Wow..what a wonderful day was it

Day: 23rd of July 2010.
Mood: Whimsical.
Day : Friday

This special friday started with a strong thud from my roommate reminding me of the itinerary for the day.I had instructed him strictly to wake me up a bit early from my normal time of nine :) .Thanking him for the same,I glanced at the bedside timepiece which evinced 4 minutes past 7, thats about an hour left before we planned to start our long awaited team outing.The destination after dilly-dallying was pinned to IFC off Mysore road considering the petty size of the team.When I finished with my morning chores its almost 45 minutes past seven. I called up SP to inform of my readiness on time so that he could pick me on the way. Nothing to mind about the SPs' timeliness as he is always well-timed.At eight,I was Picked up by VK and SP on-time,and started our journey through the maze of ORR towards BTM, to pick up SU.After an hour of arduous drive we picked up SU, thanks for 'A bold new drive' which graciously maneuvered us.
we decided to take NICE for the drive to be nice and did so, on the way quested for a restaurant to have a quick breakfast as I and SU needed badly and VK has no problem in accompanying us. SP is always astute, not to have food outside.Breakfast at 'sagar' was conventional.
Remembering our other two mates KK and MK, we instantly rang, only to get to know that they were on the way almost same as us on time to destination. This was a harbinger of the good times ahead, along with their company.
Reached IFC around 11 Am, KK and MK trailed us by 15 minutes.The mood is elated and after a few formalities and clicks,when we decided to go on we saw KK come running with THE DREADFUL phone ringing,he promptly handed over the phone to SU, saying "SU, Some Depot Issue man".I Could notice that all our face turning gloomy. SU attended the call and after few give-and-takes turned to us and uttered 'Paragon FTP Issue at w2 yaar !!' though we were bit relaxed on hearing this, not completely out of apprehensions of being delayed as we are beholden to solve issues. SU and KK worked assiduously with moral support from us to close the issue but it took not less than 30 minutes even with their adroitness of handling issues. we never missed a moment to enjoy with teasers and badinage flying all over without missing anyone. Few more photos, especially displaying VKs'agility added colors to the mood before we entered IFC finally.
Its now fun time..there were total of 20 rides to be completed and the fun started off with mirror maze, really wonderful amusement which confounded our brains soon after entering in.we all finally came out with hearty laughter only to find KK missing. Its almost another 20 minutes before we welcomed KK with great applause. He was struck in the maze for extra long time to find the way out. Its the discussion on 'how KK would be coming out' and comments from each of us during our wait made it more interesting.By now 'I am feeling Hungry yaar ..' started lingering in everyones ears' thanks to MK. with due respect we sent MK to refuel herself accompanied by KK, by that time I,SP,SU and VK ventured onto skating ring. we were agog on seeing the shoes,the rink and the ambiance as a whole, soon SP decided to back out remembering his wrist and decided only support us, I,VK and SU dared entered the rink and had a whole new experience of having foot on the wheels literally. Its after one fall-back I quit, but VK and SU continued to enjoy even with many fall-backs.trademark nature of exploring new ventures. By now they were joined by MK and KK after their refuelling.KK prolonged his venture and faired well,MK as me quit soon. All in all we enjoyed a lot in the rink.
Action filled active morning prolonged into late afternoon when we completed Roller coaster,Go Karting,Dashing cars and Watergun in the order but at each stage our excitement was sky rocketing.Not to mention, none of us worried about the second DREADFUL call as we are by now in a furore.After all this, all our alimentary canal started drying up, everyone felt the need for nourishment.Its Mr.Mak who filled our tummies seasoned with assortment of ice creams generously,which put us back on track. Most of the Lunch discussion was focussed on getting tips from VK on 'how to be on diet' and personal experiences of not being corpulent et al. Fairer of the species are made target, for making life interesting.
Of the events in the evening session to be mentioned are the 4D theater and Artificial Beach. we were astonished with the experience we had. we had a REAL feel of being in the movie rather than watching a movie.It was awesome. Finally decided to wind-up the day with the visit to artificial beach as the sun was moving farther. Artificial Beach had a very good relaxing ambiance. Enjoyed in the water which refreshed a lot. Again SP and KK played safe by not entering the water. Our efforts to get KK into water were in vain.
Now, its time to depart, we all started back home after a strong cup of coffee,thanking VK for burgeoning the idea of outing.It was a wonderful day for all of us with all refreshed and relaxed.hip-hip hurray ..

India and caste

I am surprised at the amount of support from the veteran statesmen on getting the caste included in census. caste in India currently doesn't show the real status of a household.its high time that some better methods be devised to get the stats on real state of the society. most of the people in urban areas are no way bothered about their caste and all that matters is the economic status. sure this trend is to be cascaded to semi-urban and rural areas in near future.