On
May 31, 2002 I was in Geneva in Jordi's appartment. Jordi was looking quite
tensed.
He
said to me "I cannot believe, it is already two weeks". Two weeks back
me,
Jordi and Anita had a quite dinner
at my place. I am sure Jordi enjoyed
the dinner. But today it was a special moment in his life. He was going
to get married to Anita. I said, "Man, try
to relax". His
mother tried to convey the same. Then we all left
for the marriage office. On the way, I made a stupid mistake because of
which I was not present at the marriage office when the registrar pronunced
Jordi and Anita as Husband
and Wife. The couple were welcomed
with rice outside the marriage office. After which there was a long photo
session, I took a few photos too; Jordi
and Anita with their parents; Jordi and Anita
with Jospeh Maria, Montse
and Miha; Jordi and Anita with Chirdeep,
me and Armando. Jordi was in ecstatic
mood (guess why?). Slowly we all moved towards
the botanical garden. On the way, we saw kids celebrating victory of Senegal
over France in the world cup opener. That is when we realized what are
we doing here instead of being infront of the TV. It was a pleasant weather
so it was quite nice
in
the botanical garden. Anita showed the beautiful
little rose garden to her
parents. Jordi was with an intention to carry
Anita upto home. But that didnot materialize.
Then Anita invited
on behalf of the newly wed couple, for coffee and drinks in the botanical
garden. After the drinks, the couple gave a
pose in the botanical garden. We were quite hungry
by then, so we returned to their place for a late
lunch (typical Spanish oh!!!!). For lunch, we
had dishes of different countries
including spicy Indian dishes.
After the heavy lunch it was the time for wedding presents. Chirdeep
presented the gifts we brought for the couple
along with a greeting card. The couple
read the card and explained the essence in Catalan
and Slovene. Among the gifts was a book about Catalonia which Jordi
displayed to us. Jordi's mother presented a gift
from their family friend, a
book (which turned out to be the second book about
Catalonia) and a present from their family, espresso
cups. Montse presented a very impressive
gift to the couple. Jordi
with the impressive gift. Then it was Armando's
turn. Armando's
gifts were very practical ones. After the presentation,
it was the time for deciding the name of the new member of the family.
Since there was not a single choice a lucky draw scheme was introduced.
Anita
and Jordi
asked us to write 3 names in the order of preference in a sheet of paper.
Anita
picked the lucky name (see how handy has been
Armando's gift). We are all eagerly waiting for Dana. As a back up Jordi
asked Anita to pick another name. I donot want to go into this. Then it
was time for cake cutting. There was one with strawberry
and another with chocolate.
Before eating the cake, Jordi wanted to taste
it (fortunately he didnot bit off Anita's nose).
After cake tasting, he gave first
scoop to Anita and kept the rest
for him. Ok by the time they eat cake, Let me
introduce you to the guests who were present there. Jordi's parents,
Jordi's brother
Joseph
Maria and Maria his girl friend, Jordi's sister
Montse,
Anita's parents,
Anita's brother Miha,
our dear friends MiSangre
and Chirdeep.
The party finally concluded with Cava
tasting for the health,
wealth and happy married life of the newly wed couple.
After the party we had quite a good time in the evening. We started playing
Uno and that went upto 4:00 AM next day morning. Jordi became the champion
of Cosmos.
THAT'S ALL FOLKS!