Lilly Singh Instagram – Flew home to Toronto for 72 hours to surprise my mom and family. What are your family parties like? 👇🏽 My mom called me multiple times over the past couple weeks trying to convince me to fly back home for my Pooa’s (aunts) birthday party. I told her I couldn’t because I had so many upcoming travels, which is true. She reluctantly understood. But then two weeks ago, I decided to say EFF IT and booked a flight. I woke up at 4am, flew to Toronto, got myself to my parents house and FaceTimed them. I said, “mom I’m at a really cute place right now, look!” I flipped the screen around and watched with amusement as my mom and dad both starred at an a image of their house with utter confusion. I waited a whole minute for them to comprehend but they didn’t. Finally I said, “I’m outside bro!!” Later I found out that they thought I was showing them something made with AI 🥹 Last night was the party and honestly, it was pure soul food. So much of us live life online, curating the best moments of our day, worried about what people think and trying to put on the slightest facade. And that’s cool from time to time, but there’s nothing quite like sitting with people you love, doing nothing but being imperfect and living in the moment. Sure famous DJs are cool but have you ever played Antakshari with a bunch of competitive aunties? All my Bollywood training leads me to these moments (see slide 5). A few highlights from yesterday: •I had Gol Guppay after so long and ate 10 🤤 •seeing my aunties react to me surprising them. If you didn’t know, my aunties call themselves The Fun Gang (what’s app group certified) and my favourite thing is surprising them 😱 •I handle the bartending and DJing and I take my jobs very seriously #vibesdirector it is my #1 duty to ensure O Tina O Tina plays in full force whenever my sister @thetinasingh is on the dance floor 💃🏽 •ending the night with no music, no dancing and just an hour of conversation, recounting old memories (like the time my cousin and I were stuck inside a bouncy castle that was deflating…) 🏰 I’m so grateful for this life, these people and feeling so much love ❤️