Many happy returns!

PSC Family greets Ramakrishnan, Kumar and Sekar on their birthday today, 28 September. Many happy returns!

BEST WISHES TO RAJU ANNA & VARSHA

Best wishes to Raju anna and Varsha on their birthday.
Very many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Raju and Varsha on their birthday today, 27 September. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHANDRU MAMA (as usual, my wish comes rather late, SORRYYYY)

I was in Kovaipudur the last three days, and enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere, Siddhar's presence and blessings, and importantly - lazing and doing nothing!!!!

And it is now back to run-run, what with Navaratri upon us.
I am going on a ten day tour to China with 8 other friends from Prayas (the L&T wives' group). Will be leaving on 8th and returning on 18th.

And before I close this mail, let me wish in advance:
A VERY VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
APPA, KUMAR & SEKHAR

Gayathri

BIRTHDAYS

I did not know that it is the 80th birthday for Chandru athimbare.
Our special prayers and wishes to him, for a healthy and happy life in the years to come. Anu also has come to Delhi for the occasion.

For Anu`s birthday, I sent a mail to her and I hope she saw it.
Ramu Sarada

Back to life!

 Hullo all.  I have been off the blog for some days, thanks to the computer breaking down.  It was revived after replacing the SDMS (or SMDS?).  Don't know what that is, but I think it has something to do with the power supply.  In this interregnum, Anu's birthday has come and gone.  But Ramu has noted it in the blog.  I sent her an SMS but don't know if she got it.  And today Chandru turns 80, a landmark in any one's life.  He must be celebrating it in the enjoyable company of Kumar and Mala in Delhi.

Gayathri has gone to Kovaipudur for a brief visit.  Her trip to China will now be after Navaratri, I understand.

Jayaraman

Happy birthday!

PSC Family extends to Chandru the very best wishes on his turning eighty today. This is a landmark occasion and we all pray to the Almighty to bless Chandru with good health, happiness and prosperity. Many happy returns of the day, Chandru!

Jayaraman and Vimala

BIRTHDAY WISHES

Best wishes to Chandru athimbare on his Birthday. Wishing him good health & happiness in the years to come. Many Happy Returns athimbare.
Ramu Sarada

ALL THE BEST TO JAISHANKAR

Jaishankar,
All the best to you on your new job. Is the posting in Chennai?
Ramu

New coordinates

Dear all,

We've moved home...back to Besant Nagar!

The new address is A 1 / 10 / 2, 14th Cross Street, Besant Nagar, Chennai 600090. Telephone 24918797.

This move is because I'm leaving Parry (and hence had to move out of company housing)...am joining an fmcg company with operations largely in West Africa. Will join them mid-October.

Cheeers!

-Jayashankar

Birthday Wishes

Yesterday (19th September) was Anu akka's birthday. Hope Anu akka had a great day and wishing a very happy (belated) birthday.
Love
Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

THANKS TO RAMAKRISHNAN

Thank you very much Ramakrishnan, for your blessings and good wishes.
Ramu

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Ramu,
Saradam and I wish you a happy Birthday (though late) and many happy, healthy returns as you wish. Ram Mony was occupying this computer for long hours firstly to help me and secondly for his own mail etc plus we have five hours power loadshedding every day. So I am late. You want our blessings and I bless you to enjoy good health and happiness in the coming years.
-Ramakrishnan.

THANK YOU

Many thanks for my birthday wishes. I take it seriousely and seek more blessings and good wishes from one and all. Because it is important that the Return of the Day should be a happy one, with reasonably good health. Thanks once again. The significance of the day was visits to temples, paayasam by Sarada, cake by Akila and a small gift from the family.
Ramu.

Just now saw Vaishnavi's Manmohan Singh video clipping - very good costume and bold talking! Wish Singh himself had some of that self confidence!!!!!!

A Very Happy Birthday to Ramu Chittappa.
Gayathri

Happy birthday, Ramu!

