Hi,
Hope you had a good week.
Looks like the maargazhi maasam (month of maargazhi) music season has hit Sydney as well. There are a bunch of concerts happening in the last few weeks. Just that this is of a different kind - rock and pop. Eagles, U2, what not. One of my clients was mentioning that these days when every other country is watching every penny Aussies have the money to burn. Not sure how much of this is economically true...just an Aussie perspective.
This weekend we had the kids' birthday party at Hungry Jacks (equivalent of Burger King) near our place. It looked like a muhurtham day for b'day parties. There was a party before us and another after us as well. It is a neat concept where there is no worry of cleaning up the mess after the party nor the cost of booking a function hall. Just that the space is a bit limited and could've got cramped if more than 15 kids were in the group. Kids had fun I suppose jumping around. We had a Dora cake for Nandhitha and Spiderman for Nandha. Hungry Jacks was supposed to organize some "activity" for the kids but they decided not to considering the average age group of the kids. After the party couple of my friends came over to our place and we had a poker session at home.
Today we went to Parramatta Park at around 7 PM. It was quite bright and sunny then. Nandhitha had fun cycling and playing in the park. It was getting darker and suddenly we realized that we were the only ones in the park. While trying to get out the park gates were closed. Then we read the "fine print" that the park closes at 8 PM and we tried coming out at around 8.45. Had to wait for 30 minutes before a park officer could come and open the gate. Luckily they had posted a number we could call if we had "overstayed" and yes, there was a fine as well. The most expensive public park experience so far. A couple of passers by on foot and bicycle stopped by and enquired. A desi gave some suggestions to avoid the fine. A chinese lady suggested that I go reverse (it was a 1-way loop that we had to drive on) on a curvy path for about 2 kms and find an "exit". However we stay put not to make more mistakes and increase the fine. Nandhitha almost lost her hope that we would get back home tonight and I had to prepare for answering her questions on why and what happened. Guess the weekend was wrapped up quite eventfully.
Chetty
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