RETRO KITCHEN

 This Sunday all the people for the dip decided it was enough we need an outing.

But first of all let me tell you about the awesome A. 

 She is such a cutie pie …. in class 9^th. She has large Eyes and a

wonderful wonderful voice, Deepali sorted her to do the mono acting of Cleopatra and she dressed accordingly ( doesn't she look cute) 

 

13th was the last day to upload all the files and I was on it till 13th evening 1159.

 

Rectro kitchen :- we all reached there in bits and pieces … by bits and pieces I mean WE were all in different vehicles.

 

Partha had got a bottle of Glenlevet….. have I spe;t it right …. it was the awesome whiskey which was smooth as butter and …Oh so delicious. he bought it for his friends in Ultratech.

 

Retro kitchen is located Jaivik Setu , it is basically A Sunday market in which organic farmers bring their produce to sell. Also the place makes a neat profit by selling poha jalebi and milkshakes. There are swings for the kids, wonderful designed tables and chairs which are equity and rustic...... it is picnic for the whole family.

 

be heard of Jaivik Setu...... the ladies went there to see the wonders

here we are with tables chairs which look centuries old/ also there were a few ladies who were too busy shopping the organic veggies.

Here are the ladies with organic veggies. Naturally we made fun of them, because there were no bags to carry the stuff, but the veggies were good to look at

Later on after lunch Mrs. P also gave us the haldi kumkum stuff for us to enjoy.

We came back home a little late and I was surprised to see a lizard sitting on top of the camera. 

Wonder what the people in the customer care office for watching??😁

 The lizard had been sitting on the camera the whole day.  anything for a little warmth.

I watched it when we were going outside to Jaivik Setu and I saw it when we came back from there it was an amazing sight.

We had tea in the house of Mr. Lahoti. It was a good day. When I reached home, I saw there was a call from Madhvi and I was too late to receive it.

Trip to Kolkata Started 22nd December 2015 - 23rd January 2016

SHOVONA
BHATTACHARYA
358 A-1 Street 4 Lane 6
Rajendra  Nagar
Dehradun

Start from Dehradun -:

22nd December 2015

 
Partha was away and so we started alone (mother in law, me and Avneesh).

 Shrishti had gone to visit Vinni didi. We are reahed Sonju’s house by 4 30. Of course there was a stopover at midway where we had our fill of things that we like. 

Kukku has his subway me and mother in law had south Indian platter. It was good. Thereafter we had tea and completed our journey. 

Superekshita came back home from her office we talked for a while. Her mom was a cute lady who was happy to see us. We talked for a while after which three of us that is Sonju Superekshita and me went to Gopi Nath bazaar and had gol gappes and jalebis. 

Dinner was a grnad spread there was dal rice chapatis butter chicken and one fine vegetable.

32 Pratap Chowk... the house that build me

23rd December 2015.
Today we woke up had tea. Super waited for her Uber cab. Poor thing she had made a mix of egg and other stuff with bread. She left for office I took her mom out for a walk. After that Srishti came home.

I got married from this house

 Sonju took me to see all my old houses and I had a feeling of nostalgia. there was 32 Pratap Chowk, I was reminded powerfully of the old friends, Like Anusha, Aparajita Rewati. the creeper with the pink flowers had been grazed away and instead there were manageable pots of plants which were wonderful none the less.

The giant Santa with Goles and Kukku

Mamoni and Goles

In the airport the whole décor was to celebrate Christmas.   There was a giant Santa and we took many pictures in front of it, also the entire Airport was decorated.  Goles for here too

December (Indore 2021)

Christmas this year

For Mummy's birthday this year we went to a place called Fire and smoke.  The ambience was good the food was nice all of us enjoyed a lot. I was recalling The times when last Tublu was with us.

22nd Special Assembly

 In school there was a Christmas assembly with all the trimmings. I am grateful for the same, because it reminded me of the Times when things were normal.

 The assembly was repeated once again for the senior students. The teachers who had participated in the assembly all got to a Santa Claus Caps. There was a group song,  A group dance a play And of course price distribution ceremony for the students

Back home.

 Mummy was having pain in the teeth. A visit to the dentist fixed the same it inspired me to get my teeth filled too.

83

 From ultratech on the 25th we went to see a movie called 83. I thank God from the bottom of my heart for these small mercies this because threat of omicron stands on our head.

