Picnics and Potlucks

Having a blog doesn't take that much work, just a little time while you wait for pictures to upload. However it is a little more difficult to maintain if you have the character deficiency: 'not finishing things you start'. Scientists are working on discovering the source and possible cure for this unfortunate genetic tendency even as we speak. Well actually they were until recently, when all worked stopped as members of the team apparently couldn't be bothered to continue anymore for reasons that have not yet been established... (In philosophy this tends to be called a vicious circle and should be attempted in all arguments).

Furthermore I hate starting emails with 'i'm sorry i haven't emailed you in so long...' You know what guy: you weren't emailing me either. So, I'll just give a quick run down on all that I haven't put up over the last two months and lets say I'll make some out of chronological entries in the near future: I went to Nagaland with the guy in January. I moved house. I went to Nepal in February to renew my visa.

But here's some stuff I do have pictures of that happened recently: I work with Sahara's Women's Home that acts mainly as a Women's Rehab located in Neb Sarai, Delhi. Last week we went for Picnic (outing) to celebrate International Women's Day. Yay Women!

On the bus.
Ladies from all the Sahara projects got dressed in their finest and we went to a park in Kalani Kunj (getting into your nicest sari to sit on the grass seems an excellent choice by the way).
Everyone let their hair down.
But obviously my favorite part was the cake...
Actually, no this was the best moment of the day:
Some ladies got some mendi done by TG coordinator Malthi and her two daughters. I was gonna leave mine on all evening so the pattern would stay a couple weeks but I had to cook and clean the house as we were having a bbq later that night...

Here's Googs preparing the meat. On the menu: bbq beef and paneer for the those who are veg, served with yummy yummy mint curd chutney.
Our patio outside makes a perfect hang-out place. Plus its covered, so when the rains come we can sit outside on the terrace.
Jam session:
Rio playing the guitar upsidedown.
Googs on the Balti.
Singing that great Indian song 'I married a female wrestler (Ahy ahy yo)'. Here are the lyrics below so you too can enjoy.

I married a female wrestler
As massive as can be,
She had bulging muscles,
Which quite facinated me

She said she loved me truly
But also said by heck,
If I ever catch you fooling around
I'll break your loving neck.

Sometimes to show affection,
She takes me on her lap,
She hugs me just little bit,
I feel my bones will snap,

Sometimes she hugs and kisses me,
Until I'm out of breath,
Oh my goodness, I'm afraid
She'll strangle me to death.

One day we were invited
To a fancy dressing ball,
She came dressed as Darah Singh,
We wrestled thro the hall,

We wrestled through the fox trot
I was powerless to resist,
we wrestled through the tango,
But I fainted in the Twist.
(Chorus)

To make things worse I have fallen
For the pretty girl next door,
She is skinny but I love her like I never loved before.

But If my wife should find out
The thought just makes me rave,
My friends you'll have to buy some flowers
And put them on my grave.

We had just caught sight of Googs at this point in the evening.
The lovely Kranti. Also Kranti means Revolution; what a cool name.
Time to call it a night?
Let's let Rio's wife decide on this one. Surbhi?