Best wishes to Ramu on his birthday, 18th September. Hope you are hving a great day, Ramu. Have fun! Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Hello

Belated Happy birthday to PGS athimber and Srikanth anna. Am unable to check my yahoo/hotmail and the blog these days as access to all public sites have been strictly restricted in office. And no time during weekdays to check at home. Will do my best to be in touch.

Akila

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Best wishes to PGS and Srikanth on their birthdays. Very many happy returns of the day.

Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to PGS on his birthday, 8th September. Many happy
returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Srikkanth on his birthday, 7 September.  Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Thanks

Thanks All of you for your wishes - for our WA as well as for Rajiv's engagement. I seem to have lost kn athimber's id - can appa or J chittappa fwd the pics to him please?
TSS joins me in wishing all the members of our family celebrating WA's and B'days this month.
Gayathri

HAPPY WEDDING DAY

Best wishes to KTA - Papa and PGS - Lalitha on their wedding day. Wishing them many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Happy wedding anniversary!

Best wishes to Papa, Ramani, Lalitha and PGS who celebrate their wedding anniversaries today, 6 September. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Sumant's Upanayanam - photos

Here's the comment entered by Vidya on Ramu's query:
"Banu's daughter Shraddha arranged the photographer who was the person under whom she did her internship when she was studying visual communications .Yes, Ramu mama u r right , the photographer was asked to take photos of amma who mistook Lux and went about it.In fact a friend of mine fromhere was talking to Lux chitti thinking she has seen her in Abudhabi till Lux corrected her and took her to amma.
Thu Sep 04, 06:41:00 PM 2008"
May I remind all that "comments" tend to get overlooked. It is better to make a fresh "Post" even if one is only commenting on an earlier post. You can see earlier posts on this subject if you click the Label below.

ALBUM

Sumanth`s upanayanam photos are very good.
The photographer, I think, is known to them and the same person had taken photos for their functions earlier also. Vidhya told me that in some function, the photographer was asked to cover Papa and other family members of them, most. AND he had taken maximum snaps of Lux, mistaking her for Papa!!!!!!
Ramu

Sumant's Upanayanam album

Thank you, Vidya, for posting the album.  The pictures are very good.  Who was the camera person?

Jayaraman

Wishes

A very happy anniversary (and many more) to Gayathri akka, athimber, Prasad anna, Charu manni, Hari anna and Uma manni.
Love
Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

Happy Anniversary

Very happy anniversary to TSS, Gayathri and Prasad , Charu.
Wishing them all the best and many happy returns of the day,
Ramu Sarada

Happy wedding anniversary!

Best wishes to Gayathri and Sundaresan on their wedding anniversary, 31 August. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Sumanth's Upanayanam snaps

Hi everyone

Please take a look at this weblabum for Sumanth's Upanayanam at Chennai on 14th July 08

Vidya Ramesh

http://picasaweb.google.com/ssramesh75/SumanthUpanayanam14thJuly2008?authkey=12wlgmblbMQ

Happy wedding anniversary!

Best wishes to Charu and Prasad on their wedding anniversary, 30th August. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy Days

Hi Hari and Uma,
Saradam and I wish you a very happy wedding anniversary.
and Hi, Rama Shekar,
We wish you a very happy Birthday.
-Ramakrishnan.

Happy wedding anniversary

Best wishes to Uma and Hari on their wedding anniversary, 28 August. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy Wedding Day

Best wishes to Hari Uma on their wedding day .Happy Anniversary and Many Happy Returns of the Day.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday

Best wishes to Rama Sekhar on her birthday. many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAMA

Best wishes to Rama Sekhar on her birthday. May God give you good health and happiness always! Many Happy Returns of the Day.
Ramu Sarada

Collection of Tyagaraja compositions

Music buffs can try the following link to find a large collection of Tyagaraja compositions, rendered by various singers. They can be listened to or downloaded.

http://tributes.sangeethapriya.org/thyagaraja/index2.html

Jayaraman

Vaishnavi as PM!

