Chasing the Banana Leaf !!

For the last few months I have been waiting for today cos today is Onam!! No I have no inclined towards the Kerala tribe in Abbasiya but the thing is that I just love festivals with the colors and the chaos associated!! The general spirit of people going around happy and smiling dressing up in nice clothes!! Yes I know!! My inner child has woken up again but I can’t help it!!! And with festival comes food!! But this I was once instance I was not happy about the food but on what I was going to eat it on!! See I was sick and tired of eating in plastic disposables plates!! I wanted that disposable plates of India!! The ones made of leaves!! Anyways after I heard that I would be served on a banana leaf my excitement knew no bounds!! I was super duper happy and my Malu knowledge bank Vinod told me in Onam somehow they get hold of Banana leaves and serve food on them. So a week ago when Vinod told me about today I made absolutely no plans and decided to go thr for my Banana Leaf festival Onam!! Well it’s not exactly banana leaf festival but for me it represented that!! I told my Mom, my fiancé and tons of others people about my excitement to eat on a banana leaf!! So after work I got ready in the evening called Shine of our artists for Mandala Project!! He was also super excited about this!! We both had planned to make it an amazing culinary Onam!! Sending it psy style!! Anyways when I went to pick up Shin it was already late and he was no where to be seen and then I decided to visit his hostel!! Unfortunately after waiting for half an hour I got pissed and left cos the Banana leaf beckoned or rather called me in a very very sweet voice!! I had a bad feeling that I would even devour the banana leaf!! :P But once I reached the fucking traffic in Malu country (ABASSIYA) I was shocked by the number of people on the street !! And all dressed for Onam!! So me, Vinod and Noel his friend headed to Neema Hut cos Vinod had specifically booked three meals and paid in advance!! And then bomb fell on us!!

The FAT Seth said that “SAARI SAAR!! NO MORE BANANA LEAFS LEFT!!! “
My make belief world of banana leaves came crashing down!! Even Vinod saw the sadness in my eyes and said don’t worry Joe we can do it next year!! He didn’t realize how much I had actually waited for this!! So we had parathas and chicken on plates!!! NORMAL PLATES!! :( And the owner of the places actually tried to cheer me up with Lassi !! Any other given day this would have actually cheered me up!! After dinner me and Vinod devoured single serving tubs of Mango Ice cream!! I think he is the only guy who I have seen eating like an animal and coming back for more!! He actually once dipped Kaju Barfi in Fish Curry and ate it!! Yuck!! Anyways after the disappointing dinner I headed back to home but somehow I had a sense of fulfillment!! I really don’t know how to name it but somehow the whole ordeal left me happy with an inner glow I really can’t explain!! Maybe it was the whole process of chasing after the Banana Leaf which made this experience memorable!! All in all a good night which ended with an amazing chat with Soni!!

It’s been ages since I have written cos of the whole work load and such but in recent times I have had some issues and also it was killing me!! Well waiting for a set of results!! And hoping that they are good!! Anyways besides that there are a lot of things which have been going!! Last month was Sawaan and you know it’s as if God is testing me!! Last few months I didn’t have a decent party and suddenly everything is happening in this month with almost tons of parties thrown and me playing in all of them and not drinking at all! And also since the day I have started fasting I have had such amazing opportunities to eat like an animal in some good restaurants which the company pays that it’s actually feels like an opportunity lost!! But now I feel that somehow it will be all worthwhile!! Somehow I feel that there is a sunrise at the horizon after the dark days!! Somehow I feel everything will be fine!! I am not super duper religious and such but I do believe there is a supreme power and that we as human beings need someone to look upto!! As human beings we require the help of the almighty to help in every possible manner!! Being self sufficient is not always enough!! You need to have that certain belief in divine power!! Anyways I am just waiting for something good to happen eventually!! And hoping that everyone prays for me!! Cos I really need it !!

Normality

By Paulo Coelho :

I decided to conduct a survey anmong my friends about what society considers to be normal behavior. What follows is a list I have made of some of the absurd situations we face in day-to-day life, just because society sees them as normal.

What society considers ‘normal’:

1] Anything that makes us forget our true identity and our dreams and makes us only work to produce and reproduce.

2] Making rules for a war (the Geneva Convention).

3] Spending years at university and then not being able to find a job.

4] Working from nine in the morning to five in the afternoon at something that does not give us the least pleasure, so that we can retire after 30 years.

5] Retiring only to discover that we have no more energy to enjoy life, and then dying of boredom after a few years.

6] Using Botox.

7] Trying to be financially successful instead of seeking happiness.

8] Ridiculing those who seek happiness instead of money by calling them “people with no ambition”.

9] Comparing objects like cars, houses and clothes, and defining life according to these comparisons instead of really trying to find out the true reason for being alive.

10] Not talking to strangers. Saying nasty things about our neighbors.

11] Thinking that parents are always right.

12] Getting married, having children and staying together even though the love has gone, claiming that it’s for the sake of the children (who do not seem to be listening to the constant arguments).

13] Criticizing everybody who tries to be different.

14] Waking up with a hysterical alarm-clock at the bedside.

15] Believing absolutely everything that is printed.

16] Wearing a piece of colored cloth wrapped around the neck for no apparent reason and known by the pompous name “necktie”.

17] Never asking direct questions, even though the other person understands what you want to know.

18] Keeping a smile on your face when you really want to cry. And feeling sorry for those who show their own feelings.

19] Thinking that art is worth a fortune, or else that it is worth absolutely nothing.

20] Always despising what was easily gained, because the “necessary sacrifice” – and therefore also the required qualities – are missing.

21] Following fashion, even though it all looks ridiculous and uncomfortable.

22] Being convinced that all the famous people have tons of money saved up.

23] Investing a lot in exterior beauty and paying little attention to interior beauty.

24] Using all possible means to show that even though you are a normal person, you are infinitely superior to other human beings.

25] In any kind of public transport, never looking straight into the eyes of the other passengers, as this may be taken for attempting to seduce them.

26] When you enter an elevator, looking straight at the door and pretending you are the only person inside, however crowded it may be.

27] Never laughing out loud in a restaurant, no matter how funny the story is.

28] In the Northern hemisphere, always wearing the clothes that matchthe season of the year: short sleeves in springtime (however cold it may be) and a woolen jacket in the fall (no matter how warm it is).

29] In the Southern hemisphere, decorating the Christmas tree with cotton wool, even though winter has nothing to do with the birth of Christ.

30] As you grow older, thinking you are the wisest man in the world,even though not always do you have enough life experience to know what is wrong.

31] Going to a charity event and thinking that in this way you have collaborated enough to put an end to all the social inequalities in the world.

32] Eating three times a day, even if you’re not hungry.

33] Believing that the others are always better at everything: they are better-looking, more resourceful, richer and more intelligent.Since it’s very risky to venture beyond your own limits, it’s better to do nothing.

34] Using the car as a way to feel powerful and in control of the world.

35] Using foul language in traffic.

36] Thinking that everything your child does wrong is the fault of the company he or she is keeping.

37] Marrying the first person who offers you a position in society.Love can wait.

38] Always saying “I tried”, even though you haven’t tried at all.

39] Putting off doing the most interesting things in life until you no longer have the strength to do them.

40] Avoiding depression with massive daily doses of television programs.

41] Believing that it is possible to be sure of everything you have won.

42] Thinking that women don’t like football and that men don’t like interior decoration.

43] Blaming the government for everything bad that happens.

44] Being convinced that being a good, decent and respectful person means that the others will find you weak, vulnerable and easy to manipulate.

45] Being convinced that aggressiveness and discourtesy in treating others are signs of a powerful personality.

46] Being afraid of fibroscopy (men) and childbirth (women).

