the best weeknights

been a while since i posted, huh...

well things have been a bit turbulent lately...many developments on the personal and professional front. there's a chance i might be back in delhi in a couple weeks. delhi....it's majestic. it has changes of weather. it has my dogs, and my school and college friends. the ony thing i'll miss about bombay is the nightlife and freedom of mobility.

so i decided, what the heck?? let's live life the way it's meant to be lived. so with the equally cavalier suhail, and occasional company o murli and dips, i have just had 3 awesome weeknights, the way weeknights should be instead of getting home from work and sleeping early to get to work the next day. and these three weeknights were none other than the dreaded first three...monday (shudder!!), tuesday and wednesday.

Monday: i left early. in my defense (amazing how i keep coming up with them), i had asked my company for a transfer to delhi, and was therefore waiting on that news and didn't have much work as a consequence. i did have a review, though. other than that, i was idle all day. so much so that suhail and i kept dipu company for lunch at subway, had lunch at relish, and kept suchai company for lunch at status. i left office after my review around 5. went staight to phoenix mills, where i met dipu n suhail. we had some burgers at mcd's, had some coffee at ccd, and played a game of bowling. suhail managed 89, dipu 94, and me 169. yes, 169....no, not 69. that 169 included 4 spares and 3 strikes. of these, after being at 90 after 7 turns, i scored 3 strikes and a spare as my parting shots. good fun. dinner was at home though, leftover pizza.

Tuesday: i left early. still uncertainty reigned over my transfer to delhi. i had lunch with suhail and dipu at only parathas. then suhail n i came home in his office cab, i changed, he packed his stuff up and we went to his guest house on peddar road. it was quite a posh place. i had taken my brealey-myers to study up a bit, and did so while he worked a while. murarka joined us there around 7.30. we then walked over to crystal cafe, saw the crowd, and walked on till charni road station. then we took a cab and went to all stir fry in the gordon house. had a wok style dinner, and i ofcourse took the spiciest sauces. i think by the time i finally left, the seat i had been sitting on was charred with the flames. food was good though. we all pigged. then we took a cab to the intercontinental, and went to their rooftop lounge, dome. suhail had a caipiroshka, and murli and i had their signature LIIT's. we left, walked along marine drive right up till nana-nani park (chowpatty) and finally took a cab home. slept around 2:30

Wednesday: reached office an hour late thanks to the late night. met suhail and dipu for lunch at ruby tuesday's. dips didnt eat. then they went back to their offices, while i went home. yes, after spending about 2 hours in office in total. passed time at home till suhail came. then around 6.30 we went to his guest house, and from there to wankhede stadium, where we were joined by dips and murli, who had picked up a patty for us at croissant's. in wankhede we watched the IPL match, chennai vs mumbai. it was all good fun. especially as i was one of the few supporting chennai. it was raucous, noisy, sweaty fun. we had some popcorns and cokes. watched jayasuriya decimate chennai till they had their souls sucked out. that affair ended around 11. we then went to intercontinental and at 1145, in kebab corner, we had a tasty full course meal courtesy a reluctant murli who was coerced into treating for his bonus. at 1245 then dips and murli went home, while the 2 o us went up to dome and had an LIIT each. gulped that down in about 20 mins as they closed at 1.30. we then repeated the previous night's walk, right up to chowpatty, as we were bursting at the seams. i got home finally around 3.

so, what one must see is what all i did, and how many places i ate at, and how many places i went to, and what time i slept. tell me, is this not how life should be?

ps: a pox and curse on george 'simian' bush, who has not brains enough to refrain from blaming india' prosperity and better eating habits to rising food prices. frickin obese americans who per capita eat 5 times as much as us, and love it when it gets them into the guiness book. pots trying to call un-kettles black. ignoramuses, insecure in the decay of their wealth.