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Happy Diwali to all of you!

(duh... what else did you expect me to blog about?)


After feeling low in office (I mean... its the first time I had to work on Diwali - its a holiday even in Singapore!) for a considerable part of the day, I thought of all the things about the festival that I was missing, and how I could fill each of those gaps individually. I wasnt going down without a fight... I had to try hard to make a Diwali out of the day!

So what all did Diwali mean to me?

New clothes - CHECK
Wore my new shirt with pretty french cuffs (oh yay!) to work today.

Good food - CHECK
Had aloo paratha wannabes at Curry-in-a-Hurry for lunch. Atleast it tries to be Indian!

Mithai - CHECK
Well, I'm anyway not a big fan of traditional mithai, so got a packet of chocolate candy from M&S, and munched on it all evening.

Lights - CHECK
Came back from office and lit candles all over the house. Yes I know candles dont compare with the traditional diyas, but it still gave a festive atmosphere to the apartment.
(Photo below)

Puja - CHECK
Found a Hindu Temple nearby, and headed there for the aarti, which was running late... right on Indian standard time.

Family or friends - DARN!
I knew I was forgetting something!!!

Well... as I was leaving the temple and cringed at the thought of this list coming to an abrupt end, I bumped into some friends-of-a-friend. And guess what, I got invited to dinner with them. Fine, sometimes you dont have family with you.
You dont have friends with you.
But maybe you'll have to make do with acquaintances?
So I headed to 'Bombay Dreams' for a good Indian dinner, great conversation and catchy hindi music.

A different Diwali, and some new friends. Not a bad evening eh?