Off for a fortnight.

........on Official tour from tomorrow.
Not the best time to go. I am feeling uncomfortable about going at this stage of pregnancy but that's just a mental state. Not having the comfort of home & a loving husband & baby around would take it's toll. But physically, I am feeling my best at this stage in pregnancy. The other good thing is that most of this 15 days will be spent in Pune & I'll have my brother & bhabhi & little Vihaan to run to for support.
Hey, in between all the Diwali celebrations, I turned 32 quietly on 16th. Not to my liking. I hate my birthday being spoilt like this.
Gods, please don't conspire against me & have my birthday fall on a festival ever again!! Please don't give my hubby a bahana to not make my birthday special for me , will ya?
I am still a little girl at heart wanting to be pampered on her special day. 32 is just a number. So, wish me girls , even though it's very belated :)

My first visit to Chennai

I was travelling for the past three days visiting Chennai & Bangalore. While I have visited Bangalore twice before, it was my first visit to Chennai.
The first thing that I noticed about Chennai was how beautiful the women looked with bright coloured sarees & lots of flowers in their hair. The men with their stark whites & tilaks on foreheads looked so traditional. I found the people very soft spoken. My cabbie tried his best to converse in Hindi. With his heavy accent I had to concentrate very hard to understand.
By the time I reached work, it was time for lunch which we enjoyed in a "Karaikudi" restaurant. It was a great meal of Chettinad & Roast chicken, chicken biryani, parathas & curd.Water was served in "Lotas" instead of the regular glasses. I loved the whole traditional flavour of the place.
After a hard day's work, we went to the Marina Beach. It was a long walk from the car park to the water front & I had a tough time in my sandals & work formals.But,it was so pleasant to see how clean a city beach could be. I was expecting something like the Mumbai beaches. I was so pleased to know that I could actually go into the water & soak my feet. We spent a couple of hours there & also enjoyed corn on the cob at the beach.
I also got to spend a day at Bangalore. The city is in full bloom these days & is awash with purples & lilacs. I had lunch at MTR & also managed a 15 minute visit to the "Cauvery" store.
I am back now tired & exhausted but happy at the little experiences I had. :)

Long Tiring Tour

I was out of Kolkata from 20th Sept till yesterday.A long , hectic & tiring tour to Bangalore. Intellectually very stimulating as I had to work in a team of people from different companies.
I feel so glad to be back home. Ansh did well while I was away. It was only yesterday when he knew that I will be back that he got sad & crabby. It was harder for me I think. I tried to keep all thoughts of home away so that I would not miss my 2 men much. Can't tell you the joy of picking a sleeping Ansh & giving him a big squeeze on my return. He promptly got up & wanted to go to our room to sleep with hiS Mummy & Papa.
I wished I had time to browse the streets of Bangalore. I did not get a spare minute all these days. It was only yesterday that I went to Indiranagar & spent a little time in a boutique called Zarah & bought a cute little purse for myself & then went to commercial street to buy some toys for Ansh & a T-shirt. Among the games was a Nemo puzzle that he solved last night & a sand art game that he loved.
It's been days since I have had a decent amount of sleep & I am looking forward to the 2nd Oct holiday & the Puja holidays. I have had all my favourite foods from pastas to biryanis, but now I am doubting whether they are really my favourites. Excesses of any good thing is bad!!

Jsr Visit

On 30th April I went to Jsr for a meeting for TBEM. I left by early morning (6:25 am ) train & returned the same day by 5:30 pm train which was late by 2 hours & I ultimately reached home by 11:30pm. I was so tired that I could feel it in my bones. I just slumped on the bed and had no energy to even have my dinner. Hats off to people who travel like this so often. 8 hours in the train for a 5 hour meeting. I do not want to do this ever again. But it's not in my hands after all.

I saw the new office building that has been constructed. Looks really nice & the contrast with the old building is so stark.-pictures above(white is new, yellow is old)

Mumbai Visit

I forgot to blog abt the Mumbai visit last week......Friday /Sat. It was for the Alpha meeting & it was fun. Saw the beach, had italian food........wink wink. Relaxed after a long time. The hotel I was put up in was Suba Galaxy.....not good & on top of that they gave me a room after lots of persuation & I had to pay up in advance.

Back from Jsr TQMS BELP PLUS

I returned from BELP PLUS Jsr last night. It was not as much fun as Pune is. Facility wise, ambience wise & crowd wise. Our instructor was Mr Banerjee. OK types! Golmuri Club is pretty & the flowers there were in full bloom
I returned to my son busy with his new colouring book. I got a truck from the station for him which he ignored....lol. The colouring book he had was the one where one has to put water for the colours to come out. He of course mixed up the whole thing.

Also had a bit of tiff with bhi at night coz he was busy with his phone.
Today is MIL's birthday. We cut the cake last night.

Pune Visit

The Pune Visit was good. My first taste of Corporate Negotiations. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Also saw the Car plant assembly line. Mind blowing.Enjoyed my stay with Gaurav & Swati.
Today I am meeting Thomo's fiance Nidhi for the first time :). Gotta help her & Thomo's mom buy some suits.
Tomorrow we are going to see "Life in a Metro". The reviews have been really good. We are taking Himanshu along. Dunno abt Ansh.....depends on his mood. Papa is not here(He is in Delhi) so hopefully Mummy will stay at home & we can leave Ansh with her. But then again, she may insist on accompanying us. She loves to be out of the house.
Today Abhi fixed the Hooks for clothes that I got almost 2 weeks ago. It's so difficult for him to remember these things. I get tired of reminding.Thankfully he got it done today.
Monday,Tuesday is our Board meeting. So we have been very busy these past few days.
I am having awful back-ache. I need to rest my "Heels" for a while. As it is, my black heel is broken. I'll discard it today. I am such a "Kanjoos".Maybe walking with broken heels is giving me extra pain.