Sunday, March 19, 2006

Weekend Wows

The silly giggles, the light banter, the late night chatter – all this and more transpired Saturday night. We had a pajama party! And boy, did we have fun!

My hubby had been to Mysore for the weekend. My friends, Seema(also my cuz) and Shraddha came home to stay with me.
We started cooking at 8 in the night for dinner. We joked, pulled each other’s leg, patted ourselves on the back, threw in some witticisms, took lotsa photos and finally managed to finish cooking. And guess what, the food turned out awesome! Surprised? Don’t be. We are great cooks. Lol.

It was time for movies. We dragged out the spare beds from under the cots and sprawled them in the living room. Relishing the custard that made the fitting dessert for the night, we made ourselves comfy and watched three movies, back to back. Well, actually two and a half coz one of them was kinda boring and we decided to save the time for the girly girly chat. And chat we did!
It was seven in the morning when we finally called it a day (er, night?) and slept like logs who’d just finished the most grueling tasks of their lives.
We had breakfast, uh, brunch, uh lunch at about 12. We hit the sack again to watch another movie, hindi this time. It was on TV and the intermittent commercial breaks were welcomed as they gave us more time to talk.
It was almost five in the evening when my friends left for the day.

A few of the things worth mentioning:

One of the movies we watched was Fear, which got over at 3 in the morning. I realised I hadn’t kept the plastic bag outside for the milkman to put in the milk. We did not want to be woken up in the wee hours by the call bell and decided to hang the plastic bag. And guess what, we were scared. It was 3, dark outside, we had just watched Fear where the psycho tries to kill a family by barging into their house…. But what the heck, we are brave girls. Two of us huddled together and slowly opened the door. Armed with a pillow in case of emergency, we bravely hung the plastic bag. Closing the door just as cautiously, we breathed a sigh of relief!

Dinner. It was just too good. We congratulated each other as if we jointly won the Academy Awards for the Best Chefs on Earth.

Breakfast. Or atleast that’s what it can be called, since that was the first thing we had after we woke up, regardless of the time. Apart from the everyday kinda breakfast, we cooked hash brown (our version), coated with loads of mozarella! A very fatty way of beginning the day, I say.

Lunch. It was simple. We had ganji. For those who don’t know what ganji is, it is rice mellowed by the water used to cook it. And accompanying that was ghee, salt, and mouth-watering, spicy, yum yum yummy Andhra pickle.

Our chit chats. We reminisced our good old college days when we had loads of fun. We laughed like crazy and talked at the top of our voice though the whole neighbourhood was fast asleep.

All in all, it was a weekend to cherish. Thanks, palz :).

29 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I was reminded about the good times we had. Now with kids it is very difficult.

3/20/2006 1:32 AM  
Blogger Dev said...

Coolness. :)
Had a great time I see, Mrs. Mallya.

3/20/2006 6:50 AM  
Blogger Harsha said...

The Babycorn Manchurian looks spicy and tasty. So, When are you inviting for lunch? ;)

3/21/2006 4:54 AM  
Blogger Suhas M Mallya said...

"And guess what, the food turned out awesome!...We are great cooks."

Ah, well... Can I get an invitation to your next pyjama party? The "food turned out awesome" intrigued me... :-)

3/21/2006 9:52 AM  
Blogger Aparna S Mallya said...

@neha
don't let it stop u, dear!

@dev
sure did!

@bev
sure was! call u soon.

@hubby
aw, come on, u know better abt the food i cook.
as fr inviting u to a pyjama party that can happen when i don't invite anybody else ;) what say, luv?

3/21/2006 10:32 PM  
Blogger dharmu said...

@ apy, can your hubby go to mysore again, when i come back to india? i too wanna come for a pyjama party :(
i was reminded of my own good old days, thanx apy!!!

@ suhas, plz co-operate ???

3/23/2006 1:49 PM  
Blogger Aparna S Mallya said...

@dharmu
teehee, i'm sure we can arrage that.

3/24/2006 5:56 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

nice blog :D

3/27/2006 9:42 AM  
Blogger Aparna S Mallya said...

thnx, harry.

3/27/2006 8:08 PM  
Blogger Surjo said...

looks like you girls had a good girls night out. excellent !!!

3/28/2006 3:25 AM  
Blogger Aparna S Mallya said...

yep, that we did.

3/28/2006 9:24 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

:D Sounds like you guys had a great time! I totally love pj parties, enjoy having the boys around, but partying only with girls has it's charm too which cannot be replaced :))

3/29/2006 8:55 AM  
Blogger Aparna S Mallya said...

@ mel

u said it! only-girls party can be fun without any looking-bored-but-actually-listening-with-glee guyz!!!

3/29/2006 10:36 PM  
Blogger monk15ad said...

Oh Common, atleast dont make it so obvious. I always thought wives feel sad when hubbys are out travelling and stuff. Gosh I didnt know the cooking and fun gets better when we are out...lol...

3/31/2006 12:40 PM  
Blogger Aparna S Mallya said...

lol.

4/01/2006 2:42 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Reminds me of my student days- koi lauta de mere bite hue din

4/05/2006 8:07 AM  
Blogger Karthee said...

Movie throughout the night! Great going! I cant sit for more than 2 movies at a stretch!

4/10/2006 7:45 AM  
Blogger seeker said...

Posts have dried out!!! Whatever happened?!! :-|

4/11/2006 7:35 AM  
Blogger seeker said...

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4/11/2006 7:36 AM  
Blogger seeker said...

Posts have dried out!!! Whatever happened?!! :-|

4/11/2006 7:36 AM  
Blogger seeker said...

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4/11/2006 7:36 AM  
Blogger Aparna S Mallya said...

@ hiren
then buckle up and have a party, dude!

@jack
yep, and it's fun when u have ppl who enjoy the movie with u.

@zeitgiest
righto!

@prasil
here u go :)

4/12/2006 6:52 AM  
Blogger Scoot said...

wow looks like you had an awesome time

4/24/2006 3:01 PM  
Blogger Aparna S Mallya said...

oh yes, maya, we did too.

4/27/2006 5:36 AM  
Blogger Aparna S Mallya said...

oh yes, maya, we did too.

4/27/2006 5:37 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hope we can have a pj at goa with all the kids.

9/29/2006 6:14 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i would love to taste yr hommade manchurian.

hope it is delicious coz i love manchurian.

10/06/2006 4:55 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What was for dinner which u mentioned 'just too good'?

10/27/2006 4:01 AM  
Blogger jessie said...

Great post appy..

8/09/2008 5:18 AM  

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