The trip I ll never forget - part4

After dinner we all went to kadpa where Yamini n Shilpa were staying…..we kept on discussing different things like why we all guys r still single…n our crushlists….but somehow people missed to ask my crushes…..even if they would have asked….I would not have been able to tell them…..............All this was going on n I don’t know when I started feeling cold n after sometime I had fever…since we again had to go for trekking next morning so we decided to call off n we all left for sleeping around 12 pm……next day morning I woke up with bad stomach (again surfaced) n fever as well, Yamini already had twisted ankle..... so Yamini n I couldn’t go with our other mates for trekking n we stayed in the guest house…..I was feeling cold so I kept inside my room n kept sleeping until Kat came to wake me up …..she suggested me to go out…............I came to Chaupal…Yamini was already sitting there from the time our mates left…..I sat there with blanket wrapped around me…..I was looking like some bandit……Yamini n I kept on talking about different stuffs…..I kept on boring Yamini by telling her things like I’m very sentimental n have to do lot of things in my life n stuffs ….around 2:30 pm our mates came back……we had our lunch .......................Yamini n I stayed in Chaupal till dinner meanwhile Abhishek Babu, Abhinaw n Sid went to c around, Amanchi went to sleep for sometime n Shilpa went to shoot (of course photo shoot) her favorite dogs …...Again Kat came to lit the lanterns but this time she first started lighting the lanterns from Kadpa :O......and after lighting all the lanterns she didn't even ask anything about bonfire :O.......... after sometime we had dinner n after dinner we all went to the room in which Amanchi, Abinawn n I were staying…..Since no body was interested on going for some trekking next morning so we planned to talk till late in night…..Sid suggested a game to play….we were already playing this game b4 dinner so we continued the game…..This was a game where one person will think of something n rest of the people has to figure out what that person has thought, by just asking maximum of 20 questions n those questions would be answered in yes or no by the person…............Abhinaw thought of something n we figured it out after 13 - 14 qns… then Shilpa thought something we figured out that as well ..after that my number came n I thought of the character Gabbar Singh….n took Yamini in confidence as I was afraid that I won’t be able to defend myself once I tell them the answer….I don’t know why but I was knowing that no body will be able to figure it out (I’ve a problem, sometimes I become too much confident n people think that I’m trying to show off that I’m too intelligent)…........No body could figure it out till 18^th qn then Yamini gave a hint something like “This world is a stage n every body has a part to play”….as soon as Yamini gave this hint Shilpa shouted something about Shakespeare n next moment she turned to me n told "nahi tum ye nahi sonch sakte"……I don’t know why she always underestimates people...…she doesn’t even know 20% of me….people shouldn’t estimate anybody until you know him/her closely….I learned this lesson at IIT where I use to estimate people just going by their faces…..but every time my estimation went wrong…............estimations apart, no body could answer it even after 22 qns so finally Yamini told the answer n everybody started shouting n giving arguments but finally taking Yamini in confidence paid off….................after this boring episode of questions.. Shilpa felt like sleeping as she was all tired due to the trekking n she stopped playing …n it felt like there was nothing more to talk n we decided to go to sleep…...........everybody went to their rooms except Amanchi, Abhinaw n me..bcoz it was our room where we were sitting….. …next morning we had breakfast around 9 after that we stayed in chaupal till 11….Abhinaw, Abhishek Babu n I were playing carom board….Yamini, Sid, Amanchi n Shilpa were also playing something (I think they were playing chess)……after that we took bath then had lunch n finally we left at around 2 pm……..before leaving we all shook hands n exchanged greetings…....when I was shaking hand with Kat I thought of asking for her email id so that our friendship could extend beyond this trip but I don’t know why it didn’t feel right to me….n we left ….I was again seeing all the trees n other parts of jungle but this time I was sad as I couldn’t trek through this at all….but it doesn’t matter will cover that some other time….. I don’t know why but I like sad songs very much…. on the way back to station I kept listening to all sad songs…..but the reason was not just liking it there was some other reason as well……ll not write about those reason until I share my feelings with the person I was sad about…..........

