
day 1, 25th 6:30pm
left mysore, tuticoon was our train , well v were total 7 till bangalore, from there 7-1=6, but our very sweet sister in law joined us, again 7 was in count again . it was 10.50 pm when v took the chennai mail express.26th, 12:00am akshatha /maanasa/AJ 's birthday infact, v surprised her with the cake had enough of time pass and turn off the light as it disturbed others in the train. it was 5:45am wen v reached chennai central, from there took a city train from chennai park and about 45min journey to TAMBARAM the place were v wanted to land up.Anna picked all of us home from railway station. i must say the entry to the INDIAN AIR FORCE was so good , they had deer abt 100 in number inside the campus wow!! deer in front of our house .entry from main door , it was a proud feeling to see Squadron LEADER C.G. DEEPAK written in the rite side of the door... well all tired got fresh, and anna athighe took us for swimming pool , since maana's b'day with threw her in the pool n enjoyed , came back home and slept off, when v got up it was around six . v dint wanted to sit at home went to squash court with rackets to play some tym.when v got back home anna had a very big surprise for MAANA/akshatha,A choclate fantasy cake on the table in the garden , with sanhandry wine. hahaha dat was a gud time all of us had with music .
day 2,27th
it was 7:30 am when six of us left to see chennai tourist places, V had the list to cover MAHABAILI PURAM, FIVE RATHAS a historical place, beach temple,DAKSHINNA CHITRA,ECR DABBHA for lunch,dolphin city, dizzee world.
ECR ROAD was too gud to drive more then 8o km /hr...MAHABALIPURAM was our first destination well this place is too gud for sculptures and infact photograpy, v frnds started to pose for camera s since the location was mind blowing, but the heat took all our energy , v shopped some marbble jwellery case, some shells . later v moved on to temple at the beech . the temperature was very high all were almost baked n tired . next was a place i wanted suggest all of u who visits chennai , its a place called DAKSHINNA CHITRA very next to DIZZEE WORLD, this place was rich in telling south indian living style , culture, art, houses etc etc . i had a oppurtunity to play colours on pots wow!! it feels gr8 when u keep busy with colours . v headed to pottery house , there two of us tried making pots . i made one which was very small . rest 4of them were busy with mehandi on their hands.there was one more place to use ou r creative mind, a bowl full of different types of shells n glue next to it. i made a turtle using shells. well v had our lunch in ECR DABBHA surrounded by perciasn cats, emo s ,ducks geese.dolphin city was gud v met a seal named kelly , she entertained us for 20 mins....wat a busy fantastic sunny day v had ....all tired reached home at 10 . our favourite champ athighe prepared fantastic dinner.
day 3,28th 2009
v 8 of us including anna and athighe went to KODAMBAKAM catching a local train frmom Tambaram, v were almost late wen v left home, well from kodambakam haha i must say v had jets ready t take us , u kno wat jets v had auto riskshaws ...i must say they demand more but they worth payin more since v were running short of tym had 5 min for a movie to start , stupid sunny traffic. u can trust a riskshaw person to make u reach ne part of chennai in less then 10 so i called them jets. wow v were not at all late to SATHYAM multiplex to watch HANG OVER. Movie was simply gud.
v took a riskshaw to SPENSOR PLAZZA shopped nicely n took train from edmore to mamballam then tired back home to tambaram.
day 4, 29th '09
ha hahaaha guess wat all of ready early to leave for shopping to MAMBALLAM , 6 of us plus our favourite champ sister in law with us. i must say mamballam is a place good for textiles textiles n u can see complex s only for textiles, v headed to SARVANA TEXTILES VERY FAMOUS in tamil nadu. almost tired in dat place , arpan took temple set jwellery for her sis , geeth chethana, maana ashu busy finding some nice kurtis n sarees , v nxt took our steps to POTHY'S. after shopping for more then 6k all together v were gifted with kgs of carrots tomatoes from POTHY 'S. well our champ was happy to prepare a sweet dish evening for all of us .v watched tom cruise TOP GUN movie in the night.
day 5, 30th
all of us were lazy to see the sunn , got up around 10 . v had no plans for the day almost tired shopping,well anna suggested us to plan for beech n crocodile park since v missed last tym due to holiday tuesday. well all got ready , cab was booked ,on the way our car broke i mean the left tire was gone , driver took 20 min to replace the tire, luckily nothing much serious ,v went to croc park later took a turn over strange road side beech , had lunch prepared and sent by our fav champ.few soaked n had funn in beech few of us had a walk in the shore. well v were given time to get back home around 5since anna promised he ll take us for air force station , on the way v took gift for anna atighe , and took black forest in ccd, lovely couple wriiten on it . it was all ready six and started to rain.
evening plans for air station was cancelled since no night flying due to rain,but v had planned to party to suprise anna n athighe well this day was the best day i must say all of us on the dance floor with d drink , had a blast party and a superb dinner.. this was not the end of the day. Anna surprised us to take us on run way in his carr at 1 o clock in the night . it was a ristricted area , anna was in his uniform. on our entry we were stopped with the gunn , all of us numb ... wats going wrong now, the gaurd asked for password , anna dint knew , but later anna said this is scord leader C.G .DEEPAK . THE GAURD then saluted anna , uff v were safe. i must say our deepak anna is really brave fighter pilot.carr head light were off he took us to runn way . v r not at all suppose to walk on it , but he made us to sit on it also. me n geeth was scared in fact due to gunn raised by the gaurd.well on our way back home saw AVRIO, CIVILIAN plan parked in the hanger.
day 6, 31th
VARAHMAHALAKSHIM POOJA DIN
all fresh , watched some OSCAR movie s . athighe prepared sandwitch for all of us , she did pooja and v had our lunch , v gals so excited dint even sleep afternoon , b 'coz v were going to see deepak anna work station , i must say its very difficult to get a chance to see our indian fighter pilot hero s working but v were very much lucky .. anna had his fly timing at 5 o clock , v were there at four he explained fighter planes all of us took the pictures inside the fighter plane. 5 o clock anna left us with his frnd who took us to the run way were anna was about to fly. v were 10 steps away to see my brother getting a huge plane for the last check up on run way b4 flying, he saw us, gave a fly kiss and waved us , v saluted him. engine started it takes 320liters to start the engine at once , and the take off speed was 220km/hr, all of us had tears in our eyes seeing our bro flyin , it was a happie proud symbol. i must say this, its worst being a coward ordinary, i am too much coward. S/L C.G.deepak taught us alot , he s a real brave hero, infact super hero. after the IAF station visit, all of us went freshed up to swim . me geeth and chetana had funn swimming for an hour.got back home around 8pm. athighe is a doctor, dentist, she had her pg class on saturday so she was leaving to bang. v missed her from heart.
night v six of us watched SHUTTER..
day 7 , 2nd '09
our tickets were confirmed v were leaving in the evenin 9:30 train.morning v prepared upituu hahah it came out well , anna liked it. watched some stupid movies english patient, forest gump.. v started to prepare for lunch all six of us in kitchen . well v also prepared sandwitches for our dinner in train . seven days of heaven almost came to an end , v missed anna athighe, v learnt a lot from them ,
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.” this seven days heaven gave us confident, joy, and made understand us few challenges of life..thanks to
maana who planned this trip
thanks to anna athighe, a lovely couple
thanks to
akshtatha, geetha, chethana, ashwini, arpana, n myself ani for making this seven days heaven