We also went to a place called Shreemaya on the 25th for lunch. it was a good outing.

16 Nov 2015 Teresa house selections

To day that is Monday 16th I had to stay back Kukoo and myself. I decided that we will go to hotel call Amar Vilas and have two two Samosa each.  It is very hot....... they do not try and keep it...... they have kept the raw samosas inside the fridge and when we are asking for it.  They fry it at that instant. It is very very delicious ...especially when you get hungry. The hot Samosa are like heaven sent.

 

Some of the teachers whi were staying back along with me, went on a another cheapie joint to have Chow mein. So after school got over, myself and Kaku sat in the car and went to the hotel came back. There after I was very busy. u c i am in Teresa house and I have to select the girls for the sports events which are now coming up. I have to select  girls for the following events 

1.hundred metres race juniors

2. 200 metres race juniors 

3. 400 metres race juniors and of course 

4. juniors relay race  

 

 then there were events like 

5. shot put 

6. highjump and 

7.Discuss throw 

 

Also we have to select the girls for seniors hundred metres 200 metres 400 metres and relay race many girls were there and they were very happy to see me. We have got two Sports instructors. Every morning we have to practice PT it is a Korean PT middle school. Children will be holding colourful fans in their hands. The last formation is of  4 flowers so there are four colours of fans. 

 

Today the main topic in the staff room was how to do PT with saree. Complaining teachers. ...especially those who have to stay back....used  very colourful language. It was funny to hear. ... also from teachers instructing other teachers how to avoid work. I feel very funny because I am here as I am bored at sitting in the house.

 

I came back home by 5 after which took for tennis and then went to the Samsung showroom to deposit my rent agreement and then back home to collect kukku. His  racquets safety guard was lost so I had to buy that as well.

 

One dealer of Partha is admitted in Max Hospital as he has a small tumor on the right side of the brain it is very astonishing how the life became dicey for the family in just one evening. Sometimes I think I should pray to God only because we don't have these troubles and thank him with the bottom of the heart. The operation went well. Yesterday we had gone to see him and while talking of diseases we got your know that the item son also had the worms problem.

Seattle ....Downtown

Seattle

28^th May 2015- 8^th July 2015

27^th May 2015

In Doon Partha and Goles had many a private moments together. 

They have gone for a walk and have decided to go in the morning as well. I have always felt that my presence has stopped the father daughter synergy as Goles and me……well we are close both me and Goles share .... now that I am out of the picture I am sure their innate goodness will come to the fore and then  they will be more close than ever (I hope) that is the case. 


Mil bade me a sickly farewell today she seemed upset... hope she gets well soon. I feel bad leaving her behind alone and recovering.

No one is staring at me

Journey…..

We slept most of the way and stopped at Cheetal Grande. Where we had a plate of pakodas and  tea. Kukku had a cold drink. We had a good time. I am wearing me new jeans and am feeling grand as no one is staring at me needlessly.

At the Airport the label said do not touch..... so naturally Kukku had to .......

 Also there was a meal at the Dubai Airport which i requested Kukku not to eat as we would be boarding the flight in 15 more minutes....but he just had to...

the grandest thing was to see Greenland near to the North Pole at 12 midnight

Lazy Days... Pro Sports Club....it is GRAND

I am now sitting in the pro sports club Basket ball  Arena where I am typing this mail. There are 8 courts here and it is amazing.  Generally Kukku and me try to play one vs one in basketball. I don't want to boast when I say I m good really good. . Only my fat and decreased stamina prevent me from beating Kukku high and dry. The skills I have are amazing I have even taken many shots from the 3 point circle and it is amazing what I can do. Generally after dropping Rohan for his FLB Atul drops us in the club and Tublu picks us up at 5 30 in the evening

Kukku has become a fan of Tublu as is Goles..it is not surprising. ....She cooks the amazing pizza ... and gives him what he wants to eat. Kukku is asking me to be more like Tublu..... "dekho se Rohan ke koto aador kore. .. tum keno kore na..." of course she can't play b ball with him. I am skilled in many things. .... The same can't be said about Tublu who has trouble even catching a ball. Rohan sadly takes after her.... but we do have a lot of fun with our catch and catch games. 

