Read this, this, this and this to know what we all were upto on Friday. Which was a blast, by the way! and I was maha thrilled to be part of this blog meet! My first one for sure, and so soon since I started blogging only a couple of months ago.
I am high up there in seventh heaven, folks, with all that you had to say about me. Actually Poppin’s mom got me right when she said I was the quiet one. I usually don’t talk much, and am the “listener” in any group that I am a part of. In fact, I wanted to bear the moniker “the silent one” for my blog URL before I realised that this already existed… It also takes me a pretty long time to warm up to somebody and speak my mind.
However, the ladies made me feel very comfortable, despite the fact that they were meeting me for the first time and most had never read my blog either. Although I was the only non- mommy in the group, I didn’t feel out of place at all, since despite what these ladies have written in their posts, there weren’t too many conversations around babies. I have also been very comfortable among babies and baby talk so even if there was any talk around babies, I didn’t really notice it much.We talked about everything under the sun, laughed a lot, and generally had a lot of fun. I was also quite enamored by kiddo (Aargee’s son), he is such a friendly kid!
We had some wonderful lunch and some heavenly cake brought by Swati. And when I left, it was with a heavy heart and with the hope that we would all meet again and have the same carefree fun that we had for those 3 odd hours.
Weekend was hectic as well, what with my parents here, and our need to visit my in-laws every weekend. We had a huge family get-together where we went out to this restaurant on Mysore Road, near Ramanagaram, called “Lokruchi”. Coming from a Tam-brahm family, we needed to go to some place which was pure vegetarian and traditional as well, since we had some oldies coming with us.
The drive was the most painful part of it and while the food was decent and the ambiance nice, everyone left with the feeling that it was not really worth the effort we made to drive all the way there in peak traffic. In fact one of the cars got stuck in a major jam and could get out of it only after an hour of being stranded in the same place.
I had taken a couple of days off work, and my parents and I went to Mysore on Monday. P couldn’t make it since his “brands” needed him and so it was just the three of us. We did have a good time, although I wouldn’t recommend this hotel to anyone who wants to find a decent place to stay in Mysore. The rooms were decent but overpriced and the service sucked big time. We had a harrowing time ordering room service as well as when we went to eat in the restaurant.
We hired a taxi and went visiting the various historical and typical “tourist” hangouts in Mysore. The palace as usual was awesome. I love the stained glass paintings as well as the wood carvings on the doors. The only painful part was making us walk barefoot on the roads (from the palace to the museum) especially when it was blazing hot. We were literally hopping and skipping so that our feet wouldn’t get burnt. The authorities really need to do something about that.
The next day we visited Srirangapatna. I loved the summer palace which was built by Tipu Sultan. The paintings and carvings there were really beautiful. I am always amazed at the beautiful architecture and workmanship of these monuments in the age when machines weren’t really available. I cant imagine the creativity people had, and the time and effort that they took to create these awesome structures. The daft that I am, I forgot to take my camera along, so no pictures 
We got back home yesterday evening and here I am, in office, feeling most depressed and unwilling to do any form of work. I want to be back there amongst all the bloggers, laughing and chatting away and/or with my parents, chatting about this and that. But like they say, good things have to come to an end, and I have to get back to work, if I want to earn a living.
So ta folks, see you when I see you!
It was nice meeting you CD..hope to meet again soon. Nice post
I am just the same , do not get comfy with new ppl in first meeting , but friday was different. I won so many friends in this city.
BTW..your mother tongue is not kannada , since PM wrote about your language skills , I was wondering.
me: I agree. I was feeling especially lonely since all my friends just moved away from Bangalore… but now, I feel much better! Oh and my mother tongue is Tamil, a different dialect of tamil which is spoken by Iyers from Kerala. I picked up Kannada during my stay here
It was great meeting you CD. We share a common friend too, must try and meet up one on one with said friend in tow as well.. We can gab away in Palakkad Tamil then
me: Yeah we should. Do let me know when you are planning to meet her… I will join in. Since both of you are mommys it would be difficult to do it vice versa.
it was really nice meeting you!! hope to see you again, soon!
Pity you got caught in bad jam on way to Lokruchi. i am quite fond of that place! did you see the handicraft museum next to it?? its no great shakes but worth a walk into!
and i have found service ingeneral is a botheration is Karnataka! they really arent interested in making money or retaining clients!
so you were just a victim of general attitude!
but yeah, the palace is always awesome to look at! how many ever times you go!
lovely post!
cheers!
me: Yeah I like Lokruchi too. I havent been to Janapadaloka, but have heard a lot about it. It closes at 5pm… and we were there much later. So no such luck. I love both the Mysore palaces and have already been there twice!
wow! a bloggers meet!!it must have been FUN!!!
me: It definitely was!
Sounds like it was a lot of fun!
We should do our lunch soon! Are you around on Friday? We could do lunch at 1:30? I have a lame meeting till 1, which I am sure will run over! :S
me: yeah why not! let me know on friday morning. I will eat something light and then will join you for lunch. Accha, your comments go into my spam folder and I have to keep checking spam so I dont miss out on them. Any clue why?
Hey CD
It was fun, was’nt it? And yes, we are regulars at the Kamat Lokaruchi…but beating the traffic by starting really early is the key to enjoying it. Anyways, will catch up with you soon.
BM
me: It was certainly a lot of fun! Not a day passes when I dont think about the meet. I have eaten before at Kamat- we went there for lunch and it was so much better. I guess the problem was because we drove during peak Bangalore traffic.
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