Life in 944 mm

It seemed like a normal boring day at work....... I was working as usual inside my air-conditioned office .... unaware of the outside world..... suddenly my friends started complaining that their mobile service provider Orange was out of network.... I whipped my cell out of the pocket.... Thank God Airtel was working....

Rumours started making rounds that there was water logging everywhere...... This was enough to make me stop my work.... it was not because I was worried how to get home..... but it was out of sheer excitement.......

Finally, we decided to stay back in office and spend our night here..... I was not new to this idea..I have stayed back in office a couple of times before.... the only difference being this time I had company to stay back and no work pressure..... YIPPIE..... I thought this wil be a night to remember.... 26th July 2005...

But my hopes were dashed.... not because my Manager loaded me with work.. but because one of my friend... (should I name him...should I not)..TARUN.... was feeling sleepy.... Rest followed suit.... My other colleagues were watching the most acclaimed film of the year SARKAR

I had already watched it... had nothin else to do... so thought.... maybe I can finish off my pending work... yup this is Denzil....workin when no one else is.....I worked till 3:30 in the morn..and then dozed off in my chair...

I did not know how three hours flew by...Tarun, Pratichi and myself got up early in the morning (6:30)and walked all the way to the BEST bus stop... the bus frequency was bad....and the buses were crowded as if it was 6:30 in the evening... So gave up the idea of catching the bus... Walking all the way was the last thing on our minds....(LazyBums!!!)

Thanks for Pratichi and another girl... a kind lady offered a lift in her QUALIS ... It was a ride I will never forget... We saw some amazing sights on the way.....2 feet fish crossing the concrete road...(Beleive me ...I am not exaggerating)..... Cars parked in the Aarey Jungle.... looking as if they are coming out of the jungle... a 10 feet ditch right in the center of the road.... I wish I had the digital camera to capture these moments...

Well.... by now everyone knows the hardships...the island city Mumbai had to go through.... This picture says it all....




944mm rain in a single day.. a record of some sorts.... well, I want to thank all the people who helped us to reach home safely... and all the people who helped each other when help was needed the most... Long Live ....Mumbaikars!!!

Good Old Days

It just seems like yesterday...... But its been a year now that we friends have graduated from the college..... We have cursed the college and the crowd out there.. we have cursed the professors....the staff... the building... the principal.. everyone I can remember.......

On the last day of the college life ... I can vividly remember the date... 27th May 2004..... (How can one forget that day in his life???) ....... it was the last day of our college as well as our tough engineering life..... We all were on Cloud Nine......

We clicked a group photo that day in the college campus..... When I was going through my old mails..... luckily I found that photo yesterday...... Here is it for you to see.... Its one of the rarest photos in my album......

Lemme name the guys in the photo....coz everyone has changed now except for couple of them....
Standing (from Left to Right).... Parag (hiding behind me) , Myself , Cedric (with his trademark Cap), Nirav (with his elbow resting on my shoulder), Atul (the happiest one), Ameya (with his hand in the air), Vinay (serious. must be thinkin about the results), Anil ( matured gentleman pose), Manisha (yeh naya rang kaunsa hai???) , Sheetal
Kneeling or Sitting (Figure it out yourselves)(From Left to Right)... Abhijit (our Shahrukh), Shirish, Manprit ( Sardar with all 32 teeth on display) and last but not the least Ali (Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai??)

This pic brings back my college memories... some good and some bad... Bad memories are meant to be forgotten and the good ones to be cherished forever....

Alibaug Adventures

Whenever you do something silly, you must have often heard people saying... "Alibaug se aaya hai kya??"..... Well, I often thought what was so different about the people in Alibaug.... Then finally I got a chance to see them... Yes.... the species of the Animal Kingdom decided to the visit the so called happening place in the monsoons....ALIBAUG...

Majority of us were going there for the first time.... so we were all excited as usual... We hired a Scorpio coz we knew Nothin else will do..... We literally had a blast in the SUV.... The songs on the CD player were played to defy the decibel limits..... The hot favourites were the "Dus.... Just Chill.... and Kevin Little's Turn me On"....

The journey was fun all the way.... As soon as we reached Alibaug.... the hungry wolves in our bellies started howling... But as our luck would have it... all the hotels were closed.... but our hungry eyes spotted a small eatery...named Hotel Akshay...

The hungry pack settled in the seats and started deciding what should be eaten to satisfy the hunger....then finally the lone waiter showed up saying that only Keema Pav and Bhurji Pav was available... The orders were given... and the poor waiter started dashing in and out of the kitchen.... the plates full of food disappeared with the speed with which he got them..... the hotel manager had to go to the market coz all the pavs in the hotel got over.... Can u beleive that??? .... after filling our stomachs..... we went ahead and finally got a place to spend the night in a small bungalow....near the Kihim Beach.....

As it was early evening...we played a game of football on the beach..it was Reds Vs Blacks.... The match was similar to Brazil Vs India Soccer Match... The Brazilians here were the Reds...The teams were so named coz of the colour of the apparels worn....I dont want to get into the details of naming the players...

Finally after challenging our stamina.... some guys went to the market to get some samaan and the rest stayed back..... The night was Fultoo Dhamal... AWe made a bakra out of someone... I dont want to name that guy...While he was dozing off..... dreaming.... We just gave that guy a toothpaste massage on his body....and then we also clicked some photographs.... the poor guy had to take a bath at 3:45 in the morning....

After the mission was accomplished..we went back to sleep.... Woke up in the morning.... went to the beach for a stroll and then started our journey back home.... The return journey was fun too.... We got down from the Scorpio a couple of times to click some nice photographs....
The exciting weekend was utilised to the maximum extent possible... and finally the Animal Kingdom returned to its Jungle.....