We brush our teeth,
We brush our teeth,
This is the way we brush our teeth,
On a cold and frosty morning!
While it does not appear to be a cold & frosty morning, we do need to brush our teeth ... and get the makeup off ... and take a shower ... and try and figure out how to get a change of clothes ... especially one's undergarments (surely!!!) ... one might even have asked our Omi to extend his magnanimity just an inch more and arrange for the above ... although I could have sworn that our dear Abhi did have on a T-shirt that was different from the one he wore when the duo swung by the place ... 😕
I mean ... they (who?) certainly arranged to have fresh milk and rice for the kheer (and spices ... nuts and raisins too? It's never the same without nuts and raisins) ... and would Simi relent to stepping into chez moi and conjuring up the Kheer again ... in a matter of minutes ... her poor hubby, a veritable Kumbhkaran, completely oblivious to the wafting aroma (or maybe the kitchen was in some remoooote corner of the park where the Dhaba is situated!) ... then, Simi got away ... incognito ... oh, I suppose the Dhaba staff had not yet reported for duty ... and she still cannot be parted from those wretched earrings!!! Was there some heavy-duty glue that was used to secure them to her ears?!!! NASA may be interested ... the tiles on the Space Shuttle could use that same glue ... re-entry into Earth's atmosphere wreaks serious havoc with the spacecraft ... 😕
So, did anyone notice her carting the katora of kheer to the gurudvara? I guess she must have ... otherwise had she returned to 'Papaji da Dhaba' to collect the goodies, would Abhi have let her proceed on solo ... eh? Good thing she left him his share ... so as not arouse suspicion ... and gosh ... everything must be in such close proximity ... the Dhaba ... the Gurudvara ... the Pink Palace ... because she must have walked (she's getting to be quite an Olympic level walker by now ... ready for the triathalon ... or something ... India is in for its first Gold Medal in that sport) ... I cannot imagine where she got money for transportation ... besides, if she had managed - by some minor miracle - to come into some loot, it would have been a better investment for her to get that much needed change of clothes ... 😕
And of course ... duh! The venomous neighbor who was at that circus of a wedding does not know that poor Simi's life was in a state of great disrepair!! Now ... wouldn't that have been a first ... in Karol Bagh ... where something of this magnitude was successfully kept under the covers only to be gradually revealed to the nosy busybodies?!! The CIA may be interested ... they're really into covert operations ... 😕
'Anita can't be bothered to give me a hand in the kitchen with these damn pakoras and chutneys!!' ... Imagine that!!! Ghooor Kalyug!!!! When was the last time Anita lent a helping hand in the kitchen?!! Manju - 'tis not her!! 'Tis Omi who is the culinary giant!! Corral him!! Don't feed him the gujjia if he has not had a hand in their making!!! And yaaayyy ... Mili is out of her uniform!! I never got to wear a spanking brand new white outfit for Holi ... replete with Gota on the Kameez ... 😕
Omi!! Easy does it fella!! If Neetu gets so much as an inkling of what you're up to ... you'll get a hiding like one you could not have conceived in your wildest dreams!!! Cheney may be interested ... he and his buddies are into torture ... 😕
I cannot wait for tomorrow!! Manju's getting a dressing down from Daadi Amma!!! There's going to be fireworks ... and how!! We're going straight from Holi to Deepavali ... in a single day!!!