Monday 5 November 2007

Delhi-Agra Trip. Day 4: Sunday

Yippee, it's back to Calcutta today! Much as Delhi-Agra has been enjoyable, I'm missing my place, the cats, home cooked food, and everything in general.
Day is pretty uneventful. We drive to Gurgaon, where Guppy loses the bet that we spot any public transport vehicle. Now he owes us 1 grand. Methinks we won't get it anytime soon.
We drop by Gora's place. He's wearing a T-shirt that says 'Buffon!' I shall refrain from saying anything further. He explains that it's not Buffoon, as many people think, but Buffon is a football team.
Then it's to City Centre, a huge mall in Gurgaon. Ma drives everyone crazy with her window shopping. My shoulders are aching from carrying my bag around. I help Ma pick out a pair of shoes, and then it's time to drive to the airport.
The usual hugs and goodbye kisses. It's been fun. I'll miss Guppy. But it's going to be nice getting back to Calcutta.
Delhi Airport is horrible. Our own airport is so much better organised. They need to take a leaf out of our book.
I make friends with a girl from SXC 3rd year Mathematics on the plane. Turns out we know loads of common people The time goes by- chatting with her. There's a most uncouth man snoring at the back. All the passengers on the plane are miffed. Irritating.
And now the plane's landing.
I'm back home! :)

61 comments:

AbhijanB said...

Dud!!
Buffon is indeed not buffoon.
It's the Italian and Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.
UFF!!!
you football ignorant girls!!
dont know anything!!!!

AbhijanB said...

Who said Buffon is a football team????
Which idiosyncratic lunatic could have possibly said that???????????
How on earth will football flourish in this godforsaken country if people start naming a goalkeeper as a goddamn TEAM!!!!
There is a HUGE HUGE difference.
Oh MY GOD, I cannot believe what ive just read today, cannot believe it.

... said...

Welcome back.

*hugs*

Doubletake, Doublethink. said...

hey, buffon is actually ONE person, not an entire team. but it sounds like a nice trip, what with the amount of pictures you unleashed on facebook. and you actually got un-lost after getting lost. i'm proud of you. :)

oh. turns out someone already pointed out the buffon thing. everyone, in fact.

Astraeus said...

ok BUffons aside,,,,
welcome back to the city

storyteller said...

looks like you had an enjoyable vacation :D

little boxes said...

aha...city centre!u must visit meena bazaar there the next time!
delhi's a nice place but it gets to you after sometime...
and janpath...yup there's nothing exclusive there except the prices!!
and thank god u did not get the harem pants...every frigging girl wears them here.
wish i could meet you...next time maybe!
:)

Elendil said...

Gaaaaaah! GIRLS!! BUFFON is probably the GREATEST GOALKEEPER IN THE WORLD! Gaaaah! *joins with Abhijan in rightous anger* :P

WHO said Buffon is a football team indeed! Whoever said it is a buFFOON. Gaaah!

My god. The thing one hears!

*shocked* *appalled*

Ps: I've linked you to my blog :P

AbhijanB said...

ha ha ha ha hah!!!!
I thought i was the only one mad about it, now pragsi appears to have taken over from where i left. BUFFON in indeed is the best in the word atleast now.

but the previous post calls for protocal :)
Gaaaah!!

Anonymous said...

Let me add my Gahs also.

Buffon is Not repeat NOT a footbal TEAM.

He is one of the greatest goalkeepers ever.

(sorry Not THE best in my list)

Magically Bored said...

@ Joe BR: Uff. Stop it already. I never said I was a whiz at football. And maybe Gora didn't say Buffon was a football team, he might have said it was the goalkeeper's name- I'm not sure. I tend to tune out when people start talking about football.

@ little boxes: Yeah, well, somehow I thought I wouldn't look good in harem pants. :)

@ Shreya: Yes, I so did!

@ Astraeus: Thank you!

@ Elendil: Goody. I linked you to mine ages ago.

Magically Bored said...

@ Neelakantan: Uff. This comment thingy is turning into an epic!

Anonymous said...

That is what happens when people mess with football.

BTW, Surprised to see someone using my full name :P

AbhijanB said...

neelu, we are back to irritating ppl on their pics and blogs

100 mark then??

Anonymous said...

I wouldn't be surprised if we reached it. We have enough material.

Be afraid, Be very afraid.

AbhijanB said...

sorry tune, but my partner in crime has just given us the go ahead.
just delete the notifications from your inbox alrite?
its easy
rite neelu, to 100 it is

Anonymous said...

Hey, She'll have a post with a hundred comments. It'll be something very few bloggers achieve. :P

AbhijanB said...

so we're basically doing tuna a favour.
the moment ppl check her blog and see 100 comments, imagine the rishpect they have for the author!!
off course i hope they dont read the comments then

there tuna, cheer up!!:)

Anonymous said...

Well, We'll just have to hope that they don't read the comments. That will depend on the person who's reading the blog.

AbhijanB said...

then sorry tuna, we can only offer you a tuna sandwhich as consolation.
:)

Anonymous said...

We'll take you to Subway and stuff you. :)

AbhijanB said...

yeah no problem, she seems to love the chicken teriyaki sub. so she can have that and a bonus tuna sub.
but first things first-
to the 100 mark!!

i love it when we are evil, absolutely adore it.

