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!!

Onwards !!!

Most of the rest of the gang showed up after that and we met up at Chandikhol !! And the ashram was amazing where a bunch of Bong tourists kept taking pics of the bike and we were surrounded by monkeys by the hundreds and after the usual drinking sessions and the great Lily Mami ke haath ka chicken everyone was drunk and most of them moved out early the next day. Unfortunately me and Madu didn’t want to leave yet and the lazy bums that we were we decided to start early in the morning but instead ended up leaving late it the afternoon which was a horrible decision noting the fact that I ended up having an accident when we reached Cuttack. But we stopped at Sharma Dhaba!! And Madu couldn’t stop himself from hogging his head out on vegetarian delicacies. Then the ride!! Oh what a ride!! And the best part was the half sunny and half rainy weather with grey skies and beautiful open roads!! The ride from Jajpur to Cuttack was a great ride!! And totally worth it!! Well when we reached Cuttack the outskirts we were trying to plan out for the night. The same night was Madu’s bday!! I think!! Don’t really remember!! Again this was one of my most memorable days cos after the ride and entering Bhubaneshwar I straight headed for Ravis bhai’s pan dukaan!!Well I think that was the same evening I became chicken for the first time while meeting a girl!! I think it’s the same day that I met Soni after almost a year or more!! More and me being the crazy idiot that stood thr till she came near the bike and was like Joe are u coming here and meeting me and I was like No No we will meet tomorrow!! And she was soo pissed off!! She called me and said Jojo is this all it was about!! She was like cant u even meet me when I came all the way to meet you. Anyways trying to save face I called her to meet me the next day!! Which was amazing but none of the details for you people (except involvement of the roof the stars and the cold winter)!!!!: P!! Madu’s bday was the day after!! Got drunk with the help of a bucket and 5 pipes (Ingredients included 5 brands of alcohol and coke and orange juice)!!!!: P!! Also Pizza and chicken lollypops ………. Amazing!!! And was sooo sloshed that I had a very very bad time the bloody next morning which ended with me being extremely sick!! And tired!! Everything was ok after that …. I think that was the same night that me Maitree and Soni went to Mayfair and also had a few drinks there in Braon and Baroness cos somehow 10 Downing smelled like a damp cellar :P Nothing stops me when I am on vacation bad stomach or otherwise !!!:P The moon !! That little pond!! The frog!! The security guard! The auto ride!! Amazing that something as small as an auto ride can be soo beautiful especially the winter night and cold wind blasting away at your face!! The days after that were crazy!!!! We ended up traveling a lot that is we went to Puri!! But that again is another story!! This shall be narrated in the next blog!!