it's all about the little things

Catch up time!

2006-11-11T13:49:00.000-07:00

Well, first of all...what a relief to have survived the month of October! it was intense and so much fun! my sister Geeta and all the family was together! Fua and I (with help from Sarla auntie, mom, Krish, Geeta, Anj, Camille, and Kaki) designed the perfect Mandap. Everyone loved it. The Mandir even used it for a religious ceremony the weekend after the wedding.

Jyoti and Jody looked great in their outfits and really happy with everything. His family and friends down from cornwall had fun with the edmontonians.

Oh my god…the past month -- I felt like someone took over my life cuz I have no control of it. I hadn’t had time to even digest the wedding weeks and suddenly I was back at work and going on courses and taking on more work (bcuz someone had quit so his timing kinda sucked…

BUT The wedding was a blast…though I missed the wedding ceremony cuz my looney tunes sister/bride forgot the marriage license at home…yeah …you read it right…she forgot it and she remembered while she was in the process of getting hitched…but it was good timing that..pooja had just arrived, and so she and I just turned around and we drove to her house…UNfortunately for us…saturday October 28 turned out to be the day that all my hindu gods decided would be the first major snow fall...

By the time I got back, it was time to shower blessings on the happy couple with rose petals…now that seemed familiar to me...why you ask...cuz that was the only thing I was there for AT the beginning of the wedding ceremony…..hehe…at least I didn’t have to sit on the floor and listen to the Sanskrit for 36 mins…thanks Jyoti!!! one thing that bothers me is that we completely forgot to make sure lots of people took pictures...i havent seen one picture of me and the cousins at the ceremony (and i looked good, jyoti and mom had picked my sari and geeta had given me my jewelery that matched perfectly....so modest...hehe...i know..actually geets, mom, and i were all stylin' that day!!)

but since everyone noticed that i wasnt at the ceremony, geets and I decided to put that into our little speech at the reception..yes I had to do a speech with my sis…and we pretty much wrote the entire thing while at the reception…good times…I have to say that I was more than a little nervous…

All of the family were really proud of us…everything worked out really well…despite a few (more than a few actually) disasters…like the kitchen at the mandir (temple) being a mess bcuz the grease trap backed up and spewed grease and water all over the kitchen the night before the wedding…and half the people at my house were up all night trying to get it cleaned…some people who deserve a shout-out --> kunal, geeta and sheena! poor people who barely slept.….and the reception had a few disasters or near disasters as well à the caterers at the reception did not set up a head table(!!it was a surprise) and then they put the cake table on the wrong side of the room and we had like zero minutes to move it to the right place…did I mention that there were 5-6 cakes with a MF'in fountain underneath one of them…needless to say that we moved the table rather slowly…and of course the kicker of the evening…the caterers all thought dinner was at 930 when we planned for 730…oooh awkward…we completely changed our entire agenda at a second’s notice and moved all the speeches to the front of the evening …and everything worked our perfectly. Kunal and my cousin jr did an AMAZING JOB…

Everyone kept coming up to us and saying “I cant believe how chilled all you guys are..tanvi” and I didn’t tell them that I had taken a couple of muscle relaxants beforehand…:)

And the dance party after …was a blast…as soon as the 1st and 2nd dance were over and the fast music came on…everyone booked it to the dance floor…it was awesome…I think i will always be biased to thinking Jyoti and Jody's wedding and reception being the best one in 2006. and I did go to alot of them this year.

Blogger is a little shady with snaps so im posting them all in my album...have a looksie over there.

two blogs one day - somebody stop me!

2006-09-21T12:26:00.000-06:00

can you tell that i'm not busy at work as much anymore, heh!

i just realized today that its 5 weeks til my sister's wedding. man, i can't believe how time has flown by. I'm excited for october 28 --> actually the whole week. I'm taking off the whole week of the wedding. how much do i love my work people? they are so easygoing!

