Family and Friends

It's that time of the year when the world and its uncle comes down to India for their yearly vacations. Most of my extended family and my sister are coming down, as it happens from the promised land:). For starters they're gonna be in for a rude shock - it is still summer in Bombay! We might as well have been in the Southern Hemisphere, its that bad. Probably warmer than there. The hope is there'll be a semblance of winter on New Year's Eve. Let's see how it goes.

Now with all these relatives here, there is going to be a lot of socialising, something I'm looking forward to. I hope to meet all my cousins (or at least most of them), some after years. I've noticed my generation of the family kind of drifting away from each other. My parents' generation still keeps in touch. What also helps is the fact that most of them are in Bombay, so phone calls are common. With us cousins though, we are all spread out. So for the most time, there was minimal contact, till of course the advent of Orkut and now Facebook! So to be fair we keep in touch as well:).

One thing I'm excited about is the karaoke machine we purchased recently. We'll put it through its paces in the next few days. Also my sister sings really well, so hope to listen to her sing karaoke. I tried my hand at singing and it was enjoyable. I managed a 90+ score on one of the songs. What helps is one's familiarity with the song. It can also be embarrassing at the start, but I guess it gets  better as one proceeds.

Speaking of friends, a couple of them are coming down this year. One who is a former roommate from college and the other a friend from college. Ashish and me were good friends in the first year at college. After that we went our own way, being in different branches. We got in touch after all these years, thanks to Orkut (what else!) and gmail. Its been great to find an old friend again and I look forward to meeting him on his trip here.

Yogesh, my roommate, is already here and is getting married in the next few days. I probably wont be able to attend the wedding as it is in Nasik and am loathe to travel.

Speaking of marriage, last year and this have seen most of my friends tying the knot. Gautam and me are the ones holding out. I'm not sure whether it is as a result of them getting married, but our correspondence has really dipped. Maybe it's them getting busy with their new lives. Does not make marriage enticing:).

I've "rambled on" quite a bit today. The Led Zeppelin song plays in my head. Guess I'll listen to them now. See you.