I had the best day. I went on a day trip to Nandi Hills which is around 2 hours from the city. We went with an NGO which has children boarding with them from Monday to Friday which are from the streets/slums; it is a mixed school boys and girls age ranging from 4-16 years. So as you can imagine the day was going to be eventful with 52 children and 15 adults!!! I got to work to find the office (9 other people) screeching "Happy Birthday" to me at the top of their voices, which was great. I got my cards and lots of sweets and then our journey began. Now in India the motto is "always expect the unexpected" if you live by this then its all good. So all 10 of us clambered into a mini van - I was sitting in the boot! They then all broke into "Happy Birthday" at the top of their voices! Finally after many traffic jams we arrived to pick up the children and off we all went. We arrived and were given 3 children to be responsible for. My girls were great. We walked around and they told me the whole history of the temple. We then walked to the top and all 71 of us had our picnic lunch!!! We then sat around in the circle and played games and sang songs. All in all, it was a fab day.
Tuesday I was so tired from my long day the day before so I just wanted to chill at work but then Divya told me she was feeling ill and asked me to go to the coffee shop with her. I of course said yes, as I walked in the rest of the office was already there it was a surprise birthday party for myself and our boss (his birthday was on Wednesday). They had put balloons and banners up and we had the hugest cake ever that said "Surprise Zara & Vishal". We then had a little tea party with sandwiches and crisps and cake - all in all a fab morning!!!