My New Year Celebrations...
Long back, when dad was in service, the beginning of a new yr used to be marked by a formal party in the Officer’s mess with all the other families in the colony. It used to be fun but somehow was more of a formal thing.. V used to have some games n dance n then the dinner..
Then dad retired n v landed back to our home town where 31st dec. is not a special day. It comes n goes like any other day.
If I was at home (was staying in College Hostel at that time which is in another far away district of Kerala), me n mom wud watch the “special New Year programs” on TV till 12, then wish each other and sleep. Dad being very particular about his daily routine, wud sleep on time. If bhaiya, didi n jeeju were at home, v wud all exchange some cards n gifts and then sleep off..
After finishing my college, I landed in Mumbai for my first job.. Got the company accommodation in a place called Lodhiwali which probably cannot be called as a part of Mumbai. It was a self sufficient colony in a secluded place far away from the madding crowd. It had everything in it, a small mall (where v used to go every Sunday for our so called weekly purchase, had our iron wala, a tailor n a small bakery. At times when v used to get late for the bus, had to run till this place to catch it :) ), a nice football ground (which was multipurpose.ie. at times it used to transform into our holi ground during holi, it’s stairs which used to transform into the place of our “adda” every evening after the tiring office hrs) , a mess where v all used to have our breakfast n dinner, an indoor badminton court n a gym, a school n wot not..Yup, n not to forget.. it had a hospital canteen with a very friendly “anna". But most important thing, the colony had all my friends staying together in our small world called " the SECTOR E ":)…
Oops.. I guess m deviating from the topic.. Just was remembering the beautiful place n the times v had…
Yup, back to the topic now!!!
The kind of New Year Celebrations I had after that can be summarized as below :) :
31st Dec 2003 – 1st Jan 2004
Venue : Sector E, Lodhiwali, Pune Panvel Road :)
Ppl invited : All GETs
Plan : Games, Dance Masti, Camp Fire n yup.. Dinner
Wot I remember now about it : Lotsa dance masti, fun, dinner, photographs with the GET gang,
A special one with my Mota Bhai :).. Calls at 12 to home and to some other friends in Pune having fun in their own way.. followed by the Jammed network :).. n ya…. Antakshari with some who didn’t want to go n sleep though it was well past 12 or probably 1… Not to forget, few songs by a “MOTU uncle” who stayed near by which seemed to be never ending to me or probably, all of us ;)…
31st Dec 2004 - 1st Jan 2005
Venue : Gayatri Apartments, Koper Khairane + Pune next day
Ppl invited : Leftout ppl of the R-Gang who didn’t have any other plans :)
Plan : Oops.. nothing actually.. just a small get together with hmmmmmmmmm nothing planned :)
Wot I remember about it now : A party with my very sweet friends. Lil dance with even the worst dancers on the floor. No food till 12 :(, confusion about the restuarent to go for dinner. Yup, snaps of the dance masti, n at the restaurant. Decision on Jan 1st to go to Pune. Landing in Pune well before afternoon, n visit to almost all “Pune Friend’s” homes. Visit to Saras Bagh, lotsa photographs n very sweet memories…
31st Dec 2005 – 1st Jan 2006
Venue : Hotel Sadanand, Pune
Ppl invited : The R-Gang, their friends, their friend’s friends,their friend’s friend’s friends n not to forget..their family too :)
Plan : A party organized by the Hotel, which had a DJ nite + Dinner of course
Wot I remember about it now : A “New Year Bash” (as I term it as) where I met new ppl and got new friends. Lots n lotsa dance, discovered some grt dancers, masti n lotsa masti… People who v thought might need some encouragement to come on to the dance floor, just surprised us by their energy n their style :)...
31st Dec2006 – 1st Jan 2007
Venue : Chennai
Ppl invited : me, my cousins n an uncle
Plan : Dances n songs by professionals, Dinner
Wot I remember about it now : songs I cud not understand n enjoy :( , a fabulous fire works show at 12.. n yup... fun time with family :)
Well, wanted to hit a hatrick by celebrating the new yr in Pune this yr too but coz of many many reasons, cud not make it :(… This yr, it was good n I did have fun but somehow… somewhere… something was missing.. I guess it was the company of my very dear friends who because of sooooooooo many logical reasons are now scattered in different parts of the world (literally!!!)…Don’t know if all of u felt the same but me missed u guys n our parties a loooooooooooooooot this time…:(
Hoping that in the years to come, at least once v all will welcome the new year together the way v used to do…with obviously many additional ppl to the R-Gang ( I mean all u ppl’s life partners n yup the sweet "next generation R-gang" too.. I mean the kids :) )...
posted by Asha @ Thursday, January 18, 2007
8 Comments:
Happy New Year - Sort of Belated. Intersting topic. Nothing much can be wrote about the same though. The special day is always celebrated with special people whom you know and whom you like to be with more than anything in the world. I had celebrated New Year only twice with my friends and rest of the time is with my family and i like it that way. I dont mean that i am against being with friends, all i mean is spend the special day with whom you should care about more and make them feel that, no matter how far you are from them, you are for them. I hope that every year i get the time for them where ever i am and wish you the same tooooo.
Dear
One day u will make me cry loudly with your sweet nostalgic posts ... took me down the memory lane... wow!!
I was thinking the same things on 31st Dec 2006 ... :-)
But yeah atleast one New Year the R-Gang should meet up somewhere with wives,hubbies & the little ones tagging along & have a blast !!!
Re: anonymous
Well, obviously m not against celebrating with family. Its fun with them too, just that its diff kinds. With friends, its fultoo masti n dhamal. Actually, in the last three yrs, I had become so much used to celebrating every small occasion with my sweet friends that i tend to miss them now a days..
Re: Sundari
Dear, Lodhiwali times n the times that followed were so sweet re.. uski yaad kabhi jaati hi nahi. i had become used to to the celebrations for every small reason..
Me missed u guys a lot this yr..
He he he.. ya it will be fun wen v all meet some yrs later with all kiddies n hubbies n wives...
I was part of the 31st Dec 2004 - 1st Jan 2005 celebration mentioned in the blog....making me all nostalgic...good one Ashaaa..keep writing...memories re-lived!
Cheers,
Priths
Re: Priths
Yup madam.. while writing the blog, me too was re-living all those beautiful moments v had together ..
missing u guys.. :(
Just to start with my comments..I know m bit late reply..oops quite a late to reply..:)
Easily this was one of the best blog from u till now,reason being m very part of it..atleast 2 celebrations:)and i know if u continue to write it cud have been longest of blogs..Easily made me lost in the past and carried in my mind something like the effect of very touching movie...Needlsess to say almost everybody who were part of 2005 bash must have missed the carefree,endless celebration...Hope the time sometime comes again and some big companies give us another chance to be in nearby city for another new year bash....
Hey Mr. Me who else :)
yup thats true.. that new yr bash was just toooooooooooooooooo gud. well, obviously i wont say that it was the best celebration v had. there were many celebrations which can beat it probably. but ya.. amongst the new yr celebrations, it was too gud one.. all enjoyed a lot that day...
waise, u told that this was one of the best blogs. but actually, it was a blog which only those ppl enjoyed who were a part of the celebrations. n thats pretty obvious n expected i guess..
waise dear.. thanks for the compliment :)..
me too hoping to meet u all soon.. if not for a new yr bash, atleast on someones wedding :)
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