Blast from the past

Finally i got my hands on this beautiful masterpiece on our friendship. Its comical description might tickle you too. But again may be not because you ought to be us to be able to appreciate it :-) 

This was written in the year 2005 by Bansi Aka Amit Bansal and myself. 

Go ahead read it for yourself if you like 

GOA-News and Updates

This newsletter we dedicate to our companions on the Goa trip Vandy (Vandana Krishnia) and Totta (Nikhil Arora). We are highly indebted to Kumar Vatsal for not coming on this trip and giving us this opportunity to write the Goa-Newsletter.

To start with, a small background on this trip. The trip was planned long time ago. The first time it was cancelled because Vandy and Amit had an important meeting which could not be missed. This time the program was final and in the evening when we all were to leave, Kumar Vatsal (colleague in SBI, and a friend from IIML) baked out again for an extremely stupid reason. He had an important meeting which came up that very day. Anyways, the newsletter covers almost every incident after we (means Amit, Annie and Vandy) at the bus stop got this news that Vatsal is not coming.

Time 19:00 Fort Area Friday

Amit and Annie started with some shopping with both  buying shorts and bags for Goa when we met Vandy. It was just 2 minutes when Vatsal called and informed he wont be not coming. What followed was arguments and anger being showered on Vatsal. Though after some time he said that he is also coming, which led to us to buy another bag worth 200 bucks. Annie also bought a weird pair of green shorts and a Dinchak Bag…

Finally he, our Hero arrived on the scene and left us with the camera to take telling us on our faces that he wont be joining us. The faces of Vandy and Annie were worth seeing. They were furious and teary…I mean tell me who would ditch at the last moment that too for a presentation that Vatsal’s boss finally made . Anyways the best part was when the girls were going senti over him, and he refusing to go to Goa when the Volvo started. Annie  was first one to scream “Oh my god the bus is leaving”. Think about it this way. Girls say “ No we will not go without you”, (The Bus starts) “ Oh no the bus is leaving” and Vandana the senti heroine did not say a word, which means even she wanted to go. Anyways Vatsal, our hero did not want to be responsible for the disastrous trip, so he took the initiative to stop the bus. And the bus did stop. And what happens next, Vatsal hugs both the girls a teary good bye (As if Amit never existed, what boys do in girls company) and we all board the bus. Immediately afterwards both the girls get a message saying “I am sorry” followed by a “ I will miss you too” msg. Does that mean Amit alias Bansi never existed? That’s a question Vatsal is yet to answer.

The next stop was Chembur. Current status “NO FIGHT BETWEEN THE GIRLS COS THE HERO HAD DROPPED OUT” the girls decided to sit together. Senti msgs still being passed on between the two girls and Vatsal. (Bansi is still absent from the trip emotionally)

Time 21:30 Chembur Friday

This is the auspicious time and place when our hero (Who succeeds Vatsal) Totta boarded the bus and Annie who so far was sitting comfortably with her friend best Vandy was told to vacate the seat, since ttots was going to take his rightful position with his babe. The first time when Amit and Annie realised that sparks were taking shape of fire.

After a few polite conversations with Annie and Bansi the lovebirds decided to ignore our presence totally and suddenly the heat was building up. They both started removing their sweatshirts (Mind you only sweatshirts). Two heads merged to become one odd shaped head. I shall diagramise it (Diagram is not coming on this blog )

After this Annie and Bansi sitting on the seat behind actually felt the heat of the sparks turning into fire. This conversion from sparks to fire was visible with head n shoulders and conversations like “maine poocha haan ya na”.  Please note this was happening when Annie and Bansi were supposed to be fast asleep. But they were not, Annie was simply following Vatsals advice “Annie, Sone ka natak karna aur jab kuch naughty ho to camera se click karna” but unfortunately we couldn’t use the camera as other people would have been disturbed. So we simply decided to hear on. Ofcourse the merging of heads were not ttottas idea they were simply borrowing it from the honeymooning couple sitting ahead of them. Well done, TTOTTE!

