I had a 10 day vacation. Off to my home place. Its been 4 months since I went home and this time I had to attend 2 weddings. Stoney AKA Achayan got married on the 12th of January and Vineesh got married on the 20th. I flew to Chennai for the first time by Deccan. This lousy flight had all things that an average flight must not have. The engines gave so much sound that I thought I was inside a car. The stewardess were not what I call 'GREAT'. The pilot was a foreigner and therefore did a good job in handling the plane. Unni was waiting at the airport to receive and to lead me to his flat. The weather in Chennai was okay. It was after I reached the flat that I understood that Ranjith was to leave for Australia again the next day( the day on which we were supposed to start to Kottayam). After having some chit chat with Balu, Unni and Ranjith we went to sleep.
The next day after having a late lunch ?(at 4:30 courtesy Ranjith) we left to Kottayam on a train after me and my good friend Sajith had a beer. In the morning we reached Kottayam and then started our onward journey to Achayans. At about 11 am we reached the place only to be received by Anish and Mithlesh. Jayasurian and Pradeep were also there. After spending some time with Achayan, going to Pala with him I had a sleep. I was awakened by Bimal who with his uncanny tone of voice and deeply theoretical dialogs amazed me. Man .. was this guy messed up. After arguing about pre marital activities and co habitation we went on to have some good time talking about normal stuff. In the night we had 8PM Dry and went to sleep.
The next day after buying the present we went to the church to see our batch mate get married. After the wedding the rest of the gang came. The lunch was extravagant. Lots of stuff to eat. I have been only to those Christian weddings a few times and I tend to like the non vegetarian items served. After the lunch and very hour of chit chat we started our journey. This time the guys were intent on going to Kumarakom. Kumarakom, a famous tourist attraction, was quite far away and we took about 3 to 4 hours to reach our destination. The boat hiring prices were high and we felt that the guys offered much less for that amount of money. We then left the place and went back to Cherthala were we slept on just 4 mattresses.
Early the next morning I felt to my Sis's were Mom and Dad came. After watching the mallu movie 'Kadha Parayumbol' and after enduring the riots that my baby niece made inside the theater, I slept at my Sis's. We even witnessed a minor accident. A bus, without any provocation, crashed into a Maruti denting it's side seat.
The next week was silent for me. Just home cooked food, nice TV programs, movies on the mallu channels. Lots of fun, the 'Everybody loves Raymond' style. I had my return flight from Cochin to Delhi via Bangalore.
Earlier when ever I went to the bus stand, I would see someone I knew. Even when getting on a train I would find some one or the other. But now times have changed. I managed to see 3 people I knew when I was waiting at the terminal lounge. I even saw Meera Jasmine, the famous south Indian actress. To say the least I did not expect a plump woman with full of make up. She was better looking on screen. I also heard that Mohanlal was also there. I reached home after taking a cab at about 1 in the night. And now I am back to work (or rather back to blogging).
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