K A T KAT means Billi (The trip I ll never forget - part3)

Now there was nobody with me to talk n I felt kind of lonely so, I started reading a novel to pass my time…..but those devil mosquitoes started singing in my ear........I was not able to finish even 10 lines in 5 minutes...... So, I decided to move to Chaupal. It was an open place so there were very less mosquitoes….I read the novel for an hr…since I didn’t had my complete lunch so I kept on eating biscuits all this while............... When u eat biscuit u feel like drinking water n so with the biscuit I finished all the water which was there in my room. Now I was planning to go to Mariard to ask for some water. I was about to leave then I saw Kat(Katrina) coming towards Chaupal. She saw me n smiled....... When every body left for trekking I thought since I couldn’t go to trekking n I was not enjoying reading novel either so I planned to talk to Kat if I c her around....... So when c smiled I smiled back n thought this is the right time to brake the ice n I asked her name she replied Katrina n she asked mine n that’s it she left :(…..but I wanted to talk more so after sometime I went to her n asked for drinking water n she just told me to get it from the Matka near sink of Chaupal where they use to wash dishes....... I took the water n nothing popped in my mind n opportunity of talking to her slept out of my hand.......Since she had come to wash tea cups which my mates had used so, after washing all the cups she left n I was all alone again…........ I thought my effort is flop n I started roaming around. I saw some plate sticked to trees near Machan....I went there to c what it was n suddenly I saw Kat coming towards Machan. She came there n asked "what r u doing" n I responded "just roaming around".......... This time she had come to lit the lanterns. She went up on the Machan n was lighting the lantern...I thought lets try again n I asked her "what do u do" n she replied she is doing PHD in Australia n after that we kept on talking on different topics from Bollywood to Hollywood…......The kind of job she wants to join…....her plans after phd n what not…............ Let me tell u I’m very understanding n a very good observer (at least I feel this strongly :D), …..I never felt that she doesn’t want to talk to me or something like that......I always felt that she wants to talk more ……..........I just liked her way of talking, unlike our typical Indian girls whom if any stranger asks anything first thing comes to their mind is "ye ladka mujhe line marne ki koshish kar raha hai"....…..lightning all the lanterns took almost 45 mins….....during our chatting I offered her biscuit which I was eating all this while but she refused……I asked her again after sometime with a sincere request…n she couldn’t refuse this time…n after sometime she even asked for another biscuit…….when she finished lighting all the lanterns….I asked her “are you done”…she responded "yeah"....….I was about to say bye but suddenly she asked would I and my mates like to have bonfire..... I was not sure about my mates so I told her to wait for them….but she insisted again but again I told her we should wait for them…..but she still wanted to start the bonfire..so we went for bonfire….once it was started we sat around it….n she didn’t leave n we kept on talking n after sometime we heard some jeep coming n she told me that our mates have come n after a minute Sid, Abinaw n Amanchi came near bonfire n they informed that Yamini fell down n hurt her ankle. After brief intro with Sid, Abhinaw n Amanchi she left….I still had something left to talk about…but couldn’t do anything…….after she left we discussed how Yamini fell n all….after sometime Yamini came with Abhishek Babu n Shilpa, she was hurt very badly......It was almost impossible to walk…..if it would have been some other person he/she would not have been able to walk …but Yamini walked till Chaupal (of course with the help of Abhishek babu)….....one could see the pain on her face…..David gave some ice to wrap around the ankle…..n Sid kept that wrapped all the time mean while Shilpa kept on suggesting to put some alcoholic drink (I don’t know was it wine or beer) on ankle n she shared her past experiences of using alcoholic drink in case of twisted ankle but nobody got convinced….....even if we got we kept making fun of this fact…….around 9 pm we had our dinner … I didn’t to have anything (whenever I get sick first thing happens to me is I loose interest for food) but finally had some rice n dal....…everybody enjoyed the meal but two persons were not satisfied with food......... 1^st was of course me n 2^nd was Abhishek Babu, for him everything was incomparable (Bejod) but there was no curd…n he kept cribbing about that …..when food items were assembled Kat again came but I didn’t want to talk to her in front of all the mates (I’m not very open n always mind people around).

