Happy Diwali! Festival of Lights!

November 13, 2012 (Tuesday)

I got up early today to do laundry, and also found out that the macaron class in Toronto I wanted to attend was full.  So I guess I won't be going to Toronto.....  After laundry, I had a big breakfast, pasta, baguette, meat ball, prosciutto, and diet coke.  Yum!

It's one of the big festivals of Indian today, called Diwali.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali Our beloved Indian princess Tanvi kindly invited us to her place for dinner.

I met Cindy in school then met Tanvi on Rideau Street for grocery in a Chinese supermarket across the bridge (in Vanier).  I didn't get much stuff there, only some vegetable.

Dina messaged me to ask if we could walk to Tanvi's place together at 8:50pm.  When we arrived, Cynthia and Cindy were already there.  We met Tanvi's housemate, Leena.  She was the one who cooked most of the delicious dishes.  But Tanvi was the one invited us.  Interesting.  LOL  Then Quinn and Matt arrived with beers, Tanvi was so happy to see the beers, hmm, wonder why? But she told us that she was not supposed to drink due to the festival..... wait folks.  Then Tanvi and Leena went to pray in Tanvi's room, Cindy and I were nosey enough to be there and watched.  THEN, Tanvi had a beer.... I guess it's okay AFTER the prayer.... LOL  Dinner was great, I could take more spicy food though! They even served Indian dessert! And Cynthia also brought the cake she made in class.  We had an amazing time, Tanvi certainly entertained us with Bollywood dance.  Jason showed us some of his magic tricks.  Quinn and Matt made us gingerbread man cookies.  Good food, good people, great time! We kept bugging Tanvi to invite us to her future wedding in India, we even encouraged Quinn and Matt to have their wedding with Tanvi's in India.... sorry, we forgot they are not that mature..... too soon. Sorry :-)