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| Housewarming |
| Monday, September 13, 2010 |
This past weekend we had a gettogether in the name of HouseWarming Party. It was exclusively only for AID folks, a lot of work, but super fun. DH and I kept postponing it for so long, something of the other coming on the weekend, last month we picked a day 1 month in the future and decided we will stick to it. Sept 11th it happened. I knew it was an important day for Americans. But didnt know it was so important in so many other ways. Eid, Ganesh Chathurthi, Jewish Festival (!), Jain Festival. We put a full five hour event, knowing very well folks would not turn up on time. IST, duh! Sure enough, we were ready by 5PM, and the first person dropped in at 5:45PM. :--) And then slowly people started trickling in. Everyone brought plants, and flowers. I didnt know that that is the most given house warming gift. :--) So I have so many cute flowering plants and pots now, I ame excited! We also got a bouganvilla plant! Yippee! We did Karaoke for some time, it as super fun, people sang old Hindi and Tamil songs, all in chorus, sitting around. Soon the house was full. We got the food out and eating began. DH was the entertainer as usual. I didnt even notice what was happening, as I was setting the table ready. Something about how DH and I met. No paper plates, cups or spoons. Its quite difficult when you have 25-30 people in the house, but managed it somehow. Following dinner, there was a Publicity meeting that took place downstairs while our little group had our own meeting upstairs. It was 11 by the time people started leaving. The house was buzzling with people, I totally loved it. A small group of close friends stayed until 1AM, singing and playing instruments. My brother played the guitar while another friend played the Keyboard and we sang some old songs like Pehla Nasha, Mera jootha hai Japani, Papa kehthe hain. I didnt know bro played such awesome Guitar. He learnt it only after he came to the US, that too on his own.
And this is just housewarming 1 I think we will have atleast 2 more such.
Back bending work all of Sunday taking breaks only to cook/eat/go to Church, writing hand made invitations with volunteers at home. Felt like SUPW all over again. :--)
A friend forwarded this beautiful poem sharing it here -
"The hands that serve are holier than the lips that pray."
Service speaks
softly
quietly
carefully
Unknown hands
deliver great deeds
with little or no greed
The sound of service
seeks not to claim
name
fame
or even shame
True service
rises above
good
bad
happy
sad
It can be said
that in service
there is no success
For the process is, was
- and will be -
endless
And therein lies
its greatness
A heart of service
can never fail
For to truly serve another
is to become
like a mother:
selfless
content
and strong
Giving fully
and completely
The secret of service’s
nobility
lies in its connection
with divinity
The hands that serve
are full
even as they become
empty
For to serve
is to love
To love is to give
To give with love
is to forgive
the faults in others
To clear the eyes
so that we may truly
and deeply
see
All that we may
Be
When we become
as One
and are
Free
PS: This blog is becoming more like my diary. |
posted by SK @ 9:59 PM  |
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Congrats on your first housewarming function. When are you giving a party in NY? ;)
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wats SUPW, sk?
your blog always gives me a complex about my own vetti life:)
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Sachita: Socially Useful Productive Work (I wrote about this recently http://nourishncherish.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/sculpture-lessons-anyone/)
Congrats on your house SK
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Sparkie boy,
You come to CA!! Party enna oru mega event plan panlam!
Sachita,
Saumya has already answered. KV la oru useless class. we used to call it Some Useful Period Wasted. :--)
I only write about good weekends. and not all weekends are so, like the last one. Major vetti.
And of course, you can always join us. ;--)
Saumya, Thankoo. :--)
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Congrats on your first housewarming function. When are you giving a party in NY? ;)