Prakiti ki godh mein ;)

Date : 19th Sept '08

Mumbai

This was the last day of my training , and we (me and Ravinder) were all packed to go to Pune.

My training was wrapped up @ 4pm but Ravinder(Ravs) had sum work in her office,coz of wich we left from office by 5.40pm , went home...picked up our bags..
and then were on our way to Kanjurmarg station...but werent gettin a Rick and we had our bags and lappy....so dropped that idea....and went to Vikhroli station... and from there to Dadar Station..phew..!
Raka( Ashwin) was supposed to cum along wid us....but he got sum work too......bzy mumbaiaakars...!
So Ravs n me after solving our dilema of a cab or a volvo......finally took a volvo....after sum brisk walk wid d bags...god...that was tiring.......and then Ravs got in the queue to take the tickets..! It was Firday nite....so a huge line for tickets for Mumbai-Pune bus...
We finally moved into the bus at about 9pm .......
Raka said...his brother wud join ...and they'll be leavin a lil later...

Me and Ravs...were freezing in the bus....took out our jackets and stole...and were listenin to muzic.....and lazin...!
Had sm food @ lonavala...as alwz...weather was coooooooool there..! :)

It was 11.30, Geeti called up...that every1 has reached Knn's house .....to celebrate his B'day...............!!
we were gettin late..!! and dint wish to miss the B'day celebration....and esp the cake... ;)


Finally ..we reached Pune @ 1.00am...and thn 2 knn's house.!



Date : 20th Sept '08

Pune

Knn's house

Junta in House : Geeti,Nitin,Solu,Pushkar,Rajesh,Knn...and now...me n Ravs...

Then came....3 more ppl....my School frnz.....whom i met after 12th std....i.e after 6 years..... :P
Shahid, Saket and Nishish..!

Then finally..........knn announced that he wishes to cut his B'day cake.....so junta plz cum in the hall..!! hehe :D

and so we did.....

"Vodka Lava Cake" with Chocolate -- in and out and yeah....vodka too in it :)

Candle blow.....b'day song...........Stuffin cake like nethin in knn's mouth....
and then.......in nitin's mouth....... :)

B'day gift : ......Knn got a fundoo Tripod as his B'day gift .....photography being his hobby.....he loved the gift......rite sir?? :)


B'day bumps ritual then.....so junta grabbed Nitin as Knn's best buddy ....pulled him up in the air....that would surely have been difficult.. ;)
Then...B'day bumps...Pushkar got sum chappal to beat him off...! :P
poor nitin..!

How could the b'day boy be spared then...........and he was raised up in the air .....high above d ground level :P
seemed really easy for ppl to lift him..! :P

Camera was on the tripod....
Chappals were in Pushkar's hand..
Knn was in air..!!

Do i need to specify more?? i guess not..!! ;)



Then........2 guys hopped in the bike and rest all in car.....we all moved out........at about 3am..........to Mini Punjab.............a fundoooo dhaba...and it was full man...!! We got our seats......
Drink n dine session begun....

and yeah...Nitin dint cum......as he had slpt off @ home............!! MUST have been tired and beaten off :P ..! lol.


and...........Raka called up @ 4.30am stating that hes near the station.........!! we were far off from home....so we asked him n his lil bro to reach home and we'll b ther.........so he explored and searched for knn's home.....

We were calling up nitin on his cell phone and in the landline @ home....
BUT he dint pick 'em up......
Guys had to wait outside the house for quite sm tym..!!

We reached home after 6am..Nitin's cell had more tha 45 miss calls...........!!

Eh...is there a slpng competition help newhr???? we have a strong competitor :D


I picked up my bags from Knn's house....dropped it in the car....and Rajesh was drivin....Nitin and Geeti were also called....to drop 'tm to there respective places...!!

and knn and Ravs accompanied us on our way.....we took a halt at sum famous tapri....wher we had tea...
and then continued....

Rajesh (Doc) was closin his eye lids several times while drivin..............god............poor us..............we asked him.......that let others drive.....but he denied..!!
We tried keepin him awake......and Doc is a confident man... :) dropped us all home....i was @ home by 9am and Ravs,knn and Doc reached back @ 10am..!!


I slpt like nethin......9.30amto 5.30pm .. :)

B'day Celebration was yet to begin....!! ;)

Ravs had booked table @ Yellow Chillies and @ Sohos..........

Junta chkd out Yellow first......dint like it dat much...so we dropped in Soho....
Good Atmo thr.......... :)
Latin dances gng on there.............Juggling of bottles @ d bar.....

Junta ordered drinks over drinks........Gosh.....and had Flaming Shots...........they were amazing..!! :p

Solu was high :) :) achhe se :P

it was about 11pm....movie tickets for Sajjanpur was booked................few of us were in no enthu to go 2 the movie.....but we did.......
We planned for mahabaleshwar .........called up a driver and booked a Qualis.. for the next day..morning 7.30am :)

Then made our way 2 Adlabs.........Doc n Knn had slpt in the theatre.........Solu was sumtyms watchin d movie...n smtyms slpng... :)

Movie got over by 1.30 ........
We finalised our mahabaleshwar trip for the next day..........Ravs was being a lil resistive......but we all manaofied her :)

every1 back home...!





