Agni nakshatram in Chennai spares none and it definitely lived upto its name on the may 12th afternoon, on our way to a beach resort near mahabalipuram. Eight brave men set out to have a great time and personally it was possibly the beginning of a “great time after long pause” era. Soon i`ll be over 2000 miles from my city and my people, my friends. Shyam`s quaint humour kept the mood alive and the first look at the resort(silversands, 4kms before mahabs) brought a spring to everyone`s step. What followed was nothing short of exhilarating sport, volley-ball, cricket, mud slinging, water bashing…….
7 PM. Clean and Fresh.The much awaited dream setting was ready. The 8 eight of us gathered around the drinking table, every muscle being tickled by the sea breeze and music soothing it thereafter. Definitely a dream when you look around to see the people around the table, I`m still missing a couple of more people around the table but i`ll accept these gems for now! Soon whisky took over the proceedings and turned everyone into puppets, whisky really pulled a few strings that night. Great performance!
I had the best idli in the world on Sunday morning, Murugan idli kadai. Just that the restaurant prices don’t quite match its rather elementary name. Anyway the tastes buds take over the mind and you forget the prices! The huge breakfast instantly killed all that was hanging over us from last night. So fresh again and head straight to another best, this time the best cinema theatre, Satyam. The NQ(nostalgia quotient) of this place is probably the highest when you compare with any other place in the city, I learnt a lot about life around this theatre. The good old santham got renovated and also lost its name, today its called seasons! Why not santham I ask??? Bheja fry to chicken fry at coconut lagoon and then an amazing ice cream at move n pick. All this while I keep telling myself, remember these are the places you once dreamt of stepping in, leave alone having something! And to realize its come a full circle with the same set of people with whom I dreamt of coming to these places is just an amazing thrill. We still ate a Rs 225 dessert like a 10 rupee dessert! Old habits die hard!
Thata lives in Chennai and a Chennai visit without visiting him is less than half complete. I stuck to my word and met him over dinner. So that was my weekend and loved it simply because I did what I like doing the most when i`m in Chennai, catch up and go around! This is how most of my college weekends were spent, including the visit to thata`s house. Obviously places like karthik tiffin centre have been replaced by their more expensive peers, I guess that’s just evolution.
So much for the 48 hours, just waiting for my turn to come and settle there and have friends coming over!
