Surprise One

Xel phoned me yesterday when I was showing Hamley's off to relatives (including the husband). Noting the glee in her voice wasn't all that difficult given that the first thing she asked was "Guess who I'm having dinner with tonight?" Now, this is a rather stupid question coming from someone like her considering that we have one million friends in common and there is always the possibility of the odd celebrity being referred to - in which case we're talking of a subset of about five million.

However, just when I was about to shoot in the dark with the most arbitrary name I could possibly think of (Bobby Darling, perhaps *cringe*), her impatience led her to volunteer that she was indeed dining with two of my biggest idols of all times - Aunty Fleur & M'am Nandita. For some thrilling reason known only to her, she wanted me to speak to them over the phone, which turned out to be a good thing because I managed to surprise them with the superficial details of my new life - and an old fact that Xel is one of my best friends. Anyway, everyone is supposed to know how I love springing surprises on people.

This was quite a pleasant surprise for me as well - which is supposed to be a rare occurence, in my life - and so I felt it was blog-material.