I.V

16th morning.Early morning train. Eight people in place of six. Thundu viruchified on madi. A game of Ass/Ace. Occasional pichakaran. Taking of one rupee coin and giving. Many more pichakarans, pichakaris. Learning to say no to them, Song listening, One water bottle buying, many people drinking. Song listening. Silly card magic demonstrating. Leg-pulling. Cow-bull playing. Drawing the old guy sleeping opposite me. Teaching the guys how to play mafia.(I'll never forget this. Bless my memory and ET's patience) Blind guy taking advantage of his blindness. Looking at Braille script for the first time. Adichi pudichi getting into saravana bhavan at madras rlwy station. Adichi pidichi exiting and entering marry brown because of lack of place. Jaaliya savouring the A/c in humid chennai. Hurrying to the train. Changing to shorts before the girls get in. Looking like comedians in shorts and shoes. Waiting for the train to leave. Two golts with two huge "petti"s blocking half the seats. Adjusting and sitting with tow old people. Getting shouted at for shouting out. Mafia. Dinner. Mafia. Phone call. Frustrating news. Wandering through compartments. Sleep. Waking up to find hyderabad. Bus to hotel. Awesome rooms. Rest. Quick food. Industry visit. Polyester, strings, zips and spools. short speech. Lunch. Wonderful rasam. Snow world. Snowball fight. Red coat Vs Blue coat fight. Girls vs boys fight. Slipping and sliding. Scoop, roll, throw, hit and duck. Teacher hitting! O-pottufyings outside. Hot cup of tea. Machine-bull ride. Photos all around. Bus dance. Mokkai potting. Prasad Mall. Wall climbing. Roaming. Agony at not getting tickets for the "Dark Knight". Sight adiching. 6 inch sub + Sipper full of coke. Roaming around sipping coke. Photo kissing the Levi jean girl. Stop at Mc's and another OC coke. Return to hotel. Mini mafia marathon, Wonderful time. Sleep. Waking up late. Ignoring alarm clocks. Dressed up to go to D.E.Shaw. D.E.Shaw. Green red and black chairs :) set up in the middle of the cafeteria. No dress code. Short informal talk. T-shirt + Free food + Unlimited coffee, tea, juice, soft drinks. My first Red bull. Aaah. Meeting an old friend. Chit chat. Dumbcharades on the bus. Making up movie names and winning :P, Lunch at a hotel in front of a theatre. The usual work. :P .charminar visit. Long walk to the charminar. Pigeon watching. Photo shooting. Standing on the divider in between two busy lanes. Watching ambassadors and Muslim women with eye slits pass us by. Chumma sitting and buying the air ( Kaathu vaangardhu). Random photos. Walk back to the bus. Seat catching. Lumbini park. Steamer ride on the lake. Dirty water. Magnificent buddha. Dance performance on the boat. Slutty dancer. :|. Boo 's . Us taking the stage. Semma kutthu. Returning hungry. Masala sundal. Bus ride to vivek's club for the complementary dinner. Getting lost on the way. :P. Nadu road atta rathri photos. Buffet dinner. Loads of curd and custard. Burp. Bless his soul. The group photo. Ride back to the hotel. Slipping into comfortable stuff. Mini mafia marathon II. Getting ready for Ramoji Film city. We enter. The multitude of color. The crazy gooey slime. The superhero statues. The many rides. Sholay remake!! The ramoji tower. Lunch. 8 glasses of water. Ah sweet water. The tour of the film city. The corny guide who was not so corny sometimes. Rest and relaxation. Murmurs of "Iv mudinjidhu da". Prized find - A garfield pillow. The ranger ride. Air hockey matches. Bets in front of the crazy dance ride that no one would emote. Exit ramoji. Last dances on the bus. Energy, Color, sound, what not. Central mall. Four in an auto. Pizza combos with coke and fries. Karthik's methi keera stuff. More air hockey. Speaking in hindi with the autokaaran. Ride to the hotel. Shouted at by the teacher for being late. Last mafia session in hyderabad. Mafia marathon begins at 11 PM. Tea at 3 AM. Session ends at 6 30 AM because it is time to "wake up". Astonished class rep at seeing 11 ppl awake at 6:30 itself. Evacuating the hotel. Birla mandir visit. Uphill climb, but cool air. Lovely senthoor at hanuman's place. Getting on the train at 11 AM. Wonderful sleep till 3-4 PM. Two hour travel scrabble with vibhu. People still sleeping. Waking them up. Trips to the pantry. Another scrabble session. Dinner. Last mafia session on the train. Wonderful time. Good night's sleep. Back home. Home sweet home. 21st morning

Our last IV ends. Unforgettable.
For reasons stated above.
For some trivial reasons.
Due to all the things that had happened.
Due to all the things that had not.

Togetherness.

:)