47] And finally, thinking that your religion is the sole proprietor of the absolute truth, the most important, the best, and that the other human beings in this immense planet who believe in any other manifestation of God are condemned to the fires of hell

Joys of getting Lost ! !

I am sick and tired of work and work and work !! So today I decided to travel and get lost!! And since I don’t have anything else to do and people being soo busy I decided to travel to somewhere at least get out of home! Now I didn’t wanna do the usual stuff again!! You know shisha and such so decided to just drive randomly into the desert!! Kept driving and driving!! Was bored as had spent the whole morning working on the Mandala Project and doing calculation and such was really getting to me!! Just needed a escape so went all crazy!! And since everyone was busy doing something I loaded some good Psy onto the USB and got some water and headed out!! After driving the usual roads and getting a bit out of the city I headed randomly and I started getting lost! That’s when I enjoyed the whole travel!! And since I had no certain destination just used to stop in the middle of the road and look around!! I saw some amazing things!! Huge bird house!! HUGE!! And camels!! And drove off into the middle of nowhere!! All the while listening to Pari’s music he had given on my previous trip to India!! Its just gave me time to clear my head made me think if Kuwait was bigger country I would have surely driven off into the wild on a regular basis and also now when back in India I know I can do the same !! Also the Force Motors Gurkha Black Beauty is already in my sights and really contemplating getting one of those for me!! J But summing up everything I loved the whole trip!! Made me clear my head and I came home feeling relaxed as I should be on a Friday afternoon!!

Happiness !! my trip to India albeit a very short one !!

Happiness is a state of mind or feeling such as contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. How easily it has been defined! But the last few days have been amazing!! When u know you are going to meet the one u madly love in a few hours!! When u get that first kiss after such a long time !! The first hug!! The sleeping on your shoulder!! The long drives !! The happiness in a smile , in sharing dinner !! It was all beautiful!! From the friendly smiles by Sanjay, Pari and Damu !! I felt this peace and happiness I never felt before!! The beach the sand in between your toes!! To spend restless night in the arms of the one you love!! WOW!! And meeting the to be in-laws was even more amazing!! After the uncomfortable silence they were amazing people who loved me for what I was!! For what their daughter had chosen!! Amazing that people can be soo caring and loving and I am proud that I am going to be part of that family!! And finally when I reached Mumbai it was an amazing experience to finally meet Deepali!! Amazing trip!! Thank you Damu and Pari!! Sanjay big Namaskar!! And Soni I love u more than anything else in this world!!You somehow have defined happiness in my life and the above definition will never justify it ! !

My Bank Card !!

Recently i have been posting pics more than writing cos basically not getting the time !!!:) But this is something which i had to put to explain how difficult my name is and why I stick to "Joey" or "JOJO" ...... I bet a lot of people don't even know till date that my name is Subhayou Nayak .... And my Bank people went one step ahead and ruined it even more. So go ahead have a laugh at my expense !! I always do whenever I withdraw money !!

My first try at buying something like this !!

I know I am not alone !!

Last night i finally took the time off to watch this movie and was really turned by the idea to do something like this ...... maybe someday !! helping people !! Especially loved the way the Israeli soldier at the Green Line said

" Do you think i want to be here ??? "

" Do you think i don't want to be at home for three weeks ??"

"I like my home.I want to be with my mother,my sister,my brother"

"They love me . I don't want to be here !!!"

"I do this for one reason. Because I love my country !!"

" I want my mother to go to work and not die. I want my sister to go to school and not be scared"

Amazing stuff

If you wanna buy the DVD here is the link

http://www.iknowimnotalone.com/

Another 11th April !!

Happy Birthday to me !!

For me happiness is defined as the little moments of joys from the small things. And since I sit alone in my room writing this blog and drinking some disgusting alcohol which is worse than alcohol you must have tried I wonder am I really happy?? I have A good pay, work in the time of recession, a home, company paid car blah blah blah!! Why am I not fucking happy!! Why is that everyday I wake up and feel I would throw it all away for happiness!! Happy Fucking Bday to me !!

JUNIORS and SENIORS

I have had some of the best juniors in the world!!! And I am really happy when one of them called me yesterday out of the blue!! Just to say hi!! !I mean my seniors I am still in touch with most of them and they taught me sooooo much and have been there since the ups and downs!!! And now I did exactly what they taught me with my juniors!! I just wanted to be one of those seniors who was a good guy amongst his juniors someone they might remember!! And most of them do!!! They also remember me as the guys who used to get drunk and pass the bottle around!! Anyways last night Ayush called me suddenly out of the blue and it was amazing since was kindaa down and needed some human touch!! And this I guess was it!! Really nice on his part!! He’s doing well and we talked about the good old times!! There have been tons of juniors I can’t forget and writing all their names would mean hurting others whom I forget so let’s just remember the time the whole gang came over to meet me in Bangalore!! And the time when I went back and they went crazy drunk with me!! The good times with my juniors something I won’t forget!!! Amazing!! And also my seniors also!! Recently I read blog about a certain vehicle which was part of my life in College and not my Honda VFR 400 RR…. It was something less intimidating!! But I can never forget the time we rode it wherever we went!! And also the rooms I used to invite myself to steal those laddoo’s when I was in college on B block!! Amazing!! I wish I could go back to those days!! Touché to those amazing seniors and juniors who made my life so amazing!!

Our English Teachers!!

This was during my placement classes in college!! I hated going for them as they were really boring and also no enthusiasm. But then I just started going randomly for this girl I wanted to see!! Her name was Archana Taunk. Oh God what a big mistake that was !!!:P Anyways coming back I joined Group 1 I think it was called and we had an amazing time there !! Let me give you an instance.

Amrita Mam: Ok what is the one thing which a woman expects from a man to make her happy??

Class: Vague Answers

Amrita Mam: Ok Try Again

Class including me: Vague Answers

Amrita Mam: Do you guys want a hint??

Class: Yes!!! (In chorus)

Amrita Mam: It starts with the letter “S”.

Me: Hee heheheh ehehehe (Giving the dirtiest grin on the planet in the first bench of the class.)

Amrita Mam: No Jojo, it’s not what you think it is. It’s sensibility.

Class: hahahahaha hohohoho hahahahohohoh (Laughing their heads off)

Jojo: Bullshit its Sex (Inside my head!!!)

Anyways this was how the classes continued and there was a mutual dislike for Mr. Shastri (my local guardian) :P which the teachers didn’t show but the subtle signs were ever present. And also I never attended the Math’s classes. Didn’t like the idiot who taught me cos once I was late and I asked if I could come in and he said no you cant and I said fine no problem and left.

Well after such a long time I actually had the opportunity to speak to one of them recently. Amrita Mam actually…..It was amazing noting that these people were the ones who made us grow into what we are!! Amrita,Suchi,Alpita !!! And I know not many people might remember them but at least I know they left a mark in the lives of people at least the ones whom I know!! Interesting is the fact that they did with such ease that it left me wondering is his what they have been sent to do …. I mean I have never seen them get angry or anything and they were very calm!!! Too calm actually …. Hmmmmm Anyways they are the best people to have around you when you know you wanna some moral boost or even a kind listening ear. Kudos to these knights in shining armor!! ….

Trainspotting !!

“Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life . . . But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life: I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who need reasons when you’ve got heroin?”

Amazing words which haunt till you are done with the movie !!! I watched it maybe for the 50th time last night and these words haunt if you really grasp the true meaning and symbolism in them. But it differs from person to person on what message they decide to choose from this !!

