My Best Birthday Ever!
May 10th,
2014 - Saturday:
The day started off with Pooja and
Sanjana waking me up singing a Birthday Song for me, and wishing me with beautiful
greeting cards they had hand-made for me! So the day started pretty big I must say.
Just to be different, and for a change, the special breakfast was arranged on the terrace of our apartments. The weather was just pleasant and perfect! Souji
prepared my favourite Rice Bath garnished with deep-fried onions. Souji
had ordered an exotic 'Ice-Cream Cake' full of Nuts and Cherries from Ibaco!. The Ice-Cream cake looked fantastic and demanded to be devoured as we cut the cake in the presence of little
ones Ruchir, Pooja and Sanjana.
Souji called up a few close relatives and made sure they were
joining the 'Birthday Party' that night, letting them know that we had not
decided where to party, but will be partying for sure!!!
Now that
the evening program got decided, we thought it would be great to take all of
them to 'The Village - The Soul of India' @ the Central Mall on J.P. Nagar 100 ft.
Road. You can read more about the 'Village' here.
Nobody had visited this place other than Souji, Pooja and myself. We
thought it would be a nice time to take all of them there. We quickly made reservations
at this place and were all set!
We
visited both Parents and In-laws during noon and had a light lunch, keeping in
mind of the evening program.
By 7:30
PM, everybody (Parents, Brother's family, In-laws, Co-Brother's family) arrived
on time at 'The Village'. The concept here was very fresh and different, a
truly one of a kind restaurant in Bangalore and a must visit for those who
haven’t.
The ambiance is
the most striking feature of this place as it's done up like a small village.
There are posters stuck of old Hindi movies like Sholay and Mother India,
just like in villages. There's a Police station in a corner, A Banyan tree in
the middle which seats a guy who tells astrology, a tattoo artist. A barber
shop where you can try on different kinds of wigs, a bullock cart, a lorry, a
school and even a Central Jail! The Street side hawkers give out Chaats,
Gol Gappas, Ice Golas, Chana, Juice, Lassi, Bonda etc and many other village side
eatables.
They have
a never ending spread of cuisines from around India (Gujarathi, Bihari,
Rajasthani and other North-Indian spreads).
The
Village keeps everybody entertained by involving folks in Dandia dances, puppet
shows and Musical Chair Games.
The best
part came when they announced my name over the public address wishing me on my
Birthday!. This was totally new and I felt super special.
The
Musical Chair saw about 40 people participating with much fanfare and took
about 10 rounds to reduce to a total of 3. Miss Pooja beat the crap out of the
competition and fought her way to the last 2 men standing. The nail biting last
round saw the whole of the Village witness a grand-finale of a 25 year old
youth Vs the 7 year old Pooja! The music stopped and Pooja jumped on the only
chair and sat on it and won the competition in great style! The whole crowd went
euphoric with her winning and congratulated her on her achievement. It was such
an amazing scene watching the wonderful match with loads of fun and revelry.
The kids
loved the puppet show and made sure they saw this at least twice!
It was
nice to see the kids enjoying every minute of their time here. Pooja, Sanjana
and Nisha got themselves Tattooed while Ruchir was just happy seeing so many
people having a great time-together. It was great to see Mom and Mom-In-Law
dance to the many tunes of Dandia with Lathi /sticks, well supported by Souji,
Pooja, Sanjana, Lavanya, Nisha, Asha, and Deepu.
The party
went on till 10:30 in the night, and by then everyone of us were quite tired
enjoying a wonderful time.
I never
dreamt that the day would be so much fun like this, but it couldn't have been
any better. Thanks Souji for making my Birthday, the Best Ever!
Here are
some photos and videos that we took during the day!
Photos:
Video of Pooja winning the Musical Chair competition:
posted by Vinay @ 12:24 PM
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