3rd August 2006

Finally the holiday kick-started. If you are wondering what holiday it was, i better give a preface. My friend Sanjay invited us (the roosters plus 3 more gurlzz) to Bangalore. Occasion was his Brother's wedding. Since all the roosters were desperate to take a break and go somewhere, this invitation came at the right time. We infact waited for this day to arrive. 2nd August, we boarded the Bangalore Express at Kacheguda and the journey was a good one. Though we guys thought of skipping sleep, eventually everyone did take a nap. We reached the Bangalore Cantonment Station in the morning and the holiday actually kick-started.

The Ciggy-Roosters were terribly eager their Ciggs since its been 14 long hours (C'mon 14 hours of break is very long, by all counts, for anyone who smokes) since they had their last cigg. everyone was waiting for Sanjay to arrive since his break was much more longer - 24 hours. Finally, Sanjay arrived in his Scorpio. one of the unforgettable gestures of Sanjay was that he actually arranged a vehicle for all the 8 of us, for this entire 4 day trip. Had that not been there, i wonder how we guys could have managed. That’s really sweet of him.

We went to the apartment in Benson Town, that’s we were to stay for the next 4 days in Bangalore. The gurlz were little disappointed since there was only 1 common Bathroom (that too unattached) for the 2 rooms we have booked. Since everyone had their own plans of going out and meeting people during the day-time, we guys decided to cock up and have our own way (day). ‘We’ = Myself, Govind & Bala (by the way, you can read his version of the same Trip-Chronicles on his Blog, good read). To give way for the ladies and other guys, we 3 decided to have our morning ablutions at Govind’s Attha’s Place. Meanwhile Sanjay left for his place, after another round of ciggs (this time, the break was only 30mins). Having charted out the plan for the day (that there was no plan as such), we started off from Benson Town. Enroute we dropped by Venu’s place (thereby dropping him there) to meet his parents. Spent some time there with each of us dabbling with Guitar, keyboard and thumbas.

Govind’s attha’s place had the typical look of big-old-tamil-iyengar house. The house was 60yr old and the vintage look didn’t wean away a bit, right from the flooring to the old furniture. Barely few minutes after I stepped in, I fell in love with that place. Perfect look. I can as well make a film there. The bathroom was a big one too…which made me love it more.

Finishing out ablutions, we headed for the most important moment of the Day. No, I am not talking about the Reception Party of Sanjay’s Family but the afternoon meal, the lunch. Well, it could be said as breakfast actually. But what we had was actually a Brunch. Govind spotted that one of THE BEST Masala Dosa eat-out joint is very much open. Butter-Masala-Dosa was what we ordered and it was indeed one of THE BEST I had till now. After one round, we went for another. Well, it deserved another actually.

After that, we hit off for the most talked-about place in Bangalore - The Brigade Road.

to be continued...

People take long breaks at times...especially from the work which they like doing. And i hate that a lot, especially when the subject of work is creativity.The break i took wasnt an intended one. It was by sheer accident...as accidental as my existence..as accidental as my choices...I wanted to(as always) write about lot of stuff which had happened during this last 1 month. tried to chronicle some in my note-book but wasnt as successful as i thought i would be. I tried to chronicle few in my mind, but then, i uncaged my mind too.Finally, whats left are few recollections, which i wish to attempt in the forthcoming blogs.

In Nut-Shell: I am reviving this Blog.

To kickstart, here comes a series of posts which chronicle my recent visit to Bangalore. I am yet to heat-up my other blogs too.I will go One-By-One.