LDR

Being in a long distance relationship sucks big time!! Your mood swings become a almost everyday thing!! Chats become longer and boring and you wanna do much more than just saying how much you love your better half and how much you wanna be with them! You keep discussing what you will do and where u will travel when u will return or meet up… It really get frustrating when the most you can do is talk on the phone or online…And it gets worse if both of you are busy people who have to be here and there at any given point of time. And so the saga continues. But in my case this relationship is really important to me. And Its working out splendidly but being the asshole that I am I just lose my cool a few days and I cant control my emotions and lash out!! I don’t know what to do I just get frustrated!! And now as I sit in office I just feel I wish I was in India!! Somehow money doesn’t make a difference when u r all sad and down but looking at the world scenario quitting and then looking for a job doesn’t make sense!! So here I sit doing nothing and writing this blog agonizing and counting the days till I return to India!!! L

Weird Night !!

Ok its almost 5:30 in the morning and I feel as if there isn’t much to do but last night was one of “those” nights !!! Crazy would be an understatement!! I wouldn’t call it exciting either!! Let me see now first we started with me returning from work and then heading to Salmiya and picked up Nigel, Chinmay, Calen and someone else!! We were supposed to be at a party where I was playing for one of Nigel’s friend!! Well first things first!!! We were late as hell due to the fact that the party was in the basement in some obscure neighborhood of Mishref!! And the brilliant planning of these people failed to make them realize that speakers are required to be picked up early but yet after an hour of their party being started they realize that the speakers are not there !! Also we had to get the speakers which again took sometime from Joseph who lived on the third floor of a building with no lift!! And those huge speakers! And then on to the lights and all that!! At Venue everyone had an attitude and all that!! Huge guys with even huger egos who I guess never did a shred of work in their lives!! After setting up all the equipment and playing for some time I realized this is gonna be a shitty party with no one least interested to enjoy themselves !! All had come just to drink!! And to add to the woes I hardly knew anyone and the few people who knew me had abandoned me to go drinking as well!! So I went outside and had a smoke chilled didn’t go inside again!! By this time Shaun and Benson also had shown up! And cutting things short the party was almost winding up and then suddenly the girls parents went to the basement and saw all the drunken bastards!!Oh from there onwards things just kept going bad!! From what I heard later on he did hit a few guys when he reached down and well let’s just say things didn’t go well. Moreover after all of this Vivek had passed out in the basement!!! So somehow we got him into the car!! And drove off and then after 10 mins in the middle of Mishref he started puking like a crazy person!! Eventually somehow we made it to Salmiya and dropped them off at a place called Khandar!! And then me and Chinmay moved to have a good dinner and then to Monty’s!! And after meeting Benson and Shaun and Nigel!! And after having an amazing Cocktail !! headed back home after dropping the speakers at Shaun’s home and here I am writing this blog !! Well it was a really bad night especially after the night before that!!! But things will turn around. It always does !!!

Much needed Break !!

Well the day started with me returning home and then thinking what to do !! I had called Venky earlier and he said they would be out by 6:30 which was fine cos I had to finish some work. And after consultation we decided that I would get Jumbo !! Now the Terios is not that bad a vehicle it’s just very very small!! But moving on I knew there were going to be quite few of us so after we all crammed ourselves in near Al-Raya we headed to Skyzone!! And the pool games began!! And it was soo normal as if we were not in a hopeless country of misery!! Actually felt we were free of all that just a few guys enjoying the night !! After Venky had finished two HUGE plates of French fries and we finished playing we all headed back to the Terios and hit Kuwait Magic which was fine by me !! Venky in thirst for the ultimate vegetarian pleasure indulged in a cup full of chocolate syrup and cornflakes!! And moved on to the new cheesy nachos from Burger King !! Which I loved as well!! Well after that we headed to the beach and popped a bottle of Rum!! And it was yummy as hell!! And I actually mean yummy!!! With the KFC bucket between us the cold beach air and the hard core ribbing of Vivek by calling him “Gossip Girl” it actually felt that it was one of those laid back nights I had needed for some time now!! And thanks to all the guys who made it possible!! A night thanks to gang from FAIPS !!

Well its pretty much official and almost everyone who is everyone know about me tying to knot in December 2010!! Well I can’t wait and neither can she!! And with the work pressure at the office increased and also the MBA starting up I have been away from the blog for some time now!! Anyways I know I have to buy a ring and the last month since Mom and Dad have been away to India doing the whole breaking the news to the relatives thing I was chilling in Kuwait with some of the old gang members and searching for one!! It’s really great how every time my parents leave for India I tend to have more fun!! Anyways I have been looking around for a ring and somehow stumbled across this picture online!! And I was totally amazed by how clever it was!! Also I loved the whole technical aspect I mean the two rings locking in!!! Amazing that someone made something so simple yet so beautiful!! Even if not for my wedding but I am surely getting something like this for sure!!

VERYVERY VERY OLD BLOGS !!!!:P

i am writin in a call to all music lovers .... life with music ... let me tell u about how i feel its something that has driven me from to a shrink to a world where i make my own rules not someone who has grinded his head studying dr lector for 8 years ... well i dont know if any of u have this thing but somehow i have associated music with every part of life...the influence of music in my life .. like the first cd i brought was of peter andre and spent the whole day listening to " all night all right " the first cassette was something of janet jackson ... thanks to dad i listened to abba and begees and of the heavy dose of the old desi numbers ... oh well now coming back i remember the drives i took with dad listening to " suhana safar" on a dark road .. the first time i took stole dads car and listened to "the rokafeller skank " by the great fat boy slim ... tht incidentally was the song i was listening when i drove the car over a divider .. also top of the pops when" dil bole ole ole"was the top and also there was "tu cheez badi hai mast mast" also when i had my first crush the song was " kehte hain jisko mohabbat woh ho tum" ... that was from grahan ....second one was iris ..by gogo dolls well the first moved to many more but there are a few which i wont forget ... there was this song called " only love can break your heart " form the soundtrack of big daddy by white folx and everlast ......then there was "kitni akeli" ," chandneein raatein" and some other favourite .....the times when i used to come to india and listen to junoon and the driver used to think that i was muslim and said so ....when i used to listen to samantho fox courtesy one of my cousins .... then when i had the time in keonjhar i was on a diet of nirvana, limp bizkit thnks to my chacha cos he somehow found those cassetes then there was the "max" life ...u know the max series 1234567 a mix of songs ... then i had somehow started to listen to everything ...yaa also listened to a lot of hindi like there was this movie with lisa ray and aftab something man those songs played everywhere also there was "raaz" my god those songs used to kill me but there was no one to help me fron this agony and then i listened to all india radio for some time cos mausi hosted there ( thanx for everything mausi" ..... then to bhubaneshwar in the pg i lived in i got a good diet of eiffel 65 , tiesto and a hell lot of trance then to the college.... here i got the most important thing i needed " internet" then i was stricken and feel in love for the first time listening to eminem and limpbizkit i still dont know how :D man then there was the time when she went away and i listened to" woh dheere dheere" by abhijeet cos i was at my chachas place and that was all that came on tv ....the frustration was killing me ...then i broke up all i listened to was "cry me a river " by justin timberlake ... then GOD decide to intervene in my musical taste and i got my first break .... i started playing at swosti plaza.. like someone said " GOD is the dj and the world is his dance floor " .... songs i distinctly remember were aisa jaddoo , its the time to disco and dhoom( i hate the last one from the bottom of my heart ) .... there was other thing i can never forget ....there was this regular at the disc and he used to make this very gryoscopic movement with his hips on the dil dooba number ... time came when i met one of my frnds who now is a star of an mms clip these dayz she and me listened to" yeah" by usher and 5o cent "in da club"and " candy shop" that was some good times then we moved to herbal life .... listened to all the trance i9 could get my hands on and some very heavy duty goa also ..there was buddha bar nd some extreme lounge hit me like a cold refreshing wave ..once highi used to call didi and ask her the lyrics to that number from caravan " aaj phir jeene ki tammana hai "..anywayz when i joined mayfair( thats where i work these dayz for the uninformed ) i had the support of a lot of people like my boss and my manager and some very nice regulars who let me play whatver i wanted to " ( thank GOD) .. i treated many people who listened to kucch kucch hota hai and nadeem sharvan to a weekly dose of limpbikit , sasha ,prodigy and linkin park and a lot more .. with a sprinkle of tiesto , paul van dyk etc .... then there was the time when i saw triple x and loved rammstein..... already i was listening to so much music that i thought tht there is nothing or no band which can create a new genre there but along came incubus , creed and flypside blew my doubts away the likes of suketu, aqeel,raghav,rishi rich,jay sean,talvin singh,nasha and the likes are kicking gora and firangi butts all over the world ... man music is something drives people to be what we are ....bad music can kill the mood " amma dekh" can make guy and grls grind themselves all night bhangra rocks as in rdb .... there was dus bahane which was the anthem ....then came luka chupi , lovely kailash kher , there was sooo much i listened to .... pakistanis like strings , ali zaffar and shezaad roy tell us that u can u can hate the country but u can still love the music .....please whenever anyone of you is down or out or jus wanna to chill call me i will prepare the perfect deadly chemical combination and serve it with the right touch till then dont stop till you drop

