And I'm skipping the preview and heading straight to the point.
Last year, there was a birthday blast that concerned a houseboat and my own house. exactly 365 days later, we repeated the feat...sans the houseboat. nevertheless, we were strengthened by the presence of susan, who was unable to make it last year, and also the newest member of the family....ali. moreover, this time we were also gifted by the holy vessels of transportation....namely zubin's swift and my beat. yes, times have indeed changed.
after zubin had to survive the terrible ordeal of handling all the women by himself at our fav burger/pizza outlet Pik-A-Byte, the entire group of 12 assembled by night and headed out to my turf. the source of fun that night was nothing but the gang itself, which needless to say, sufficed. zubin and ali added a little something by singing away with rohin providing the stringwork.
however, the next day brought us the opportunity to hit marari beach in alleppy. echoes of our previous alleppy trip resonated as we rampaged through the sea and made sure that we didnt leave till we were sapped out of all energy. but with loudmouths like suthin and sreeja onboard, it seemed like we had limitless energy anyway... :)
But the real party was waiting for after nightfall...the big treat at Wyte Fort by the birthday people....namely irene, zubin, jency, jazim, susan and myself. dressed to kill, we couldnt have looked better that night. nor could we be louder in that huge buffet hall. our mouths and our behaviour just weren't matching our formal outfits...not that any of us cared in the first place :D
Joined shortly by dilu and jersen, we had a brilliant round of dinner before heading back home for one last night of fun that included some hilarious games of blindfold(no one were at the risk of drowning this time) and more late night chatting. Early morning brought the departure of the gang members...though only for some time. because we re-united 2 months later....this time, under the very roof of 2k3 itself. and this time, we brought in yet another new member...karthik 'tiger' madhavan.
Being in kochi, we made use of our usual spots....Pik-A-Byte, Wangs and Sand Dunes. and in the case of the christians among us....the church. If you want to know the rest....i'm sorry. you just had to be there :) but i can paint a small picture with the following fleeting images :
1- sreeja in her red nightgown that made her look like a mom
2- zubin singing his own versions of popular songs
3- rohin doing his work on the guitar for the above mentioned songs
4- merin being 'blown away by the wind' at the beach
5- jazim's treachery causing ali to be caught by rohin at blindfold
6- suthin slipping and falling down hard during the above mentioned game
7- susan smacking our tennis ball away and out of the boundary with the cricket bat, losing the ball in the process
8- calvin grabbing the camera off the top of the swift and running away with the lens pointed at him, the timer running and us chasing him trying to get into the frame
9- irene trying to work my beat out on the front yard
10- the number of dirty jokes we made and the scores we kept
11- susan top scoring for the above mentioned point
12- jency and that laugh of hers
13- need i mention sreeja's laugh?
14- ali showing the newbies exactly how to perform the art of taking sheesha
15- merin and her dress that looked like a tablecloth
16- irene and her injured toe that forced suthin and i to go all the way to kollencherry to pick her up
17- jency banging away on karthik as he refused to give up zubin
18- merin laughing her ass out and then whispering the joke in sreeja's ear causing obvious destruction(seriously, what the hell is all that about???)
19- rohin showing his expertise in a field other than music....lame jokes
20- and many many many more....
Where we are concerned, the industry of fun just can't be taken down.
Yours truly
Vysh
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