Three days. Just three days. And it definately feels like three weeks or more. well, thats because i know how to make use of the time. [ aren't we so proud these days?? ] Many things happned in these three days, many emotions troubled/enriched my intellect. But lets summerise, shall we?

Okay, to think of it… i shall just try and put the most interesting things here for the record. let there be damn with the length of the post!

To start with, this was one of the first train journeys without reservation for me. I normally used to take a flight. But this time due to two friends joining me, i chosed to take a train. Again it wasnt that bad i guess. We landed in mum at nine in morning. On saturday. Took taxi ride from borivali to mira road, and got robbed of 500+ bucks for that. [ yep, i know it was too much, but then again we were too tired anyways!] reached the place. Cleared up the mess at the unkept house and called the friends for a setup for the meets, after sorting the reliance phone’s bad roaming problems! lots of calls and text msgs for a few hours and we landed once more in a resort at the west of malad, near by Aksa beach. It was a terribly far but good place. And this time someone else joined in. The person who was the main reason of the trip. Ember. Of course the whole noon got spent in @#$%@%$ [ no graphical details.. pulllessseee!! :D]

It was already more than 24 hours that i had left home, and i hadnt eat/drink anything in last ten hours. So we ordered food while waiting for a friend to arrive there. And as the food got served, she came in! Deepa , the blog friend i actually wanted to get in touch for real. [ Deeps, just off the record, that was actually a bad time but i loved meeting you nonetheless!] However, we had fun for as long as she stayed. She blended in quite nice with all four of us, and didnt feel like we were meeting for the first time. Ember had a great time pulling my leg in front of her [not literarry]. We also had a few serious converstions about why/whynots of blogging. but well, thats a matter of a whole new post probably! Tea with Deeps wasnt possible as i dnt drink tea, but we managed with the chocolate milkshake! It was a “Chocolate Milkshake With Deepz” episode instead. still, It was really great chatting up with her, and i think i should endevour in this more often.

She left, around sunset, after a long time of sitting over the wall in front of beach and talking. The evening afterwards was great as well, All of us had good time, with good dinner, booze, “Dil chahta hai” movie on TV, clean bedsheets, AC on full strength after shower, and a good few hours sleep under blankets holding him while he whispered my favorite words in darkness. At the checkout time next morning i realized that time somehow had went a tad bit too fast! we left, and came back to mira road. Rested a few hours again, and went out again.
This time i dragged my friends to my most favorite place in mum. IIT pawai. Here was the first time i had met Ember, years back. I just went there to revive my memories. It all felt so strangely saddening walking down the roads of IIT, sadness that somehow made me feel good in a weird way. Then we went to Hiranandani gardens, roaming around for the rest of the evening, having a great time. a few different things happned there too. Did some shopping, got my favorite pizzas, in a miscommunication got the contact loss with Prem and Nanda. waited outside sify IWAY for more than an hour for them to reach me, cause unluckily they both had their cells switched off and at home. I was almost freaked out, thinking lotsa negative thoughts about what can happen. And i had tears of relief in my eyes when they came back. [silly, but well, cant help being me!] came back to mira road by train at around eleven thirty in night. Of course, this time Nanda was the one who was in misery as she had not seen any crowd like that in mum local so far. She was about to loose sanity, but we managed to hold and keep her safe and sane. Meanwhile, I ended up breaking fingers of some chap for trying to grab my rear in that crowd. [ahhmm.. well , he deserved it!] I dint make a big scene as nanda was already freaked. But to hear the cracking and a loud grunt from behind was almost satiating for my anger that time!

Before midnight, Me and prem together killed more than 5 kokroaches who were probably lost assuming that our luggage was their favorite garbage [...and i wouldnt blame them for thinking that!] Prem made a few mosquitoes and a lizard blind with the deo spray of his. [You gotta see him with that weapon of his to actually appreciate the humor in it!!]

well, thats that to it basically. The next morning, we took train back to Nanda’a home town in jungles of South Gujarat. The next day we spent in train first, and at another beach, where i actually went in and touched the sea water. It was great, it was relaxing, it was heaven! … *Sigh*. I wish i could have that weekend streched into a week instead of just two days. Anyhow, no worries, i am planning to have it again, sometime soon. but before that, here I’m, after long weeks, finally finding time to post the whole trip experience..

… Of course i am still not writing on *wide* range of incidents apart from all this, that happened in this trip.

But well, not all things are meant to be said, right?

1. Your name spelled backwards :atke

2. Where were your parents born? India

3. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer?Damn Aol messanger!! which keeps bugging my anti-virus again and again!

