Bon Voyage....

(Da last pic before heading off to the Airport.., bro and his friends doin some last minute packing...Love this one...)


Well, dont be confused by the title name...its for my bro, who went to the UK to pursue his Masters in Oil and Gas Engineering....

This time, things looked good, coz the last time, inspite of getting a call from a reputed University in Australia, he couldn't go coz of some assets declaration problem....

We had deceided to keep a "Farewell Party" as all of our cousins were demanding one...and it would be really difficult to treat them individually...and the time factor as well....everthing was done in a hurry...

And the shopping...beleive me...is the most difficult part...But i realised while going shopping along wid my bro, that I was so damn fortunate to have a brother and not a sister....Coz, going around shopping for a brother was to tiring, just imagine shopping for a lady...!!! Gosh.! I think, I would have been dead by the time half of the suitcase was packed...!!!

Anways, most of the purchasing was done, and packing was left to the last few days...
The Farewell party was to be a lunch, on 10th, sunday, this september....We had ordered a catering service, as preparing lunch for around 75 would not only be tiring, but also, spending time with the guests would not have been easy.....
After intense "filtering", the list consisted of around 60 cousins, and around 15 of bro's friends. I wanted to invite my friends as well, but the place would be damn conjested and things like that...(Sorry Guys..[:(])

The party, rather a get together was the best thing ever. Was really really good. It was non stop laughter the entire day..... Bro's friend had got his Electric Guitar, and there were 2 acoustic guitars in our house...all preparations for the "Jamming session", which started around 3 in the afternoon and continued till 12 in da night..!!! This was the best part, was really awesome. There were around 15 of us in bro's room and everybody was singing on top of their voice, and the chords beautifully played by bro, vijay and vinay...Hats off to you guys...!!! By the time I retired to bed, it was around 2:30 in the morning...!!! But it was a day to remember...no regrets...

Later on, there was some more packing to do and some shopping as well. I felt guilty for not having able to help bro wid da packing stuff and da last minute shopping....thanks to our the dept. head that I am studying under...who wont let us take miss any class, leave alone taking a day off....

The Laptop was bought on the D-day i.e 13th.....there was a lot to do, installing some softwares, transferring data and things from the desktop to the laptop, and thanks to ANAND who came home as soon as i called him up in the evening. He helped(I am sorry...he did everything...!!!) wid da setting up the LAN, and configuring it..
Thanks ANAND, I owe you for this...

The flight was scheduled for departure at 6:15 in the morning, and the check in was around 3am. So, we deceided that we leave the house around 2. Cousins had come home in the night, and we also had a "Cake cutting ceremony", to which we all sang "Happy Bon Voyage to you...!!! ". Few of brother's friends deceided to stay back and accompany us to the airport.....

Left home at 2:30. Reached Airport by 3 (thanks to me...my ripping skills...driving at an average speed of 80kmph, that too on Airport road...!!!-but it was all empty, dont worry..!!!!). There we were, standing in the queue, but after a few steps, only the ticket holder was to proceed to the check in. We had taken the visitor pass, and met bro again on the first floor of the building, where we were seperated from him by a grill at the waist level.....

Had cappuccino at 4, and spent time talking to him, before he headed off to the immigration check...
Finally it came...the thing I was fearing the most...!!! that I would cry...!!!
I didnt want to, coz I didnt want him to feel kinda homesick n all after he reached there....
But the moment I realised that he would be going, and my turn came to say goodbye, I gave him a tight hug, and just let it go,I cried, I couldnt help stop it. And I do not know what made me to say this, but I asked him to forgive me if I ever hurt him in anyways-it came spontaneaously.....I knew I would miss him, he was there whenever I needed him and had been my support throughout...

But then, you gotta let it go-I thought and said bye and told him to take care of himself....Later on he headed to the Emigration check, and he could not return back to us thereafer...we then headed back home.....

But all credits to the Internet, coz of which we can see him everday and talk to him. And for a moment we forget that he is not at home. Yea, sometimes it feels kinda lonely at home, but as I said earlier, you gotta let go and start accepting things....