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| And it was my second trip home within the month. Got back on 3rd Jan and zoomed off on 25th. Never had so much fun in Goa ever before, as compared to my last two holidays at home. Christmas meant two weeks off and I partied most of the time. Danced away to glory at a wedding, danced the night (or rather the wee hours of the morning) on Christmas and danced a whole lot more on other occasions. To my mum's amazement I enjoyed eating rice, curry and fish every afternoon (something I never enjoyed in Goa all the time I grew up there). Of course I mostly ate shellfish which was the only reason I enjoyed every lunch. My mouth is already watering at the thought of prawns, squids and mussels... Went and visited a number of relatives too, not becasue I had to, but because I wanted to. Couldn't fit everyone on my 'want' list so left a couple of them for my next visit. Met a whole lot of new people and enjoyed every moment with them. The only disappointment was despite staying so close to the beach I got to go there only at midnight and thus didn't get a chance to have the bhel.I Also got news that a friend's father-in-law (who was very fond of me) had a stroke and I couldn't go to see him. I only hoped that he'd keep well till I got a chance to see him as I too am very fond of him. On my second trip home I reached Margao bus-stand at a nice time of 9:00 am. To not travel and see other cities, I jumped off the bus and took the shuttle to Panjim. Luckily I didn't have to touch the capital city as I got to know that my sis and friends had already left for a picnic. I gladly got off the bus close to the picnic spot and had to wait for twenty minutes before I got picked up. I spent that entire day at the beach and most of my time was spent in the water. In the evening, I managed to get some time to go to the beach near my house and have some bhel too. Reached home only at 7:30 pm. Was nicely pampered by mom with hot soup and a yummy dinner, after which I promptly dozed off. 27th morning had a scheduled trip to my old school. Went and met a few of the teachers who taught me more than ten years ago. I couldn't do anything in the evening as it was already taken up by a friend's wedding (my reason for going home). The wedding turned out to be really nice and pleasant. There was no wasteful expenditure and it was a nice reunion of a few XIIth std batchmates as I hadn't met any of them since our XIIth which was way back in 1997. 28th saw me going to church in the morning and chilling at home the rest of the day. Walked to the beach later in the evening just to have 'bhel'. 29th was the day I had to leave so I always make sure that I don't have too many odd jobs that would tire me out. The heat in Goa was as it is unbearable. And yes I completed the few odd jobs and also managed a visit (short one) to see Colin's mum. I didn't know how they would react to seeing me, but I was most pleasantly surprised and that helped me relax, as they were happy to see me. It was just as always. I was lucky as I got to met his dad too. He does look older, but the smile on his face was worth the trip :) | ||||||||
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