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so here's the summary of the month long tour.

Day 1
I'm on the flight to Delhi, transit at Chennai was for 2 hours. Didn't meet him. would have if things were normal. Taking 3 programs this time. Odissi Stirred (Delhi, Mumbai, Pondy), Vision of Forever (Chennai, Calcutta) & Pallavi (Chennai, DakshinaChitra). First stop, Delhi. Was cold!! And as the evening progressed, it got colder. Arrived at the Malaysian Embassy and met master for a few minutes as he was leaving to Kamani to watch Chaurasia's concert (jan n i were hoping he'd ask us to go too!!!!) but i guess its a good thing he didn't cos we were pretty exhausted. Had really good (almost malaysian) dinner. CHICKEN CURRY!!! unpacked, had shower and dreamland.

ps. Told master i wont be extending my stay. he asked why. tears.

Day 2
Woke up to cold Delhi with real thick fog (colder than when we arrived). Had breakfast and went to Gandarva Mahavidyalaya and rehearsed wid Madhavi Mudgal and Sharmila Biswas. was kind of intense and quite tiring. came back, had lunch (fish curry, YUMMM) and packed to leave for the auditorium. Marked our spacing. Got ready for the show and performed. it was quite scary cos this would be the first time both Madhavi n Sharmilla will be watching us! nerve wreacking!!!! i made the wrong entrance (too early) for Evocation. OPS!! otherwise all was good. the costume change could have been faster i thought (we did towards the end of the tour!!) Met Arushi's mom and dad and they were saying Arushi will come to us straight from the airport. =D. Changed and went for dinner with the organizers. no appetite this time. Guna anne was great, making us all laugh so much!! came back, tired, shower, slept!

Day 3
Woke up late. i was the last, had nice breakfast (aloo paratha & last nights fish curry YUMM!). Had Pallavi rehearsal at the same place. bath n shopping! went to Deli Hart, nothing much, couple of rings and a nice note book for Sabe from jan n i (for running away from the boring workshop) and had lunch there. then went to Fab India at Greater Kailash. didn't plan to shop but ended up buying 2 kurta's for mom and 2 for myself. Came back, packing and updating diary. Jyoti, Pasha and his family are joining us for dinner here tonight. "GAMI, SOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!" That was so funny. After dinner, Pasha was showing us all the photos he took during the Kamani show and Jyoti kept going on about how beautiful Gami looked in a photo that she wasn't even in. Happened couple of times. it took us alot to not roll on the floor, laughing!! we leave for Mumbai tomorrow.

Day 4
We're in Mumbai. I have a bad throat. all the dust! It was such a long ride from the airport (Shivaji Int Airport) to SeaGreen View Hotel which is just by the marine drive. breezy and nice. Since we woke up at 4 this morning, i slept alomst throughout the flight here. Didn't manage to meet Arushi! =((((. it was late by the time she touched delhi and we didn't want to face master so all plans of meeting didnt happen. so ya, check into the hotel, took bath and walked to NCPA and passed the Oberoi. Its under construction now (after the terrorist attack just a few weeks back) security is pretty tight throughtout delhi n mumbai. Had lunch at NCPA. Not nice! then went to check the stage for awhile and decided to rehearse 5-ish that evening. Shan n i went looking for a beauty parlour. Did full leg waxing, underarm and eyebrow threading for 200Rs. RM20!!! and i didn't even scream much! Came back, slept and now have to go n rehearse. after rehearsal (VOF), had more not-nice-food for dinner and we walked along the marine drive. horses on carriage (or the othr way ard), kids running ard, lots of couples snuggling.. then gunane,gami,mei mei,jan, shan n i went 'exploring'. got books. cheap roadside BLACK MARKET books. terrible! =)

Day 5
Woke up feeling drowsy because of the flu medicine shan gave me last night. But felt better! =). Had breakfast in the room. real healthy one. toast,banana and diluted tea. Walked down to NCPA and rehearsed Kamala, Palavan n Pallavis. Had lunch (not nice) and i was so sleepy. walked back and had a nap.woke up, packed and left to NCPA wid performance stuff. got ready and had Kamala photo shoot. Performed. It was good!! Better than delhi. The audience really liked it. Priya was there. Went to Rajesh & Furiza's house for dinner. Food was Yummy! They're really nice too. came back and now semi packing to leave to chennai early tomorrow morning. Sleepy!

ps. Karthik shot his first movie today.