Merry Christmas!!!!

So, appalled at the lack of enthusiasm around our favorite festival, we tried to force some Christmas cheer into life. Took out our little Christmas tree and decorated it with ornaments. Went to Flury's and picked up a couple of plum cakes (thanks to the mother who warned there better be plum cakes in the house when she comes visiting for Christmas-New Year's!)

I think it's going to be a quiet Christmas with mum. We'll probably go out for lunch, watch a movie, have cake & hot chocolate...that kinda stuff. And I don't mind, actually.

Gasp! I'm getting old. That's what it is!

Though there is the little person inside me jumpin' 'n' dancin' around 'coz it's X-Mas. And as long as I have that enthusiasm in my heart for this time of the year, I needn't be scared about losing my love for Christmas. Or getting old for that matter!

Merry Christmas all you guys! Eat, drink, make merry, party...OR...chill at home, watch unending re-runs of 'Friends', watch your favorite Christmas movie, make love...do whatever works for you. Just make sure to have a jolly good time!

Sisterhood

There's a reason Calcutta has little to offer by means of 'hanging out' except restaurants & movie theaters. It's called 'adda culture'. Adda essentially means a bunch of people sitting somewhere smoking, drinking (if indoors), discussing politics or football and philosophizing. Bengalis aren't infamous for these without a reason! :)

Unfortunately the group of friends I have in Cal are big fans of 'adda'. Hanging out at home is their idea of entertainment. It's so not mine! A few months after moving to Cal, I got so sick of this I stopped being a part of it and would hang out only if we were going out. Well, mostly....

But now that my sister is back from the UK for good, I'm determined to reclaim my life :) Sounds dramatic, doesn't it? But for a person like me whose idea of a weekend/holidays is spending as much time out of the house as possible doing stuff - movies, lunch/dinner, shopping, coffee, whatever - it was nothing short of losing my life. With my sister back, life will come back to normal.

We enjoy the same things, my sister & I. And no, we don't get bored. It's the 'Sister Pact'! Good to have you back, honey :)