Now it has not been easy easy --> all this wedding planning...but i think (not to "toot toot" my family's horns...but..) i think we have done an absolute fab job to putting this wedding together. My mom has been a machine...man...she even made pillows (from scratch) for the ceremony..BY HAND...isnt that crazy? of course, the next couple of weeks are going to be a little hectic and stressful, i'm sure,..oct 14 - you can find me at the mandir kitchen - stuffing samosas! hehe. good times good times!

the winter forecasts seems fabulous, starting my CA, jyoi's wedding, all the family in town --> good times to be had.
Alma and I met some cool people through my cousin...and i think the circle of friends is about to get some new blood very soon. Alma of course is prepping to leave soon to italy...sniff..sniff...and of course, i'm planning to be in europe next summer for some good times! (and yes...that is a cookie in my hand in the picture...whhhaat?)

10 years - damn!

2006-09-21T12:06:00.000-06:00

This past weekend was my 10 year high school reunion. It was okay. It seemed like everyone that i would have wanted to see again to know how life has fared for them - did not show. instead it was everyone -..well..if i never saw them again - it just didnt matter. nevertheless, it was interesting to go and have dinner with my high schools. While alot of my friends have changed ..actually..maybe just grown as people...they are still who they were in high school...values and principles...(:) - flashback of aiesec..hehehe.) - motivations, identities have remained more or less the same. i'm glad i went - if only to remind me - of how much i have changed (ahem...sorry ...grown..) and how happy i am with the life i have built for myself. i dunno if its modesty or whatever...all jokes aside ...i think i'm normal, lived a normal life, with normal events taking place...but when i meet people who are not in my circle of people...i realize that i have done some "extraordinary" things in life thus far...and it seems normal to me bcuz i chill with a circle of people who are also "extraordinary". i think i'm grateful for opportunities i have had and the friends that remain in my life. it was a "nice" epiphany to have.

Tagged in Life

2006-08-29T10:59:00.000-06:00

Tagged by...Alma (ok ok, I really do need to update my blog more! Hehe…I’m taking the *hint*)

I am thinking about...how as you get older - time seems to speed up.
I said...everything I wanted to say.
I want to...live each day with a purpose.
I wish...there was less drama of the dramatic persuasion in my life.
I miss...the randomness of life.
I hear...the soothing clatter of keyboards at work. (guess i'm the only one goofing off right now)
I wonder...why alma hates scifi...?
I regret...never knowing what i wanted to be when i grow up...hehe...i still don't.
I am...having fun trying to figure out what i want to be in life.
I dance...to remember how to be carefree!
I sing... i never sing. - that would be torture!
I cry...when i am really really mad.
I am not always...bossy (accoridng to me!)
I write...stories.
I confuse...people with my geekiness.
I need...food.
I should try...more different types of food.
I finish...with a thought - Though I don't know what journey I want to take in life, I know that I have great travel companions in my friends.
I tag.... whoever reads this - in the next two months.

Quick RoadTrip to Van!

2006-06-02T15:16:00.000-06:00

I should really rename this blog "once in awhile" since I never talk about any "little thing".
Cannot wait for the weekend...Although this is my second short work week in a row..This past weekend we took off for a few days for a quick roadtrip to Van for Ranita's reception. The wedding was a few weeks ago in Ed.

It was a fast drive, barely felt the time go by ..Kunal wanted to drive...so I pretty much slept the whole way and chilled with Krish the rest of the time. I love the fact that suddenly I'm not the fastest talker in the family...the crown of speedy gonzales has been passed on....

Time flew on the road except when we reached Vancouver area, it felt like forever! Imagine this, we are on the highway, crawling to each exit..of course, we did reach the area at around rush hour time ..on a Friday..but COME ON!! Seriously, over 1 hour to get Richmond and then - finally when we are in the right district for the hotel, we totally missed the exit for the hotel and went over the river again!! hehehe...pure comedy...if it wasn't so frustrating! We had to turn around and come back again over the bridge. This little bridge trip was something we did over and over again that weekend..sometimes by accident.

