All great things start from a small idea. I think something like that is a saying or a maxim or whatever. But we, the Chows, believe that all fun things stem from a whim or a trip that is unplanned.
So Anoop, Karthik, S, Nafisa and I got into Anoop’s trusted Knight Rider at about 4:30 in the morning and we were off. It all started a couple of days before that when Renie asked if we would like to drive down to Chennai. And of course, Anoop said yes and then informed me. Hehehehe. That’s how it works you see.
We were all so happy and excited that we forgot about the turn at Krishnagiri and went straight towards Salem. We realized the mistake after 45 kms and then we had to turn back. About an hour or so was lost. We felt a little bad since we were actually making very good time at a steady speed, thanks to Shell’s Super Petrol.
Once we reached Chennai and Renie’s house, the sea, we relaxed (you know what) and contemplated what to do in the evening. We, the chows, and Nafisa were ready for anything. But apparently S had come down with some grand plans of clubbing and night life of Chennai. So she wanted to go to Temple Bay. No amount of coaxing for a relaxed evening convinced her. Since she was the new one in the group (at least for Renie), we decided to go. After a brief sleep and rest we took off in the evening towards East Coast Road.
Temple bay was seriously good though. It was a peaceful environment by the beach with subdued lightning. I am sure we got cursed by all and sundry for making a lot of noise. One sample pic below.
Then we went back to Renie’s place for some quiet time of “memory game”. I won’t go into details too much except for the facts that S got conned into not sleeping early (as usual of course, we are really good at this) and that I started snoring in the wee hours that everyone went to sleep.
The next day we went to Kafeoke, a Karaoke coffee bar, by the beach side. We had loads of fun there singing to a lot of memorable songs. Anoop started off with Call Me, by Blondie. We literally scared a lot of people who were there. Then I sang Cocaine by Eric Clapton and got the highest point for the evening - fifty something. My bro, Edin, did a couple of songs - Crazy from Aerosmith and Light my fire from Doors. The girls did an awesome song from some Hindi movie which was quite entertaining. Below pic is when we finished with a song on the house, with a photoshoot by a photographer for a local weekly newspaper.
And then, I bombed trying to sing Creep by Radiohead. It was so bad that Nafisa
- tried to pull the mic from my hand
- then hesitated because I refused
- then she laughed at me
- then she hid her face from me
- and then she pretended to sleep and not hear me sing
The whole sequence can be found at the below gif. The pictures where taken by the damned fellow Renie and me being good humored created a animated gif out of them.
And then it was time for all of us to leave. So we were back Sunday night at our respective places. Thanks Renie for a wonderful time! Remember, that was not an invasion but the start of a series of raids. Hehehehe!
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