Date : 21st Sept

Pune

Every1 had a tite cozy slp....got up late.........by 7.30 ...8.am........every1 was picked up frm Knn's house......and i was picked up frm my place by 9am.........so we srated the trip to MAHABALESHWAR :D


Junta In Qualis :
Doc, Ravs, Knn , Raka ,Solu, Pushkar, Pankaj ( Bachha..Raka's Bro) and me...

Raka as we all knew....was a very gud singer..........so...i requested him to sing..........
He was totally ON......Pankaj accompanied him and so did Solu..........and then we all..!! :)

FULL ON..!! :D

we discovered that Pankaj was a grrrrrrr8 singer.....!! :)
Raka and Bro....RockStars :)


later we took halt for breakfast............and then hamara driver gum gaya :P

calls bhi rcv nahi kar raha tha... :(
Finally after 7 mins he rcvd da call......and came to d car..! :)

Journey began again...! :)

We tracked a fundoo view on the roads.....took a halt again.......climbed d tress.........walked in the lush green fields....took photographs....after all ...we had our own Photographer wid us :) and this time wid a Tripod :)

Jumped in the car again...........took our seats.........and then the Rockstars were On again..!! :)
The closer we went 2 mahabaleshwar ....more foggy the weather became... :)

Got down at Wilson point made our way down the hills.....it was a lil sunny thr....

Doc climbed up a horse......poor horse ;)
and then was makin it Run and bechaara ghode waala was running after his horse.... :P
Doc came all the way from the hill to the main Road on his horse named "Salman" :) lol

finally he got down...
Phew...( said the horse) ;) and offcourse the horsewaala :P


Journey continued........


Reached to a lake in mahabaleshwar......did boating there......8 ppl in one big boat....and 2 ppl rowing it.......(exception : if its not Rajesh whos rowing it (coz he alone is enuf ..........or is it d same... :) )


One hr in the Boat.................superb mausammmmm................A small temple on one coast..........
we also raced wid fellow ppl in other boats :P


Then..........REallyyyyy fundoo long jumps by Raka n Bro.....

and we made Paper Boats.......and Aeroplanes.................. :) :)

It started drizzling :) :)
It was gettin cold................and heavenly weather..... :) :)

How could we miss photography now..!!
Lights..Camera...Clicks..!!
Junta in Diff poses...! :D


Then we had bolied corns.............they were really Yumm :)

Back in the car...

Elphinston Point..!

We could not see anything there................Clouds all around us.............
Pankaj n me were tryin 2 listen 2 d direction and the number of waterfalls...........

So we all tracked where d falls were...........doc and Raka in the lead...!

We were exploring our way.......through the puddle of mud .......and varied flowers and bushes... :) :)
Raka managed to get sum reallllyyyyyy fundoo flower from the rocks.......... :)
Pushkar n me were fighting to get it..! :)
I tuk 2 and he got one :P


now............we had 2 track our way back..!!
this time...Bachha was in lead... :) exploring the path.............we selected a different route this time.......
Ravs ki chappal bhi tut gayi .. :P .... lol


phew..........we were back.......and were tired...( a lil) ... :)

Then back in the car................hungry..................!
Took a halt in Mapro.......
had sandwitches....Pizza....Hot choclate.......... !! Burp..!! :P
Sorry..!


i wanted 2 have Strawberry cream............but they said.....we dont get strawberries in this season...... :( :(
so had Strwbry Fream ..!! (strbry crush(preserved) and Icecream)
was olrite..!

Ravs and Doc started dancing outside our qualis......and were plannin 2 go 2 Disc after we reach pune .. :)

In the car.............began Rock On........Kailash kher...........Junoon.......Jal......etc etc......by our very own singers..!! :) :)

Finally........reached pune @ 9pm...
I was the first one to b dropped @ home....... :( mann hi nahi kar raha tha jaane ka ghar............ :( :(
Disc ditch maar diya tha...as we were all tired..!!

So ...all back home..
Solu had an interview in Mumbai....so left soon for mumbai.......!
Raka....Pankaj and Ravs...left for mumbai early morning next day..!
Finally............
A great grand B'day celebration and a weekend ......!! :) :)

Best in Town

Hello ppl……herez a list of certain things that one shud not miss in Pune..
Will add up to the list..as when I chk out more places and if I find sumthin worth mentioning. 

Best in Town:

1.Pastry :
Vodka Lava Pastry @ 11-East street Café, East street, Near MG Road.

2. Brownie:
Sizzling Brownie @ Sun n Sand, Near Bund garden Rd.

3. Hookah:
Paan Masala Hookah @ Kahwa , Near Karve Putla.

4. Chocolate Sandwitch: Koregaon Park, Opp Koyla Restaurant

5. Cad B: Ice Magic, Karishma Society, Kothrud.

6. Paan: Shaukeen, Nal Stop

7. Jhunka Bhakar: Sinhgad Fort.

8.Italian Food: Malaka Spice, koregaon park and Off Beat, Opp Karishma Society.