But I am proud to say that I got everyone unlost...and when i was driving ...i didnt get lost. "thank you and come again"....hehehe.

Anyway, we got to the hotel and wow. I don't much care for gambling or casinos generally..Since its not fun for me but ....Was it ever nice. I felt like I was in a Vegas casino. River Rock resort - is the place to stay if you got $$ to spend. I felt very posh:)

Of course, the whole place was one big stereotype - majority of the service employees were of brown descent, majority of the gamblers were of oriental persuasion and majority of the guests actually staying at the hotel were Caucasian...(although Ardyce tells me anthropologically-speaking Indians are Caucasians as well..but let's not get technical)...tis too bad that we didn't really take any pictures of the hotel itself.

The reception itself was great. It's always fun meeting and chilling with Anj's van cousins and especially Fua and Fufa. There are always good times to be had with those two around.

The dance part was a highlight which goes without saying.

The cool factor was brought on by the groom's friend who is a DJ. He was all "everyone say ..."RAV!!" "RANITA".."

Kunal still walks around the house saying that..."rav...ranita...!" hehe..

Kunal took this pic....how cute are they!?

Next wedding coming up is Jasmine's ...and then Lynn's..and then two more in August (Jyoti and Desiree). I'm looking forward to all! ahhh....wedding season!

Merriment in March

2006-04-23T12:22:00.000-06:00

it's sunday, im at work, waiting to get started on work...20 mins later..still waiting..sigh. what a way to spend a sunday...although, it does beat gardening!

alma and i were talking last night...hehehe...the way i just said that..makes it sound like i never talk to the girl..anyways, we were talking abt reliving calgary yet again! we went there a few weeks ago ..it was actually quite random...first it was pooja and me wanting to go, and then it turned into this even more random weekend, with yaya and hustler joining in. good times!

classic moments of calgary:
#1) jaya: "no! i'm half!" tanvi: "you're 1/2 punjabi?"
#2) alma trying to teach me to swim in the hotel pool! heh.
#3) poojie meeting her friends - entertainment all around!
#4) soho - blech! never again!
#5) and all the moments i cant put here...(you know what i'm talking about!)

the new 2006

2006-02-08T10:05:00.000-07:00

the year started off great. all the friends partied together. strange as it sounds, we hadnt spent new years for abt 3 years. The last time was Quebec City..with Alma,

...not that aiesec new years arent fun! i barely remember laval..and what i do remember has to do with CFC..hehehe. oooh boy! good times with laval and ryerson and the randomness of it all...

of course, its been forever since i partied at new years with poojie as well...who always parties with family..except for that one time at that hotel party when i was 18...remember that pooja? hehe.. i'm sure my sisters do...i remember i..well..they lost me ...that night for abit...where was i ..? where did i go? ...? its a mystery!

long time since all of us were together ...for sure. ..of course, the night didnt disappoint..but dont bother asking for details, like always my memories suck when it comes to this stuff. :0) ah well!

i have to start putting pics up ..my photo album and this blog is sadly out of date...yowzers!... hehehe...there. i used that word...lately i hear that random word in conversation with some people...and i wonder...did i miss the memo on the coolness of that word? and who decides that word is cool...i dont think its very cool but i cant be "uncool" so there i used it.

...so now im cool! right alma?

alma is my very own consultant of coolness.

see exhibit A ------->

golden bday!

2005-12-06T11:55:00.000-07:00

been awhile since i last wrote..sort of became low priority with all that studying...i think i questioned the whole "cma" thing at least once every week while i watched those ghetto acctg dvds...

but now its done...for now. I'm taking the entire month of december off from studying. heh. my next exam is not til march. awoohoo! its going to be about movies, chilling and whole lot of nothing.

as much as i studied...somehow there was always time for alittle party. ever since i realized that this year was golden for me. 27th bday on the 27th...i got alittle creative in celebrating the entire year...hee! went to mexico for the first time. it was nice to travel again. i was the queen at bargaining, its nice to see that i didnt forget everything my buddies in peru taught me.
thanks again guys!

sept and oct came and went, celebrating Alma's bday and with whole lot of studying and chilling. but november, i think, is my fave month of the year ...this year - it was especially good - nice weather, party weekend in calgary...

the second annual trip to calgary was as good as the first. though alittle less scandalous! Ardyce joined in on the fun...and ritu ...why have one gurjar...when you can have two!!

