My life through my eyes.......

I still remember the day I’ve seen his picture on our desktop at home....it was juz casually saved on the desktop..and i was curious about it as desktop at home always has this pics of surgeries….and ended up clicking it...and it revealed the picture...picture of the person who is now enjoying the punishment( may be cursing the day he decided to send the pic to my dad's mail).....

After initial assessment, i shouted for my mom who came and told me his details.... After few days dad went to meet his parents.....he liked them and esp he liked him as he had this moustache...yet i was not sure...since all i wanted was to fly away....my dreams then were about doing Masters in Electronics and the Phd in Digital circuits....and a care free life without any jhanjhat...yeah a husband figure should be there but i wanted my freedom....


Anyway then came my transfer to hyderabad...and at that time for the first time my picture was sent to his family.....i mean that was the first time my parents actually sent my pic for the marriage proposal...and it was not that special pic taken by a skilled photographer in a traditional saree...with that dreamy look in my eyes.....in fact it is a pic of me in a white saree holding a bunch of roses with all excitement in my eyes....and after we sent the pic..his dad called up to tell my dad that they will come to our place to see me. I was adamant saying NO...and finally agreed to meet them.

After few days a call came from his dad again saying that he is down with Viral fever...and then the hungama started...Mom,dad,sis,b-i-l,bro everyone started teasing me saying that as soon as he saw my pic he got Viral fever and if he meet me then he will surely get a heart attack....


Anyway the dreaded day came.....one cloudy afternoon in September… when i was shouting "You akka...you are not allowing me to go out atleast...bring me some water" at my elder sis...i came to know that my in-laws and he entered our house.....
There went the first impression...

being a loud mouth...i was literally shouting at my sis to get me some water and how i dont like this traditional match making!!!

Anyway...after few snacks, coffee.....my dad called me...I went and sat next to my dad facing my in-laws and him...

Just a single glance at him cleared all the doubts I had about his looks….then my in laws started asking me questions like….Where did u do ur Btech?, How I liked Hyderabad Infosys compared to Bangalore etcetc…all the time I was lil tensed as if they are taking my interview and the room was filled with that particular tension…everyone are serious and I am just answering those few questions…and suddenly I wanted to laugh out loud….
And I forgot to mention that all this while he was smiling at me and signaling through his eyes not to worry ( The point to be mentioned here is…my aunt who was there at that time asked my mom if I’ve known the guy before )
After some strained silence…my dad asked me if I would like to speak with him alone…to which both of us said yes….and I expected them to leave the room....but my m-i-l came to me and asked me to sit and gave me the flowers and fruits which I’ve learnt later is the indicator to let us know that they liked me. After few minutes both of us were given time to speak…we were seated in our hall and all the other females in a bedroom and dad,uncles settled in drawing room.

Eventually we started speaking about few things like…what domain we are working on, where we are staying in Hyderabad( he in maredpally and me at kukatpally)…and he worked in Bangalore for 3years in so…talks turned into the city darshan of Bangalore…places we visited, we stayed etcetc.

After 10 mins my Sis came and asked us if we want some coffee… he said yes and I said NO….as I didn’t wanted to trouble my stomach….yeah I could feel the butterflies in my stomach at that time….as soon as the coffee came….he sipped it and declared that he cannot say No to a cup of coffee at any point of time….

Then the actual chatter started…we discussed about the different types of coffees we’ve tasted, discovered a mutual love for CCD and Tropical Iceberg and how right amount of coffee powder missed with milk gives us that exhilarating mood…how we cant survive without few cups of coffee a day….and how a coffee in the morning awakens the mood….and the good CCD’s where we can spend time without bothering about anything else………..obviously both of us loveeeeeeeeeee COFFEE

And trust me we chatted about the coffee for the next 45 minutes….and we were still discussing about Mochachillo when my dad came and asked us if we are done with our talks………..
Much to our dismay we’ve realized that all we spoke is just about the COFFEE….not about our career, our lives and all those important things…..and it would look odd if we ask for more time to discuss about these things and I was quite confident that no one were eavesdropping on our talks....so they would not know that we spoke about coffee instead of discussing about something else……

But the point I forgot is thanks to my loud mouth….I was literally shouting, screaming about the best places to have coffee and it is audible to all the people in the surroundings….

After they left....we had a small discussion about my wasting time sepaking about coffee instead of knowing him better ..............................after 14 days they've ringed up my dad to know if we are intrested in thier alliance....and also if it would be ok with my parents if hemeets me again....since i've asked my dad to give me one more chance to interact with him to know him better...my dad said OK....and then on Oct 1st we met again....in a coffee day @ banjarahills....and ended up speakng for 3 more hours under the surveillance of my sis,b-i-l and my bro...who were sitting in the lounge where as we preferred to sit outside......

In that way….i OWE my life to my parents and also the COFFEE as it helped me in choosing the best husband in the world for me

Club Rannalhi-Ahh.....heaven!!!:A travelogue!!

Hmm...going back in time......

It's time for me to write about the things i forgot to dwell upon....