Here's the link to a short video clip of Vaishnavi doing a take-off on Dr Manmohan Singh! This girl has guts!
Jayaraman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZEgMXy3vmc

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to KN on his birthday, 24 August. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KN

Very Happy Birthday to Narayana athimbare.
Praying for his good health and happiness and wishing him many happy returns,
Ramu Sarada

O MY GOD!

:D:D:D:D::D (That's a HUGE grin)
Thanks!!!!!
Yeah, Rajiv found his soulmate! She is a Maharashtrian Brahmin girl, working in Bombay. TSS & I are planning to go to Pune to meet her parents next weekend, and only then will we know future plans. In all probability there will be an engagement in Nov-Dec in Bombay, and the wedding will be only NEXT year.
Thanks again
Gayathri
PS: I have not made posts recently,
So Here's Wishing ALL the Birthday & Anniversary celebrators All Happiness, Good Health & Prosperity!

CONGRATULATIONS RAJIV

Congratulations to Rajiv. Wish you all the best.
Gayathri, congrats to you too. When is the engagement. Looking forward to a memorable wedding like Ramya`s! In Chennai !!
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday!

Belated good wishes to Vaishnavi who celebrated her birthday yesterday 19 August. Sincere aplogies, Vaishnavi, for the delay. Many happy returns of the day!

Introducing Nameeta

Here is Nameeta, Rajiv's fiancee-to-be. Let us all congratulate Rajiv on the happy news and wish him all the best.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ARAVIND

Wishing a very Happy Anniversary to Aravind Anupama and Many Happy Returns.
Wishing them good health and happiness always,
Ramu Sarada

Many happy returns!

Best wishes to Arvind and Anupama who celebrate their wedding anniversary today, 20 August. Many happy returns.

PSC Family

Thank you all!

Thank you all for the birthday wishes.

And here's wishing all fellow Leos a happy birthday and a great year ahead!! - Anand, Vidya, Arjuna, Vivek...

-Jayashankar

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIVEK

Best wishes to Vivek on his Birthday, ( sorry, I am late in wishing ).
Wishing him good health and prosperity and many happy returns of the day,
Ramu Sarada

Independence Day, 2008

These puictures were taken this morning at the flag hosting ceremony at Sri Sidhdhar's school in Kovaipudur.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIVEK AND MANY HAPPY RETURNS.

THATHA AND PAATI.

Thanks for the wishes

Thanks to Akila, Ramu Mama and Jayaram mama and mamis

Happy Birthday Jayshankar and Arjuna.

thanks again for your Birhday wishes.Birthday is celebrated with Varalakshmi Pooja preparations.

I will be leaving chennai on 21st aug back to Abudhabi. Had an eventful trip with Poonal in July and subsequently enjoyed myself in Coimbatore.

Vidya.

Happy Birthday(s)

Wishing Vidya akka, Shankar anna and Arjun a very very Happy birthday and many more to come.

Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Vidya on her birthday today, 14th August. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIDHYA

Best wishes to Vidhya on her Birthday.Wishing her a Happy Birthday and Many More Happy Returns of the Day,
Ramu Sarada

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Best wishes to Jaishankar and Arjun on their Birthday.
Wishing Many Happy Returns to them,
Ramu Sarada

Inertia

Belated greetings to Padma Manni on her birthday, 11th August. I have not been very active in the blog for a few days. That is because Vimala and I are in Coiombatore on a short visit and enjoying the weather etc. here, with a resultant disinclination to work.

Jayaraman

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to
Arjuna and Jayashankar on their birthday today, 13th August. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Catching Up

Hi All,
It has been a while since I posted last in our blog. Very happy birthday to Padma Perimma and Anand anna. Gaya3 akka, more pictures please!!
Akila

HAPPY BORTHDAY PADMA MANNI

Saradam and I wish to Padma Manni a Happy Birthday and very good health. Jayaram has not posed a picture, may be because he is in Coimbatore right now.

I wonder whether Raju or Ravi or Aravind will be seeing this.