4. What’s your favorite restaurant? Smokin Joes Pizza joint! mmmm. great memories.

5. Last time you swam in a pool? i dnt Swim. hydrophoebia

6. Have you ever been in a school play? Yes- Was Father of RAM in the Great EPIC Reproduction of RAMAYANA.

7. How many kids do you want? i want three.

8. Type of music you dislike most? honestly i like all types of music!

9. Are you registered to vote? Yep.

10. Do you have cable? Yes Again,

11. Have you ever ridden on a moped? nope. A bike - yes, my favorite

12. Ever prank call anybody? Yep, that is something i love doing all the time.

13. Ever get a parking ticket? Nope. But a speeding ticket - YES.

14. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving? Both. for sure.

15. Farthest place you ever traveled? Hmm. Astral travel to Iceland

16. Do you have a garden? yep a terrace one.

17. What’s your favorite comic strip? Garfield, wizard of ID

18. Do you really know all the words to your national anthem? yes.

19. Bath or Shower, morning or night? bath, night ! lots of candles and a book and three hours of spare time.

20. Best movie you’ve seen in the past month? Karam!

21. Favorite pizza topping? cheese, mushrooms, mushrooms and more mushrooms

22. Chips or popcorn? Popcorn, cheese

23. What color lipstick do you usually wear? I don’t wear usual, but if i do, it would be chocolate/brown.

24. Have you ever smoked peanut shells? nope! what are they anyways?? hehe!!

25. Have you ever been in a beauty pageant? Naah. i am against them

26. Orange Juice or apple? Apple

27. Who was the last person you went out to dinner with and where did you dine? Cousin, Out at a Club.

28. Favorite type chocolate bar? Mars or Toblerone

29. When was the last time you voted at the polls? Everyyear

30. Last time you ate a homegrown tomato? When i was four, i even have a pic of it

31. Have you ever won a trophy? yep, loads of them. mostly for ‘talking’

32. Are you a good cook? yes. damn good. i can cook instant outta any given thing!

33. Do you know how to pump your own gas? Yup.(no pun)

34. Ever order an article from an infomercial? Nope. Dont believe them

35. Sprite or 7-up? Mountain Dew Do the DEW!

36. Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work? Naah. never. Never had a uniform kinda jobs

37. Last thing you bought at a pharmacy? Aspirin for headaches

38. Ever throw up in public? erm yeah! motion sickness after a bumpy ride!

39. Would you prefer being a millionaire or find true love? hmmm. hard choice , but i will have both, cause there is no word call impossible in my dictionary.

40. Do you believe in love at first sight? Of course not. its a love at first BITE

41. Ever call a 1-900 number? lol. never!

42. Can ex’s be friends? None Ex can be friend afterwards in my case except one who was my schooltime friend and so we still are. though i have seen two of my EX becoming good friends, over and over again. Thats a terrible sight!

43. Who was the last person you visited in a hospital? MY self

44. Did you have a lot of hair when you were a baby? Yep.

45. What message is on your answering machine? “If i am not picking up, i am either terribly busy … Or.. Sleeping. Leave ur number, will call back once i am done sleeping

46. What’s your all time favorite Saturday Night Live Character? never watched it

47. What was the name of your first pet? Sweetu: my Parrot [:( Died few months back]

48. What is in your purse? keys, phone. money, comb, chain, lock, condom, leather belt, am all ready to attack u see!

49. Favorite thing to do before bedtime? Talk, talk talk.

50. What is one thing you are grateful for today? The special someone of my life… [no names tho

Men are like Slinkies.

They’re not really good for anything, but you still can’t help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

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…………. the fact that i feel pain that i can’t describe.

* blah blah blah blah..*

i can talk about thousand things which are good.. and a million which are funny…

i mean, thats one of the things about the campain batch of ours which was used to known as “phoenix” is now known as “monsters”… there is not a single hour spent since the start of this special training that we have not laughed our asses off!!

… and to top it all… we are going back to the unsofistication instead.. the word flying in our session are like… “Chindi chaur”… “lukkha”… “joka-poka”…. [ dont even as me what the third word is used in context of!!

thats all to it right now…
just enjoying my days here…
but i know once this training gets over, its again hectic hell back to us..

so… three cheers to “monsters”!!!!

unsofisticatedly yours,
Ektz.

Lets get on the light side of the life….. [ .... this post is for you, Ember.]

1. She’s crazy enough not to be crazy about silly material expressions of affection. [ well, it gets hard to woe this kind of girl, isn't it? ]

2. She can be the person with whom you can talk about your normal routines instead of romancing all the time. [ hell! I mean, who wants that??!! Someone who can listen and then be critical of your activities and *the way* you do them. ]

3. She doesnt care what you’re dressed in, or where you’re going together. [ To her , dressing up and going to a ballroom dance OR going to a beach to have a round of booze in 'whatever' clothes is same! ]

4. She has very short attention span to most of the things in life. [ unfortunately that means no long duration fights are available... but on the positive side... one will have to be constantly active to keep her interested!!! ]

5. She is the perfect counterpart for the male chauvinistic pricks [MCPs]. [ um... keep guessing how?.... :D]