Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Reunion 96-97 VVS

On the 29th of December, 2012 starting at 17:48 hrs and continuing up to the early hours of the next day (30th instant), a group of young Indians were seen having  a gala time at The Bamboo Bay at THE PARK, VISAKHAPATNAM.

The event was a reunion of the 1996-97 10th standard batch of Visakha Valley School students. Some of you would be wondering why the number of guests would be so small. Simply because of the fact that those who were seen at the said location were the only ones available at the time of the planning of the event.

Not disrespecting any of those who missed out on the fun, I would like to thank the organizers - Ranjit Gelli (Hem Ranjit) and Ram Gandikota (Ram). They should be appreciated for the efforts they took that made the event so memorable in the eyes of the visiting guests.

The most fun time was remembering the old days when we would have sacrificed ourselves for, and played pranks on, our friends. We remembered the teachers we hated, the teachers we respected and the teachers we boys had crushes on.

There were times when we would not even notice that some teacher was outside our classroom listening to the fun we made of some of their colleagues. What fun we had at the event!!!

This is one day that will forever remain in my memory as the day that new bonds were formed, old bonds strengthened, and new friendships formed.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Ugadhi 2011

As I have been in Visakhapatnam since 1994, there have been a lot of Ugadhi's that I've witnessed (17 and counting)... There have never been, however, one such day when my only one parent was also there with me.. Until now that is... On the latest Ugadhi, i.e., on the 4th of April 2011, this was also the case... My father and I have been in Visakhapatnam - at our own apartment, on the Beach Road, since March 13th 2011.

This Ugadhi, we had our neighbour from across, adjacent to the right side passenger lift of our block, present us with some Ugadhi prasadam... I have uploaded the video of the menu, on youtube, and for safety, I'm embedding the video here also.



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Enjoy...