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As you would have guessed, my weekdays in office are so boring that I have resorted to blogging as a means of dusting the cobwebs fast gathering in my mind. Needless to say, on such boring days, nothing way too interesting was going to happen.

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No ppl, if you were expecting I would dish out some amazing thing thats happended of late, then I am sorry to disappoint. So I shall describe a recent treat that I went to last weekend.


First the backdrop. An un-named batchmate at IIMB (lets say A), notorious for his secrecy, invited us to a party on a grand scale (70+ invitees no less!!). In the absence of reliable rumour-mongers after graduating from college, it was left to us noble souls to assume there was some "dal cooking" going on behind the scenes.

Theory 1: He's got promoted. What better way to show-off
Theory 2: First Bill Gates, then Warren Buffet, now A has been bitten by the philanthropy bug. Since Bill Gates didnt pick up his phone, he decided to provide free diet supplements (read as kebabs, smirnoff,.... you get the general idea) to third-world youngsters.
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Theory N-1: He's gotten married secretly and this is his way of announcing it to the world (as we weren't invited to the marriage ..... grrrr)
Theory N: Maybe he's just gotten engaged and so this is a prelude to Theory N!

After a lot of soul-scratching and head-searching, we had to abandon all options except 1 and N with a rather dull brain.


The uncertainty allowed us to be real cheapskates and reach the venue not knowing what to expect. Stage was set for a myriad possibilities and glorious uncertainty. Lo and behold, we had the perfect anticlimax. The party was just that - a normal party, as A had been promising all along!!! We smiled awkwardly and grabbed our cell-phones the moment he was out of sight. We being dutiful grapevines, had casually "mentioned" our friend's engagement (what else could it have been..... huh) to all and sundry, and it was time to jettison the story before congratulatory calls started pouring in for our hapless host!!!


After a job well done, and a few sheepish apologies for ruining the perfect suspense thriller, we proceeded to make amends to the disastrous start to the party. My roomie, lets say W (name changed to protect identity), attacked the liquid supplements section with full gusto. Not to be left behind, I tried to salvage my pride and stake my claim to being wasted sooner. This continued unabated for an unknown stretch of time.

At this point, things become a bit hazy. The descriptions that follow range from intelligent guesses to scenes from "Trainspotted". We strongly suspect a foreign hand behind this particular twist in the tale. Whether this was indeed so, or alien intervention caused this, we shall probably never know. I know this information gap is hard on you guys, but we must focus on the positives. This is a time when we must close ranks and pray for a better tomorrow for our children.


Coming back to the party, it was pretty well-organized. There were the diet supplements on one side, large screen showing France and brazil battle it out on one side, and disco lights reminiscent of the UFO in "koi mil gaya" in between. Everything was in abundance at the party save the loos. Desperate times called for desperate measures and people started ventured outside the party venue to contemplate the raison d'etre of their existence while also relieving their burdens. However, most of them returned rather quickly which left me wondering if I had pressed an imaginary fast-forward button. When I was leaving, I noticed a rather stern looking army chap just outside scowling at purposeless youth such as yours truly, but that is probably of no relevance to the matter at hand. Suffice it to say, an operations guy would have been delighted with the utilization levels of the aforementioned "private room".

Yours truly was feeling really "good" and watched the football quarterfinal for some time until it became evident the screen had gone blank. A few good natured souls mournfully explained to me that the match was finished quite some time back. Then I duly proceeded towards the previously mentioned UFO and saw a flurry of arms and legs swooshing past dangerously closely a la "couching tiger hidden dragon". Having recently survived krissh, I let loose my latent "Indian superhero" powers in self-defence. I guess my idea of dancing was not yet in vogue (I have always been ahead of the times). So I duly "tch....tch.... ed" and left in protest.


How we got back home after that is a blur but we were soon sleeping like babies (read somewhere that this doesnt make too much sense as babies hardly sleep!!! ..... ask any number of new parents..... dunno how this started). We had to catch "Superman Returns" at 10 am the next morning. I will spare you the details but we managed to reach in time and boy was it fun. I guess superman was a little too "super" - an effect of our escapades the previous night!!!


Thats it for now folks. I shall get on with my weekly drudgery and hopefully return with "The adventures of Gogi: Chennai beckons" next time. It might have serious tones though but I will fill you in later. Adios Amigos and female Amigos