AN EPIC TRAVELLOGUE...

For those misguided by the title of this post, don't worry. I'm not going to write a gigantic post describing my daily exploits on one long trip in the Savannas or the Himalayas, or my wierd discoveries of the beauties and vagaries of nature. I must confess I find all that pretty boring, as well as long book reviews as blog posts.
What I'm gonna write instead, is my funny experience yesterday, when half of us were brainwashed that it was essential to go out and get freaked out on the day when your exams end to prove ur elation and excitement. So in short what happened was that as the clock struck 10 am yesterday and the prof collected the answersheets of a total disaster, the one predecided, definite things in everyone's minds was that we're going out, though noone knew where [:P]
One hour of discussion after the paper led to an agreement upon meeting at 2, and leaving together for CP for a movie and food. Twice before 2, the decision got changed to different places (thanx to the wondeful invention the mobile phone is!). We eventually met at almost 3(the guys made us wait for an hour!!!!!!!!!! [X-(] ) and again a discussion started. The venue changed from Saket to Priya to Gurgaon to Ansal's to finally Noida, with a 7-2 vote in its favour. (There were 9 of us btw, 5 guys and 4 gals). Actually it was a combined b'day treat of two people, one of whom happens to be my lovely roommate who had her bday yesterday. So movie was a MUST. Anyway, with Noida as the decided destination, we left the IIT premises and reached Nehru Place. There someone had a brainwave about going to PARAS cinema hall itself, at Nehru place, which, for the uninitated, is a pretty pathetic theatre. But the distance to Noida was a definite deterrent, and somehow people pulled themselves upto the theatre, since it was anyway showing the movie we wanted. We found that the current show had started ten minuted before, and actually, we would have still seen it, had we not discovered that the air-conditioning was out of order(yuck!!).So out we went, underneath the merciless sun, roaming around there only for half an hour(!), drinking lime sodas and discussing meningitis, and so forth!

Then I had brainwave#2: we could go to 3C's at Lajpat Nagar...nice place, only that it was in the opposite direction than where we were..:P
But still, I'm such a convincing person and noone wins any arguments from me (hehe, actually I'm such a terrifying soul that people do agreee most of the times when I yell about doing a particular thing!) that eventually we all started for Lajpat Nagar. Half an hour and a boring, rickety bus ride later, we reached somewhere near the final destination, but still...we were 2 kms away, which noone wanted to walk in the heat.

We took rics next, and what ensued next was the best part of the day- a rickshaw race, and guess what, we won!!!
To think back, it was stupid the way we were shouting "bhaiyya aur tez chalao!" "Bhaiyya, aj dikha do ki hamara richshaw sabse aage hai!" etc and playfully teasing each other at the top of our voices in full public view on a hot summer afternoon on Delhi roads (and that too, the Ring Road, busiest of them all) but trust me IT WAS FUN!!!

It was almost evening (ok it was 5, but it wasn't hot) by the time we reached, and 3C's was showing KAAL 5:05 PM. We had spent an entire afternoon getting there, so we had to watch the movie, which we did. I shall not divulge the details of the movie, nor give a silly review. All I'll say is that the first half is slow and draggy and the first few minutes it was so pathetic we cursed ourselves for being there, but by the end it was good, and i did enjoy the second half. Especially with our kind of comments and harkate to add to the fun, which I'd better not write here :P

Once the movie ended, it was time to eat. but half the people didn't like the food court at 3C's. So we were off to Haldiram's next, a 20 minute walk, after a round of what people called "appetisers"!And then, no one was hungry at Haldiram's, so everyone ended up with icecream sodas, mocktails, kulfi falooda and chat!
Finally it was 10:30 PM. We emerged out, and thought we should return...
But voila, brainwave#3...within 5 minutes we were off to India Gate!!!

Reached there almost at 11, and did absolutely silly things there, like playing with a balloon and pouring COKE all over each other!!!
It seems we also disturbed the slumber of this uncle sleeping nearby, who suddenly got up and started yelling at us. Shamelessly grinning on his face, we simply shifted our location :D :D

Then at 12:30, bak to insti, after more of the harkate and then playing at the Wind tunnel. Gave arbit bumps to seven people, ate a b'day cake that a frnd of mine had saved for me even though we were half an hour late for her b'day, and then ran off to the Insti Roof- one of the most beautiful, wonderful and peaceful places in the insti. Got to my room at 2:30 I guess, and obviously didn't sleep immediately. :)
I guess that's about it, for the day!

LEASONS LEARNT :
(From KAAL)

• If u go to a jungle, take ur gf/wife along, u don't get killed.
• If u're a gal and wearing a mini, make sure it's not the shortest on sight..u get killed
• Do not smoke...it kills
• Say "cut the crap" every five minutes. You look arrogant but u scare off ghosts

(From the day)

• Have a definite plan BEFORE you embark for a hangout, u save a lot of travelling time
• Do not throw COKE on the face of a sleeping middle aged wreck. He howls like a dog wearing the skin of a senile tiger
• 4 girls CAN pick up a 100 kg guy to give him bumps. Try it, but only if it's for a bet that's worth ;)