-Ramakrishnan.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PADHMA MANNI

Our prayers for the good health and happiness of Padhma manni, on the occassion of her Birthday today, 11 Aug. Wishing her many happy returns of tha Day,
We had been to Raju anna`s house yesterday and wished manni in person. We were mentioning about the PSC family blog and the active roll of Jayaramanna.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday!

IMG_0293_1.JPG - Gmail Best wishes to Anand on his birthday today, 10th August. Many happy returns.
Vimala, Jayaraman, Mythili and Chandru

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANAND

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to Anand and Many More Happy Returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Thatha

How can we forget the evening sloka sessions! When I was too young to read the slokas, I wanted to join the refrain of some slokas that I knew, so I would ask for Aigiri nandini or some such long ones - & would get agni looks from others !!!!
And in a lighter vein, Jangamma from her seated position in the hall would polambufy to mop up the water on the floor from thatha's sandhyavandanam - and JUST before that could be done, Prasad would come running and slip and fall!

Thatha's Ramayana parayanam, his Sriramajayam writing,the Rama picture in the hall - for me too that has been the greatest influence. I used to vie with Lalitha athai to get thatha's appreciation of the kolam that had to be put for the Ramayana parayanam!
Hare Ram
Gayathri

PSC MEMORIES

From Jayaramanna`s writing , it shows how much importance appa attached to it and he has been following it throughout his life. All of us realise how much it has been helping everyone.
Appa was a great Rama bhaktha and I think he used to share all his feelings, worriies, joy, etc., only with Rama. Because I have never heard him mentioning anything about his worries or past life or even his happy times. He never used to express his opinions, unless asked for and never used to comment or critisise anyone. I realise the importance of these excellent qualities in all our daily lives and I realise how difficult it is to practice it! What ever little I know about Sri Bagh days and after that is only from others.
Ramu

PSC/Sahasranama stotram/.

When Appa was transferred to Devakottai, Ramakrishnan and I were left in Madras so that our studies would not suffer. We went to Devakottai for a summar vacation. During those two months, Appa would call me every afternoon, around 300 p.m. I think, and we would together recite the Vishnu Sahasranama stotram, I of course reading from a book. Before the vacation was over, I had learnt the whole stotram by heart and could recite it without referring to the book.

PSC MEMORIES

After evening walk, appa would sit in the dining hall of K,Nagar at 06.15 PM and start his sandyavandhanam. Within 10 minutes, all of us would assemble for the evening slokham and bhajan session. Appa will circulate handwritten copies of a new slokham, ( he himself used to write several copies of the slokham ) and teach us. Then old slokhams , followed by bhajans.
( I try to do it now with only Vaishnavi but fail often ). Rukku, Lux, Lalitha, me, Rama, Ashok, Shobha, Venkat, Chander all used to be there.
Ramu

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIRANJAN

Best wishes to Niranjan on his birthday.
Wishing him good health and prosperity always,
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday, Niranjan!

Best wishes to Niranjan on his birthday, 2nd August. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

PRAYERS TO JANGA MANII

Our namaskarams to Janga manni on her birth anniversary.
She was a wonderful mother and so many things are to be learnt from her .
When ever we happen to meet some old Mylapore people, or some old family friends, or some old school teachers, or even some distant relatives, we feel so happy to hear them talking about appa and amma with full of praise.
When appa`s birth day was posted in the blog, it went in my mind about amma`s..
But did not try to find out and we feel guilty.

Ramu Sarada

Janga Manni's janmanakshatram

This is the month of Adi and today's star is Tiruvadirai. That is, today is Janga Manni's janmanakshatram. Let us all remember her role in our lives and thank God for having given us a wonderful mother.

The following is what I posted in our blog on this occasion last year.

"How many of us ever bothered to find out what mother (Janga Manni)'s birthday was? Recently I asked Ramakrishnan if he knew the date and he rang up today to say it was 12 August 1909 (Month of Adi, Tiruvadirai star). Though we missed out on the date, the month (August) is still current. Let us remember Manni with gratitude for her unfailing love, simplicity and good nature.NAMASKARAMS."

