A weekend to remember

In everyone's life there are moments that they would want to cherish and the memories just become a part of their history and their very existance. Each such phase, cycle of events form an unforgettable experiences, which brings in several changes. Changes that were probably were meant for that very moment when all things fall into place, as though a jigsaw puzzle has been solved.

I have had several weekends, have been to several parties and various adventurous trips. Each brought in moments I never forget. I guess, this was one such weekend which was just waiting to explode in a such unknown manner. In a manner that I least expected it to turn out.

Stage was set. Just had to play a part in it.

Saturday, 15th december 2007

I came back from work at 0100 am. As always, completely drafting my daily journal, watched a movie, did some work on my post, and went to sleep around 0500 am. As was expected, I got a call at 1030 am. We decided to meet at Forum (famous and so called hang out place in bangalore) at 1430 pm. Venue and time got decided but place at the venue was mystery to both of us. I was excited to meet "The Amethyst" after a gap of 8.5 years. I was pretty excited. As a matter of fact, anyone would be. So was I.

To ensure that I never made her wait., I reached the venue well in advance, did my purchasing. As all girls take a lot of time to be punctual, and as I had got used for the usual delays, I thought she would be late as well. To my surprise, she was there, 1445pm. 15 minutes is forgivable. I have waited hours..

We decided to have lunch and it was fun. Talked about childhood, those good times, and were trying to cover our current present. Prior to the meet, many weeks back, she had asked me if I could join her on a trip to Chennai, which was on some business purpose. Some celebtration, sort of which I was not aware. It had somehoe faded in my mind. We happened to talk about it and that was the moment for me to decide. A decision that would make my weekend a surprisingly rocking one, or probably a normal weekend which I had been having for past 14 months, ever since my last trip to mountaneous Wayanad.

I said "I am a game for Chennai, I want to come." After few calls, a ticket was confirmed for me. That was a lucky one. I must thank her cousin, Krishna, who takes the piece of cake for that.. If not for the calls he made, I am not sure if I would have got the ticket. All set and done, I set back to my home, thinking, planning, designing the events to fall into places.

Though each of us were punctual and arrived at a common place for the pickup, we started the real journey 2300. Now thats what I call real IST!! Neither of us had a clue about how the time would unfold.

Be it me in a completely different bus than they were, making new friends, interacting with new people or be it the dinner break when I ordered for food and it never was served. I got to meet so many new people, learnt their needs, their thoughts, their motto n wishes of their respective lives. All this, in a matter of few hours.

I guess, there was something else in store for all 3 of us. One of the leaders, probably thought I was not enjoying in their bus. I was. The ony problem was with the fact that it was me who was doing all the talking. Now thats me. Cant really stop that though!! As was told, I got a seat to sit in the same bus as "the amethyst" and Krishna. Now this is when the real fun began. it was 0000am sunday. Byt this time, both of them realised the powerhouse of energy in me. I was talking talking talking talking n talking. A little secret. I dont like sleeping while I am travelling. It takes me to be awake till 0400 am in the morning to sleep while travelling and only few hours to get back to where I belong, active!

When all in the bus slept to take rest, to make sure I fulfilled my desires of being awake as much as I could, I went to the driver's cabin and started talking to him. Thats when i came to know about the fact that KSRTC made a whopping 400 crores profit for the year 2006.

Sunday, 16th December 2007

We reached Chennai around 0600. After sleeping at 4am, when all had slept, I got up at 0630, before all got up. Took some really nice videos. It is really good a sight to see people sleeping. For thats when they are true themselves. And I captured those moments. Both "the amethyst" and Krishna were stunned to see me awake!! Pleasure is mine though.

We hired a room and all 3 of us shared it. There I was in Chennai. Not knowing what the function was. We managed to refresh as soon as possible, had DOSA and headed to another place where the rest were parking themselves.

We had to reach a place called as "Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Periamet, Chennai". On the way, the famous "quisshh" thing happened. I wont tell you what it is though. It makes me smile everytime I think of it. We reached the place at 12pm odd. To by astonishment, the crowd that was gathered was enormous, huge, and unbelievable. I had never been to attend a function as big as that.

We had to wait. Wait wait and wait. For the queue was so long, I guess even the nech of a Brontosaurous (those long necked dinosaurs) would be small. But, that was the time when I had some interesting topics talked. Really nice times. The more we asked and talked about things, the more we came to know each other. No thats what I call as an interaction leading to another interaction and a conversation which took its form and pace. We finally managed to enter the stadium after 90 mins of standing in the queue.