5^th June

THE PARK

There are so many nice things here which one should I write about. Let me tell you about the park called Idylwood Park.

It is a beautiful park which is near a lake called Shamamish Park. There are some wild animals .... Ducks.... Rabbits... squirrels which are as big as the rabbits... they are awfully tame and once you start feeding them they come to you in hordes they also look behind you to see if there are more in the bags behind you.  They are really sweet.

We feed the ducks shamelessly but one of Tublu's Co parents ( whose son Leopold goes to the same social class  like Rohan) called Inga said that one day when she was swimming she waded out of the water with Duck guano all over her hair. She may be wrong because there are Gulls and swans here too and she does not look like a guano specialist. But Tublu is really against feeding the poor ducks who come hopefully towards us.

Day before yesterday Atul taught us a new game with 4 ball red and blue.. And beat us fair and square of course as the game needed skills as in golf. We also play catch and catch. …also Atul and Kukku catch fish and throw them back in the water.

We tell the ducks frankly that it is because of Tublu that they are hungry today. They seem to understand and walk away showing their waddling backs at Tublu specifically. 

 One more thing there is a road we have to cross the road we have to press a button...before we cross the road and all the vehicles stop. It is amazing because all the vehicles are coming at a speed of about 70 miles approx 110 km and stop at once. .. it is a magic button. 
 

 There is a beautiful bench and table set where  I sit and read books that I have got from the library and I am so close to the lake that if a water skier or motor boat comes my way the water splashes on my feet. A Russian fisherman also shares the same spot with me... I reached there a few minutes late and he will be there already. ... ...  we both want the bench …but you see it is a public park so we can't claim dibs on that particular spot. I want it for the peace and tranquility it offers and he wants it as it is a good space to fish... however we can't publicly ask each other to move away but I am trying to scare away the fish and he is trying to make conversation silly details about fishing which I am not so keen to hear.

When Tublu comes back from office we go to the park at about 8 30 when it is still sunny and 50 push from the swing then ring a ring a roses then home dinner and the sleep. I watch Dexter and Tublu plays office office

15^th June Seattle Downtown

On Saturday  we have decided to go do Seattle downtown.  It was fun. Atul dropped is there. The weather was nice and sunny. We had a lot of places we wanted to go to. There was a pop art museum. The PIKE market the space needle and the duck rides.

We could manage only two..

1
. The Duck ride


2.The space needle


3. Lunch at McDonald's

We reached there by 3:00 as we went to a mall Atul decided that he would rather have a peaceful day at his house . We did miss him but it is pain to be with Tublu alone as when they ale together as I do not want to be" kebab Mein Haddi" So I was pleased to have my sister all to myself for the day. Of course I had to compete with Kukku and Rohan . We first stood in line to get the ticket for Duck RIDE and then went to  space needle to get ticket for the ride up .It was for 9:30 PM, the duck ride was from 6:45 PM to 8:00PM.

We also met a girl who was form LSR and was here with her BF (a blonde) from another state university. We were in the same lines to get the tickets.

Rohan and Kukku played on the swings

The lunch at McDonald’s was a good. Though we had carried a bag from home but when we got to the car.

In the process of getting things from Costco we emptied the car and had no bag however we had a few goods from Costco (like more mega mall) cokes cans and wriggly chewing gum.

1. THE DUCK RIDE. It is an amphibious vehicle, which rides on roads and then gets converted to boat on the lake (Lake Union). We were in time for the duck ride. It was one of the best things I got to do this holiday. It was a conducted tour...there was a funny Captain Duck who told us of all the land marks.


a. There is a tunnel digger called Bertha who was spoiled and had gone for repairs. It is to be a tunnel under the Lake Union.

b. We also saw the pioneer market. . The 1st market in Seattle.

c. The 1st Starbucks also opened here. He made us say "Ka jing" whenever we crossed a Starbucks.  Rohan shouted star bucks.   

Capt Duck made us dance with hands on Disco music.... and whoop when we crossed other bystanders. Here are a few funny caps he wore on the wassap pictures. 



