My day today

Started the day with the Novena as usual - had a bittersweet moment when I realised the 9 days were up, happy I made it for all 9 days & sad it was over. Really was a blessed time. Good sermons, lots of peace. Love my Lord!

Was stuck at work for a long time afterwards. The President of India, His Excellency Dr APJ Abdul Kalam will be coming to a conference in Mumbai this Monday. It’ll be the second time this year I’m privi to hear the man live and this time I’ll also get to meet him

Unfortunately having the President visit live (as opposed through Video Conference) means endless security clearances (yesterday a team of 50 people came to do preliminary checks!!!) & protocol. Sat through hours of protocol meetings today, till we were all tired of the seeming silly things that need to be discussed… stand, sit… feel like a dog being trained…

After the President’s protocol men left, I took the senior members of the GFH to check out several restaurants in the Bandra/Juhu area (close to Grand Hyatt) for a private dinner, post conference. Of course, Zenzi, Seijo & Olive (all my favorites) were on the list, but unfortunately got chucked. We’re going to stick to the hotel apparently. OK then.

Came home late, tired & crashed. A pesky little friend woke me up insisting I “Get up & Party”, but am going to just sit this one out. This week is work week.