The highlight of the journey was the “Family Blanket” that the bus helper offered us . One blanket for 2 people since he was short of blankets. Once the blankets were given it was difficult to follow -up on our the star couple. But with the professionalism running high and Annie being the tour guardian for Vandy it was important for us to keep a close eye on the star couple, in pursuit of this we both ended up colliding our spectacles though none were injured. It was then that our dear friend Bansi decided to keep the spectacles in the seat partition so that Annie and he can sleep peacefully with the specs doing the watching job ( lol ). Well that was our Bansi at his humorous best. The Family Blanket was meant to simply protect from the chill and Bansi had clearly adviced the love bird that it  is meant for two people and not for converting two to threeJ 

But there was enough evidence that the lovebirds was awake till late at night having a lively (?) conversation. After that our struggle to sleep began. Sleep was intercepted with mild whispers coming from the seat ahead (Our lovebirds)

Time 09:00 Panjim STC

Once in Panaji we managed to get ourselves a room in STC. Here Bansi wanted to be satyavadi Harishchandra and called his parents to inform them about Goa. This really impressed Annie and she did the same with a completely different result. There was a lot of shouting and screaming at the other end. Well that did bug the hell out of her and she hung up promising to call up later. Her parents refused to believe their daughter went to Goa with friends just after Tsunami hit the shore of TN and South East Asia. 

Within some time bikes were arranged (While the girls as usual decided to stay back and get ready for the beach) and we were off to Calangute in north goa. The couple makes it a point to sit together on the bike.

When the boys were back with the bikes and getting ready for the drive, totta after having his bath had the first accident of the day, when he walked out of the bathroom without his trousers. Well it was deliberate or accidental will always be debatable but then it was never without purpose.

Before we all started the journey we thought of having a photo shoot so as to mark the beginning of our journey. The photo shoot started with Bansi and Vandy posing for the photo and totta watching on. Though nothing was felt during the moment but the stare that totta gave Bansi and Vandy on the bike can be identified. Later on all the various combinations were formed for the shoot. And when we decided it is time to leave we thought that we should buy a map and Annie and Amit went to buy leaving the stars with sometime of their own. After that we all left for the beach.

Once there apart from all the fun that we had ttotta refused to venture into the water and decided to go for water scooter ride with Vandy. What does that mean? Is ttota actually scared of water, or a sympathy seeker? Hehehe. Now the girls were dressed in some weird costumes and yes so were the boys. Well, some more clothes came off at the beach, well we weren’t scandalised at all since women were dressed in their minimum attire. Well Bansi had a ball of a time oogling at other women. But our love bird couple were a dedicated lot. Ttota was suddenly feeling unwell so Vandana decided to stay back and take care of him while Bansi and Annie ventured into the deep ocean sometimes swimming but mostly trying to catch the big waves and jump over it. Well, Bansi and Annie also went for the Water scooter thing and the pic was clicked by ur sweet Vandy. And Viceversa. Well Annie was a sport she went Zooooom over the waves and screaming at the same time. All probability of falling into the Arabian Sea. But the excitement died just when it began. It was a very short period. Then our heroines Jhansi Ki Rani’s  Vandy and Annie decided to Go para sailing and yes Vatsal, Vandy was high on some beer (or was it Ttottes love) well this time Ttots went to capture them glide. All the equipment was in place and the girls were zealous. What happens next vandy falls on annie, why because she is instructed to sit by the guard there. Vandy on Annie, was a funny sight since there were a group of spectators smiling away to glory. Some were laughing. We have videos to prove that. 

Next attempt: Instruction to sit- Vandy sits on the sand and annie is still standing not falling for all the wrong instructions. Well by now the girls are embarrassed. This time they decided to change the whole equipment. And yes they finally took off and apparently it was a fabulous. We have it captured on the camera, where Annie mentions Vatsals name again, see Vatsal she was missing and you dump her time and again ( LOL )

