Truly something new I am trying. Checking out remote posting from Window Live Writer. Should be a good idea to blog when I am not connected to the Internet
Friday, June 22, 2007
Monday, June 4, 2007
Bye Bye
It was Deja Vu in the morning and after hitting the snooze button a few times, we put the alarm off and postponed the early morning beach trip to our next trip to Kumta. Since we would be leaving in the afternoon back to Bombay, we thought its better to laze around a bit more.
Roamed around the fields a bit more and lazed around for a while before we got down to packing up our things since we had a train to catch at 2. Holiday Special trains are usually late and so was this one. So instead of its scheduled departure at 2 pm, it finally left at 3:30.
The journey back was nice. Me, Mom & Snehal were chatting for quite a while and looking at the lovely views the Konkan Railway offers. Tea, Tapioca wafers, biscuits, Appy & Tomato Soup were consumed, not at once, but at regular intervals.
We played Kaleidoscope for a while and then got bored. The rain was a few hours late and I had to rush for office within a hour of reaching home.
Getting back to work after a holiday is always boring and more so if you have a mountain of emails to clear. :)
Roamed around the fields a bit more and lazed around for a while before we got down to packing up our things since we had a train to catch at 2. Holiday Special trains are usually late and so was this one. So instead of its scheduled departure at 2 pm, it finally left at 3:30.
The journey back was nice. Me, Mom & Snehal were chatting for quite a while and looking at the lovely views the Konkan Railway offers. Tea, Tapioca wafers, biscuits, Appy & Tomato Soup were consumed, not at once, but at regular intervals.We played Kaleidoscope for a while and then got bored. The rain was a few hours late and I had to rush for office within a hour of reaching home.
Getting back to work after a holiday is always boring and more so if you have a mountain of emails to clear. :)
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Chicken, Shell fish, Gadbad & Gotisoda
We were home all day long yesterday. There was a puja in the morning, an amazing spread for lunch which was promptly followed by a quick nap and then there was a tea party in the evening for close family & friends around town who were curious to meet the newly married couple, us :)
Woke up quite late and had a lazy breakfast and walked in the fields & gardens in the backyard looking at the various fruit trees around. There are close to 400 coconut trees and various other trees of mangoes, cashew, chickoo and many more. With 8 acres of fields around the house, it is a herculean task to look after the entire area. With 2 wells, one which is potable water & the other for irrigation, the water supply is self sufficient for the entire household.
We were invited for lunch at a family friends place. There was some great chicken curry, shell fish, and some other vegeterian dishes & we were quite focussed on the chicken. We overate a bit, actually Shenal pushed the envelope quite a bit (for which she paid a price in the night) and we were compelled to take a nap for a while.
After some tea we roamed around Kumta market area which is quite a hotbed of activity. We grabbed some "gadbad" and "goti-soda" at Shimla Cold Drinks. The gadbad was great and so was the goti-soda. The goti soda is an old way of bottling soda. A marble keeps the gas in place and uncorking the bottle means pushing the marble down to let the soda be poured. We also picked up liquid jaggery which goes very well with chapati & dosas.
We drove to another beach which was deserted and had a beautiful stretch of sand with huge waves coming in. We spent some time and were forced to rush towards the car as we saw a huge wall of rain approaching towards us from a distance.
After chatting till pretty late we slept hoping we would be able to wake up early to get to the beach once again.
Woke up quite late and had a lazy breakfast and walked in the fields & gardens in the backyard looking at the various fruit trees around. There are close to 400 coconut trees and various other trees of mangoes, cashew, chickoo and many more. With 8 acres of fields around the house, it is a herculean task to look after the entire area. With 2 wells, one which is potable water & the other for irrigation, the water supply is self sufficient for the entire household.
We were invited for lunch at a family friends place. There was some great chicken curry, shell fish, and some other vegeterian dishes & we were quite focussed on the chicken. We overate a bit, actually Shenal pushed the envelope quite a bit (for which she paid a price in the night) and we were compelled to take a nap for a while.
After some tea we roamed around Kumta market area which is quite a hotbed of activity. We grabbed some "gadbad" and "goti-soda" at Shimla Cold Drinks. The gadbad was great and so was the goti-soda. The goti soda is an old way of bottling soda. A marble keeps the gas in place and uncorking the bottle means pushing the marble down to let the soda be poured. We also picked up liquid jaggery which goes very well with chapati & dosas.
We drove to another beach which was deserted and had a beautiful stretch of sand with huge waves coming in. We spent some time and were forced to rush towards the car as we saw a huge wall of rain approaching towards us from a distance.After chatting till pretty late we slept hoping we would be able to wake up early to get to the beach once again.
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