Bangs-Galore!

It had been two years since we last took a holiday, and so we decided to get the gang together for a weekend trip to the ever-sexy piece of land called Bengaluru!

The car ride was, as-usual, a barrel of laughs with Vinay taking centre stage. The rummy lad entertained us with his views and opinions of the current events(including the MF Hussain). What made his comic sense even more amusing, was his heavy accent! I swear, the effer got his way with words. What seemed annoying at first, actually was the best part of the holiday. This also got Waga and Budda to start the name game, where they would call out the name of the person who was pointlessly arguing with Vinay. This is like a hint to ask the person just shut up and leave Vinay talking to himself. Anyways, enough credit to the protagonist of this weekend!

The first morning we went to the Innovative Film City, which has these kinda impressive museums like Ripley's Believe It Or Not, Guinness' World Records, Dino Land. One of the "rides" at IFC was the Haunted House. It was rather disappointing, as every "ghost" or "ghoul" scare was predictable. The machines would make a rumbling noise before they moved, so we knew what was in store for us in the next room. But the Mirror Maze was fun. At one point of time we were actually lost for a couple of minutes when Rouse got fed up and said "Machi dhum pathha vai".

We wanted to go to a pub that evening, and decided to check out Brigade Road. We didn't know much about pubs at B'lore, so Ajay phoned up his friend. So yeah, we listened to a "friend" of his, and went to NASA, a space-lab-themed pub. Well, it sounds all awesome, but believe me it turned out to be my worst nightmare! We just hung out there, and deeply regretted for having chosen this particular place for it had no hot girls! So we just had a drink each and left. Towards the end of the evening Ajay wanted to brag to another friend of his, about our recent jaunt to NASA. Well, I guess the first friend has something against Ajay, because apparently NASA is a GAY PUB. This shook everyone of us! Only then did we remember that while we were there, a family came by and occupied the table next to ours, and the waiter whispered something to them, and they immediately left. No wonder there weren't any GIRLS, leave alone HOT girls!!!

We visited the Garuda Mall, a typical shopping mall except with a 4D Theatre and a Scary House ride. And NO, the scary house ride was NOTHING like that dumb fuck Haunted Mansion! This ride had real people dressed as ghosts! We were so scared even before entering because while we were standing in the queue, a weeping kid was being carried out of the ride! The kid claimed that one of the ghosts actually whacked his leg! This got us even more curious. So we walked in, trembling to our fits. It was really a hair raising experience as every single thing that was supposed to scare us, actually SCARED THE SHIT out of us! It was pitch dark on either sides, and throughout it had us shivering. And right before the exit door was this guy dressed in a creepy ghost suit who sprang out to us, beating the floor with what appeared to be a club! If we didn't move, he would get closer to us and literally drive us out! But as soon as we came out, we realised that one of us was missing! 8 went in, and only 7 came out! The famous rouse was hollering from inside, the ghost with the club shouting even louder! The security then had to drag a pale, sweating Rouse out.

The next morning, Vinay realised that he had run out of clothes to wear, and B, being a purist, was rushing everyone to get ready to go for breakfast. In the course of time, everyone else except Vinay was ready to leave the room, and in desperation, Vinay infuriated B saying, "Dae, first shopping polaam, appram breakfast. Ok vaa?". And so, we left him in the room. Well, what would you except us to do.

On the last evening, we had made reservations at 13th Floor, a resto pub with nice loud music. Food was great, especially the biryani whose key ingredient was the chef's very own hair strand. After dinner we went for ice creams. Vinay took us to a so-called-popular parlour called Lake View Milk Bar, where the closing ceremony began. It all started when Vinay got calls from Mother Nature which he simply couldn't avoid. So he rushed to the waiter and asked for the rest room. The waiter looked him to the eye and said "No toilets here". Madhu on the other hand faced a similar situation, but rushed into the nearby Pizza Hut just to take a leak, and upon exiting, the staffed thanked him and asked him to come again. Anyways, Vinay was boiling on the inside, and to add to the heat, was the waiter's attitude. And so we took our seats, and Vinay was bragging about a certain ice cream flavour(Coka Moka) which he had had the previous visit. So he called for the waiter(the same guy), and asked him for Coka-Moka. The waiter gave Vinay a blunt look and said that he was not aware of such a flavor. Vinay kept insisting that he had Coka Moka once at Lake View, and the waiter after sometime gave up and said that probably they changed the name. So a boiling, disappointed Vinay, settled with the waiter's recommendation which was supposed to be similar to Coka Moka. Also, B took a long time to place his order, and finally asked for the Lake View Special. The waiter scribbled it down. The rest of us took a while to decide on what we wanted to have, which got the waiter even more impatient. Who wouldn't be, with Vinay saying the word "Coka Moka" every other minute. After the waiter took down the last of our orders, B called him, and asked, "Uh...I asked for...the Lake View Special, right?". Waiter replied, "Yes". B looked back into the menu card, and back at the waiter, "Right. Right. And what exactly, may I ask, is the Lake View Special?". The waiter rolled his eyes, and rushed through the ingredients. And so finally, when the waiter was about to leave, vinay called him back and asked, "Does my ice cream have cake?", to which the waiter replied "Yes". Vinay immediately came out with his next question, "Is it hot cake or cold cake?". This question might have been answered in a nice manner, but considering the previous record of the arguement which the waiter and Vinay had, it HAD to be answered hard. So the waiter irritably answered, "Hot cake aa? Cake means cold only da!", and walked off. Vinay now, was not just deprived off a rest room and his favourite ice cream, but was snubbed cold by the waiter. This got everyone of us ROTFL! Vinay couldn't stop cursing the waiter(who was nowhere to be seen). The waiter returned after sometime with our orders, and while he was serving, madhu noticed a nice long strand of hair in his Merry Widow's special, and slowly pulled it out. He kept looking at it for a few seconds, not knowing what to do. Vinay saw this, and wanted to utilise this oppurtunity to snub the waiter back. So he called out for the waiter and started shouting "Look at that. Look at that." The waiter slowly walked towards Madhu, who held the strand against the waiter's face. The poor guy couldn't notice what Madhu was holding, so both of them kept looking at eachother for a few seconds. Vinay started shouting "It's a hair strand". The waiter turned and glared at Vinay, who silently sat down. The waiter got back to madhu and said "Sir, it is not hair, sir". Madhu quickly asked back, "Then what it is?", in a very famous accent. Madhu, as we all know, is very particualr as to what goes into his food(read the mysore bonda episode) and got all pissed off. The waiter apologised to Madhu and took back the ice cream. Meanwhile, even when such a loud and amusing matter was happening, Ajay was full on with his brownie. This got all of our attention, and the guy didn't even notice the sudden silence, when all of us were just staring at him. He was in his own hot choco world, where all was merry with Ajay blowing the heat off the brownie. Rouse asked, "Enna ajay, soup aa kudikara?"