28 Nov 2009

Well, it’s the season for marriages. Not sure why. Maybe it’s cooler, maybe it’s the festive season. (The festival of Lights). So, tonight was another wedding that I was invited to. Although this time it was the groom’s party. Not exactly a batchelor’s party. The groom’s brother arranges a party for family and friends. Somewhere else the Bride’s family are also having a party. This evening wasn’t as lavish as the previous wedding I attended. It was smaller and the food wasn’t as nice. We chatted to a few people, had a nibble and said our farewells. This time I got home before midnight. I was going to stay up and watch the All Blacks play France but I don’t remember actually going to bed. I must have been asleep before I hit the pillow.

29 Nov 2009

Ah. Sunday, sacred Sunday. I lazed in bed until around 10am, chatting to the family on Skype. Towards 2.30pm, Ashutosh rang to say we were heading of to the wedding. This was the one we had attended the Groom’s party the night before. When we arrived the main event was already over. The bride and groom were having photographs taken with their extended family, friends and nobodys. (That was me). Yer kinda stand out in the crowd when there’s only one of you and you don’t know anyone. I did get to talk to a couple about my age. The husband is in the Merchant Navy and has travelled to NZ. He couldn’t speak more highly of our country. Seems the way with the people here who have been to NZ. Sometimes we don’t know what we’ve got until someone tells us.

So, we stayed for a bite to eat and then said our goodbyes to the host. I got home around 4pm. I was hoping that was it for the day, but around 9pm Ashutosh rang to say he was picking me up to go to the movies. He arrived some time after 10pm. We were about 30 minutes late for the start of the movie. Not that it seemed to matter much. I still figured out the story. This one was a family movie. It was a Bollywood movie. It was actually quite good. They had a couple of dance sequences that didn’t seem relevant to the plot but got the audience tapping away and jiggling in their seats. It was quite funny in places. Well, at least the audience thought so. I couldn’t understand a word of what was being said. It is amazing what you can pick up from actions though.