Mall to stroll

Another Sunday went like a supersonic flight. A late day at work on Saturday gave an excuse to absent myself from church. So none of us went to church and V instead sat and trimmed the kids' hair.
Thereafter, we took Ash alone to the Abhirami Mega mall in Purusaiwalkam, which someone had told us, had some interesting play areas for kids. Mira was left behind as she was running a slight temperature after her DPT-polio immunisations the previous day. Anyway she wouldnt have enjoyed Abirami Kids World as much as Ash did. For one Rs.70 child ticket and two Rs-40 adult tickets, we were let into the so-called Kidsworld at 12.15 for a 45-min play session involving joy rides on a dragon train going round in circles through a man-made cave, video games, swings, slides, merry-go-rounds and a mini theatre showing a spooky 3-D movie. Only, it was difficult to drag Ash out of the place at 1 pm. when our session was over. There is a more exciting Snow world too for kids alone, but Ash is too young to be let in there without parental supervision.
Unfortunately, we could not take pics as they forbade photography at the mall, except if you pay extra. I almost took a shot of the huge statue of an Egyptian goddess, Isis, before a security guy told me not to. We had chicken noodles and chilli chicken at the Planet Yumm restaurant there.
Altogther, a mediocre, noisy mall with a patronage you wouldnt care to be seen with.

Loyola beckons
After a post-lunch siesta, we decided to go Loyola college for an evening stroll. The Tower Park is too crowded for my liking, I prefer the beautiful, quiet and sprawling college campus for an evening out.
The campus church has been renovated and painted afresh - I preferred the earlier grey exterior, which gave it a more Gothic look. It looks too spic and span now, with a paved courtyard extending upto the grotto of the Virgin Mary.
The maid and Mira sat on the benches near the main building, while we walked up to the LIBA block past the stables and cowsheds. (That's the father-son duo walking towards LIBA.)

We walked back in the twilight, promising as always: next time we will come early and spend more time here.