First day of the New Year.....
Any idea what CAT Aman and CAT Amanat have in store for you
tomorrow just as you walk in CATS??
BE WARNED... Be VERY VERY warned ;-)
Second Day of the New Year - 2011
The afternoon began dot on time at Aroma where Mr Kohli had personally
overseen the arrangements for CATS... He instructed his team to be at our beck and call
to ensure our Purrr & Brrrrr Luncheon meet is a complete success.
CAT Amanat and I had set shop for registration...
CAT Amanat and I had set shop for registration...
I was least surprised to get a call from CAT Manpreet,
'We are Aroma, where can we find you?'
CAT Roshni was next to arrive with Ankush.
Everyone was handed over their name tags... surprise was the little
CAT Roshni was next to arrive with Ankush.
Everyone was handed over their name tags... surprise was the little
hand coloured girl/boy to every CAT to be pinned on their lapels... :)
The introductory game to hit CATS was 'Swap a Limb'.. literally ;-)
Everyone was instructed to avoid the use of Yes/Yeah/Haan/Aaaho/Alirig
ht/OK... and in case you did, then you loose a limb to your fellow CAT.
Given that everyone had 4 limbs (2xArms and 2xLegs),
if you still made more mistakes, then you only had your chaddi or your head
to trade as penalty.. Choice was YOURS ;-)
As you can imagine... the game immediately warmed up the CATS and led to a riot in the cozy hall :D
CAT Mona fighting with her daughter CAT Amanat, as she was refusing
to give her mother a limb for having said 'Yes;
It was funny to hear CATS accepting anything or saying anything to avoid loosing a limb!
CAT Navpreet's newly wed wife was asked, 'Is he good?'
and this shy young bride responded promptly, 'NO!'
CAT Amanat and her father CAT AP were the clear winners of this round with 9 limbs each...
her mother CAT Mona whilst stood second with 8 limbs...
Have to admit.. this is one crafty family in the making amungst CATS :P
and if you are wondering why these beautiful girls are all lined up for....
then check out what's in store next ;-)
All the married/engaged/spoken for men who had come to the lunch
with their better halves, had to compete with each other to make a
sandwich for their beloved, in the quickest possible time.
8 CATS were given bread slices, butter, tomatoes and cucumber of which
they had to ensure 4 slices in each sandwich, along with 3 seasonings.
One could smell love in the air that was supporting these men...
with shouts and silent prompting from their children and beautiful halves.
It was not a sandwich, but gastronomical magic in the making in the hall at that moment :)
They say boys will always be boys... and that was clearly visible in this game.
CAT AP was the first one to yell DONE, but was disqualified on account
of not putting butter in his sandwich. He innocently claimed to unsuccessfully
stake his claim to winner's title, 'Butter Doctor ne manaa kiya huya hai' :P
Our bride-to-be CAT Manpreet's beau Harman and Ankush were
considered joint winners while CAT Naveen was honoured for
having produced the most well made and seasoned sandwich.
All the sandwiches which were made as part of the competition,
were duly served by the competitors to their better halves and the rest of the CATS :)
Harman adding spice to their lives.. quite liberally ;-)
CAT Naveen presented a precisely cut sandwich to his wife CAT Preeti and
his two young kids CAT Ayush and CAT Shivam...
CAT Charanjeet never really made a sandwich..
so don't know who's sandwich he stole to serve this gang of CATS :D
CAT AP was forced to smear butter on his sandwich before serving it around ;-)
Now it was time to introduce every one present in a slightly different manner.
A CAT Race was organised whereby anyone who could answer the question
was asked to move forward by one step, introduce him/herself and shared their experiences with the group.
It was laughter galore for CATS whilst reminiscing all the weird and
wonderful activities we have been undertaking since inception :)
with stories rolling in left right and centre...
It took a while to introduce each of the 29 CATS present, but it sure was fun :D
CAT Race over and now it was the turn of the 8 beautiful halves to prove their mettle...