(sorry anj for missing u entirely, and sorry sheena for missing ur bday party!...), and then russell peters was here. that guy just kills me. especially his killer jokes about punjabi girls...i felt bad for any punjabi girls in the crowd...but damn that shit was funny...cuz you know it's all true.

after all - its all about understanding different cultures...you understand them so you can make fun. and thats exactly what !ussell peters does. and he's so good at it.

the house party after the show was good. it's fun meeting people with same bdays...i havent known too many people who have the same/close bdays to mine, ...except Micheal Vartan. I think he is the only one i know of that has the same bday as mine. i'm not complaining.

now november is over. the month ended great...i studied and wrote my test on the 3rd. thank god its over! i think i was going alittle crazy with stress from studying. and the exam wasnt even that difficult. it was challenging but not as bad as i had feared originally. After the exam, that night, the girls helped me celebrate that little milestone by stepping out in style to dantes. ...strange...my friends are always ready to celebrate...hehe.

that night of course, like always, ends with pure comedy and strange happenings. The coach from the the eskies was there..brought the grey cup with him. took some pics with the cup..how could i resist...its all abt the bragging rights at this point...and i dont even watch football. such a poser!

that night was one for the history books, with priya serenading on the cell ..in hindi..golden!
Dec ended well...exam over.

well, i'm going to try to work on this blog...i like the idea of it,..but it takes some time...so we'll see how this goes..:)

To Cancun & Back

2005-08-24T13:56:00.000-06:00

well, now i'm back from Cancun.
it was fun, eventful and very necessary!
lots of good memories!
best memory, of course ..was ....SNORKELLING!!
i had never been before ...and i loved it.
though, it did not start out good, picture me...standing on the pier, absolutely terrified of what i should do and not do...
...not even knowing how to get into the water...haha!...
having never been snorkelling before and not gone swimming for like 10 years!
and so... there i was, trying to snorkel...brillant idea?! not so much!! lucky for me..poojie was there...and she totally saved my ass and the fun-ness of it all!!
the girl held my hand for what seemed like an hour...
...now i know i had a life jacket and would not have drowned but having a life jacket did nothing for the absolute terror of being in the water! I didn't make it easy for her though, ..it seems...i have absolutely no sense of direction in the water...heh.
....so here's to pooja who totally saved the day!

AND NOW ...seems like the summer that never started
..has ended. weddings are done. holidays are over...and now it's back to the real world.

How depressing is that?

I better start planning my next vacation right away!

vegas, anyone?

for more snaps of Cancun, check out my album!

the summer of everything!

2005-08-24T12:07:00.000-06:00

I will always remember this 2005 summer as the summer
when Everything that could happen...happened.

Jyoti came back ..and everyday life turned into a party. who's gonna complain about that? Jody still never beat me at bowling...i think he chickened out. heh!
and then it was Anj's wedding-s. hehehe. so much fun! Anil's wedding was a blur..everything was over so fast.

but Anj's was cool
... that whole weekin july, everyone worked their asses off to put on the best wedding ever. and guess what? it was....the best wedding ever! though i might be alittle biased! :)

no doubt, that i will miss anj, now that she's a married lady over in vic.
but that's ok, it's just one more reason to go over there.

i never went to 3 weddings in 36 hours, and let me just say, it was hectic but memorable.

wouldn't have wanted it any other way!

it's a new day

2005-08-24T10:25:00.000-06:00

well, ever since the cousin community went down, i have missed it....so here we are.

comments might be a little random and pictures scandalous but one thing i will promise - to keep it interesting! heh.