Tuesday, January 11, 2011

A Burday Tale

There have been many a planned birthday parties....but this unplanned set of events before a friend's birthday were one of the most interesting in quite a while now.
 

Day before birthday:

11:02 pm:Returning from some other Birthday party treat, Saki Naka

 
11:10 pm:Let's eat Ice-Cream at Amul's JB Nagar

 
11:30 pm: In Front of Amul Ice Cream JB Nagar...Arre plan change, have to drop someone at her house

 
11.40 pm: Teaching the Birthday girl how to ride a bike

 
11.50 pm: Everyone walking towards Main Road, me and my friend on a bike ride, 'discussing life' 

 
11.51 pm: Arre Dude, Lets Bring a cake! Kya Bolta hai...
    Arre Par Bada Party toh Kal Dopahar ko hai nai, 'Surprise Wala'
    Aur Ek Cheez, Fact of life, Nearest Cake Shop, Merwans Andheri -25 Minutes, Powai 30 Minutes. Middle of Nowhere

Dude.

11.52 pm:Chal Round Marte Hai, Amul Shop ke Aaspass Kuch Khula Rahega to....Nahi toh Ice-Cream layenge, Ice-Cream Birthday.

11.53 pm: Friend Calls, kaha gayab ho gaye tum log.
Arre Bike thok diya maine, Do minute lagega ruk aate hai.

11.54 pm: Amul Shop, Just closing, No luck...Arre Saamne Hi Baskin Robbins Hai. Sahi.
Baskin Robbins...No Pastries.

11.55 pm: Samne wale General Shop Mein Cadbury lete hai(tradition) General Shop is half shutter down at this moment. One more friend calls, 'Baad mein phone karta hoon'

30 seconds later, Are yaha plum cake bhi hai, Utha lete hai.
Picked up a Dairy milk.

11.56 pm: Someone tells Baju wale Ice-Cream Shop mein cake milta hai.
Run to Ice-Cream Shop. No Normal cake available. Ice Cream Cake is there. 

Chalega, Ice-Cream cake. Flavour Doesn't matter.
Cake 15 minutes mein pighal jayega.....(15 minute kiske paas hain!)
Kaatega Kaise....
Do Chammach Utha ice cream ke...

11.57 pm: Phone:'Arre tum log kaha ho?, ham aa rahe hai'
Axis Bank Ke Samne. Aaja.
Phone Cut
Where the heck is Axis bank? Arre, yahi kahi hoga re, tu chal.

11.58 pm: Police Stops bike.
'Licence Dikhao'
I am searching for license hoping that I am carrying it!
'Kidhar ja rahe ho'
'Friend Cha Birthday aahe, Ithech Challo ahot'
'Ja'..

11.59 pm: Woh dekh saamne Axis Bank hai. Apne Punter log udhar hi hai.

12.00 am: Happy Birthday to you!

A few more things.

Number 1:The Cake was the best I have had in a very long time. Tired of 'Oreo Cake' in US and 'Black Forest' in Mumbai, this was something new.
Number 2: It was Vanilla Ice-Cream in centre surrounded by Chocolate at both end. It was terribly delicious. 8 people almost finished the entire 1 kg cake in no time.
Number 3: No Knife, just hath maarke, Engineering days rewinded.
Number 4: The cake was freezing cold in a Box of thermocol that said, "happy birthday - bhai' in crude handwriting....

Something different, something new, something memorable.

PS: Buy an Ice-cream cake whoever hasn't had it. It is great!