p.s please listen to mylo- drop the pressure and please if anyone gets the sound track of big daddy i will do anything to get it

Old blogs forgotten on my previous account !! ( The Crazy ass Puri trip with the Bad Boys of Corridor "c")

Monday, February 13, 2006

ok now i woke up thinking how the hell am i gonna get to puri in the evening for my show over there at sterling resorts my god ... my cousins frnd who was supposed to get me had an " incident " but wht the hell it was a sunday and i would get a ride there was where i was totally mistaken i didnt want to go alone somehow jus didnt feel like it ( later on i realised tht was an excellent decision )then i jus kept asking everyone can someone drop me in puri ....everyone had engagements and also there was this bitwise contest ... but wht the hell i said i got hold on thomas and told "chalega puri " and i thought why waste a perfectly payed for vehicle jus for me ... so thts how this adventure began well to cut to the chase i convinced a few of my companions to join me in this journey to the unknown .... well actually it didnt take a lot of convincing .. but ok so somehow we got ourselves together and with provisions such as whisky and coke we were on the way to puri with a very interesting halt for grub now let me describe it in detail .... we had malpua and dalma .. malpua is a sweet roti kinda thing dipped in sugary syrup with dalma which is kind of a dal .... yes a proper dal yellow and everything ... well it was awesome and then we reached puri ... now people who been there shd know the light house well i was supposed to work at least 3 kms from there... so after searching a lot we actually found it .. had i gone alone i would have gone crazy people in puri say the resort is the end of the world ... well after that it was the usual marwari shaadi with only HINDI songs so really isnt much to talk except for a guy asking for " baharoon phool barsaon " :) well music is a universal language and the party rocked till arnd 12 ...then it was back to home well thts was what i thought but the fates had something else in store we stopped at this dhaba madhuban ....the food was gr8 and thts wehn i opened my first bottle well after standing and playing for 7 hrs a guy needs a drink ... so after a good meal and an awesome number of drinks we made our way back also me and ameet did some very graphic drwngs on the road while liberating ourselves with the consumed liquids ... there after i conked out and woke up at the hostel gate where the guard looked at me and said bhaiya aap theek toh hain ... well this was one of the best trips in the last few months so i jus had to write abt it i think it will take me some time to get out of the hangover of this trip

Old Blogs forgotten on my previous account !!!

guys in the hostel !!!!! crazy,creatures of the night,disgusting,dirty,filthyetc etc well the things is i am gonna leave this place in a few months where i wont have anyone ... no one to ask for a cig. early in the morning ,. no one to ask for a 10 bucks when u dont have change at some place ... no one to talk to when u r trying to explain them why u couldnt show up for class for the whole bloody semester ( i still think its because i didnt like the classes) ... no one to pay for the movie tickets.. no one to get absolutely drunk with and get stoned with .. no one to wake u up for the all important semester sessionals ... draw those ed drwngs ..no one to get you that dinner u missed when u r stuck in bed after that crippling accidnt .. no one to joke about how stupid the college is ... no one to watch movies with ...no one to tell wht u did all day..no one to steal food from at 3 in the night ..no one to ask for a lift to college .. no one to help u make the chits for the exam ..no one to help u clean the room no one to TALK to...life will go on hell went thru school which wasnt a blast ..but more than missing college i will miss my hostel the most .... i dread to think about what i will do .... i alwayz depend a lot on my frnds actually i had had a lot of frnds and my part time job helped me socialize a lot ....peole who r smarter than my circle of frnds well not only smarter but a lot of other things but BUT i love my frnds for what they are ..i know everyone says it ... and trust me i know quite a few who live becos of frnds ... hell i am one of them ... i alwayz agree with someone who said that relatives are by force frnds by choice .. ...anywayz its jus i will miss you guys like anything and the last party is something i am waiting to get drunk at ... since u guys havent been able to do that since i have joined college

Ok its time I actually tell everyone why I gave up music and took up a job as a sales guy !! I was selfish!! And I wanted to do other things !! I have huge ambitions and somehow I felt that being a DJ I could fulfill them but not at the pace that I was going!! My dad has been a gem of a guy and he supported me a lot but I just couldn’t ask him for money anymore!! I had worked for almost a year and a half and I had not saved anything! I just thought if this continued and I kept going at this pace what would happen!! ??? Actually it was the time I was always dead broke also!! And I agree there are a lot of DJ’s who made it and are rocking it but there are tons who didn’t make it and end up with a call center job!! I mean I wanted to be successful and couldn’t wait and also there was a time that I thought that being a DJ was all I wanted. But things change people change and so did I. And I never blame anyone except myself!! I guess I didn’t have the courage and compromised and made it well!! This doesn’t mean that people who want music as their central career haven’t done so!!???And they really had it in them!! I didn’t!! But what really mattered is on the way to finding this conclusion I had some amazing times time which I know not many people can forget!! And I doled out some good music and was good at it !! But las year someone said something which really pissed me off!! He was like dude I play like crazy and have a good time and u just went for the money!! I told him “dude” what u earn in a year is the amount of money I make in 2 months so that works for me!! I might be materialistic but somehow I am happy!! And also I am tired of running around!! And I am good at my job and doing well so regrets there!!Buts sometimes when I hear some “Dj’s” play I feel sad cos I know I am better than them!! And I have a neat Pioneer setup at home!!!:P so the music still flows at times !!!:)

Thank you NOTE !!

Ok I realized if I sit and write thanks for each and everyone I don’t think I can get any work done so I am going to just add one liners instead !! And no Maya I am not going to get bored and give up this!! I am going to complete it!! So here goes my HUGE THANK YOU NOTE

Abhishek Bhuyan: For the being the best of friends and tolerating my nonsense over the years at 2A and being there.

Abhishek Agrawal: For teaching me the joy of enjoying Marwari food.

Achint Agarwal: High times.

Abhishek Pandey: For making me understand the joy of enjoying cricket.

Anshuman Dubey: For helping me out during college and not expecting his calculator back!!

Aditya Kaushik: Those oh so righteous conversations over all periods of time.

Anshuman Patra: For his Pyaar(P.R.)

Abhishek Pati : Brotherly love always.

Ashwin(Nookie) : For the psy sets and the trip to Kanakpura.

Afrana Syiemlieh: For being the sweetheart and the huge hugs and welcome back feeling.

Anil Sahoo: For the Bacardi and being there in the hostel in the last few days. Big Hug !!

