Cinnamon & Cardamom

Yes, they are spices. But this story is about dogs. Puppies to be exact. Brothers of the same ugly brown colour that you see on every other stray that suns across the street about to get mowed down. Different in the sense that they were given to my cousin who now treats them with the same reverence that he gives to his Rottweiler. (Called Rocky :p)

Anyways, when i went to his place, the puppies had just arrived and had only been there less than a couple of weeks. And nobody knew what to call them, everyone was debating over their names. So since i was there, i took the liberty of naming them. And i had some brilliant ideas.

Like ciku and durian. or mickey and minnie. you know, matching stuff. like venus and pluto. or parrot and mynah. and of course - cinnamon and cardamom. i mean, sounds great right. then along comes my aunt and she goes like "lets name one of em Kaizer". and i'm like "for what?" cos another cousin used to have a miniature pincher by the name of Kaizer. or was it an alsation? i cant remember. point is - dogs NEED nice names.

And cos of my aunt, now one of em is called cinnamon and the other is Kaizer! i mean, how unmatched is that?

anyways, diwali was good. filled with food, cookies, thosai, food, nei urundai, mangoes, hampers, food (oh wait did mention that already?).. and a bit of blackjack and poker :-)