Whenever any friend of mine went abroad I used to go to the airport to see him off and after he left us I just used to stare at those flying white birds(aeroplane) and think to mysef…”mera number kab ayega?” (when will my turn come?)….
My dad always used to tell me “don’t worry son, you are always the last one to get the chance…be it campus placement or getting into good company or getting a chance to travel…but in the end you always get the best”….his words kept me going always, including this time…
Finally I was asked to travel to Hyderabad to fill up the requirement in a project at the customer place…I know it was not the best place I could have as my first “onsite” assignment, but still it was a place that I wanted to visit but had not got a chance. It was my first flying experience and I was as excited as anybody else would be…
My parents came to airport to drop me (I know it sounds funny, but that’s the closeness we have)…flight was delayed by 1:30 hours and we didn’t know what to do sitting in airport (ofcourse other than visiting King Fisher counter to see those beautiful(??) babes)…finally our plane arrived and we finished the security check and moved on to board the flight. We were put in a bus, which took us near the plane and some of those beautiful air hostessess were standing there to welcome the travellers. With my each step I knew I was one step closer to my dream and was one step away from my “will I ever get to fly?” fear…
My friend Debbu was sitting on the aisle seat and me in the middle with the window seat being empty … I saw the new bong (a.k.a bengali) girl from my company coming towards me and thought it was my lucky day…but as usual my luck failed to do its work…then there was some (sick looking) aunty who took that seat. We fastened the seat belts and got ready for a takeoff…the plane took its position on the runway and started to rip like a rocket… it reminded me of my most memorable drive@120kms in my car on the express highway…even before I cameout of my memories, we were flying…
Those glowing building lights, moving car lights and the streetlights, all made My Bangalore look more charismatic. As we went higher, the view got better but everytime I turned to see outside the window, the aunty sitting next to me used to stare at me as if I am looking at her :-(. We were served the dinner and before finishing it we were in Hyderabad. The aerial view of Hyderabad was also good but it didn’t impress me as much as My Bangalore. We had to leave the flight saying good bye to all those gorgeous air hostesses and get into the bus that was waiting to drop us at the exit door of the airport.
This flying experience will be immortal in my memories as it made me believe that I can fly…
Golden Palms Team Outing
Friday was a holi-day for all of us in our team. We went for our looooong pending team outing to Golden Palms resort (). It was only the second one after joining this company (last time we went to Club Cabana). Golden palms is owned by Sanjay Khan of "The Sword of Tippu Sultan" fame. This place also has the credit of hosting Hrithik Roshan's marriage.
We started from company campus at 10:30am (it was scheduled at 8:30am, but you know IST timings :-D) then the bus driver took us for a Bangalore local trip (seriously we didnt have this on the agenda, but he took us all the way through urban edge, kanteerav stadium, corporation circle, vishveshwaraya museum, cubbon park, GPO, raj bhavan, golf course, sankey tank, yeshwanthpur and finally golden palms :-( ).
We knew we were late, atleast later than madhu's team and as he challenged he had finished playing some of the games and we had to play whatever was left out by them. We were received by a gorgeous lady with a "I love you" Rasna made of 1 packet dissolved in 50 or 100 glass of water i guess (seriously only the color was orange, otherwise i wouldnt even have recognised it as Rasna). Next we walked behind her only to be dropped near the swimming pool with nobody knowing what to do next. WE had to search our way back to the sports complex and start off with a TT match (it was table cricket for my cricket crazy frnd Ravi). I was then attracted to Squash as i had never played it in my life. We collected the rackets and started playing. The ball was pitching awkwardly low and i had to give lot of excercise to my poor tummy. We didnt know the rulez, all we knew was that we have to hit the ball on to the opposite wall and that too alternatively. Seriously there is no other game as tiring as this one. We then moved to play tennis hoping to become Mahesh Bhupathi of future ( i was inspired atleast after seeing his US open mixed doubles partner ;-) ). Only after i started playing it, i understood Sania Mirza's ( my latest crush) problem about her need-to-be improved serve. Believe me, i was hitting it out of stadium more than i was hitting it on to the opponent court. Finally i leart to hold the racket and started playing the ball into opponent court :-). By this time we were all hungry and were waiting to hog on to whatever is available. The lunch session was on and we were in our best form and were confident of winning this series. There were lotz of starters, gravys and desserts there. I didnt miss out even a single one. Every shot was a either a four or a six :-p.
We were "as dead as dodo"( this onez from one of my favourite Sidhuism) and slept on the sunbathing chairs for half-an-hour. I was woken up by Archik's call for a game of cricket. We played two matches and in the first one i was in bashing mood and managed to get pretty good runs (even though i touched a cricket bat after almost 2 years). I hit 2 consecutive balls in our Prem's (aka Shohib Aktar of our company) bowling. We managed to win it easily. But in the second match i didnt have the strength to even hold the bat. Prem managed to decieve me with a slower ball this time. We lost it. We were sweating and were sun burnt (not sure why its ver sunny when we are outside and cloudy when we are in office - courtesy Parakash) by that time. We staraight away went to the swimming pool and jumped into it. Played water throw ball (or water polo whatever) till i got cramps in my leg. I am used to these cramps as it visits me on almost all my outings these days :-). Fortunatly i found a swimming pool incharge guy coming towards me with a can of iodex spray. It helped me in moving around freely atleast. We then had a pub session to relax after a hectic (ya i know it sounds funny but after staying in this company i was doing so much work for the first time :-) ). It was Sush's day out and i couldnt be modest either, afterall it was my prestige point (that too infront of a girl). After some awesome comments by Sush and Prakash we had to head for our dinner. We took some pics on our way. Was again ready for second innings. Lotz of varieties. Taste was too good. I managed to score a century again :-).