The trip I ll never forget - part2

There was a guy already waiting with Qualis to take us to Hemitage guest house. The guest house was about 45 Kms from the Belgaum railway station.....It took us almost an hr to reach the guest house. We traveled on normal road for 40 Kms and last 5 Kms were kachchi road n was inside a jungle. Cruising through a jungle in a quails…It was quite eciting for me......I don’t exactly know from when, (I think after watching Quyamat Se Quyamat Tak) I always wanted to trek through jungles n rivers…so I was all excited by seeing all this. At around 1:30 pm we reached Hermitage.... David(The man), Mariard(The wife), Katrina (The daughter) n their three dogs (people call them Doberman but for me all r just dogs) Bahadur, badmash n Skully (mom of earlier two) were waiting for us. We exchanged greetings n after that David took us to show the rooms. There were three so called bedrooms or should I say huts.... one was named kadapa, other was named Machan n I don't remember the name of third one....there was one Chaupal like place. The whole place with all these huts n with all the facilities was just amazing.....the surrounding hills reminded me of my IITG.

Abhishek Babu n I were going with David n rest of our mates were coming slowly so by taking the advantage of being first Abhishek Babu n I decided that we ll stay in Machan........ Every body came to c Machan n everyone except Amanchi n Abhinaw wanted to stay there n finally we decided that for 1^st night I n Abhishek Babu will stay in Machan n Yamini n team will stay for the other nite….we all were going through this discussion n suddenly I felt something going in my stomach. I went to toilet n I came out with news of stomach upset....... For everybody it seemed normal but I knew deep inside that its not normal as whenever I have a stomach upset it stays for at least two to three days....... I came to Chaupal to have my lunch, I was half way through the lunch n suddenly I felt something in my stomach again n I ran to a toilet, I sat there for half an hour n was feeling quite low after this so, I didn’t come again to Chaupal where rest of the mates were sitting.

After sometime I took 2 tabs of lomophane (I normally carry this tablet with me wherever we go, u don’t know when things might go wrong :() n after sometime everything felt fine.... but, I was feeling a kind of weakness so people suggested me not to come with them, they were going for trekking to some near by place. They left around 5:15pm….