Well all this was followed by some sidey chinese food. Well after this we were tired and extremely dirty. So we were on our way back home. We had plans to party and all that…we also had to check out of STC and move to another place and we did not know where it was…and the best part was that we went up and down the same road with all the baggage (5-6 to be precise).  Then finally our Bansi decided to walk down himself and look for the place and did he find it? Well not for long cos we saw him pace the same road twice walking in a very focussed yet confused manner. Then Ttotts found a “Know All” in the market he told something like “its 3 apartments away from junction” ttotts went to check it out and came back looking triumphant and laughing that Bansi could not get the place. So we decided to walk down  just to realise the place Ttots found was the wrong one… and then again we find a triumphant Bansi hurrying up to us. Well Bansi was the hero he had finally found the shady setting we were supposed to be spending the night at. Oh well here I forgot to mention that before we got to STC to pack up and all…we made a visit to Fort Aguada, where a scene in Dil Chahta Hai was shot. Well on our way pictures were clicked. It was beautiful. Mid way Vandana wanted to take the camera and click some scenaries. So Annie gave her the camera, loo and behold the couple vanished with the camera! Hai Bhagwaan! Kya pyaar hai. Chalo never mind the brother sister duo (Amit and Annie) drove their way to the Fort alone and boy was it beautiful! We scanned the whole area just before the lovebirds arrived, minutes before the fort shut down. And when they make a classic entry inside the fort they decided to shoot some photographs which they were suppose to have done earlier. But anyhow they did shoot some photographs.

Well after this we decided to move on to STC and finally we have found our shack to spend the night. We dump our stuff and leave. Now as usual we are a bunch of confused lot thank god there is understanding between us.  Some of us wanted to go to Club Cabbana, but some did not want to travel so far back to Calangute . So we made headway to Ozone at Marriot, but they were playing Jazz and we were in no mood to dance to Jazz so then Club Cabbana was the only option. So there, we went but this time we do not know what went into Vandy's mind she decided to sit pillion with Bansiji, “theek hai Ttotte ka to kat gaya thaa” [this has to be taken as a statistical figure that out of the total time four of us spent together this ride was of the 7% time that our star couple spent away from each other] sad but then ok Annie with Ttotta not that bad I guess. We drove down through dark lanes, that were damn spooky. Ttotta and Annie had fun simply getting scared and yes it was very very cold. We were riding for a long time and yet we were no where near Cabbana. All of a sudden we saw weird light emerging from the trees. According to Ttots the lights were basically headlights of vehicles cutting through the trees, well Annie bought that idea. Lo and behold! We reach Cabbana and guess what, those laser lights were from the pub. From 5 streaks of light it increased to infinite number of them. Well the dance floor was empty and firangs were all over the place doping and drinking . The guys had a nice time simply gazing at their long legs. As far as we poor Indian girls were concerned we were wearing a hippy long skirt and it was very comfortable to sit and dance without being afraid. The entry was 1k per couple and booze was unlimited, so the next best thing was to get drunk which the girls did,

Bansiji doesn’t drink and Ttota couldn’t drink since he had to take care of his sweetheart Vandy. Then began the dirty dancing, between who is the questions. Guys of course it was Ttota and Vandy. Now its time you realise who the couple was. So Annie and Vandy had one too many and then began the natak ! Rest all is a BIG LAUGH

Well music was awesome. Ok so in the middle of the party Annie baby thought of Vatsal, the guy who dumped all of us. She had Vandy’s cell (we had two cells on roaming, Vandy and Ttota had Ttota cell and Amit and Annie had Vandy cell) so without thinking twice she made a call, Vatsal was awakened to the sweet voice. A little later apparently Vandy also gave a call. We wonder why are only the girls calling Vatsal, whats with the boy? Nevermind, so all the calling happened. In between the two lovebirds did their disappearing act once again. The brother sister duo couldn’t figure out where they went when we found them sitting cosily at a Khopcha (corner) and like besharams we sat alongside.  After dancing non-stop till 3:30am we left. Oh in between Annie had slept off for 30 mins. Man we were tired, with no sleep for so many hours. Annie was told to hold on to Amit tightly and he was instructed to keep me awake or I would fall off hehehe. We reached at about 4 am all through the journey Amit was fooling Annie with the timing. Always saying “only 5 mins baby” nonsense it took us so much time to reach that shack. Earlier we had decided that vandana and annie will sleep on the same bed whereas the guys will sleep on separate beds. But when we reached Vandana slopped on one bed and so did Annie, so now the guys were left with just one bed and yes they had to accept and slept on. We did not waste much time, as we were all tired to the core.

