Heaven is a place on earth

V'day09 photo @ Powai, Mumbai

When I feel alone
I reach for you
And you bring me home
When Im lost at sea
I hear your voice
And it carries me

In this world were just beginning
To understand the miracle of living

They say in heaven love comes first
Well make heaven a place on earth
Ooh heaven is a place on earth

Wow! Our very first V’day since we officially tied the knot a few months ago (Dec 28, 2008). Frankly, everyday seems like a v’day so our behaviour didn’t really change or nothin! The concept of V’day seems a lil trite since people are expected to be extra mushy, caring, sensitive and romantic on this day. But, shouldn’t people be like this everyday? Anyways, back to my original train of thought. We’re still in our honeymoon phase and we’re uber mushy everyday, every minute we’re together (can’t enough enough of my cute lil wifey). Since this happened to be a long weekend – a saturday, which was non-working for me (many companies follow 6 day work week in India); we decided to take it slow, chill out and generally unwind – enjoying each other’s company to the fullest.  

We lazed around in bed giving each other deep tissue massages – something that both of us enjoy a lot – giving and recieving. Though, I must confess that I prefer recieving them more than giving them. (sorry baby!) We immersed ourselves in each other’s company exchanging pillow talk, talking sweet nothings and embracing each other passionately until midday after which we had to get ready to see my folks in Powai.

Dad, wanted to meet us before he left for another one of his voyages (dad’s a captain in the merchant navy). We had planned on being at Powai at around 5pm but eventually landed up around 6:30pm. The delay can be completely attributed to Mumbai’s horrible weekend traffic which plagues residents/commuters alike. We had planned on cooking some dinner (for us all) when we reached. Ruth had a salad cooking class scheduled for me that evening. Much to my dismay, it turned out that dad was leaving on a 11pm flight the same day and not the next day as I had thought. This meant that he had to be at the airport at 8pm. I was planning on dropping him to the airport – as I always do (and, have done so for the past 4 years since the time I returned to India after my 4 yr stint in the US) which meant that we needed to be out of the house by 7pm. That didn’t really give us much time as a group. We did have time for a brief photo shoot and a short word of prayer (a custom of sorts with our family – practiced before any member is undertaking any sort of travel which might result in a long leave of absence). Ruth also captured mom and dad hugging on camera – a sight i’ve always seen – but never thought to film/document. The journey to the airport was suprisingly uneventful as there was hardly any traffic on the road and even less traffic on the road leading to the airport. Dad reached well in advance and his check-in/security clearance was pretty smooth as well.

I did manage to get that lesson when I returned home to pick up Ruth. I was suprised to learn at how simple it was to create a dish that was sooo delicious!! Shortly after I had a bit of that salad and bid mom farewell – I decided to document the day with a photo at the local kodak photo studio. We hadn’t dressed up for nothin. Ruth has spent hours doing her hair and she looked fantabulously gorgeous!! (tequiero mucho mi amor, para siempre mami!)