..."Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday"...

...many a times i feel blessed... and this feeling usually remains in the less understood world of the sub-conscious... it has happened on more than one occasion and it happens on fairly regular basis that i notice this 'blessed' life consciously... ever wondered what is that makes human life special?... and if i may say better than some of the other species sharing this planet with us...

... what makes human life better is the fact that you as a human can read this blog and your pet can't! ... and before curse me with that word you use with your gang let me tell you that i started writing this para with different state of mind and then decided to go the lighter way...

... and boy-oh-boy it feels great ;-) ... and now we must start with the adventure trip of the Saturday... i was feeling impatient, for the whole day in office... and i was going through all the emotions and feelings that flood during such anticipatory meetings... when you have to meet someone in the evening and you haven't seen that person in a long time and you have good memories of old times and since you have spent some time together there is some common memories to laugh to sigh and to crib and then there is this funny feeling about the meeting itself... about 'catching-up' on the old times...

... so there i was rushing on the highway with raindrops splashing on the windscreen and music blaring on the speakers and my fingers dancing on the steering wheel... i was flowing with the traffic and i was not even angry at the stupids behind the wheels... and this eagerness was not just for my good ol' schoolmate... the tall-darkfair-handsome guy with infectious smile and spring in the walk... the eagerness was about meeting him along with his oh-so-beautiful-better-half...

... Romeo... so addressed here because his name starts with R... and Juliet ... his oh-so-beautiful-better-half ... so called because her name starts with... you guessed it right! J... ah! and now wipe that smile off your face... so i was eager to meet this loving and charming and caring and friendly couple... and i couldn't think of using them with any other pseudo name...

... on my way to his place i called him as well, just a courtesy call... and Romeo informed me that he is 'on-the-way' to home... "perfect!" i thought... just enough time for me to stop-by for some 'take-home' for vahini ... and there i was... on this by-lane on the highway of this 'adventurous' trip ... and just when i thought it may take longer than i have planned for ... she smiled again ... the ever-so-lovely seductively-charming Lady Luck... the parking wala was eager to know how much time i will take at the 'market' ... i asked him "tell me a good bakery and i will come in 15 minutes" and before he could charge his grey cells for the answer, i spotted one right there in front of us ... so i pointed the store to him and "five minutes" i muttered ...

... this bakery was however pretty well stocked compared to the size of it... so i took all my time to scan through the mouthwatering delicacies and then asked this girl to help me out with the stuff... while the 'chocolate box' was almost immediate choice for the Juliet... i thought it would be better if i have some sizable stuff to take a bite on... so couple of muffins for the destination were packed and one piece of pie and one chilled can of sprite refreshed me for the road ahead...

... and as i was inching towards the destination... i tried to match the coordinates i downloaded from wikimapia and google and the verbal instructions from a friendly colleague... and i was doing pretty good till i noticed the PYTs ... WTeF!! this area was is this haute?? how come i neva visited this place? ... and then i realized that i neva had any reason to visit this place earlier... so bad! sigh! ... neways... i was there for another reason... and so i continued with the mental map...

... and after some wait in front of his 'colony gate' Romeo arrived along with his dad... and then we proceeded for his house... and here is the funny part... Romeo neva told Juliet who exactly is coming for the dinner... and it's not that we have met before it's just that i had used my tuti-futi marathi while commenting on some of the photographs on Chirkut... so she has some reference in her mind of me... or that's what i think... and while i was still busy with the 'welcome ceremony' and exchanging greetings he asked her if she can recall me... and 'puneri mulgi' was enough to retrieve me from the vast warehouse of intellect...

... and i must admit that i was feeling so-at-home there that i removed my shoes and socks after a while... and was busy watching some live show from Poona... and was actively involved in zeroing upon the right car for the couple and then... well... we continued chatting for quite late... and during this time Romeo told his father that "he is a very good writer!" pointing at me... "writer?!" i mumbled nervously and he corrected himself by explaining my blog mania... i was startled... i had absolutely no idea that he was reading my blog!!! ... i mean... i have some IP addresses that i have 'labeled' thanks to the technology... but this was a bingo moment! ... i found this new praise very very ... ummm... seductive! ... i remember i saw myself like Chetan Bhagat and Paulo Coelho on the back cover of my blockbuster... neways...


... and then we sat together for the dinner and vahini served along with her mum-in-law and there it was... one of the best smelling most delicious-mouth-flooding-yummy poori and chole and ful-gobhi!... and i was not even aware that it was drizzling outside!! ... i mean... who cares when u are being served such delicacies... and as if this was not enough there was more! ... then came some traditional sweet dish... made of coconut and boondi and sweetened with... well.. something sweet... and this accompanied with custard and the ever so desirable the one and only the best the bestest the rass-gulla ... and i was so well fed that had it not been for my uniform that i was wearing, which reminded me that i have to travel awl the way back to the outskirts, i wud have fallen asleep there!!... :-)

... and the trip back home was even more delightful... when was the last time u raced with a BMW?? ;-) ... more on this tomorrow... keep reading and keep commenting...