The trip I ll never forget - part1

I don’t actually know when it all started, I think it was an idea of either Abhishek Babu (he is not some Babu in some post office or something we just append this word in respect of him) or Yamini or Sid, to do a trekking trip on long weekend (April 5’ 2008 – April 7’ 2008). They floated this idea and this floated until our mailboxes were almost full with all the mails with different destinations and their details. Finally it got finalized for Hermitage guest house........ As usual Abhinaw was in without knowing actually where the trip was to, Shilpa was also in as she was eager to go on some trekking trip, Amanchi just wanted to go some where on some holiday trip as he hadn’t done any trip after his trip in IIT so, he was also in then comes my number, I didn’t want to go on any trip as I had been traveling a lot for last 3 - 4 months so when Abhishek Babu asked me r u coming I just denied but, u can’t always follow ur decisions if u respect others feelings n I can’t say no to any body... so finally I was also in, idea floaters were already in. So, the trip was made to Hermitage guest house with 7 trekkers Yamini, Abhishek Babu, Sid, Abhinaw, Amanchi, Shilpa and me. Trip was final but tickets were yet to be booked n there was consensus to reach on before going for booking. Yamini was supporting going by bus n since it was almost 12 hrs by bus so Abhishek Babu was reluctant to go by bus as he won’t have enough space to run around n Sid was also reluctant and his logic was he doesn’t get enough leg space, although he is not that tall :P (of course taller than me). So finally after a discussion which Abhishek Babu won train tickets had to be booked n again one point came out. Should we go in sleeper class or A/C. n finally after a voting it was decided that we will go in sleeper class n will come back in A/c. Yamini n Amanchi booked the tickets. Now every body was waiting for the Friday (April 4th)....suddenly on Monday (31^st March) Yamini gave a hint that she might not come as she ll have to attend her mom (she had to go through an eye operation) n everybody started cribbing n I was very disappointed but finally Yamini handled the situation n saved the trip from getting cancelled. On Friday everybody came to office with there backpacks except Abhishek Babu n Shilpa (their houses are very close to office) n all were waiting for 5:00 pm. Fortunately I didn’t had any bugs pending so I was quite free n was closely following the watch. And finally it was 5. Abhishek Babu, Abhinaw, Amanchi n I started from office, Shilpa joined us in Mayuri lane n Yamini joined in at the meeting point of Mayuri lane n SP Road, Sid didn’t come with us as he had to finish some work n he asked us to move on n he will come running. We all arrived at begumpet railway station n train came 5 minutes late @ 5:35 pm.... we got into S13(coach our reservations were in). In almost 5 minutes everything was settled n in a while we all were involved in some discussion n I don’t know why I called Shilpa "kam dimag" (less brainy). It was a usual comment for me (but not every body’s mind is in sync with u n not ever body know what u felt when u said something to somebody) but for her it acted like a tikhi mirchi n she replied “Khud to apni identity hai nahi…dusron ke pichhe poonchh ban ke ghumte rehte ho…..pehle apni identity banao phir baat karo”……It was nt at all easy for me, I’m not use to these sort of comments on me….It was the worsest (I know worst itself is in superlative degree) comment I have ever heard for myself….I don’t know what people think about me n I don’t even care but I know that I’m a self made man… n for a person who has taken all the important decision by himself these sort of comments is heart breaking. Yeah it did broke my heart but it didn’t sustain for quite long it got all wiped out with her smile n her argument “dost kuchh bol denge to dosti tod loge kya”. After all it was me who had started this so I shouldn’t blame any body for this. After this short episode of heart breakings we started our all time favorite antrakshari to pass our time. Abhishek Babu, Amanchi and I were in one team..Yamini, Sid, Shilpa n Abhinaw were in another team. I was laud as always n it all continued until it was time for dinner. We ordered 2 egg biriyani for Abhinaw n Amanchi n five veg biriyanis for Yamini, Abhishek Babu, Sid, Shilpa and myself. I didn’t feel eating so I had just half of my biriyani, Abhishek Babu ate the rest. After dinner we went to sleep.......I cudn’t sleep properly as people kept coming into my compartment n whenever they came they switched on the lights n It all resulted into my bad sleep….I woke up next morning at around 8. Yamini, Abhinaw n Amanchi were already up, after sometime around 8:30 or smthing Abhishek Babu n Shilpa also got up….around 9 we reached hubli station where we had our breakfast…..everybody except me ate idaly n I preferred Dosa (The driving force of this blog)……after breakfast Abhishek Babu was out using the train length for his jogging n Yamini was busy photographing n we five decided to go with bluff (A game of playing cards)…..as smile couldn’t go of Shilpa's face so, every time she bluffed she got richer n finally as the outcome of first game she was the richest with all the cards…...we made fun of her by calling her sardar but, all the time she wanted to prove herself n in next game she was the 1^stone to finish the game (with the help of Sid otherwise I would have bettered my last game’s 2^nd position ) ......After winning she told us "see I’m not a sardar" n we replied yeah u r not, actually u r a sardarni….jokes apart but yeah she proved that she is not that less brainy…...After two games we didn’t play anymore n everybody was busy doing different things…..Yamini was busy sleeping…Abhishek Babu was still busy going through different coaches of train…I was busy charging my mobile n listening to songs…I couldn’t c what Sid, Abhinaw, Amanchi n Shilpa were busy in…….We reached Belgaum railways station at 12:15 pm….