Inspite of staying up so late Becky and I along with S and J managed to go the the afternoon Good Friday service, It was a blessing and we enjoyed the 7 messages and the 3 special songs.Traditionally the 7 messages are on the Seven words Jesus spoke on the cross – but at church today the seven messages were the following1. Jesus in the hands of a religious man (Caiaphas)2. Jesus in the hands of a secular man (Pontius Pilate)3. Jesus in the hands of a cynical man (Herod)4. Jesus in the hands of a treacherous man (Judas)5. Jesus in the hands of a faithless man (Simon Peter)6. Jesus in the hands of erratic men (the crowd)7. Jesus on…

Seemed like a pretty easy trip to make – we had booked tickets and were supposed to leave at 1 Pm on Thursday after work for an extended Easter weekend home with family esp Sheba and Jitto. On Tuesday evening Praburam had to leave urgently as his brother was unwell. That left a huge question-mark over our departure! Fortunately I got a call on wednesday and he said he’d be back in Trichy by Thursday at noon.I manned OPD alone and tried to finish off work at 12 noon and bingo – there was a sick kid who landed up exactly at 12 noon. Praburam was still an hour away and as our ventilator was not available I had to…

My brother Arun emails me only when necessary and usually its very short and to the point! Today I got an unusual 1 line email. Both the subject and the body had this linkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT7x3VnrqbA Yup its a youtube video. I waited patiently for the video and the next 5 minutes simply blew my mind away! This choreography performed to the song Who am I by Casting Crowns is too amazing for words. Click the link below to watch it.Casting Crowns Who Am I choreography performed by UPCI Youth group

Today was Beckys birthday! And that meant a lot of things to try and make it memorable for her (and me!) to be executed by this blog author – me!I simply threw in a standard cocktail – her favorite cake and some snacks (including her favorite Mysore Pak sweet!) and called up the other docs to barge in at 12 MN! That would be a great way to start. So there we were 12 Midnight – Praburam and Rajendran at a movie theater; Arun and Catherine sleeping beyond chance of waking and Gokul and Prakash not responding to SMS/Missed calls. My plans seemed to be ready to vaporise. Finally at 12.15 there was a hushed knock on the door –…

Yes I did it!! I cooked lunch for the first time in my whole life!! Becky kinda dictated what I needed to do and soon there was rice, rasam and potato curry at the dining table and both of us were polishing off a seemingly delicious lunch!! Well so much for my first cooked meal. But I am no stranger to the kitchen.  I’ll leave you with a lic of my meal.(There was a major powercut and we took this shot with a mobile cam. Yup…. the whole thing tired me out!)

We’re at Coimbatore today for Josies wedding. The engagement was in the morning and the wedding in the evening. There was about 3 hours inbetween. This time meant different things for each of us.Becky– Get back to the hotel– Change– Wait for Ajju to pick her up– Go to the Beauty Parlor– Hair etc– Change Sari– Wait for car to drop her back at the hotel– Go for the wedding Athai– Help distribute snacks to some people staying at Vijay Paradise Hotel– Decorate the wedding car– Recheck everything with Josies mom– Get dropped back at the hotel– Dress up– Go for the wedding Becker, Mama and me– Get back to the hotel– Crash/Watch TV– Get dressed– Go for the wedding…

Now thats not something anyone wants to do – enter the new year on a bus. But we did exactly that.We wanted to spend New Year at Chennai with my parents, but could leave only after work on the 31st. So we took a bus at 7.30 Pm and at the stroke of midnight were dozing on the buz together. The reason we did that was to reach early on the 1st so we could goto church! It worked out and although we were tired we managed to go to church and have a blessed time. The bus got delayed in a few places but we reached by 5 AM and got ready and reached church before 7 AM! Thank…

So finally after all the zipping and zooming through air, road and rail I got back to where I started – back to the Doctors Quarters CSI Mission Hospital.I’m just trying to compile the numbers and here is my first shot at it:Trichy – Chennai (Road): 330 KMChennai – Ahmedabad (Air): 1900 KMAhmedabad – Udaipur (Road): 250 KMUdaipur – Jodhpur (Road): 270 KMJodhpur – Jaipur (Road): 340 KMJaipur – Bombay (Air): 1200 KMBombay – Chennai (Air): 1400 KMChennai – Kodai Road (Rail): 460 KMKodai Road – Kodaikanal: (Road): 60 KMKodaikanal – Trichy (Road): 200 KMAnd that does not include all the distances covered inside the cities visiting palaces and forts and shopping areas and malls and friends and lakes…. nor…

Finally we boarded the Indian Airlines flight at Jaipur and bid adieu to all the palaces, forts, architecture and the camels in Jaipur. It was quite a trip and we really enjoyed it. Thank God for safety, fun, excitement, timings, adventure and fellowship. Its a looooong story and you can see the pics in my Rajasthan album to get a whiff of all that happened in Ahmedabad, Udaipur, Jodhpur and Jaipur.

This was Becker’s (aka Peters) first visit to Trichy and the last 2 days we introduced him to Tiruchirapalli (AKA Trichy)… or at least the better parts! Yesterday saw him shopping at the Femina Shopping Mall (mainly for food items etc which Athai was buying!) and then dinner @ Raja Garden (actually in the garden). He also managed to have his eyes checked up by Sandeeps dad.Today he went out and bought the chicken for lunch. And after the prayer meeting at home we chilled out a little and then went to McLawrence (AKA Namma Veedu) for subs/burgers and salads! His mouth dropped when he saw the cheap prices and the great food here – made it easier to polish…