Aminesh Kumar Jena: For those amazing times near the juice parlor.

Abhishek Dwivedi : For the amazing times and the showing up at Bangalore for partying with us.

Ameet Nanda: For making me see the Lords & Fuc***s and using his room as my own.

Ashwin Babu Rao : For the music and the wine drinking sessions and Amnesia.

Benson Coelho: For being Bhensi :P and for bearing with my driving every single time.

Bijay Achary : For the Accenture days.

Benny Green: For company in those amazing parties and the amazing “Midnight Masala” story.

Chayan Deb: For his artistic expertise and the poster making days. Kudos !!

Himani Agarwal: For amazing times spent and those never ending discussions.

Nadeem Ali : For playing along at our house party and the “chicken”.

Narita Bagchi: For the nagging to keep me in line and the tons of love and not expecting anything in return.

Indrani Baruah: For the amazing times at Sam’s place !!

Maitri Behura: For being one of my favorite cousins.

Kaushik Chakraborty: For trying to teach me Python and giving up his bed in college (willingly and unwillingly)

Dipro Chakraborty: For Mortal Kombat and Burger King/KFC /Coleslaw

Renita Susan Coelho: For Listening (be ready for the drinking competition).

Nigel D'souza: For being there and listening to my bullshit and believing in me.

Reia D'souza: For being the nicest sweetest and best friends I have ever had!! And the amazing parties and always making me feel part of the family.

Raisa Daimary: For the drawings.

Damodharan Dammy: For the lemon chicken at Teracubed and the amazing circle in the basement of Sparks.

Shilpa Darshini: For being there when no one else was and believing in me.

Subhasis Das(Poko Bhaiya): For those amazing times near Ram Mandir.

Rishi Dash: For the fun times the hugs and allowing us to use his room to sleep in the summer time. Moreover for knowing that he will always be there at the station waiting and with the Bacardi shots.

Varun Dev: For being there during ever attendance short meetings and back papers.

Madhvi Dhall: For being one of the best internet buddies I ever had!!

Parag Dhameja: For giving amazing times at 2A and checking up my bike.

Vishal Dhawan: For being the never ending source of fun and being the best sardar I have ever met. Also helping me find the bloody chapters !!!

Kapil Dube: For the amazing times and the waiting at the railways station the whole night in the middle of the downpour.

DJ Elton: For letting me play for the first time in Kuwait.

Patricia Gaudet: For helping me out in Lebanon and bearing with my psychotic ramblings about the visa. And letting me cook in the office. ;)

Joydeep Hazarika: For the joints and the fun we had!!

Marc Hilan: For the amazing clubbing experience in Beirut.

Ranjit Kumar Hota: For being one of the best room mates I have ever had and tolerating and finally accepting my music. Also for teaching me to be clean!!

Rohit Kalsi : For trying to teach me poker and failing miserably and that one incident shouldn’t change your life.

Rushil Kalsi: For the good times and the drunk parties and the abusive father jokes!!

Tikhnadhi Kamlakshya(Tiki Bhai):For the Krystal Kords times !!

Jasdeep Kaur Kang: For proving that “Jassi jaise koi nahin!!”

Prabath Kashi: For standing his ground outside Mixx and cursing the hell out of those people in that fight!! Also for the drinking sessions at Angie’s place.

Shakir Ali Khan: Kaka !! For being my guide to Calcutta, for drinking in the middle of the streets and for being the one of the best friend I have ever had!!

Ghada Khoury: For listening to my early morning rants and the amazing insight on the life in Beirut. Also helping me choose my food and helping me stay vegetarian!!

Nayla Hage: For helping me shop in Beirut!! And the prawns!!

Pratyush Kumar: For being one of the founder members of the 2A legacy and being a crazy psycho party animal. For picking up my bike at 7 in the morning and showing up at the airport!!

Shashi Kumar: For being a party animal and helping me find that house for Asha and Shilpa. :P

Supriya Kumar: For playing “Maloometer” at Garuda

Sanjib Kumar Mahanty: For sleepless nights

Jyoti Ranjan Maharana: For driving all the way from Chennai to Bangalore for meeting up before flying to France. One of the nicest things someone has ever done for me.

Mathew Mammen: For being a good friend and a Saturday afternoon drinking partner. Also for those insightful conversations and the half assed jokes about the Middle East.

Tushar Mallik: For keeping me posted on the Orissa Music scene and doing a good job of it!!

Joe Maryjane(Jyoti): For the good times in Goa and Bangalore. Goa was trippy as hell!!!:P

Mayank Mathur: For ebing “Dadoo Bhaiya” and bearing with me as their over zealous and all-time hungry friend.

Sunir Mehta: For appreciating my art work and the amazing rides in his car.

Tuhin Mehta: For listening to my crap and for the Heavenly music at Fuga!! Amazing times!!

Sadhan Mishra: For letting me put up at his room when in Bhubaneshwar and introducing me to Mausi !!:P

Padmaja Mishra: For letting me steal food from her plate when in college !! :P and letting me bug the hell out of her !!

Rahul Mitra: For the various inputs of women in our college.

Sayan Mohanty: For being the true Arian !! For letting me stay at his home in Rourkela. For letting me use his bed as my own kingdom. For my designing queries, my daily rants and periodical bitching. The list is endless.

Ashutosh Mohanty: For being the ultimate foodie and the gem of a person that he is!! And also the bewda that he is !!

Seeteez Mohapatra: For showing me an amazing time at XIMB and also an amazing party in his room!!

Suman Mukherjee: For being an amazing senior all thru college and even after.

Siddhartha Naik: For always being himself and agreeing with me.

Mohammed Naquib: For being a genuine guy and not taking our jokes seriously.

Rishi Narang: For gifting me the ASUS!!!:P And for letting me fiddle around with his Mac book and finally screwing it up. Finally being my drinking and partying partner when required.

Siddharth Narula: For being one of the best and closest friends and being the mithai waala in my life. For making me feel part of his family always and also making sure I have someone always waiting for me in Bhubaneshwar. And for the endless supply of Cheese Jalebis !!

Varun Pachisia: Amazing parties at XIMB !! and for sharing that passion for music.

Arvind Padmanabhan: For playing the perfect music to wake everyone up on Sunday morning and neither neither too late nor too early. Also for the shisha parties on the rooftop!!

Prajnya Paramita: For helping in “Finish all the Bacardi in the world by drinking it” movement and also introducing me to Bacardi white rum and Bacardi Breezer the deadly mix !!! :P

Rohan Parija: For Lipsa :P For letting me use the slingshot at his home and for the crazy adventures together.

Lalit Patel: For being the genuine guy that he is and actually supporting me in few of my endeavors which I fucked up in the end!!!:P

Subhasish Pattanaik: For letting me get drunk and crash in his room during his examinations!! Sorry but a very sweet guy nonetheless.

Swaroop Pattanayak: For his endless support and his thousands of time going to get an auto or Minute maid. And his rolling abilities.

Rosalin Pattnaik: For my spiritual guide and my book buying buddy. Also listen to all my crap !!!:)

Deepali Pawar: I think the only person who has actually made me change my mind positively in the last few years Thanks yaar Deepali you really got this huge load off my shoulders. And future thanks for the designs ;)

Preed Prabhu: For listening me play and helping me improve whatever I know today.

Ajay Premchand: The guy who took me under his wing and introduced me to the whole clubbing culture in Bangalore and got me my first proper residency.

Shreyas Pujari: Thank you for everything and for standing by me when I had Rs.10 in my pocket. Also for the plans of getting rid of your Uncles video camera to fund our living expenses.

Tanya Ramesh: Thanks for being an amazing friend and always being there though whiny as hell.

Shaun Rodrigues: For JKN sessions and also the party planning.

