Secret Santa

A nice group of people had formed in Diu. I wasn't leaving anymore and Hamish had decided to stay. So we all agreed on a Secret Santa for X-Mas day. A limit of 50 to 100 Rs was imposed. This made it harder to think on a gift. However, Diu was full of surprises.

Excitement was among all of us and we expressed it openly. On my case, and those who know me are aware of my apathy towards X-Mas celebrations, I must say it's been the best Christmas in years.

I had to get something for Hamish. I hardly new him, and only knew he was interested in tourism though he had quit from studying that. His clothes were very normal and he seemed suited enough for traveling. Finally, after a lot of thinking, I decided myself for a personalized bike plate which would say: Diu - 2007. In the middle, an Om sign would decorate it in reminder of India and the movie we had seen.

Everyone tried their best and the experience was very fulfilling for all I would say. I got a notebook that would act as a calendar with really nice pics attached to it. Ovi had done it. It was quite obvious it was his, as it was written in Spanish and I had already seen some of the pictures from his camera. He was indeed my Secret Santa, and it wasn't hard at all to discover that.

We had decided we would try to guess who was whose Secret Santa. We opened our gifts one by one, guessing at each turn, though the answer could not be given until the end. The Apana restaurant served as the meeting point were we would have a X-Mas dinner and where, afterwards, Jim, disguised as Santa, with a Santa Claus shinning hat and a coconut beard, would give us our presents.

A good day that started with a X-Mas swim and ended up at a boring Israeli techno party. However, the ending would not mess up the rest of the day, it had been a great one!