Panipat

Panipat was also quite exciting. After the hot & cold days of Kashmir ( with no snow), we moved to panipat to spend some time with them and finish some odd jobs in delhi and also meet friends. We managed to have a barbeque in panipat. Not the greatest in terms of the food but we gave a good show as all was inhouse arranged. Nidhi had worked very hard on the grill and also the arrangements and we managed to serve about 20-25 people.

Abhijit was a saviour yet again and shared the space behind the grill with me. Unfortunately after that shelly caught the cold bug with a bad throat and we had to be confined indoors. we couldnt make it to the new year bash at Abhijit's but had a small bonfire at home. So the new year eve was quiet, calm yet nice. We however, managed to spend some time ith abhijit and pooja in delhi later.

Kashmir Trip

Amid my work schedule ( now that the season is on for us), we ventured out on our annual holidays to India. Not a very long holiday but definetely needed one, especially for Shelly as she has been crazy with work off late. We went straight to Kashmir with hopes of fresh snowfall ( it had snowed a week back) and some responsibilities of handling the Eid festivals since Mumma and Abu are on Hajj.

Shelly also tried being one of the eldest in the house and this turned out to be a training session for her. Shazu (my sister) has been acting quite brave handling things on her own at home and we are proud of her.

Kashmir was fun but it never snowed. It rather became hot after we landed and it was sunny through out. But we managed to go out and reach the snow in some part or other. We visited Pahalgam and Gulmarg and the short trips were amazing. Some pictures of the trip.

Time flies by

Time really flies fast and I really do not know how the past few months just zoomed past. I failed miserably on my promise to keep updating the site due to paucity of time and my extermely travel ladden schedule. However, I am going to share a few key things that have happened in the past few months- apart from the fact that I moved into a new year and so has everyone.:)

Guja : I know you were also waiting ( saw your comment) and now you wont be disapppointed.

After my bimonthly trips to India, I managed to squeeze a few days for a short Oman trip. We went to this island called Khasab which is unlike the desert that we supposedly live in. It is like any rocky mountain valley of Texas. We drove all the way from Dubai along the sea coast and it was really beautiful. The Dolphin cruise and the barbeques were really brilliant and we enjoyed every bit of the trip. Some pictures taken during out trip.