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It’s been quite a while since I updated my blog… I have been out of it and for good reason too… let me furnish you with the details of what’s changed and what’s not in this one month…

I am Married!!! It’s finally over - the maddening shopping and the never-ending ceremonies & rituals are all over… finally it’s all come to an end.

It was however wonderful, the merging of rituals from two corners of India. It was one where, am sure, everyone who attended enjoyed and as for me, that was the most important and precious day of my life. A day, which was the turning point of my life… a new beginning or should I say, my first step into womanhood.

So allow me to introduce you to Mrs. Sapna Sunil, 26 days old with the current title and beaming about it too!!!

So how does it feel to be married??
This is the question that most people ask me now. And to which the answer is obvious on my face. Never been happier, I married the man I love the most and it feels so nice to finally be a part of him… his better half.

Our honeymoon in Thailand (Phi Phi Islands & Phuket especially) was wonderful and we got the much needed break that we were craving for….

I am going to devote an entire post to the ceremonies that took place – in full detail…. And that way am going to relive the entire occasion “once again”...

Watch out for that.

But for now some of my fav snapshots out of my Personal Album! Enjoy!!!

The Countdown begins…………

With less than a month for the BIG day, things are really gearing up… and quite fast I must say... all of a sudden there are too many things to be done. The tailors, the caterers, the wedding planners.... whew... man, I tell you its so difficult to get married these days.…

There is still the last minute shopping to be done (which never is "last" by the way – 'coz each day I remember something that needs to be bought) and thanks to Mom, there is never a day which passes by without her giving me a fresh list.... hehehehe… and of course thanks a Million to Neil who is always around the corner when you need that helping hand... I just love you sooooooooo much...

It’s nice to think of 1st Dec (My Wedding Day!!!)… There is this warm feeling just thinking about that… I mean, what else can I ask for? Am getting married to the person I love, which alone makes the whole thing so special…hmmm…

Well a quick update – cards have come; yet to be distributed though... Flower and stage arrangements are quite done but still need to be attended to.... Photographer – yet to be booked….

Well now that you know how much needs to be done, any volunteers???? Guess I could do with some right now…

Dedicated to two of my Good friends!

Last week a very good friend of mine Roopa got married… it feels really strange and am sure that feeling would be shared by a lot others when I get married, including me of course… anyways coming back to her, we kind of had a twisted fate and like me she shared the same feeling that marriage could be - Ahem “Not our cup of tea”, well then what did we know…

Her story is a little weird I must say… she got married in about 3 months of her courtship… to a very good friend of mine again Ashish on 16th October 2006…

No matter how odd it feels to see her finally married and settled down, I must say am really happy for her…

All the very best Babe… I wish you happiness and joy throughout your life… you’ve deserved it… and to Ashish my boy… I can’t help but to wish you Good Luck! :-) For obvious reasons you see (Roopa can be really hard to live with at times… hehehe) Just Kidding…

On another Note... it was really great to see you guys finally getting settled… keep it up…

And to others – A very Happy Diwali and a prosperous New Year!

Waning...

What are you to do when you have this sinking feeling all through out, fighting for your best to make things work and losing everything that you have built up so far…. You see your self esteem drowning right in front of your eyes….

Is that right? How can you live a life – your life while the other suffers, unable to find air to breathe…?

The enthusiasm that I have built so far seems to be waning… not surprising; it had to happen some day…

Life sometimes...*sigh*

Sometimes life’s so harsh on you that it leaves you wondering where 've you gone wrong?

I am just not happy with certain things and certain people don’t seem to understand or care.

Fine then, don’t blame me later!

Phew!!

I am Back…

I just finished with yet another round of wedding shopping, this time in Chennai. This whole wedding thing is getting on to me now. I don’t think I can take any more of shopping. I am extremely exhausted. Although the trip was quite tiresome (target being to complete the shopping all in a day) but I still managed to have fun.

