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Monday, February 20, 2006

New Day... New Life...

All the relatives went back to their homes. We as a family were all together with a new member in our family. She jelled in very well. I never felt that my brothers, my parents were living with her just from last couple of days. Everyone felt she was with us all our lives. Thats her magic.

When I woke up in the morning, I felt different. I felt myself more responisble, more mature. Am sure she must have felt the same. Afterall she had decided to live all her life with me and to manage and make my home. Not a small task.

The tickets we had booked for Bangalore were still on waiting list and there was no chance that it could have made it to confirm status. So we cancelled those tickets. Mom decided that she would stay back and let us two go to Bombay and then fly from there to Bangalore. In the evening we got ready for Bombay. We had planned to stay whole day in Bombay with my phoopi and then leave in the evening, last flight to Bangalore.

We reached Bombay early morning at 6:00 am. We went to my phoopi's place. They were really happy to see us there.

We went to Matheran, a hill station near Bombay, to see a girl for my cousin. She liked that small hill station a lot. It was cold and green and unspoilt. The only mode of transport on this small hill station is by foot or by horses. There were loads of monkeys roaming around, hanging down from trees, lots of them, with their kids. It was really an experience to see them having nice time. We were warned of taking good care of our camera and our bags because these monkeys are known for running away with your stuff.

We went on a horse ride from station to the place where we had to go. It was a wonderful experience.

We took a car from Matheran to the Airport, we had to meet one more of my cousin on our way. We had a wonderful and lavish lunch at her place. This lunch did cost us our flight. We missed it. We had to book a room in a hotel in Bombay and reschedule our flights for next morning 6:30am. We lost half of the cost of the tickets but we thought thats Allah's wish.

Saleem Pothiwala :: 3:50 PM :: 0 Comments: