serving dish and pour the mixture into it
8.Keep it aside and let it cool

And your kesari is ready!

Then we packed some kesari to bring it back home.

After that wonderful time in the kitchen all of us sat back and had some talk and enjoyed some tea and our kesari along with it.(Our kesari did taste good though Uncle thought we could have made it sweeter)

We then started clicking photos of each other to store some memories of that beautiful day...

We had so much fun that we did'nt even realise that it was time to go back home.
Uncle called up our parents and told them that they would drop us back home.
Uncle and aunty dropped us back home and we thanked them for that wonderful time at their place.We never thought that we would have such a nice time with someone whom we had never met.