Time 9 am, SBI Holiday Home, 16^th Jan

Amit Ji was the 1^st one to wake up and he gladly made enough sound for Annie to wake up. After Annie it was Ttota and then Vandana. Finding this a suitable opportunity amit clicked a photo of all three sleeping, with this photo taken and totta up he thought that our female lead looked very cute while sleeping and one photo was not enough to capture that, hence here came another one. We quickly changed and got into our gears and left ASAP for Colva beach and some Churches. Ttota and Annie were not up to all the sight seeing, but then we had to because Bansi was at his artistic best and Vandy was ‘katoing’ Ttota big time. So finally all of us went in and yes it was beautiful. Well we lit candles and left for Colva beach, which was 55 km away. Holy cow! We did travel all the way since we wanted to see the beaches in the south. Also a lot of shopping was left. This beach was practically empty in the area we were in. We again hired a shade and did not waste much time in jumping into the water. This time Ttota shed all his inhibitions and jumped into the water though he wasn’t going that deep into the ocean. Amit and Annie went quite deep and waited for the jumbo waves. But there was a time when we were so deep that the waves only generated towards the shore so we simply hung around in the water till we turned charcoal black. Vandana wanted to sleep which she did under the shade. But how long can hero be without his heroine. So she had to come and guess what ttota’s hand was held and he was smoothly taken into the deep oceans and he went along this time. Hehehe…

Well we left at about 4:30 pm after some shady fried rice. Went shopping also. Bought a lot of stuff for self and family and friends…and finally we left that place on our way back (through 40 km) to that shady guest house. Again the lovebirds wanted to be alone and cleverly told us that they will manage some dinner for us and we may carry on to the guest house. So we bhole people left them to be and found our way back to the guest house. Out there again Ms. Annie wanted to bathe first so she went in, hot water was a scarcity. But all managed well. Ttots did not mind cold water so he went to another room to bathe. After Annie followed Vandy and then Amit. Amit apparently needs oceanic massage for his butt and in the shower too. So he would bent over to let the hot water caress his butt…hehehe…this idea was generated from the pepsi prodigy Ttots…well very soon Ttota and Annie went out to get some Phenny and Wine, they couldn’t find a single Wine shop so they came back. By that time all of us were ready to leave GOA…we took our bikes (which had to be returned) Amit was with Annie and Ttota was with Vandana. On the way Annie found a cool wine shop and bought bottles of Pheny. We were running late for the bus so we drove down to the stand without talking at all. There we found Vandy and Ttotta. The owner of the bike was called while Vandy and Annie kept the bus from moving. Finally they arrived, we boarded the bus.

Time 09 pm Panjim Bus Stand

Once we all boarded the bus and then the configurations became strong. This time no telling that I’ll sit here or there. Annie and bansi made it a point to allow the star couple sit together. After sometime Annie and bansi fell asleep and didn’t know what happened through out the journey, but the lovebirds did not waste their time for sure.

And guess what they were awake to tell us how many buses and trucks managed to pass the bus we were travelling in. Totta this time formed no more shapes [if we forgot to mention earlier then totta first formed a boat for Vandy to ride, in the meanwhile he became a “shuturmurg” to impress her with his long legs and then became a “saras” to finally tell her what all can he become for her.]

Finally night ended and morning came and with that we were close to Mumbai. The question popped who is going to get down where and then the lady said that she is getting down with the first person getting down from the bus amongst us. And guess what who was destined to be this no one else but TOTTA.

Finally at Chembur Totta and Vandy got down. The journey ended with Annie and Amit getting down at Sion and taking a auto for Jogeswari  and Andheri respectively.

       Happy Beginning

Today Amit is married to Supriya ( They had been dating for long ), Vandy and Ttota are married , Annie is married to Showmic and Vatsal is married to Mukta ( he was the first one to marry his long time gf Mukta)

And we all are friends forever righto?