Are we there yet...??

So much for time flying past. Today must be the slowest day of the year.

Loads of work to do and things to get done before I leave. Started to convey my adieu's to all. Now the excitement is getting very hard to contain. I hope I dont do something crazy to embarass myself and all around me. Just one more day of....I mean...at work. I wouldnt be doing much tomorrow. Will be trying to find out if I have any loose ends that needs to "fixed".

Well, my bags are packed and I am ready to go. Just waiting for the jetplane.

WOOOO HOOOOO....I am getting married!!!

Home sweet home

OOOoOOoOOoooOOO.
Going to be home in another 3 days. Cant keep the excitement inside.
I am at work and really wanna stand up and scream. Its going to be very different when I get home. Just a whole new feel to it. Definitely was excited when I was travelling earlier as well. I guess its the whole wedding feeling kicking in.
Everyone keeps on asking about nervousness, cold feet etc. Neither of the above. Just a warm and calm feeling within me. I am sure that its gonna hit me big time when I am in India.

As the song goes:

'Mid pleasures and palaces
Though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble,
There's no place like home.
A charm from the skies
Seems to hallow us there,
Which seek thro' the world,
Is ne'er met with elsewhere.
Home, home, sweet sweet home,
There's no place like home,
There's no place like home.

I gaze on the moon

As I tread the drear wild,

And feel that my mother

Now thinks of her child;

As she looks on that moon

From our own cottage door,

Thro' the woodbine whose fragrance

Shall cheer me no more.

Home, home, sweet sweet home,

There's no place like home,

There's no place like home.

An exile from home,

Splendor dazzles in vain,

Oh, give me my lowly

Thatched cottage again;

The birds singing gaily,

That came at my call:

Give me them and that

Peace of mind, dearer than all.

Home, home, sweet sweet home,

There's no place like home,

There's no place like home

> 10 days to go!!

Now the countdown can be done with our hands. No more calculators. 9 days to go!!

Am I excited? MY OATH I am. 3 days for me to fly back to India. Now the excitement has really kicked in. Days seem to fly a bit more faster now. I guess that's because there is a lot to be done before I leave.

Parents are gonna have their son back. Chechi is gonna have her brother back. Sharanya is gonna have her uncle (Santa Claus) back. Payal is getting a husband. What about me ....goodness, I really make it sound as if the world revolves round me!!! I AM SO HAPPY AND EXCITED. Its so hard to pen down what I feel.

Just turned 31 last Friday. Had a very good party, thanks to all over here in Oz. It was a great "surprise" party. I was spending all day trying to dig out what everyone had planned for me. There was face painting ( I got painted as the clown that I am). A huge platter of food. Felt like I had eaten a whale. So special thanks to my special friends over here. Yep, there was a cake and no there was no cake smashing. They used ICE CREAM!!!! In a nutshell a fantastic night. My last birthday as a bachelor.

Will I miss anything that I did as a bachelor?

Hmmm... maybe I might miss the life of being an absolute lazy and irresponsible person. The hours of PlayStation and PC games. Nothing that's gonna affect me much. I can safely and truly say that I am gonna gain a lot more than losing.

So switching on to warp speed. Married life "HERE I COME".

Our wedding photo blog

With just a few more weeks to go for our big day. We have set up a new photo blog for all to see the events that happen on our special day.

http://manojwedspayal.blogspot.com/

A venue where you can leave comments and good wishes.

22 days to go!!!

22 days to go!!! Happy, exhilarated, blessed, blest, blissful, blithe, can't complain, captivated, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, content, contented, convivial, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exultant, flying high, glad, gleeful, gratified, hopped up, intoxicated, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, laughing, light, lively, things are looking good, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, peaceful, peppy, perky, playful, pleasant, pleased, satisfied, sparkling, sunny, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink, up, upbeat, charged up, awakened....

Nothing much happening here in Oz. The Aussie open is on and everyone is in the tennis spirit. Cricket had a great end after the whitewash of the Ashes series.

All excited of the prospects of getting married. Here we are at the 22 day countdown. I remember telling my better half that its 202 days to the wedding. Have defnitely come a long way after that. Now the mind says..22 days...seems long still.

Days are getting better. Having 2 months off work and will be in India all through that period. Loads of travelling to do when I am there. Will be working on a new blogsite for the wedding pics.

I am still working on the highlights of last year. Here is a short list of what 2006 had for me.

- PAYAL
- MEHEK and the news of her arrival.
- SHARANYA - now in the 1st grade!!
- A few awards from work.
- Moving in with Vaish and Sats. The new place in Kensington. Come to think about it Vaish's return to Oz after the wedding
- Deepti (yep spelt it right this time). Another sister to the list. Another one to the family and settling here in Oz.
- 2 more houses being confirmed.
- Some fantastic parties at home and away.
- Going to India for 10 days and spending time with my family.
- THE PROPOSAL and teh answer (WOO HOO Payal said "Yes")
- The new family that I have inherited through Payal.
- Sashi and Gayathri getting married (Another Feb 7th function in 2007)
- People who have found their partners last year - ME, Sashi, Sumanth, Shashank, Vikram, Manik. The wedding bells were really on overload last year.
- The list of guests we had from overseas: Vaish's family, Tushar's and Deepti's family, Kriti's mom, Gayathri....did I miss anyone??
- Promotions and jobs for everyone in the Oz family.
- My blogs!!
-.............................

These are in no order of importance. These are the ones that I could think of at the moment. Will do my best to update the post if I get any new ideas.

So how was your 2006??
ALL THE BEST FOR 2007 AND THE MANY YEARS AHEAD!!

Santa's come and gone

Happy New Year all. Hope all of you had a great holiday season.
Less than a month for me to go to India. Quite excited about that. Roller coaster of events happening over here, so lets just leave it that. Have been off blogging for a while.
Working on a post of all the good events that happened in 2006. Will have that on shortly.
Once again wishing everyone a great year and prosperous one.