Krish Sahoo: For bringing out the artist in me and also for lending you Luna endless number of times.

Siladitya Sarangi: For letting me crash on your bed while you slept on the floor. And for the extremely memorable time in XIMB. Also the khatti sessions at the juice parlor.

DJ Sarkar: For being there in most of the parties and the only guy as drunk as
me in the grand viva.

Mrutyunjaya Satapathy: For being mrutyu the great shatru!! Mrutyu is a darling
who helped when I was sick and was always there to help me out.

Jagannath Satpathy: For the guitar!!

Satarupa Seal:For listening and having those useless conversations with me. For going shopping and making me shop with her. For the endless drinking bouts.

Sam Shill: For the 2 day drinking session. And the amazing parties at your place and the talks after work every night.

Vihung Shukla: For the “Kanpur” trip and the midnight pans.

Pukhraj Singh: For the beer butter chicken and shelter!! And for the insightful conversations!!

Jane Swan: For being the only Kuwaiti in Bangalore!! And partying like crazy !!

Tyron Taylor: For introducing me to the great egg dosa and the love of whisky!!

Venky Vd.: For letting me kick his ass every time we play pool !!

Jyoti Verma: For being able to roll joints better than I did.

Dhiraj Mohapatra: For the memorable times in Cuttack and being a genuine nicely guy!!

Rakesh Anand: For that amazing time in Rourkela drinking on the top of a water tank.

Sandeep Gupta: For those amazing midnight ladoo’s and his amazing smile!!

Rajat Das: For those drinking session on Shikharchandi

Pravi Jain: For some of my best childhood memories like putting salt in my water.

Pankaj Kumar: For that amazing ciggies and cola at “HOT SPOT”.

Siddhart Satpathy/Ray: For “Winds of Change” and Scorpions.

Eban: For company on that sofa!!!:P Thanks for that space !!

Jeeta Rout: For helping out at the crossword painting.

Rahul Gupta: For the “Hash” breaks at work.

Kaushik Gupta: For being Madu!! For always been there and the dahi baras near the stadium.

Pixie: For the amazing pork curry !!

Jeet bhaiya: For bailing me out at the Bata showroom.

Ipsit Sahu: For that bridge talks and windy evening near the electrical junction.

Susant Sabat: For the amazing music.

Susu: For being that amazing drinking and smoking partner.

Tusshar: For sitting and laughing at me and Manish.

Manish Ranjan: For his Pulsar and listening over the connector. And for being there when I got my job and was there for most of my break ups!!

Hiran Bhiaya: For giving me company at Swosti Plaza after work on Saturday Nights.

Anshu: For those crazy drinking night after playing for 3000 people !!

Vipin Jain: For those amazing parathas and namkeens.

Rinku: For GOA !!! and Mambos !!

Saransh Pansari: For starting the Poster Making committee.

Anamika : For lunch. And still waiting for dinner.

Kallol Bhaiya: For the amazing times while doing his ED.

Bhargov: For partying like crazy everytime we needed to!! And those crazy parties at his home in Sanjay Nagar.

Shilpa: Amazing party on her roof top home.

Daman Singh: For the Oriya sabji from his home in Bangalore.

Vaibhav NIgam: For the trip to Jajpur Road and with the whole bottle of Booze.

NIshant Subudhi: For being ok after I broke his bed.

Nanda: For the amazing afternoons in 48 degrees when we could crash his place the only one with an AC.

Elvis: For being an amazing friend and also make me see Leela Palace in the day time finally!!

Karl: For helping polish off those amazing brownies and Ice Cream!!!

Rudy: For letting us practice our golf shots outside his building with his wife staring at us. And also helping us steal a whole gas cylinder from the new restaurant in the place of sparks!!

Rohan Padhy: For preparing the detonator or still trying to.

Isha Sathpathy: For showing us the penguin walk!!

Shoiab: For his sweet and sarcastic humor!!

Shibangi Mohapatra: For the amazing mutton curry.

Suchi and Amrita Mam: For believing in me and teaching that sensuality is the key to every woman’s heart!! I still think its something else !!

Omar: For using one of my drawings for his profile pic for a pretty long time.

Paritosh: For the amazing company drinking dirty beer in Vizag.

Manoj: For bursting crackers for at least 15 days after diwali. Yes we love u tons!!

Ankit: For finally ordering the pizza.

Samantha: For the cooking of Maggi.

Nippy: For his bday party !!! The craziest party ever !!

Gaurav Bhaiya: For lending em his scooter and then telling em that petrol tank doesn't open easily !!

Preetam Bhaiya: For lending me his Activa dozens of times !!!

Suchismita Bhagat

This dusky beauty has been there whenever and wherever I have needed her!! We met up by chance on Hi5 and before that we were very close family friends though we both were not that close!! Actually I had a huge crush when my parents had gone to visit her place but that passed!! My joy didn’t know any bounds when she added me on Hi5 though I was dating someone that time. Anyways!! So basically Soni as everyone knows her is a fun loving, bubbly bucket of cuteness and extremely huggable person!! She is the typical Oriya girl at times and sometimes fiercely independent!!She does what pleases her!! And is totally the mummy’s girl!! Loves partying out and is a huge fan of the whole Cuttack “khatti” culture. She’s an amazing person and helped in all my highs and lows!! Whenever I had to bitch about someone I used to think lets call Soni up!! And somehow I ended up talking more to her than anyone else in my life!! Every night we talked more and more and more. And somehow things clicked!! She can be extremely possessive when she wants to be but somehow she was ok when she came to know I was dating someone and not her!! And when I proposed she said yes though after that I being the asshole that I was decided to call it off cos frankly speaking she was just too sweet for me!! But she waited oh so patiently!! And maybe that’s what turned me towards her!! She never cribbed or hated me!!She listened and basically that’s what changed me!! She never saw me at all!! We were nocturnal animals perched in front of our respective computers discussing varied things from food recipes to how we wanted our lives to end!! And over the last two years and the endless number of girl friends I ended up coming to Soni when everything went wrong!! I am so thankful for her 163 missed calls!! For the way she hugged me this December and made me feel like I was the only one. The way she’s always listened to my crap day in and day out!!Thanks for being there the whole time when I was traveling and had no one to talk to!! And there was time when iw as stuck all alone in Kuwait with no one to talk to except her!! And she was always there!! Which made me think that since she’s always been there why not me!! Doesn’t she deserve to have someone who will always be there for her?? And a year ago I decided to finally running around and found love in Soni!! Life has just been a dream ever since!! We finally met up in December and things turned out amazing. She was everything I wanted in my life and more!!And I still curse myself for missing out the years when I was with other people when I should have been with her!! But I am trying to make amends and going on the righteous path of giving her all the love that I can. So basically she’s the one who has always been there without worrying about losing me!! Thanks a ton for just being there whenever I needed you!! And loving me so selflessly!!! And understanding how me such a spoilt brat needs to be handled!! And having unlimited patience for waiting and bearing with me all these years cos somehow you knew that all paths would eventually lead to you!! I finally feel complete again and you are the only reason I feel so. Thanks for that HUGE hug in front of the high ranking officials of the Indian Army, Navy, Coast Guard, CRPF, Airport Security and Airforce!! Weird but extremely enjoyable!!!: P Thanks for everything !!For making me fall madly in love with you and understand what love really is !! Muah !!

P.S. - There is so much more but i don't think i can do justice to it by writing it here and is very difficult to express in words !!

Epiphany - A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization

It’s not everyday that you get a revelation shedding light on the fact that how close and helpful friends have been over the years and how to thank them. I have been a cold hearted bastard almost all my life and in my joyous occasions I have tend to forgotten a few of my friends who have always been there for me in good and bad times !! So basically my next few blogs will be about people who have helped me be the man that I am !! Even though they have been harsh or horrible at times I just can’t ignore the fact that they have been there to listen to by crap all through these years and in one way or another!! Like someone said better late than never!!

