Day 15 - Day 23
Sunday and Monday were lazy days. Monday, Aug 15th, was India Independence Day. On this day in 1947, India got freedom from the British. Since all the shops are closed, we just stayed home and played. It was so hot those days, so we stayed in the A/C rooms. On Tuesday, we went to a few shops and bought dresses for mom. We came back and ate dinner. On Wednesday, we just stayed home. On Thursday, Bharathi ammamma came to PPalli and we went to do some saree shopping. In the evening, a rikshaw came and took us for a ride. A rikshaw is like a tricycle which pulls people sitting on a wooden platform in the back. It felt bumpy. We had noodles for dinner and we were so tired, we went right to sleep. On Friday, we went to a picture printing shop. We also went to a shop where they sell steel vessels. We took a rikshaw to go to the shop to pick up the stitched dresses. We took an auto to go to an aunty's place. Thathagaru picked us up in his car and we went back to the shop to pick up some remaining dresses. While we were there it started raining. Then we went back home. The next day Pranav and I took pictures with ammamma and thathagaru all around the house. Bamma came from Ongole to go with us to Hyderabad. A car came to drive us to Hyderabad. The road was very bumpy and in one place, our luggage from the top of the car hit a sign near the railway tracks and the whole thing, including the rods attached to the car, fell down. It took one hour to fix it. We started again. I ate mangoes and pomegranate in the car. We passed and saw the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam. It was cool to see the dam. Right after we passed that, we went to a fancy restaurant. I ate Chinese pulao and Manchurian. It got dark by the time we reached Hyderabad. We slept in Abhilash's house. On Sunday morning, we started to go to Kaustubh's house for lunch. Halfway thru, we noticed that we forgot our passports. So, we went back to get them. And we finally reached Kaustubh's house. We did a puzzle and took a few pictures. We ate lunch and my mom had to take her flight back to Boston. Thathagaru and daddy dropped her off at the airport. While coming back, daddy got us burgers and while eating we watched the dance performance video.
We walked over to Sunidhi's house. We played duck, duck, goose. We slept over at Sunidhi's house. We woke up the next morning and by the time we woke up, ammamma went to Kaustubh's house to get all our clothes and stuff. We took bath. It was Krishna Ashtami that day. Sunidhi and Kaustubh did not have school. Sumedha's baby sitter made noodles for all of us. We ate and played a bit. We ate lunch and waited for Sumedha to sleep so we could go to Kaustubh's house. At one point, we thought she was sleeping and tried to get out. When we got out the door, we started dancing. But Sumedha saw us and came out to dance too. So that did not work. We tried another plan by putting the shoes at the back door and sneaking out from there. We walked back to Kautubh's house. I ate pomegranate. Pranav ate a banana. We played and slept there. Sunidhi went back to her house.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Fabulous India Trip - August 2011 - Part 4
Day 10 - Day 14
We woke up early in the morning and took a taxi to Tirumala. It was on a big hill. It is made up of 7 hills. The ride to the top was very quick. It looked like everything on the ground was getting smaller as we were going up. After we rested for a while, we went shopping. We stayed there overnight. The next morning we went to the temple. We saw Venkateshwara Swamy there. Then we went down the hill and went to a place called Kanipakam where there is Ganapathi. Then we went to another place called Sripuram where there is a Golden temple. It was covered in gold. It was beautiful. We then went back home. It was late in the night.
On Friday, it was Lakshmi Puja. It was very hot and there was no power. We were all sweating head to toe. We finished the puja, ate lunch and then went to Ongole. We went to my dad's house and Saketh's grandparent's house. That evening we went shopping. The next day I did a dance which was unexpected. We met another cousin, Pranav there. He is 8 years old. We named one as Pranav B and the other one as Pranav A. We went to a restaurant called "Ramya" for lunch. Pranav A and Pranav B played a lot and got along together. They became best friends. Pranav A showed Pranav B a car game on dad's phone. We went to another grandma's house and spent some time. She is Bharathi ammamma. We ate kaarappoosa. Daddy and bamma came over. And then we went to another grandma's house. That night we went back to ammamma's house.
We woke up early in the morning and took a taxi to Tirumala. It was on a big hill. It is made up of 7 hills. The ride to the top was very quick. It looked like everything on the ground was getting smaller as we were going up. After we rested for a while, we went shopping. We stayed there overnight. The next morning we went to the temple. We saw Venkateshwara Swamy there. Then we went down the hill and went to a place called Kanipakam where there is Ganapathi. Then we went to another place called Sripuram where there is a Golden temple. It was covered in gold. It was beautiful. We then went back home. It was late in the night.
On Friday, it was Lakshmi Puja. It was very hot and there was no power. We were all sweating head to toe. We finished the puja, ate lunch and then went to Ongole. We went to my dad's house and Saketh's grandparent's house. That evening we went shopping. The next day I did a dance which was unexpected. We met another cousin, Pranav there. He is 8 years old. We named one as Pranav B and the other one as Pranav A. We went to a restaurant called "Ramya" for lunch. Pranav A and Pranav B played a lot and got along together. They became best friends. Pranav A showed Pranav B a car game on dad's phone. We went to another grandma's house and spent some time. She is Bharathi ammamma. We ate kaarappoosa. Daddy and bamma came over. And then we went to another grandma's house. That night we went back to ammamma's house.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Fabulous India Trip - August 2011 - Part 3
Day 7 - Saturday
On Sunday evening we were going to have a get-together with all our cousins and some of my grandparents' friends. In preparation, we went to see the function hall. It was in a beach resort in Chirala on the coast of Bay of Bengal. It was very nice. It had a great dinner hall and it had a big spacious A/C auditorium. It was very hot that day. There was a humungous swimming pool in front of the hall. It was right on the beach and the view was awesome from the hall. There were tall trees all around. There were some cottages so people can stay there overnight. After checking the hall, we went back home.
