Indeed, its been a happening week this one - it all started with the news that our son Ashwin has made it to the submarine arm of the Indian Navy! The boy has been dreaming about this for some time now but he knew that it was not going to be easy given that the competition was going to be tough. Out of 16 that made it upto the Medicals in INS Ashwini in Mumbai the numbers were whittled down to 12 because 4 didn't make the cut on Medical grounds. Now it was going to be between the 12 that survived the tough Medicals and it would be upto the Training Officer to decide how many would make it out of the 12 remaining officers. Navy HQ obviously decides how many Submariners would be required in the year and that number was 6 - so out of the 12, only half would make the final cut. It was tension time for Ashwin but in the end all that tension was worth it because the Training Officer was convinced that he deserved to be part of the 6 that would go to Submarine Training School in Vizag for their 6 month submarine induction course in Jan 2010. We are so happy for Ashwin because he got what he wanted but it still beats me why anybody would want to spend the rest of his working life in the Navy under water!!
In the midst of all this important stuff happening in Ashwin's life we got word from a prospective groom's family that they would like to take forward a proposal for our daughter to marry their son! Massive debate erupted at home as to whether Ammu was old enough to be married - she will be 22 in a few days. My argument was that I think it was time for her to be married because she needed to have a slightly older man in her life to keep her feisty nature under control! I know she'll kill me if she reads this but truth must be told! So by my logic if we were to wait till she is older then the guy she marries will be older and may be into his thirties so it would make sense to find a groom for her while she is in her early twenties. Thankfully it seems like she is willing to bite the bullet. Horoscope matches have been done and there is this lad based in Mumbai, son of a Lt. General in the Indian Army who will see her on Sunday 6th Dec and we should have a go - no go decision soon enough!
Its been lovely to see the extended family rally around and call/email Ammu and tell her that she should go into this meeting with an open mind. Loved the way Veena from the UK, Bindu from Bangalore, my Mum from Kottayam, Sunil and his wife Ammu from Kochi, Gopichettan from Mumbai and so many others got in touch with Ammu to get her spirits up. So much so she's raring to go! Fingers crossed, lets see what the coming week has in store for us! Maybe there will be a meeting of minds in Mumbai this Sunday!
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