Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Dhan Dhan Dhanteras

The dhan meaning wealth earned this month, not to be confused with Dhaan meaning grain - has been duly spent on buying the gadgets. And today is dhanteras - the first day of the festival of goddess lakshmi, Diwali. This is your first diwali and Mommy has been pestering Daddy to buy you golden earrings or a bangle. Earrings mean getting your ears pierced, something that gets Daddy sweating. So bangle is what we settled upon. So today evening we made the journey into the gleaming golden city of gold - the Dubai gold souq.

To avoid the parking rush, we parked our car on our side of the creek and took a ride on the capable air-conditioned water bus of RTA to cross the creek. It was a good 5 minute ride. Once inside the souq, couple of hours went by quickly as we struggled to find the perfect match for your petite arms. A hastily scooped Baskin Robbins and a lame gold biscuit is all we got back with.

I was making fun of how you were showering extra smiley smiles and extra lovey-dovey love on me today. Just another woman aren't you?

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