Happy birthday, Ramani!

Best wishes to Ramani on his birthday, 30th July. Many happy returns.
Jayaraman and Vimala

SHRUTI

My dear Shruti,

We are happy you are back home and recovering from your fever. As soon as you are quite well, you should celebrate your Birthday in whatever way you want.

Many Happy returns and good health.

-Saradam and Ramakrishnan.

PSC MEMORIES

Ramakrishnan`s memories ( written on July 13 ) was I think when appa was a District Judge. At the time of appa`s sashtiabdhapoorthi at Suprabha, I was only 9 years and I have seen appa only as a retired person. He was going to court as a Lawyer for some years and then retired from that too.
I have never seen him sitting idle . There was no TV at that time. He used to see the obituary column in The Hindu first after morning coffee, before taking bath. ( many of us do this even now ). After bath he used to do an elaborate puja, in his own room, for which he used to do all preperations himself. Then he will take his own insulin injection, after boiling the needle, again in his own room. He will read Ramayanam or Mahabharatham for about an hour and then complete the days work of Company Law Institute, which sometimes will extend till 4 PM.In between, he will take a breake and write Sri Ramajayam.
His afternoon nap was exactly from 1 PM to 2 PM. After the nap, he used to takeup letter writing to people , for an hour. Then gardening for sometime, before going for a short walk.
( Shall continue. Power cut time now)
Ramu

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHRUTHI!
Glad to know you are back home. Prayers from us for your speedy recovery.
Gayathri & Sundaresan

Best Wishes

Dear Shruthi,
Wish you a very happy birthday and a speedy recovery. Get well soon.
Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

Happy birthday

Best wishes to Shruti on her birthday, July 21. Right now she is in Child's Trust Hospital, being treated for possible typhoid. Get well soon, Shruti and we will have a birthday party then!

Vimala and Jayaraman

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SHRUTHI

Very Happy Birthday to Shruthi. May God give her good health and happiness in the days and years to come! Many Many Happy Returns of the Day.
Ramu Sarada

Thanks for the wishes!

Dear PC Periappa(s) and Periamma(s),
Thanks a lot for the wishes. I am sure that with your Blessings, the year would gr888!
I have joined Cognizant....getting settled in the new work place.
Koushik
(I am unable to login with my Gmail acnt. So, using Akila's acnt)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday and Many Happy Returns to Kaushik. Also our best wishes for success and good progress in the new job with Cognizant which he is going to join now.

-Saradam and Ramakrishnan.

Happy birthday

Best wishes to Kaushik on his birthday today, 15 July. Many happy returns!
We should also extend to Kaushik our very best wishes in his new career at Cognizant. May he find happiness and satisfaction in his work and rise to great heights. All the best, Kaushik!

Vimala and Jayaraman

MEMORIAL DAY

It is very nice to read Jayaramanna,s and Ramakrishnan,s writings. I am also moved.
Not a day passes for me without remembering appa ( and amma ). Even though Sarada,s association with appa was only 7 years, she also used to remember him very frequently and used to recall what appa told her on different occasions. In the later days, when only me and family were with appa and amma, appa changed his dinner time to 7.30 PM ( from 8 PM which was his dinner time for many many years ) and insisted that Sarada should go to bed by 9 PM , because I was going for work in shifts.
I wonder whether there is anyone matching him!!
Ramu

Sumanth's upanayanam

Sumanth, son of Ramesh and Vidya, received his Brahmopadesam today. Here is the link to a web album containing a few pictures taken on the occasion.