Day 8 - Sunday
Today was going to be a big day as all our cousins are coming to my ammamma's place. They started arriving at around 8AM. As soon as Sunidhi, Sumedha and Kausthubh came, we all took bath and got ready to eat breakfast and play. We had 3 options for breakfast - idli, dosa and poori. I ate Poori because I liked the yellow curry with it. There were 3 little baby cats in the backyard. We all went to see them. Then we rode on the bicycle, which was my mom's, when she was little. We all took turns. Lots of grandmas and grandpas started arriving. Then my other cousins Ananya, who is 6 years old and Amay, who is 10 came. We all played games that I got from USA. We had lots of fun. We all ate lunch together as a group. Then it was time to get ready for the party. Ananya's mom and Sunidhi's mom painted our nails with nice pretty colors - purple, pink and silver. Amay put lipstick on his cheek and forehead, just for fun. We wore nice party dresses like Chudidhars, pavadas and evening gown. The boys wore sharvanis. We went in a lot of different cars to the function hall. I went with Sumedha, Ananya and their moms and Pranav came with us. During the car ride, we talked about our schools.
We all reached there on time. Some of our relatives helped set up the stage by putting up the flowers and a poster that had my pictures with dance poses. Ammamma designed this. It looked fantastic. I did some dances, sang songs and played on the recorder. Sunidhi and Sumedha sang some songs too. Kausthubh said slokas and Ananya did a dance. A couple of friends did some dances too. It was like a talent show. Thathagaru gave prizes to all of us. I got a cool barbie doll and a trophy too. Then we had dinner. I ate bondas for snack, fried rice, roti and curry and some sweet for dinner. There was icecream too, but I could not eat as I was full. We went up to the cottages to change into our pajamas. We were all so tired. We went right to sleep.
Day 9 - Monday
We woke up early to go to the beach. We changed into our swimming suits and put sunscreen on. We then walked over to the beach. We first went into the water and splashed around for a while. Then we played a hopping game. We then washed ourselves in the shower outside and went into the swimming pool. We swam and had a couple of races. Daddy helped Pranav swim. We then got out and dried ourselves. We then took bath. We all ate roti for breakfast. Sumedha ate a banana. Thathagaru came to pick us up and took us all back home. We all played tag and other games. We ate lunch and continued playing. Ananya and Amay left in the evening. Sunidhi and Sumedha left in the night. We watched TV for a while and slept.
I can never forget these 2 days. They were memorable. We had so much fun as a group. I wish I could have played with them longer. I bet they had fun with me too.
On Sunday evening we were going to have a get-together with all our cousins and some of my grandparents' friends. In preparation, we went to see the function hall. It was in a beach resort in Chirala on the coast of Bay of Bengal. It was very nice. It had a great dinner hall and it had a big spacious A/C auditorium. It was very hot that day. There was a humungous swimming pool in front of the hall. It was right on the beach and the view was awesome from the hall. There were tall trees all around. There were some cottages so people can stay there overnight. After checking the hall, we went back home.
Day 8 - Sunday
Today was going to be a big day as all our cousins are coming to my ammamma's place. They started arriving at around 8AM. As soon as Sunidhi, Sumedha and Kausthubh came, we all took bath and got ready to eat breakfast and play. We had 3 options for breakfast - idli, dosa and poori. I ate Poori because I liked the yellow curry with it. There were 3 little baby cats in the backyard. We all went to see them. Then we rode on the bicycle, which was my mom's, when she was little. We all took turns. Lots of grandmas and grandpas started arriving. Then my other cousins Ananya, who is 6 years old and Amay, who is 10 came. We all played games that I got from USA. We had lots of fun. We all ate lunch together as a group. Then it was time to get ready for the party. Ananya's mom and Sunidhi's mom painted our nails with nice pretty colors - purple, pink and silver. Amay put lipstick on his cheek and forehead, just for fun. We wore nice party dresses like Chudidhars, pavadas and evening gown. The boys wore sharvanis. We went in a lot of different cars to the function hall. I went with Sumedha, Ananya and their moms and Pranav came with us. During the car ride, we talked about our schools.
We all reached there on time. Some of our relatives helped set up the stage by putting up the flowers and a poster that had my pictures with dance poses. Ammamma designed this. It looked fantastic. I did some dances, sang songs and played on the recorder. Sunidhi and Sumedha sang some songs too. Kausthubh said slokas and Ananya did a dance. A couple of friends did some dances too. It was like a talent show. Thathagaru gave prizes to all of us. I got a cool barbie doll and a trophy too. Then we had dinner. I ate bondas for snack, fried rice, roti and curry and some sweet for dinner. There was icecream too, but I could not eat as I was full. We went up to the cottages to change into our pajamas. We were all so tired. We went right to sleep.
Day 9 - Monday
We woke up early to go to the beach. We changed into our swimming suits and put sunscreen on. We then walked over to the beach. We first went into the water and splashed around for a while. Then we played a hopping game. We then washed ourselves in the shower outside and went into the swimming pool. We swam and had a couple of races. Daddy helped Pranav swim. We then got out and dried ourselves. We then took bath. We all ate roti for breakfast. Sumedha ate a banana. Thathagaru came to pick us up and took us all back home. We all played tag and other games. We ate lunch and continued playing. Ananya and Amay left in the evening. Sunidhi and Sumedha left in the night. We watched TV for a while and slept.
I can never forget these 2 days. They were memorable. We had so much fun as a group. I wish I could have played with them longer. I bet they had fun with me too.
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