The trip that was...

Banglore - March 31 to April 2

One night before...

Mahesh: Machan, Friday is a holiday. Are you going home?
Me: Home? You must be kidding! Too far and too little time.
M: I am leaving for chennai... so is Ragesh. What are you going to do over here da?
Me: hmmm... I guess I shall hit Bangalore!

Call up AC
Me: Dude! Are you free for the next 3 days?
AC: Me free... why?
Me: I am landing there tom morning.
AC: Fine. Let me know when to pick you up.
Me: Sure.

Call lasts for less than a min... And my balance is "thankfully" down only by 2 bucks!

Then head towards KM Audi to watch Rags in a skit. It lasts till 1900hrs. Remembered that I did not book my ticket. Reach hostel by 1930. Picked an "important call" that lasted for 30 min.

2000hrs... no idea whether I would catch the bus at 2100hrs. Pack my bag, change my clothes, wash my face, lock my cupboard and leave the hostel by 2010hrs. Kumar gives company. Reach bus stand by 2045. Get a ticket. Roam around. Have dinner. Call up AC and tell him the trip is confirmed. Bus leaves by 2130.

Banglore Trip:

AC sleeping as usual when I reach blr.
Picks me up after a 20 min wait.
Plan to have "BUTTER MASALA DOSA" for breakfast at a place which I miss a lot. Never did. *sniff* *sniff*
On the hunt for prospectus from schools for AC's sis.
Suddenly make plans of hitting Mysore. Decided we would leave in an hour.

CRASH... SPARKS... Me superman... OLD AUNTY-ALMOST BROKEN LEG.
Maya kisses the tarmac for the first time. AC glides on the road. I crash into an unsuspecting AUNTY on the RING ROAD.
Get TT and bandages... Maya has an inverted 7 on her hood.

Plan delayed by 1 hour. Still leave for Mysore though AC's dad was pissed about it.
3.5 hrs of boring journey... some people would just not give up sleep.
Reach Mysore by 1830hrs.
Checked into a hotel after a lot of halla-gulla about them photographing us. What do they think we are... slayers... naa, Devils...? YA!!
St. Philomena church is the first stop.
Spend a few min in prayer and then hit the road again.
AC gives 20 instead of 30 to the auto guy... me end up paying 40 for that after a small scene created there.
Nice dinner. "Andhra Pappu" after a long time.
Load ourselves for the night.
AC takes it light.
2230. I get the kick. Speak some cricket GYAN! AC wants to sleep.
Leave him at peace, though I hated it!!
"Baba Sikandar se panga lene ke saza bahut bhari padti hai, bache. Apne baap ki ke huei galiti phir se mat kar." Typical "MITHUN" da dialogue in EALAN. Watch TV till god knows when before I doze of... the kick finally drops dead.


New day. New hopes. Up by 0630hrs. Got used to getting up early after a party night. (Hostel training.. make it to first hour!)Dress up and leave by 0730 hrs. Breakfast.
Chamundi hills.
Some "thinking stuff" on top of the hills.
Back down. Another bus trip and some ppl can just not stop sleeping!!!
Back to St. Philomena for some snaps...
Catch a bus back to Blr.
Started well. Made life miserable for a few. Some light moments. Some laughs here and there.
A "HYDRABADI KUR-KHURE" to spice up the moment.
I finally shut my mouth. My efforts to keep ppl from sleeping go in vain. SLEEPYHEAD!
An act of sleep... though it did not make me sleep! *sniff*

Blr by 1445 hrs.
Dad calls and says he is blr and wants to meet up. Rendezvous Point "Forum" at 1525hrs.
One bottle of NIKE deo on me... some went into my mouth to eliminate the smell of "things that cannot be named".
Meet dad for 10 min. Get some cash and my SUMMER INTERNSHIP certificate.
Wait for someone for over an hour outside forum... never to turn up. Eat a late lunch...
Back home.
Meet LALI at BMS. Some hot discussions over a cold orange juice.
Sponsored dinner but ended up paying for it.
Back home watch NUMB3RS!
Try calling VODKA but then thought she would be fast asleep. So drop the plan.
AC snoring to glory. Hit the bed at 0230hrs.


LAST DAY AT BLR!

Leave house at 1000 after packing everything.
Meet "frustrated" Shu 'cause we made her wait for half an hour.
Breakfast at "Dosa Corner".
Say hi! to baby cross... (Sorry... INFANT JESUS!)
Visit Shu's house and a wonderful HOME LUNCH over some random talk.
Visit random places.
Say hi to MADHAVAN's park.
Search for AC and find him blowing his top.
Use the principle of "DIVIDE and RULE".
Embarrassments, lots of dumb talk, but VICTORIOUS in the end.
Visit couz at airport road... AC has a crush on her.
MEGABOWL... too long a wait. Got to catch my bus in another 1.5 hrs.
Search for a pub which never existed.
Search in a RESIDENTIAL AREA!
More random roaming... reminds me of "ringa ringa roses... One person’s patience falls DOWN."
Lots of heat.
Finally try to chill at CORNER HOUSE.
I guess I spoke a lot... someone gets too frustrated and keeps her strawberry shake down in protest.
Keep my mouth shut after that.
Drool over a "DEATH BY CHOCOLATE".
Somebody once told me that "no one can complete it alone... I DID IT!! (I guess it was VODKA!) In record time.
More heat as we sit down to eat. Could see vapors on a person's head.
Get a little pissed but then... PLAY ALONG!
Time to tear through the traffic... shu following closely.
Waste a MAL due to AC.
Hit the bus stand just in time.
Some final snaps... too pissed off by then. The fact that I was leaving civilization added to it.
Some weird bye-bye. I think I said... "Thanks for coming”!@#$%
A final HUG!
A MAL on behalf of some one.
A MAL in the memory of someone.
Sit in the bus and send a few “I am sorry!" msg.
Sleep!!!