I was away from the SHOR in the city with my MBA friends,
and this time around, in Goa which I always prefer to write and pronounce as Gowaaaaaaaah. I don’t know why but,
every time I go there, I feel there is this unusual burst of energy that comes
within and I just feel like having a
blast! On all my visits there before as well, I have had a real blast and that
too without drinking!! (I am an absolute FOOL for all my friends for this!!)
This time around it was really different as I had been with
a gang of professionals who at times, or should I say most of the times prefer
being the most ROWDIEST! One among them Sanjeev had written all across that this
trip is gonna be full of confusion and chaos with lots of fun and leg pulling!
It was indeed, as the journey started with RAC tickets with 8 of us sharing 4
berths and the return tickets still being in the waiting list, we came by bus,
which many could not manage, especially the young and dashing THE BURZIS!!
Goa welcomed us with a slight drizzle but, thankfully it did
not continue as we got to visit most of the happening places there. Calangute,
Anjuna and Baga beaches were amazing, with some CBRs abusing Parijat that why
didn’t he bring them to BAGA much earlier!! The breakfast at Curlie’s, the
dinners by the beachside restaurants like Souza and St. Anthony’s were really
the most amazing! The Fisherman’s Cove was a nice change for all us! The prawns and chocolate ice cream being simply superbbbb!
It was a nice and comfortable experience for me and Parag to
drive two cars – Alto and Swift on the wonderful roads of Goa surrounded by
water, tall and green coconut trees and off course, beautiful women!!! The
beer, vodka, whisky, rum and breezers were just flowing from the resort fridge
and Pradip, Sanjeev and me were enjoying the fruit juices!! I must admit that
the CBRs have an amazing DRINKING capacity! Hats off to them for that, especially
Parag, Chandan and Collin!! I just enjoyed watching them soak themselves with
alcohol! Photography was at its best with Dharav clicking all pics possible
with Collin having maximum pics in different angles! All accounts were superbly
maintained and managed by one and only, the 30ml expert!
The 3 day stay was relaxing for us with
the resort booked by the HR director, being one the main reasons for
that, from the point of view of comfort and cost both! We enjoyed the stay
there and also the fun that we had there in the rooms and the balcony!! Our HR
director had also organized a wonderful cake with lovely gifts for the birthday
boys – Dharav, Parag, Chandan, Sanjeev and me! But I must confess that, I have
never in my life heard of a discussion and participated in one that involved
PHENYL bottles!! That was amazzzzzzzing!
All in all, it was a trip worth remembering and also one
which brought all the 10 CBRs much more closer than before! There were hiccups,
roadblocks, hindrances but we managed to scrape through all of them and we all
contributed to make this trip a HAPPENING EVENT indeed! As my friend and
McDowell whisky sponsor Chandan said we all felt like singing the song – “Dil
chahta hai, kabhi naa beete ye chamkile din!”But as the old cliche goes, all good things have to come to
an end, this trip also did, but with lots of memories, events, nice gifts and
the most treasured one being BONDING!!
As I wrote at the start, the CBRs had a
REAL BLAST and I am sure each one of us can’t wait to head off to another place
ASAP! We have discussed some places, but I have absolutely no problem if we
decide to head to Gowaaaaaaaah again!!
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