It’s a December trip - Dxb

I was quiet happy when the tickets got rightly booked on the ‘peak season’ as they call. Departed from Heathrow, for a two day transit in Dubai where I plan to stay with my brothers and family and to meet few relatives and friends from school.

Had good time out there, after a scarcity period of 3 months for good food, its time for my taste buds to wake up and experience the awesome Kerala Malabar cuisine.

That was real nice time with brothers kids, Hafiska and family had came from Abudhabi, Mansoorka being busy as he is leaving home for good and family already travelled few weeks back. Was staying with Ismayilka for those two days. Irfan, Sehva, Haari, Aysha were all there for the weekend.

Went to meet Jalish family on same day evening. Had good food and quiet nice time in the Cornish with few camera flashes. Irfan was also with us and bit of fun with his talks.

Next day which was a Friday, as planned Shuhaib and Ali came from Abudhabi. They joined together and we met at a café in Dubai City Center. Nahas as was on duty we drew to his work place and met him there. Naslu was the next to join and together we went for Jumua prayer, met Niyas and few other relatives at the mosque and hen headed for Thalasheri Biriyaani, which was not bad. Back home to have the second round of lunch. This time Neychore :-)

Met quiet a few relatives as they came home, went to cornish to meet a collage friend and her husband. Food time in KFC, shopping in Ajman and back hope for a less than hour sleep and then to board the flight to calicut early morning 3.

Prayers

Life in my second home here

The initial weeks in UK were almost for getting hold of the place, work and life here. In the first week itself I had to make an accommodation shifting from Milton Keynes to Bedford, most of the days traveling between the places. Weekend in London and then slowly to traveling too. Cambridge was one of the first places we traveled here. The advantage was hat it is just an hour in Bus and the X5 which connects the counties is there in every 30 mins from the Bedford bus station. Nasweeph aka Kambli was in preparation to come over here and I was aware of it. But had no information when and all he we will arrive. Later sometime, after Ramzan and Eid, got to know that he has reached Cambridge and is with another friend from Collage Sulfi, who was here sometime back itself, which I was not aware about.
May be after two or three week after he came over I went to Cambridge on a Friday eve planning for a weekend there. All my weekends use to be engaged on something or the other especially on travel with Abi, Sunil and Rahul. This time we had the gap and I could plan the weekend in Cambridge. On my first visit itself I had felt the air of books and studies at the place and had thought about coming back sometime later and spend more time in the banks of Cam and all. Kind of feeling that me too is a Student. Meeting Kambli, Sulfi and Askar on that cold evening and in the bus to the place they lived, I never knew this place is going to be my second home here. The weekend was good; I was fascinated by the cooking skills of Sulfi and Askar which gave me an intense hope of good food availability here in a nearer reach and that was such a good relief.

The internet connection was not there at time so obviously the times spend was more on talks and talk. Topics varied from collage days, moral issues etc, but always use to be a long one. Sitting around the dining table may be after having food, with a big cup of cardamom black tea (favorite for all of us). I should say ‘it was nice’. Further to that many times I went there and was kind of a routine in alternate weekends generally. My friends use to ask which course you are doing there? :-), like that. Later sometime there was a shift in accommodation to a nearby location with a lot of planning and drama alongside (“memories”:-)). The new place with more new people like Mannu, Gimmi and Lokesh joining the band added to what ever we had before. Good talks, good food, nice biriyaani, loads of Pizza, shopping, cam river walks, cricket and many more the times being there always had its own style, sometimes a major relief from being alone here as well. I am sure there is many more to come.

Recent stories are on Gossips around Kambz, Kalyanalochana (marriage proposal) for Asku, New jobs for Kambz and Gimmi, Mannu planning to go out of Cambridge borders for the first time (since a year and more :-)), Sulfi back home on long vacation – car hitting a poor two wheeler traveller on the roads and me going at times and bugging all the above mentioned and returning back with pizza’s for a week and so on.

Praying for the best.