http://picasaweb.google.com/revati32/SumantSUpanayanam

MEMORIAL DAY

I am moved by reading what Jayaramhas written. To add to what he has said, I just want to say what I often think and say. Nowadays we are all 'tense' always and tension is the most often used word even in TV serials. But, Appa was never tense (or bored). He accomplished so much every day starting with the Ramayanam reading in the morning, then dictating judgements to the stenographer who comes home, bath, lunch and off to court. I have seen him in court a few times and he was majestic there with his tall figure and gown and before taking his seat he would display folded hands - was it a greeting to the advocates or a silent prayer to God tha his judgments should be correct ? In the evening, he would play tennis in the Officers' Club and then off to the other club for some Billiards. Back home and Sandhyavandhanam and reading the case papers till dinner. After Dinner we wuld all sit around briefly for some convesaton. With all this, I am amazed at the number of Homoeo books he readand made copious notes on the medicines. We used to go for a picnic once a month or two months even if we went to the same place again and again. He used to make me Jyaram sing, particularly 'Maye' in Tharangini Ragam and'AiyeMetha Kadinam'from the film Nandanar.

Though e had a large family, he invited two cousins of ours (Kittu and Panju) to stay with us and study in school. He had a large heart. Wherever he went he was treated with much respect.

Anda Naalum Vandhidadho !

-Ramakrishnan.

Memorial Day

Today, 13 July, is PSC's birthday. He was born on this date in 1896. I recall with pleasure and gratitude the times spent with him, the great contribution he made to moulding all our lives, the values he gave us and the affection he had for us all, never demonstrative but always there. If the family is now as close-knit as it is, it is due to the manner in which father steered us. Namaskarams, Appa.

Jayaraman

Wedding anniversary

Best wishes to Sundar and Charu on their wedding anniversary today, 13 July. Many happy returns!

Happy B'Day

A very very happy birthday to Sowmya akka.
Akila

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOWMYA

A very Happy Birthday, Sowmya. Wishing you a Happy and Peaceful life and Many More Happy Returns of the Day.
We are late in wishing by a day because there was a power shut down here from 9 am to 5 pm on 7 July, for maintenance work. So that EB can cut the power only for 2 hrs., on other days!
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday, Sowmya!

Best wishes to Sowmya on her birthday, 7th July. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Birthday

My dear Ramesh,

Wish you a happy birthday and many happy returns. I am late . I did not check the Blog last two days.
Ramakrishnan.

Wishes

Dear Ramesh anna,

Wish you a very very Happy birthday.

Akila

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAMESH

Dear Ramesh
We wish you a very Happy Birthday. And we pray for your Happiness and Goodhealth on this day. Many Happy Returns of the Day.
Ramu Sarada

Birthday greetings

Best wishes to Ramesh on his birthday, July 3. Many happy returns.



Vimala and Jayaraman

ARANGETRAM

Ramya/Gayathri,
Saradam and I are very happy that the function went off well in spite of minor hitches. When you had told me that Ramya's feet were full of blisters due to the strenuous practice sessions, we were much worried.
-Ramakrishnan.

Wishing Aditya a very very happy birthday.

Great to hear that Ramya's arangetram went off well. I guess this is what all of us were expecting to hear :)

Happy birthday

Best wishes to Aditya on his birthday today, July 1. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Arangetram

Thank you one & all, for your wishes. The Arangetram yesterday went off well, in that Ramya's dance was good, my voice 'behaved' decently in the 3 items that I sang. There were a few backstage hitches, like- we realised we had not got one piece of Ramya's dance costume & Anuj had to drive all the way back home & fetch it; The special audio system that Ramya had arranged- the main man didn't turn up but sent his assistants instead, & so the final effect was not as good as we wanted. But I think the selected items, the dance & overall standard was good which carried the day.
Sowmya's being here was a great moral & physical support- I don't know what I would have done without her.
We are yet to get the photos & dvd. Will post as soon as we get them.
We are off to Chicago & onward to Durham tomorrow. Clearing up all the stuff at home, returning the many vessels etc that we had borrowed - it is really like the aftermath of a huge wedding! As we had only today for TSS to see Madison, we went around the University Campus, walked down the Monona- Mendota lakes.
Looks like we will be able to relax only after reaching Durham!
Gayathri