Dilwale Dulhaniya le gaye! (D + S)

Yayy! My best friend - Deepika got married to the love of her life - Susil on December 6th, 2014 :) 

I am super happy and super excited for both of you. Its so true that marriages are made in heaven and you guys proved it right! Deepika, you look gorgeous on your wedding just like a princess. Very, very graceful! I feel so sorry for not being able to make it to your BIG DAY, but looking forward to celebrating with you once you guys are back :) I am sure you had a fun-filled and a grand wedding ceremony :) We wish you many many congratulations for starting this beautiful journey of togetherness. May you be blessed with never ending love, care, affection, happiness, respect today and forever! May you cherish every fragrant breeze this bond brings for you. Marriage is a beautiful time when two souls start to share one heart. Let your love for each other grow with every passing day. Keep smiling! Keep shining! Have a happy married life! 

Lots of love - Manojaya!

Beautiful Bride and the Groom!

Dilwale Dulhaniya le gaye!

Pyar hua, Ikrar hua hai, Pyar se fir kyoon darta hai dil ! (R + A)

So friends, it was one winter evening of december two thousand and fourteen, when all of us from Play-By-The-Bay met three new friends. It was raining heavily but fortunately everyone from the group was so excited to welcome our new friends that all of us made it :) The place where we all met is called Amber India - one of the best Indian restaurants to welcome new friends in the group ;) Two of them came all the way from Houston! Such an adorable couple they are :) And the third one is our special friend from bay area itself! We all had lots of fun, chatting with her and pulling her legs for little things :P Looking forward to meet all of them much more often. Here are a few pictures that we took on this beautiful evening! This evening was/is very special and shall be remembered for the rest of our lives and so it has been documented :D 

Thirteen Cheers! 

M <3 J 

The group!

PS: If you are reading this and wondering why is the title out of sync with the content then let me tell you that the title of this post is very apt and it is left to the reader to make their own interpretation ;) Hint: There is at least one photo in the pictures which goes with the title, doesn't it? :D #SecretsICantReveal 

Manoj Happy Birthday 2014

This year on Manoj's birthday we had multiple celebrations :) Manoj invited his colleagues for our house warming party at our home sweet home. I baked a pina-colada cake for him. The theme for the cake was email and calendar app for the fire phone as he works for the same. Here are a few pictures from the party.

Email and Calendar app themed cake!

Cake cutting! yayy!

Happy Birthday to you :)

<3

Later that evening, we went to the city for a bollywood night party! It was a lot of fun. We had endless dance, drinks and the moves!

In spirit of Movember!

On the next day, Manoj was suffering from the after effects of booze at the bollywood night and we took it light during the day. In the evening, some of his friends gave a surprise visit and we did the cake cutting again and went out for dinner with them :)

Red velvet cake :)

Happy birthday once again :)

This video is from last year. I made this video for Manoj for his birthday in 2013. And the cake in the video is also baked by me ;) That was my inception at the baking ;)

Goodbye bayarea, Hello Minnesota ! (A + R)

Goodbyes are not forever, Goodbyes are not the end,

They simply mean, "I'll miss you," until we meet again!

One of my cute friends' left to Minnesota last week. Goodbyes are never easy but I am happy saying goodbye as she left for the love of her life :) (Love ke liye kuch bhi karega types!) I am happy to see her go and start a new life with her love! I wish her a very blessed and a very happy life now and forever :) Here is a picture of the personalized gift that she gave me when she invited us to meet Rishabh before leaving to Minnesota! 

In return, I also decided to give her a personalized gift before she left, so I made a candle with her picture on it. Unfortunately, I do not have a picture of the candle to post it here.

Many many congratulations to Ami and Rishabh for starting this beautiful journey of togetherness! Hope you cherish each and every second of your togetherness and wish you all the happiness, love, care, affection and success in your life ahead! 

Loads of love - Manojaya <3 

Love you, Ami!

First take on Fondant!

November is the month of birthdays. Not only does Manoj have his birthday in November but lot of my friends have their birthdays in the month of November. So, it is a month of baking cakes :) My interest in baking cakes rose in the month of November when it was Manoj's first birthday with me in 2013. I wanted to make his birthday special so I decided to bake a cake. Baking it yourself gives a very personal touch as opposed to getting it from the best possible bakery in town! And guess what I gained interest in baking so much that I bake cake for (most of) my friend's birthdays' whenever possible.  This year I wanted to do something different so I decided to take my first trial with Fondant! Well, I do not like the taste of Fondant, but the cake looks so beautiful. You can make endless designs/patterns with fondant. So, I wanted to give it a shot. Also, sometime this november, Manoj had mentioned that he loves Pina-Colada cake. So, I had another flavor to try on! 

Here are a few pictures of Pina-Colada cake that I made for Shrushti's and Manoj's birthday this year. 

Fire phone - Email and Calendar app themed cake!

Shrushti's fashionista themed birthday cake 2014!

It's December already !!!

I came across this on Instagram and felt like so apt for me. I have so much to write on my blog for 2-0h-14 !!! This shall keep me motivated :)

Manojaya !!!

Yayy!!! Its a month of celebrations :) Its my wedding anniversary month :) I am so excited for the first anniversary that is just 23 days away ! I was revisiting my wedding website today and realized I haven't posted it here. Its has lots of memories of our journey from Courtship to Wedding! Visit manojaya !!