This is my platform for sharing the exciting parts of my life with Vivek with all my friends and loved ones. I do at times also express my mundane views on the mundane things of life.

2/12/2007

Mallaika is here

the Day was 19th dec n the year 2005- Vivek had his phd defense this day n became Dr. Vivek.
As per german traditions he was presented with this special hat, on this hat his colleagues had pasted a small BMW(his fav car) wishing him luck for his future.


The day is 9th Feb and the year 2007. Vivek's dream got fulfilled n he bought his baby BMW.

So guys this weekend was very happening for us. On Friday after work Vivek collected Mallaika (yes thats what our baby is called). We were invited for dinner at our friends Jenish n Jhanvi's place, so they got to see the car first. Then on our way back we suddenly decided to go to basel city to visit our Basel family (our lovely friends there). It was so much fun, manjunath organised a puja for the car with prasad arranging for the special samagri (coconut n stuff) on spot without any advance notice. The best part was all of us standing out in the cold in the street, n Manjunath chanting mantras in Sanskrit n some people who crossed by wondering if all of us were mad or what..
Then we had a tea session at Sachin n abhi's place n went home. thanx to all our wonderful friends for sharing this occasion with us. Will post the photos of puja soon.

Saturday - Saturday we went for our first drive n drove down to Zürich with navratna and visited our another friends Brinda n Srijit at their place, It was our first visit to their place as well, was a nice tea n coffee session with loads of chit chat,
n after coming back around 8 Reji n Sudip came over n we had a dinner with them.

Sunday- Morning was spent in talking with family and some of our close friends in germany n singapore, then vivek spent some time with Mallaika reading the manuals n getting the hang of all the features. Then we went down to Sudip n reji's new home n helped them in settling some stuff..

So i guess was a nice n happening weekend for us.

Wishing you all a very happy week ahead!

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Nidhi and Ambala,

CONGRATULATIONS for your baby! We wish her health and prosperity:-)

I am just curious, what else was there on the special hat;-)??

Best wishes from Bremen,
Noopur & Sonepat

Monday, February 12, 2007

 
Blogger Nidhi said...

thanx Noopur!
Apart from things related to his work , there was a hen /cock representing tandoori chicken, 3 wickets representing vivek's fav game cricket and three flags one of swiss where he was supposed to begin working, India his home country and third of Bayern on his hat. So i guess nothing as interesting as the BMW ;)

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

 
Blogger ConnyC said...

hey...nidhi..wow i like the idea of having a puja for a car..it made me laugh out loud, because people WILL have thought..they must be MAD!! Haha crazy indians, first noopur grilling at Am Stern in Bremen and now you guys having a spiritual ceremony for a car...haha..but I must admit I will let Noopur explain the whole thing.There were just too many Hindi words for me;)
btw I love to read about your traditions too..its amazing

Thursday, February 15, 2007

 

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