The worst part was I was so close to him and yet so far (I went with my in laws you see) and he was quite naughty winking now and then starring at me all the time (as I was under direct surveillance of my mother in law) and he wasn’t. I mean I couldn’t even look at him. :-) - Directly…*Sigh*

Now let me recite you the story.

We left on Friday evening 6th Oct 2006 (father-in-law, mum-in-law, sis-in-law, Sunil & I), reached Chennai early Saturday morning around 5am. We then refreshed ourselves at Appa’s (father-in-law) office guest house. From there we left around 9 to go for a small check for Sunil’s sinus update (he underwent a sinus surgery last April – for which unfortunately I wasn’t there for him and that I will always feel guilty for ever). Thank god everything was normal. Had breakfast at Saravana Bhavan and then left for the much awaited agenda - shopping.

The first on the list; sarees – RMKV was the place… managed to pick up about 3 sarees (apart from others in amma’s list) there. It was nearly around 1pm when we finally left to buy Jewellery…

My jewellery is perfect…I just cannot say anything about it and I am so glad that I picked up my choice of everything on the list, of course through my sweetheart’s preference as well; which definitely makes it all worth while.

And to see all of that you will have to wait for 1st Dec 2006.

We managed to finish all the shopping by 4pm and then had late lunch. We then went to visit 3 of his cousins to invite them for the wedding and finally took the night train back home - where my wedding ghagra was waiting for me (i had it made from kolkata). Hmmm wasnt as bad as i expected it to be but...sigh... i still would prefer the red ghagra to this...

The outcome ; a wonderful opportunity to spend a great time with the family,“my family”… they never once made me feel out of place… and what do I say about my sweetheart? He was wonderful. He made a conscious effort to make sure I was having fun and enjoying the trip. And it really paid off…

Thank You God… for Him… for everything…

Distressing Questions!

I would like to ask this to the Women around as well as a realization from the men…

Why does it hurt to be disappointed? Why is Hurt itself painful? Why is it that when you give 100% in something or to someone and when you don’t receive what you expected in return (which may not necessarily mean 100%) why do you feel disappointed and why does that frustrate you?

Why is it that when you love someone so dearly and you don’t think twice to keep that person happy and when that someone knowingly does not realize the extent of hard work you put in to keep him happy why should you feel sad? Love they say does not expect anything in return – is this true? so then why do people in love fight and end up totally disappointed?? Does it mean they are no longer in love???

These are human characteristics I know, but why is "that" someone deprived of this? Impatience is not impotence they say, so then why do you feel so powerless when, you don’t get what you expect??

These questions have been bogging my brains for the past few days, and to which I don’t have answers… do you?

Vansh

The cutest thing on earth… Vansh and God gave him to my Family…


He is my nephew (my elder sis’s son)… rest I will let the Picture speak…

Completamente Occupato...

Wonder what I have been up to these days? Well.... have been really busy shopping. Shopping for WHAT??? For my wedding of course...

Yup... I am getting married on 1st dec and have whole load of things to buy… man, I didn't know it would be such hard work to get married!!! It is as if am setting up a totally different world… well... marriage, as such, is just that, right?

Honestly speaking shopping is not my cup of tea at all. That’s something I find very boring… you must be wondering that me being a girl, how can I not like shopping?? Well that’s the truth my friend!!! I have always been this tomboy from the beginning… have been brought up that way… with sisters for siblings, I never was amidst a boy... so then I became my papa’s boy… am definitely going to miss that cos that’s something which will always be close to my heart… the pampering that I would receive from dad in spite of the scoldings from mom to behave myself.... dad always let me be the way I am… well... all that’s going to change now, won't it?

Let me not bore you with my nostalgic yanks but please bear with me when I run into those moods and with my wedding around the corner these jilts are oh.. so quite often….