P:S be careful if she tries to take it out on you once you guys get back to uni. im off course well protected from that danger.
:)

Anonymous said...

I'll just have to trust in her innate goodness(?)

But yes to the 100

AbhijanB said...

This is what i call blind faith.
:)

Anonymous said...

Or atleast spectacled faith. ;)

AbhijanB said...

ha ha!
yeah but the power is quite high then. eat more carrots

Anonymous said...

Ach. It is carrot season the coming up. Shall gorge the self on carats.

Sugaree said...

Hello :)
You're on blogger too!
Good to know.
See you soon.

Magically Bored said...

@ joe b r: Just wait, just you wait till I see you.
@ neelakantan: Innate goodness eh? Just wait till I see you at college.

Why me? Why me? *grins*

Anonymous said...

Proof of goodness :: Using full name. :P

And what will happen when you see me? :P

AbhijanB said...

he he. i just bought 4 carrots for 20p today.
am gorging on one.
Ehhh! whats up duck!
:)

Anonymous said...

Fried duck?

AbhijanB said...

no no, that was the daffy duck line.
remember, the carrot and the 'whats up duck??'

Anonymous said...

Sufferin' Sucatash.

AbhijanB said...

yeah well,
cheerio

Anonymous said...

Guess who's back
Back again.

AbhijanB said...

neelu's back!
tell a friend

Anonymous said...

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?

Magically Bored said...

Bohemian Rhapsody is the BEST song!!!

Anonymous said...

We know. Which is why we sing it all the time.

Join us, You have seen the light. Help us free others from their misguided paths. :P

AbhijanB said...

caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.
open your eyes, look up to the skies and see.
Im just a poor boy, i need no sympathy.

neelu, over to youmate.
:)
tuna,
the deal is still on so relax.

Anonymous said...

Because I'm easy come, easy go, Little high, little low,
Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me.

Mama just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead.

Over to you. :)

AbhijanB said...

mama! life had just begun, but now ive gone and THROWN it all away.

MAMA!!!! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooooh!
didnt mean to make you cry, if im not back again this time tomorrow-carry on..carry on. cuz nothing really matters.

back to you mate:)

Anonymous said...

Too late, my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time.
Goodbye, ev'rybody, I've got to go,

AbhijanB said...

gotta leave you all behind and make it through
MAMA! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Oooh!
I dont wanna die, sometimes i wish id never been born at all...

I see a little silhouette-o of a man, scaramoush! scaramoush! will you do the frandango!
thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening me.
galileo! GALILEO!
galileo! GALILEO Figaro.....

Anonymous said...

Magnifico-o-o-o.
I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me.
He's just a poor boy from a poor family,
Spare him his life from this monstrosity.
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go.

AbhijanB said...

Bismillah, no we will not let you go-Let Me Go!!
Bismillah, no we will not let you go-Let Me Go!!
no, we will not let you go, let him go!
we will not let you go-let him go!
will not let you go-let him go
Oh mammamia, mammamia, mammamia let me go.

Anonymous said...

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye.
So you think you can love me and leave me to die.
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here.

AbhijanB said...

Ooh yeah! Oooh Yeah!

Nothing really matters, anyone can see,
nothing really matters, nothing really matters-to me.....

Anonymous said...

And now for Riders on the storm by... The Doors

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
Riders on the storm

AbhijanB said...

there's a killer on the road
his brain is swervin like a toad,
take a long holiday
let your children play
if yeh give this man a ride
sweet emily will die
killer on the road, yeah!!

btw, half century!!!!
shakes hand

Anonymous said...

Girl ya gotta love your man
Girl ya gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah

Shakes hand.

*grins at look on Brinda's face*

Magically Bored said...

This comment section is turning into something that has no relevance with the post!
But then it IS 'irrelevant banter' after all!
*grins*

Anonymous said...
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AbhijanB said...

light my Fire.

you know that it would be untrue, you know that I would be a liar.
if I was to say to you, Girl we couldn't get much higher.
C'mon baby light my fie, C'mon baby light my fire, Try to set the night on fire.

over to you partner:)

Anonymous said...

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

AbhijanB said...

After the absolutely magnificent jam part of the song-

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

there yeh go. now what was the next one? Oh yeah the end.
care to do the homours mate?

Anonymous said...

Why certainly. It would be my pleasure

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire

AbhijanB said...

neelu, back to work then mate, exams and everything done so back to real work now.

moonlight drive

Lets swim to the moon uh huh
lets ride through the tide.
penetrate the evening that the
city sleeps to hide

lets swim out tonight love,
it's our turn to try
parked beside the ocean on our moonlight drive.

Anonymous said...

We're back in business.

Let's swim to the moon, uh huh
Let's climb through the tide
Surrender to the waiting worlds
That lap against our side

Nothin' left open
And no time to decide
We've stepped into a river
On our moonlight drive

AbhijanB said...

been a-fuckin-ges man! back to business then matey? hell had i not had nothing better to do than browse so far back into the blog i wouldnt have remembered.

anyway, here goes--

Let's swim to the moon
Let's climb through the tide
You reach your hand to hold me
But i can't be your guide

Easy, i to love you
As i watch you glide
Falling through wet forests
On our moonlight drive
Moonlight drive
Moonlight drive