Tuesday, January 02, 2007
3 days of non-stop fun and I am dead tired… but don’t want to go to sleep and end it all!
The New Year weekend in Ganpatiphule, a beach 400 km into the Mumbai – Goa western coast… A group of 15 with connecting nodes at ISec, IIMC, IIMB, Symbiosis and more… A Saturday afternoon 1 pm start that actually happened at 4 pm with two self driven cars and a third rented car with the driver that left Mumbai at about 6 pm after picking all the poles at different points!
Double dinner breaks at McD & Hotel Saraswati, a punctured tire and a few almost fatal possible accidents later, we did reach the guesthouse at about 5 am! A real long drive among the ghats and empty scary roads but then the company was good enough to keep us lively all through the journey :)
Stayed in a room which could actually accommodate the 14 of us! When everyone was actually awake and up, we hit the beach around noon and I was adequately equipped to run straight into the water :) Good many hours of fun kissing the waves and the high tides, playing a few games and just getting immersed under the water! Just couldn’t get enough of it!
Lunch followed in the evening and a few hours of rest cum freshening was good enough to get us prepared for the small bonfire cum New Year party at the beach :) Songs, dance and drinks welcomed the New Year as fireworks lightened the sky… hearty hugs and good wishes to everyone around and around the world! My best moments for the night was my new found talent to be the group’s bartender as I mixed old monk, vodka and royal challenge with the accompaniments for et al :) I enjoyed my new role so much that, I realized only at the end of the long night that I hadn’t even had my coke! I hope everyone had a good start to the New Year.
The long night was getting cold and so we were forced to get back to our room… A good night’s rest before we started the journey back with good moments to remember :) Food breaks and parting dinner at McD once again marked the end of the trip, though it took another 2 hours to wade through Mumbai traffic to enter my home!
This group of people hardly know everyone… it is actually a group in which everyone knows a few people well enough, but we all had such a good time even as we got to know each other and fell in love with everyone around :)
A very different New Year’s Eve… have never spent it with so many people in a beach! But loved them all and loved the moments even more :) Hope it’s a good start to a lot of things that I would make happen this year.
The New Year weekend in Ganpatiphule, a beach 400 km into the Mumbai – Goa western coast… A group of 15 with connecting nodes at ISec, IIMC, IIMB, Symbiosis and more… A Saturday afternoon 1 pm start that actually happened at 4 pm with two self driven cars and a third rented car with the driver that left Mumbai at about 6 pm after picking all the poles at different points!
Double dinner breaks at McD & Hotel Saraswati, a punctured tire and a few almost fatal possible accidents later, we did reach the guesthouse at about 5 am! A real long drive among the ghats and empty scary roads but then the company was good enough to keep us lively all through the journey :)
Stayed in a room which could actually accommodate the 14 of us! When everyone was actually awake and up, we hit the beach around noon and I was adequately equipped to run straight into the water :) Good many hours of fun kissing the waves and the high tides, playing a few games and just getting immersed under the water! Just couldn’t get enough of it!
Lunch followed in the evening and a few hours of rest cum freshening was good enough to get us prepared for the small bonfire cum New Year party at the beach :) Songs, dance and drinks welcomed the New Year as fireworks lightened the sky… hearty hugs and good wishes to everyone around and around the world! My best moments for the night was my new found talent to be the group’s bartender as I mixed old monk, vodka and royal challenge with the accompaniments for et al :) I enjoyed my new role so much that, I realized only at the end of the long night that I hadn’t even had my coke! I hope everyone had a good start to the New Year.
The long night was getting cold and so we were forced to get back to our room… A good night’s rest before we started the journey back with good moments to remember :) Food breaks and parting dinner at McD once again marked the end of the trip, though it took another 2 hours to wade through Mumbai traffic to enter my home!
This group of people hardly know everyone… it is actually a group in which everyone knows a few people well enough, but we all had such a good time even as we got to know each other and fell in love with everyone around :)
A very different New Year’s Eve… have never spent it with so many people in a beach! But loved them all and loved the moments even more :) Hope it’s a good start to a lot of things that I would make happen this year.
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Happy New Year babe!!
Here's to new beginnings and fresh memories.
Vsh U A Vry Yappi Neieui iear :)
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Thanks for the RC scoop, bud!! ... you'll forever be my fav by-the-bonfire bartender ;)
and now goad those lazy bones into sending across the pics!
"A real long drive among the ghats and empty scary roads but then the company was good enough to keep us lively all through the journey"... I TAKE THAT AS A COMPLIMENT... after all those statements in Sports Bar which indicated otherwise... :)
Thanks Meera... You too have a great year!
Hope i can be the bartender for many more parties :) I am actually learning the tricks of the trade ;-) And I shall save more RC for u the next time.
And I still haven't seen the pics... weren't you the one who preferred the singing for the snaps!
Jai, there were other people in the car who werent there at sports bar... may be thats what made the difference :)
eHappy New Year. Looks like you had good fun!. Have a great year ahead.
Happy new year!! And good luck!!
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