CATS were provided with neck ties which they had to tie around the
necks of their respective halves! Men could not help them with their hands but could speak with them :)
What a scene it was... regardless of how many years had they been married/together,
the men started issuing instructions or tying the knots in the air to
help their better halves... I was later told that as CAT Rinky failed at her first attempt,
CAT Navpreet gallantly tied the knot himself around his neck ;-)
The tension that the tick-tock of the timer created made things worse as
the first one to tie the knot was supposed to be the winner ;-)
and this is the state CAT AP was in after CAT Mona was finished around his neck :D
Please don't laugh at this knotty affair... but this is the winning couple... CAT Atul with his gorgeous wife Shalini :D
Ahem... is CAT Manpreet trying to lug Harman around by his neck tie by any chance ;-)
CAT Navpreet can't even undo the tie he tied himself around his neck eventually :D
and we were not over yet... there was more in store for the CATS
before they could get their paws on the delicious grub that had been prepared for us ;-)
Wondering why they all seem to be tied together?
Well... keep looking ahead :D
All the kittens of the group were divided with one adult into 2 groups.. and yeah..
I forgot to mention that they were tied tightly together in a rope :D
Their task was to run from one end of the hall to the other ;-)
Yeah.. you guessed it... The group led by CAT Tony was on the floor
half way through all piled up on top of each other,
even though he had his strategy clearly in place ;-) ....
The other group led by CAT Atul was wonderfully pulled by the youngest of the lot,
8yrs old CAT Sikander to the finishing line... Jo Jeeta, woh INDEED Sikander :)
CATS were converted into Scavengers in the next game.
The whole group was divided into two groups and were given a
list of 20 items to collect. No time limit as such but the first group to
collect them all was to be the winner.
Easy.. right? Well... the list included items like set of keys, driving licence was easy...
but what about a coin from 2005 or before, nail paint, year planner, book.
Chocolate/Sweet should have been relatively easier but proved to be the bane of everyone's life!
Gundeep, Ankush and CAT Roshni frantically rummaging through their
bags/belongings to find that elusive item off the list ;-)
Kittens were found to be running around... CAT Jagjyot ran to the bar to fetch a drink off the list..
CAT Manpreet was running around to get cups... CAT Amanat stole the keys off the other group's table ;-)
Aroma's waiting team did not know what to make of this
seamingly sensible looking bunch of people running amok!
Even My Kohli's office was not spared...
Ankush got a leather bound book from his office to complete the list :D
Ahem... and is that my lip gloss lying on the table by any chance??!!!
and this was the winning list... As I ran down the list of items collected by
CAT Tony's team, I stumbled when I felt that the sweater looked a bit familiar... IT WAS MINE!!!!
Come on CATS... you can't steal things off your host ;0)
But I guess... all is fair in love and war...
for it surely looked like war in the hall whilst this task was on!
CATS deserved some food after all this running around... What say?
Sumptuous and mouth watering lunch was beautifully laid out for CATS...
CATS eating in complete silence after the soup which was devoured many times over by the hungry souls ;-)
Told you everyone was hungry by this time ;-)
Old CATS catching up after a year... whilst exchanging notes about
wedding venues, menus and the process of getting married :)
CAT Hemant still not getting involved in the wedding discussions as yet...
I guess he thinks that February is far as yet... If only he knew ;-)
CAT Rajpal quietly took over the responsiblity of ensuring no one sneaked out
without food... CAT Atul happens to be happy to be around and catching up with everyone :)
Girly gang giggling away...
Last morsel being devoured... before CATS are lined up for another game.. on special demand from our little ones :)
Three sets of two kittens each were lined up back to back and
their task was to swap as many items with each other in 2mins.
Before you think it's easy... can you think what all can you exchange with someone you met 2hours ago?
The youngest age group was frantically exchanging everything... Jackets were easy.. but what else??
CAT Ayush and CAT Sikander, duly being prompted by their respective fathers,
would have stripped down to the basics had the time not run out for them!
In 2mins these kittens managed to exchange 10 items :D
Love them both ;-)
In all honesty, the eldest pair of CAT Amanat and CAT Shivam also swapped 10 items each..
While counting their items, I stumbled AGAIN on something which looked fairly familiar...
and before I could say anything, CAT Amanat said quietly, 'Mobile is yours!!'
CAT Sahil and CAT Aman were too shy to take off anything..
and probably too unsure of finalising what else to exchange..
but they sure had fun in seeing the brouhaha that went around them in those 2mins :)
and with this we called it a day friends...
though a few had left before this photograph could be clicked...
it seals another successful event for CATS...
and may the year ahead also be full of fun and laughter for each one of us..
AMEN
- CAT Supreet
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