He also showed us pictures where the movie called “lonely in Seattle” was shot. We also saw a water plane take off and land.

that is me and Rohan beneath the Space needle in the park..... WOW

2. Space Needle :-The ride lasted about 1 hour after which we hurried to the space needle that was fun too we stood on a line there were three generation women in front of us. Kukku was told off for trying to push the lady of the younger generation and Rohan actually pushed her hard when she was moving slowly. It was so funny. He also took a wine glass and poured sprite for himself when we were not looking. Really that boy is sooooo funny. SPACE NEEDLE is a tall building and we go up on a lift. When we reached on the top there is a circle we just walk and see all parts of Seattle from a far off distance...as far as space hence the name Space needle.

Atul reached there to pick us up at about 10 and we had some time in the park when we enjoyed the swings and tall slides.  We reached home and had  grand dinner.

A day of cribs ( 29th , November 2014)

1st there was gym

Then  Kukku was home  it was only 1.00pm. Automan Ajay told me that I have to get Kukku back from school till the annual function. This was very bad. Very bad automan. Daily till Dalan wala and back after gym. Very very bad automan .

Had bath. I could hear silly fights from the bath. Mil is whining about naughty kukku. Naughty kukku and bad mil. Very naughty and very very bad.

After bath went to the roof for sunning my wet hair . T hank God for good sun. Picked up and folded the clothes. They were still fighting.

Then had lunch of palak pane er,  chole and fish. It was bad fish. I could not eat whole so threw it away.

Partha called me wanted me to go to bank because naughty goles. GOLES finishes all money by the end of each month.
Very bad Goles .

I switched on navigator on phone because can't find my way there it took me to another ICICI Bank.  Bad phone. VERY BAD NAVIGATOR.

Then I called Partha who laughed at my traffic sense and told me the way. Naughty partga.

I also went to Bhusawal mesho's house to   enquire about medicine. He was not happy to see me because he does not like Sonju shouting at him. (Will explain later am having fun with all the bads).
Naughty Mesho.

Then went to bank and did the jobs now Goles will get 6000 on the 1st and 2000 for Fd will go on the 26th so money will be safe.

Came  home.  On the way bought gloves for Kukku. He was very naughty   in shop and was asking for leather gloves. Bad Kukku.

Then bought green tea. And 2 wollen socks for me. Woollen socks keep me warm. Brown   ones look like feet from far away.

Bought milk and curd. On the way saw a house where there was welding machine works going on asked him to wait and told Partha to hurry because I can't carry a big trunk there. Partha said it will be very late. Naughty partha... very naughty.

Came home and made tea and milk. Milk man's mother died so have to buy milk from the market till Tuesday . Kukku spilled the curd outside car. Very very naughty kukku.

Kukku  came home and opened the packet of bread very bad. Now  all the bread is open. Insects walk on open bread. Cockroaches eat open bread. We have to eat bread. Naughty and bad Kukku. We ate our tea and milk in silence. Mil wanted mudi. When I give mudi she wants chide . When I give her chide she wants biscuits. When I give her biscuits she wants mudi. Always complaining. Always always.... bad mil very very bad.

Then put soya chunks in a saucepan and started watching TV.  All are burnt and stuck to the saucepan. Bad me very very bad and careless. Very very careless.

Partha said he will get dinner from outside. But I said no I will cook. Hone cooked food has less calories and easy to digest. Outside food is rich and savoury. Partha was sad but no outside food.

After dinner Kukku slept . Partha and me went for a walk. Partha does on want to walk. He wants to sleep.

But I want walk so we go. We walk for 3 km. My cardio widget app is very good. Good App. Our speed is 11.50 min per km. It is good

11th December 2015

Happy birthday to you mummy. We are celebrating it too because today Gupta aunty is coming hopme and so is Venu. He has to go to the college i.e. UPS petroleum where he will collect his original certificates and he is very pleased about the same. I am pleased as well because I will also go there with him and have a great fun time driving through the beautiful scenic way. Gupta Aunty also wanted to come so she will be coming here today in the evening.

I got a notification from Flipkart that Vinni didi is sending me a popper... basically a pop corn maker which will come from there. for my anniversary.

There is another trip in the offing where in we (Avneesh and me) will go to Chandigarh on saturday i.e. the 13th and attend Mr. Devinder Singh farewell.  He has been the regional head in the Punjab area for a long time and his wife works in the Punjab and sind bank. We will go on saturday and after attending the farewell come back with Partha one day later i.e. Sunday.

well let me end Mil has gone to the hospital with Partha and so I am waiting for them to come back so that I can go Gymmng.