Give me more such weekends

Since I’ve been trying to discover new places in Mumbai, we decided that we will go to Redlight in town. I haven’t been to that place for a long time now and really wanted to go there or some other place in town for the weekend party. But we got late and hence we decided against going very far. We thought of hard Rock for a while but the fact is that its getting boring now, simply because of the fact that I always land up there.

 

It is said that in Mumbai, when people are confused where to go, they land up at shack. And we are no exception. So we reached shack at around 11pm. And to be honest, it was the best parties in recent times. I’ve always felt much better at shack simply because of the fact that you see so many familiar faces whenever you go there.

 

I just hate alcohol. I honestly think it tastes like shit (not that i know how shit tastes). But recently, I’ve noticed that I like the feeling of being high. And since I cannot enjoy my drinks, I always mix my shots to get high. An hour into the party and I had had more then 7-8 shots (whiskey, vodka, tequila all mixed). I vaguely remember meeting few friends there.

 

Though I was really high, I remember being introduced to few hot women who were from Pune but now settled in Mumbai. And I remember two of them walked up to me when I was waiting for the car outside (after the party got over) and asked me about my plans for the night. They told me they were going to cater road with some more alcohol and that they love having alcohol watching the sea. After that they would head home and watch some video there. One of them took my phone and gave herself a missed call from my number. I told them I would let them know if I feel like joining them (though I had no intentions of joining them as I had my own plans with my friends).

 

Thenafter I went to “Sun & Sand” with my friends for dinner. And to be honest, though I was high, I fell in love with the place. We had great food there and thenafter we were sitting at their sea facing lounge till 4 in the morning. In the meantime, I got a couple of calls from those ladies also but I excused myself.

 

And now when I think about it, I feel that I should have gone with them after we were done at Sun & Sand. There is no harm in knowing new people and they seemed like fun loving gang. And since I’ve anyways decided to make new friends (10 things to do before December), I could have gone out with them. So, next time if I get a chance like this, I will take it.

 

Anyways, Sunday early morning, we all left for River rafting. The guy who did all the bookings and knew the way backed out at the last moment and hence we left for our destination without knowing the details. We were 8 of us – 4 ladies and 4 men, in two cars.

 

It took us 4 hours to reach the place. In between, we lost our way many times. There was a time when our phones were not working and we lost the other car. But we did manage to reach just before they were shutting it.

 

Trust me guys, it was so much of fun. It was a 13 km stretch and it took us almost 2 hours. In between, we fell in the river few times, few of us got hurt also and we also swam for some time.

 

While coming back, we had food at a roadside “dhaba” and enjoyed the beautiful drive. When I reached home at around 10 pm, I was dead tired and slept off withing minutes.

 

All in all, an exciting and fun-filled weekend. I honestly feel such breaks help you recharge your batteries and prepare you well to face the heat at work the whole week. With River rafting over, I’m looking forward to para gliding now. And we have already started planning for the first weekend after Diwali holidays.

 

Boys’ night out

 

We were planning to go river rafting this weekend. But when I floated the idea among the people I know, almost all of them showed interest. So much so, that we couldn’t get the bookings for so many people at such a short notice. Hence, we are going for river rafting next weekend.

 

This Saturday, I left office post lunch and few of us decided to go watch a movie. We had a couple of hours before the movie and my dear friends wanted to get sloshed in the afternoon and the go watch the movie (according to them, its an amazing experience). So we all landed up at Red Box and boozed till the time we were late for the movie. They also forced me to have few (i guess 4-5 tequila shots).

 

Later on I realized it was a good idea because the movie was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen in my life. Thankfully, we were sitting in the gold class and hence had those recliner seats. We were playing with our pillows all throughout.

 

The original plan was to go out partying but then a friend backed out and we went to Marriot instead. It was there that one of the guys suggested we drop the ladies after this and then go out roaming around in town.

 

Hence, after Marriot, we dropped the ladies back and then went to Carter road first. It was already past midnight but we just parked our cars and roamed around for an hour. Thenafter, we went to Bandstand and were there till around 3 in the morning.

 

I had no intentions of sleeping anytime soon, so i took my chances and called a friend (the one who “hijacks” me for long drives). But she had gone out partying herself and was high on wine when I called her. Hence I had no choice but to get back

 

I got back home at around 4 and then watched “World’s fastest Indian” on DVD (I’ve seen that movie atleast 10 times). It was already 6 in the morning when I made tea for myself and then decided to go out for a walk. I came back at around 7, switched off my phone and slept – only to wake up in the evening. And I loved every bit of the weekend.