Decisions !!!

Decisions!! There are good decision and bad decision!! I really don’t know what kind of decision I have made by coming to Kuwait ! !I mean I get paid better than most of my friends and I don’t pay taxes !! And I live at home so kinda saving a lot of money and was able to buy a nice bike and relax when I was in India!! And had and amazing time in India as you can read from the previous blogs!! But again is this the right decision. I don’t have nay friends in this fuck hole of a country!! The boss treats you bad and also my parents think I can live like a 50 year old just cos they are 50!! Not that they are bad people but for them the weekend usually revolves around watching TV and doing nothing and staying at home and sitting in the sofa and watching drinking tea !! And they want e to do the same …..Stay at home not go anywhere no partying!! And work is not a joke either !! Working like crazy and staying there from almost 7 in the morning to almost 7 in the night. So basically I don’t know if I have taken the right decision or not!! Then there is Soni whom I madly have fallen in love with!! And I can’t stay away from her!! And every night it’s almost impossible to talk to her yet I try my best and somehow it just drives me nuts!! So there you have it!! My weekend rant about my life!! I imagine how I would have written this blog had I been in India with friends!! Maybe I would have met Deepali whom I respect more than anyone I have known cos of the way she is and how she tackles life!! Anyways would have spent the whole time with Soni in the den with my friends Madu, Shreyas , Rishi , Swaroop ,Shoiab , Ankit and Aniket. Maybe having a nice ride on my bike !! Or maybe in Bangalore and I would have dragged Soni with me tere and maybe sitting with Lucky in our drawing room and interacting over some Jack Daniels and waiting for Narita to show up !! Maybe have Sat come over and go shopping !! And Sayan would show up from Hyderabad and so would Tom and Jyoti from Chennai!! Maybe meet Ameet and Rosy have an intellectual conversation about which book and how life should be read!! Have a peaceful joint with Rocky!!! Meet Reia Af and Aj and go partying!! Meet Manish and talk about the good old days!! Be with the onesi love sooooo much and not worry about whether KNPC does approve of the 4^th attachment!! Maybe this is the the valentines blues but I still cant decide if I have taken the right decision!! And the worst part is I don’t get any answer from my head!! All I get is that you are in Kuwait and it sucks!! And whenever I tell my dad about I hate this place he says fine leave it and go!! When he clearly knows that that is something both him and Mom wont be happy about!! Wow I really have lost it!! Anyways!! What’s done is done!! Let’s see how I start with the day tomorrow!! Well not really looking forward to it anyways !!

New Years and back to Kuwait !!

The night before new years eve we went drinking at LOTR Kormangala !! Was totally drunk and had a great time as usual!!Me Nishant Ameet and Golak absolutely drunk!! New year was kick ass and I loved every bit of it!! Lots of old friends turned up!! I don’t remember how many people came in and went out!!! Well people who did show up were!! There was Aj, Reia, Elvis, Lucky, Vihung, Atul, Rishi, Priyanka, Akash, Arial,Rocky and the whole gang. I was tripping like crazy on some great booze and was going here and there but I did have a good time!! I don’t remember how I slept and all that! But somehow and haven’t been able to have such a good time since a really long time!! Anyways was great fun and then eventually Sayan showed up a few days later and I decided to fly!! I can never forget the after noon lunch at the sizzlers place in Garuda!! With the college gang and Sayan treating!! And the fun time was the after sitting outside Garuda and playing stupid mistakes!! Anyways I packed and made it back home! And it sucked!!! I hate Kuwait!! Back to the hell hole so basically that’s that!! Can’t wait for Christmas again!!

Leaving Orissa !! !

The day I left Orissa was really sad cos I didn’t wanna leave!! And being the girl sometimes that I was I started crying as soon as I left the airport!! I couldn’t help it especially since last night I had decided to leave at the right time but the flight got delayed by a few hours and even though I decided to be not sentimental I eventually became a big cry baby !! I really appreciate Kingfisher sending those smses so I didn’t have to go the airport and my ass there and nothing in general!! Instead I sat at home had breakfast from Udipi!! And hung out with loved ones!! It was amazing to be hugged and kissed like crazy before leaving a place and the bike ride to the airport was immensely peaceful with just the right amount of sunlight!! I think the whole time I was in India the weather played a vital role and was perfect all through the vacation period!! So after such a long time I actually had an amazing bike ride on a pulsar which brought back memories of the college days!! Amazing !! and on reaching the airport I totally broke down cos that’s when I actually realized how much I am gonna miss these miscreants and also my sweetheart !!And i understood why Madu dindt come inside the airport !! so after my mandatory round of crying hugging and kissing I headed to the flight !! and reached Bangalore !! Food was disgusting and i remember cos I think it was one of the very few times I had bad food when I was in India!! On reaching Bangalore I passed out and went partying or I think I relaxed at home don’t really remember!!! Opppsss I now remember I went to Tyron’s place and we had a nice quiet party with Aj and Reia celebrating his bday !! 30^th of December !! Was so smashed by the time I reached home since I had a meeting in the morning!! Which eventually led to the crazy new years but that’s another blog all together!!

Christmas 2008 !!!

My god!! What a Christmas it was!!! I think I haven’t had such a good time on Christmas since such along time!!! It was amazing!! First the day before Christmas we went shopping and bought all the required things for the barbecue!! But the problem was that we didn’t have a grill until we went to the staircase to the roof and found something below the stairs which served the purpose exactly!! (Please refer to the pic) Now from Dev’s we got the chicken marinated!! (Try it out near kana vihar it’s an amazing restaurant) And onwards we worked towards lighting and preparing everything!! Soon people were sent on their chores for the night!! Someone got the chicken and paneer!! Someone the alcohol!! The soda and stuff like that and on the chilly winter night we headed up to the roof of the den and sat like Eskimos trying to light the fire. Now since we were not really prepared and were already high :P we decided to fuck it all and go ahead !! Now a series of events happened. The coal we got was cold as hell and didn’t light up and after dousing it with almost 1 liter of petrol and nothing happened Rishi had a brilliant plan of using one of the cricket bats at home!!! This was broken but basically served the process of lighting the fire!! So onwards we went yet no one believed Rishi as we all thought it was stupid plan to use a cricket bat!! Swaroop being the brainiac that he is decided to heat a piece of coal with a candle!!! Big help that was!!!:P Anyways it was Rishis bat which finally cooked everything !! And what a Christmas!! I mean amazing!! We all had the dinner but before that a call out of shots went out!! And since we were all in the mood for drinking we decided to chuck the soda and go raw with the shot glasses ever present!! And of course how can I forget!! The great new comer in between us!! She decided what the fuck I can drink as any of the guy and after the second shot coyly said that “Nothings happening!!!” So I said what the hell lets get her another drink!! I think it was my mistake and I should have kept my big mouth shut!! Yet the drink and the giggles came out!! And they came out in constant stream!! (For demo call me!!!) And somehow we got her down to the bedroom!!! And the whole night I don’t think I have faced sooo much natak in my life!! all and all an amazing Christmas with a grand finale !!! :P Its one of the best Christmas I have ever had and it was totally worth ever single minute and I would like to change nothing about it except maybe make it last longer !!!!! Cant wait to be back in India and do it all over again!!! What a Christmas!!!

Swaroops List and other randomness!!!!