It was getting late as we had some phemales also in our bus, so we had to leave that place. Return journey on wide open window side seat with wind blowing onto my face was giving me a feeling of sitting inside a helicopter with its door open. Got down near my house and walked back home with some good memories to cheerish in my mind.
We started from company campus at 10:30am (it was scheduled at 8:30am, but you know IST timings :-D) then the bus driver took us for a Bangalore local trip (seriously we didnt have this on the agenda, but he took us all the way through urban edge, kanteerav stadium, corporation circle, vishveshwaraya museum, cubbon park, GPO, raj bhavan, golf course, sankey tank, yeshwanthpur and finally golden palms :-( ).
We knew we were late, atleast later than madhu's team and as he challenged he had finished playing some of the games and we had to play whatever was left out by them. We were received by a gorgeous lady with a "I love you" Rasna made of 1 packet dissolved in 50 or 100 glass of water i guess (seriously only the color was orange, otherwise i wouldnt even have recognised it as Rasna). Next we walked behind her only to be dropped near the swimming pool with nobody knowing what to do next. WE had to search our way back to the sports complex and start off with a TT match (it was table cricket for my cricket crazy frnd Ravi). I was then attracted to Squash as i had never played it in my life. We collected the rackets and started playing. The ball was pitching awkwardly low and i had to give lot of excercise to my poor tummy. We didnt know the rulez, all we knew was that we have to hit the ball on to the opposite wall and that too alternatively. Seriously there is no other game as tiring as this one. We then moved to play tennis hoping to become Mahesh Bhupathi of future ( i was inspired atleast after seeing his US open mixed doubles partner ;-) ). Only after i started playing it, i understood Sania Mirza's ( my latest crush) problem about her need-to-be improved serve. Believe me, i was hitting it out of stadium more than i was hitting it on to the opponent court. Finally i leart to hold the racket and started playing the ball into opponent court :-). By this time we were all hungry and were waiting to hog on to whatever is available. The lunch session was on and we were in our best form and were confident of winning this series. There were lotz of starters, gravys and desserts there. I didnt miss out even a single one. Every shot was a either a four or a six :-p.
We were "as dead as dodo"( this onez from one of my favourite Sidhuism) and slept on the sunbathing chairs for half-an-hour. I was woken up by Archik's call for a game of cricket. We played two matches and in the first one i was in bashing mood and managed to get pretty good runs (even though i touched a cricket bat after almost 2 years). I hit 2 consecutive balls in our Prem's (aka Shohib Aktar of our company) bowling. We managed to win it easily. But in the second match i didnt have the strength to even hold the bat. Prem managed to decieve me with a slower ball this time. We lost it. We were sweating and were sun burnt (not sure why its ver sunny when we are outside and cloudy when we are in office - courtesy Parakash) by that time. We staraight away went to the swimming pool and jumped into it. Played water throw ball (or water polo whatever) till i got cramps in my leg. I am used to these cramps as it visits me on almost all my outings these days :-). Fortunatly i found a swimming pool incharge guy coming towards me with a can of iodex spray. It helped me in moving around freely atleast. We then had a pub session to relax after a hectic (ya i know it sounds funny but after staying in this company i was doing so much work for the first time :-) ). It was Sush's day out and i couldnt be modest either, afterall it was my prestige point (that too infront of a girl). After some awesome comments by Sush and Prakash we had to head for our dinner. We took some pics on our way. Was again ready for second innings. Lotz of varieties. Taste was too good. I managed to score a century again :-).
It was getting late as we had some phemales also in our bus, so we had to leave that place. Return journey on wide open window side seat with wind blowing onto my face was giving me a feeling of sitting inside a helicopter with its door open. Got down near my house and walked back home with some good memories to cheerish in my mind.
My First Blog
I know..I know...I have kept all you fans waiting for a loooooooooooong time..but i wont disappoint you anymore ;-)....
Here is my first blog (yeah I held a Page3 party on its inauguration with all the whoz who of Bangalore Page3 circuit being present on the grand occasion :-p)....you can now expect some great action, drama, romance and comedy too ( I know i am sounding like bollywood directors :-D) on this blog page....so get ready and watch out this space in coming weeks for more to come.... happy blogging :-)
Here is my first blog (yeah I held a Page3 party on its inauguration with all the whoz who of Bangalore Page3 circuit being present on the grand occasion :-p)....you can now expect some great action, drama, romance and comedy too ( I know i am sounding like bollywood directors :-D) on this blog page....so get ready and watch out this space in coming weeks for more to come.... happy blogging :-)
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