Noulakaz

The blog of Avinash, Christina, Anya and Kyan Meetoo.

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Happy 50th birthday Avinash

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Dear Avinash,

Anya, Kyan and I wish you an amazing birthday today! Half a century on earth and you’ve already touched the lives of so many people, inspiring all of us to be better at what we do. This is your strength and we can only wish that you keep doing so for many more decades.

To enn dimounn extraordiner. To koz boukou kiksoz serye ek boukou badinaz ousi. To met lazwa dan nou leker. To fer nou danse, sante, riye. Ek sirtou to fer nou reflesi boukou. Pena boukou dimounn kouma twa! Vremem to enn dimounn spesial!

Nou kontan twa boukou boukou boukou!

Joyeux demi-siècle!

Gros bisous de toute la famille!

PS: To celebrate, we had a formidable birthday party (modelled on a chowtari as per Avinash’s wish) with family members. And, one day after, we had dinner in a fine dining restaurant.

Happy 19th birthday Kyan

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For the first time in his life, Kyan is celebrating his birthday without us. He has started his first year of university in the beautiful town of Aix-en-Provence.

We did speak (together with Anya too) and Kyan told us that his friends from Mauritius have planned a group call / birthday celebration with him later today. And he has also told us that his new flatmates will also have something for him.

Christina and I are delighted that Kyan has settled beautifully and that his course in linguistics has started well. Sure, it is not easy to start being independent but, at 19, this is something which all kids should experience. It’s both difficult and exhilarating.

Manz ar li Kyan and have a great time 😊

Celebrating 29 years together!!!

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Today, Christina and I celebrate 29 years of being together (and a little more than 23 years being married). We met in Réunion Island while we were studying and, since then, we’ve always been having fun together.

This morning, we realised that we met when I was barely 21 and she was 19, the exact age our kids are today! This brought back a lot of memories but we also were happy that Anya and Kyan were probably having similar moments without us being helicopter parents and giving them advice (directives?) all day long.

It’s really a wonderful milestone for us and I have to say that Christina has not changed a bit: she is as beautiful (and cool and intelligent) as ever!!!

Looking forward to the next 29 years (at least)!