Well a lot of things I can’t remember cos of the whole traveling from here to there and all but there are few which I can’t forget!! But first I wanna add a list by Swaroop which brought tears to my eyes and also showed how much he cared!!! :)

1. Nanda maag..............
2. Party I'm looooving it..............
3. Dhara dhara shudh paa.... maara.
4. Chal swaroop gan.... banana.
5. Ek auto bula dena.
6. Madu ek cig......... dena,madu maag...........
7. Ankit ash niche maat daal.bahat piitega.
8. Dev ka roll kya sahi hey yaar.
9. Minute maid(pulpy orange).
10. Swaroop gadi dhire chala yaar,kuch jaldi nahi hey.
11. Da d... chumi.....
12. Mujhe INDIA chood ke nahi jana......

This list actually defined whatever I did in the Den!! And he actually summed it up pretty well!! Anyways there were amazing parties I attended and one of them I did attend was the one at 10 Downing Street.It actually was something me and Siddharth had been planning for some time now!! And we both needed the whole party scene !! And well I was supposed to meet a couple of my old mates thr like Lalit,Kaushik,Barik,Mrutyu so I thought of going there early but I ended up being late cos of a meeting and some work I had earlier !! And Lo behold they were just leaving then !! Anyways I was not worried as I saw something else which frankly speaking drove me nuts!! That’s another story all together and is on a need to know basis!!! And that ruined my night though Siddharth tried his level best !! Also met tons of people whom I hadn’t met for ages including Pintu Bhai,Bitlu,Sanjeev Bhaiya,Shyam Bhaiya,Siddharth,Smarak Bhaiya,Bupul Bhiayaand others !! And some of those French people from XIMB!! Amazing crowd though the Dj was sad with his music shifting here and there!! But towards the end that really diondt matter anymore cos was drunk really high on Bacardi shooters and the bill footed by me was around 5000 Indian. Also met tons of other people!! And got smashed that night!!!And the worst night in my life started but after every dark night there is an amazing morning or something like that!! Well I was woken up my Soni and a kiss!! Something which just made all my nightly blues go away in a sec.And what a lazy afternoon!! Spend totally by doing absolutely nothing and just chilling out in general!! Also other things that happened were the drinking with Rishi !! The B.P.(Blenders Pride) at F.P(Far Pavilion), the dancing on Superchor for the “Oye Lucky Lucky Oye” movie !! Spending days in one room on the same bed ;)!! The rolls at Dev Fast Food and the other things also!! The LOOOOOONNGGG drive to Cuttack in an auto!! Via Nandan Kanan!! There are soo many good moments that I can’t even describe them!! But most memorable was the Christmas night and following days !!!

The Holy City !!

Puri Baby!!! As usual the plan was to start early reach early and get sloshed and somehow make it to Puri!! Anyways!! We started as usual at 8 which was fine but before that I want to narrate a story about my Far Pavilion Experience!! Me and Soni had gone there to have lunch and Shreyas had warned me not to spend money and I was like fine I wont!! And then he warned me to be careful about the waiter in the cap who was always drunk!! I was like OK!! So once we reached there on MY bike!!(I emphasize that my bike cos this was the only time that Soni actually sat on my bike ) Anyways once we reached there and had ordered food and drinks the waiter (Lo behold it was the same waiter with the cap) got my drink and was gave me a plate full savory (mixture para!!!: P) and I was like no thanks I don’t need it and that’s when he said “Sirjee le lijiyeh free mein hai!!” I didndt know if to laugh or to get angry!!Anways after having a nice conversation with Soni we ordered Lunch and hers was brought to the table asap but my food was getting delayed by the moment!! So after waiting for an hour or so I asked where is my food?? he replied”Oho sir mein bhool gaya!!!” (I forgot)!!! And he went and got it later on :P which was fine !! Anyway something I though you should know!! So the Puri trip started with me behind Swaroop on Madu’s bike which was fine cos was really tired and as long as he drove it was fine by me!! The fog was amazing and the weather was extremely cold with the ind biting into your face!!! Before leaving Bhubaneshwar I fulfilled my desire to have “The R.D. Woman’s College Chat and Panipuri “. While traveling to Puri we stopped at a dhaba and I saw a beautiful bullet which was painted in Matt black at the engine was and gave it an extremely beautiful look!! Anyways at the Dhaba it was clearly written outside that alcohol is forbidden yet just next to the Dhaba there were two cottages where we were provided with immense amount of alcohol … I didn’t eat here cos was just full on Minute Maid !!! So after having the customary drinks !! and felling warm and nice after the food the whole gang moved on which consisted of Madu,Shreyas,Rishi,Swaroop,Shoiab,Ankit and Aniketh and we reached a place(undisclosed due to certain reasons) and completed our tradition of traveling always to Puri by getting high !! That’s when me and Swaroop kept lagging behind cos I think we both were having the most fun he talking to his girlfriend while riding the bike and me well enjoying the ultra high that I was on !! I just kept looking at the moon, the fog, the emptiness of the road and just tripping in general on nature and its many marvels!! By the time we reached Puri I was sooooo tired but that didn’t stop me from finding some food cos I was hungry as hell!! Anyways next morning we woke up feeling fresh and decided to go towards the beach but after Of course having breakfast!! This was sponsored by Madu as it was still Birthday week!!!!:P Anyways after jumping around the waves for more than 5 hours and thinking about doing what next .Oh and also we had gone around 2 kms into the sea and could see the Temple from the Sea !! Anyways!! Amazing Amazing time we that had in the evening we went the Temple and spent substantial time over there!! And after that we went to a Sea food joint had our fill of prawns, crabs and pompfrets!! By this time only me, Madu,Shreyas and Swaroop were left cos the others had traveled back and we decided what the hell !! Lets DRINK!! I wanted to go to Pink House but on reaching there it was sooo sad with no availability of alcohol that we went to another place which was a basement bar!! It was amazing the bar!!! The food was great and cheap as shit!! So was the booze!! Anyways after being doe with all of this we moved back and went to sleep and Madu decided we shall travel early the next day!! And after a hearty breakfast we did!!! Only to reach around 10 kms out of Puri and sat at this resting place and me and Shreyas were like No more No more!!! Lets go back and sleep and we will travel later on!! We left Puri at 8 in the morning!! Anyways!! Madu with his enthusiastic ways somehow convinced us to get n the bikes and keep traveling. We were heading for Ramchandi where the river meets the sea!! Puri is exactly around 60 kms from Bhubaneshwar!! And the whole trip might take even after making certain stops at least 3 to 4 hours maximum. This is an interesting piece of trivia which will make sense later on. Anyways while traveling towards Ramchandi we reached a beer place and wonders of wonders they actually sold Carlsberg there!! It was like in the middle of nowhere!! I couldn’t find decent beer in Bhubaneshwar!! Anyways!! After buying our beer loading them up and then we started traveling towards Ramchandi when we noticed that a tree on the side of the road was ladled with yellow bottles!! And a sign said Rs.5 for using the toilet!! And after that breakfast in the morning!! WE needed it!!!:P So we stopped and the place was amazing !! We met the owner and few others Israelis and chilled out with some joints and it was sooo beautiful that Madu and gang decided to come back for New years to the same place again!! And the owner was a charming man who loved helping out with things and such!! And he enjoyed a joint as well!! Oh and the only place in Orissa where PSY being played openly and being enjoyed!! Every hippie’s final resting place!! Amazing!! Anyways it was tremendous fun!! And reluctant to move on we finally did and having lost some weight!! But not without getting high again!!! And rolling another final Joint !!!:P We reached somehow to Ranchandi and traveled to sand bar and not by the one where we drink but the one that separated the sea and the river and chilled out thr with our beers and had a good time in general !! Was a very very peaceful experience!! Well cutting short we somehow reached Bhubaneshwar 9 and a half hours later!!! Tired as shit and just dying to get some sleep!! What a trip!!! Crazy as shit!!! I think the party continued the same night also!!