But amidst all the running and shopping I did something else as well. It was the 14th of September and my fiancé was celebrating his birthday… he calls this birthday "special".. why? because this is his last year as a bachelor… I wonder why it is such a big deal to the boys. I mean... look at us... we are the ones who leave everything in the world, everything close to us to go and camp in their house and what is it that they lose??? We are the ones at a loss… but anyways, here it was his birthday and I wanted it to be special.... so I cooked up this surprise thing for him... threw a party, invited his family and close friends... But unfortunately, I just couldn’t capture that one look that I had been wanting to… I just missed it and was he surprised??? More than that.... he was totally flabbergasted, just did not know what to do… I am usually this big mouth who just can’t hide anything from him. From the tiniest bit to the largest event around me, he is the one who gets to know first. So while I was preparing for this party, it was like a huge effort to keep my mouth shut. I just wanted at times to blurt it all out cos I was lying so much to him. It was awful but… I did it. I am really surprised and happy too cos at the end of it I knew he was happy!!!

And now for the gifts… here is the list…I got him a nice phone (Samsung X-820) the latest one around... the slimmest in town... I got him trousers and a jacket to go along (both corduroy)... man was he excited?? And I must say the party was a hit… I could just see him beaming all through the evening... Just made my day!!!

Neil Boy!!!

Sounds like a cartoon character right??? Well, the person I am scripting about is no less than one!!!!

Sunil a.k.a Neil boy is none but the love of my life… the person whom am going to spend eternity with or so I WISH. Yes... He is the person I am engaged to and our nuptial ceremony is on 1st Dec 2006 (a much awaited day!).

Neil (I so fondly call him) is one who stands by me no matter how harsh I am to him. I thank god for that because I would have never found anyone else so ideal to match my temperament. He is my Mr. Right in his own special way…. And for whom I’d let go my entire life (sounds like I flicked these lines out of some Hindi romantic movie right)... well that’s exactly what I feel for him…

Allow me to introduce Neil. I would call him a very humble, intelligent (he is a CA!!! but N.B - Not all CAs are Intelligent!!!), honest person with a very beautiful heart. (Oops here I go… all romantic!!!) Honestly speaking I am far from being romantic… but when it comes down to him I get all gibberish… what the heck... I love him. He makes me feel special and why not??? I need to be... after all I am his lady love, ain't I???

I can never relate to anyone else as much as him. He just knows when I need him or when I want to talk to him. The best thing I like about him is his persistent attitude to set things right at that very instant especially after a fight (He never gets angry)... He has his own way of bringing down my anger, those simple but relentless efforts to hold my hand till I finally give in. Of course there are certain times when I just hate him (he can really be a pain...consistently annoying) but not for long. He cries with me when I am nostalgic and when I am hurt almost like as though he is going through the same emotions and honestly speaking no one understands how I am feeling like the way he does…

I could go on and on about him. I find myself elated in his company. It was never the case of love at first sight – I remember the first time we bumped into each other, oh!!!! How I hated him…. I, never in my wildest dreams, ever imagined that I would get married to him!!! But as days went by I was quite astounded by his humbleness and simplicity and today I value him much more than anything else in my life.

I love him for loving me, for taking care of me, for understanding me, for being there for me, for listening to me both while I am angry or when am gloomy and for giving me a shoulder when I need one and even when I don’t!!! Above all I just love him for the way he is!!!!

Love you loads Neil…

Finally….. A Blog!!!!

This entire idea of a blog did not enthuse me at first… in fact I was all in against this whole thing - your personal stuff being shared to a public forum. But off late I have begun to feel that this is a more like a dialogue box where I can just fling my thoughts across without being judged too hard….

First let me introduce myself. I am Sapna Gulgulia currently living with parents & my lil adorable sis in Bangalore, India. I am pursuing my CA (yet to give my Finals though) and not too sure as to when I am really going to fulfill that desire of mine (among others).

Past few days I have been living in a daze - a mixed flux of feeling, ideas thoughts and I just wanted to throw it all out of my system and so I came up with a BLOG!!!! Incredible but true…

From now on this is my personal page, a place where I can just be ME!!!

Watch out for more….