Whenever i used to think about holidays....i  always wanted to spend them on sand....looking at deep blue waters..... So without any doubt when my fiance popped up the question about our honeymoon i've told him that i am dreaming about...sand...sea...salty breeze....long trees....and so on................

When given the choice i've chosen 3 places...Mauritius,Maldives and Goa. Ravi was completely against the idea of spending time at Goa, so we are left with two beautiful places to choose from....and some 2 weeks to plan for the honeymoon. yet when the time came we are just 2 days away from our marriage and frantically searching for the tickets/places to go. Anyhow we managed to get all the bookings done and left to Maldives hoping that our swift registration will not turn out as a disaster...!!

Day1: We've started from our place and reached airport by 8 in the morning, making sure that we've had all the things packed.....Yeah the day before our journey we've jogged through streets of hyderabad/Secundrabad to do some last minute shopping. The flight was at 10:25 A.M...so i've got enough time to pester my hubby to get me the chocolates which would last for at-least a week from the duty free shop. It was almost 1.00 P.M by the time we reached colombo. After waiting for a couple of hours over there we were taken to the Hotel Blue Oceantic,Negambo for the night stay as our next flight was at 7 A.M the next morning. Call us lucky as we've no doubt got a terrific place to spend whole of the evening and night, all thanks to Srilankan airlines people.

The ride to the hotel was terrific.I mean we can see the beach as we race through the roads....and its green every where and every now and then we pass across  bunch of army people with mounted rifles. Ravi looked like a kid with a new toy all excited and taking the pictures of beautiful surroundings in the new videocam.

The hotel was a beautiful one...with a beach on onside and our room facing the beach....the moment i enterd our room i felt like cancelling the Maldives registration and staying at Negambo. After having our lunch we've went around colombo with a very friendly guide. The old man who toured us around took us to many beautiful places in and around negambo. We went to the langar and an old church where a wedding was taking place...we've waited till the bride entered the church and man that made me crave for a white wedding!!!....It was so beautiful!!!!

From there we went to a small coffee place near the ocean and had a not so strong coffee with cakes. From there we went to the main street to buy few beach wear since our luggage was in transit and we were left with nothing but our hand luggage which had our laptop and chocolates ;). The weather was too breezy and there was a warning about some storm and within few minutes it started drizzling...we rached the hotel and changed into the shorts and raced to the beach in that awesome weather. After the sunset we went back and played carroms in the lobby. After dinner we infromed the front desk about our flight the next monring and asked them to call us at 4.00 A.M as the bus departures from hotel at 4.15 A.M.

Day 2:

We slept off and the next thing we know is the alarm going off at 4.15 A.M and some one banging on the door and at the same time the phone rang informing us that the bus is about to leave.....It was like a nightmare.....we've called them up and aske dthem to wait for 5 more minutes and stuffed our belongings in the bag and without glancing at the mirror we shot off to get into the bus. There we are like a destitute couple with dishelved hair and drooping eyes....the ride from hotel to the airport took 1hr and we slept al through the ride ignoring the beautiful sunset!!

After reaching the airport we rushed to a restaurant in the 3rd floor and woke up the sleeping staff and ordered 2 cups of strong coffee. It took us little time to make them understand what we need may be due to thier sleepy moods or ours. Coffee was all our body needed as the moment we had it we are like all awake and rushed for the checkin and immediately boarded the small plane which took us to Male.The whole journey was very intersting and actually i spent most of the time looking out/down from thw window....the way the ocean turned its colors.....navy fleets.....that was one memory whoch would never erase from my mind. Since i made a deal with hubby before planning the trip...i was lucky enough to get the window seats in all the planes!! The memory is so clear that even now when i close my eyes i can feel that initial rush of feelings which passed through me when we were above the ocean...but now that scares me!!!!

We reached Male....and trust me to believe that its one of the wonderful feeling u get when you see the narrow strip of landing in the middle of the...the different variations of blue color floats through and there u are landing at one of the smallest airport. People actually were getting off the plane and taking the pics of the plane.It was so wonderful and breathtaking!!. After collecting our luggage we went to the Adaaran Counter to get ourselves booked in and waited for the speed boat. The male airport was so beautiful.The male airport was so beautiful....we came out and waited at a small cafe facing the blue water,had croissants and Coffee.

After some 1.5hrs of waiting we boarded the speed boat and raced towards Club Rannalhi our honeymoon destination. It was like a dream.......the first galnce at rannalhi i was breathless.....it was sooooooooooo beautiful and soooooo breathtaking and i never imagined that it would be so dreamlike!! The fact in here was i left the details of booking and selecting to Ravi  since i was busy with all the shopping and i never even thought of going through the reviews or the pictures of the place on the net. Hence it was like a biiig surprise for me and the look on my face actually made my hubby laugh!!!

We were welcomed with aromatic cloth napkins and a mocktail. After we relaxed we were guided by the staff to our room. And here stays another biig surprise as i was thinking we booked for a beach bungalow it turned out Ravi booked a water bungalow.                       

To be continued.....................