Made a 'PITT'- Stop
The debate started with should we leave at 2:00am or 4:00am. Was indeed planned for 2:00am but as usual the delays led to a 4:00am start ... and there we were on I-90. After a 4 hr. journey we reached Pittsburgh. Took 4 hrs. due to some wrong lefts-n-rights. And yes, not to forget the PP-emergencies ;) Chintan,Shantanu, Golu, Purvin, Kanan, Kavita & myself finally met each other at the Sri-Venkateshwara Temple in Pittsburgh, PA. Was a great feeling to meet old friends after months :)
At the temple, we enrolled for the Archana...did the 'Archana' pooja and spent some peaceful time at the mandir. Then had our breakfast comprising of upma, tamrind rice & bisibela bhaath, sweet-boondi, etc. Then headed towards Jain Temple. Shantanu got a car-pooja done for his new Black Nissan Altima. Felt like we had really become gr8 bhakts...atleast for yest. ;) Too many temple visits, and good acts!
Then was the wonderful lunch at UDIPI. (One regret, noone treated me:( ) Oh man...by now we were so full, too lazy to do anything. So we decided to sit at one place & chat. We again drove to the temple, and took rest under the shade of a tree, on the grass. Everyone let their thoughts flow, we were just generally talking. Since Chitu & Golu had to get back to work today morning, we departed pretty soon. At about 3:30pm we departed...and back to Buffalo.
We 3 girls had a gr8 time irritating Purvin during the course of our journeys, which he refers to as raping, harrasing, torturing, etc. Thanx to the Navigators & drivers, we had gr8 safe journeys. Once we were back, we had Batata-wada(brought by Shantanu) at my place (21 Merrimac). I slept like a log last night. Slept at 11...and woke up today morning at 10...wow it was good.
All in all, one more memorable day of my life came to an end:(
Oooff...Cant really get out of the mood still :)
Highlights of the trip : Masti-dhamaal & Food.
p.s. Shanatnu would put up the pics soon, so havent added pictures to this blog yet.
Also, everyone please feel free to add ur version or any comments about yesterday.
At the temple, we enrolled for the Archana...did the 'Archana' pooja and spent some peaceful time at the mandir. Then had our breakfast comprising of upma, tamrind rice & bisibela bhaath, sweet-boondi, etc. Then headed towards Jain Temple. Shantanu got a car-pooja done for his new Black Nissan Altima. Felt like we had really become gr8 bhakts...atleast for yest. ;) Too many temple visits, and good acts!
Then was the wonderful lunch at UDIPI. (One regret, noone treated me:( ) Oh man...by now we were so full, too lazy to do anything. So we decided to sit at one place & chat. We again drove to the temple, and took rest under the shade of a tree, on the grass. Everyone let their thoughts flow, we were just generally talking. Since Chitu & Golu had to get back to work today morning, we departed pretty soon. At about 3:30pm we departed...and back to Buffalo.
We 3 girls had a gr8 time irritating Purvin during the course of our journeys, which he refers to as raping, harrasing, torturing, etc. Thanx to the Navigators & drivers, we had gr8 safe journeys. Once we were back, we had Batata-wada(brought by Shantanu) at my place (21 Merrimac). I slept like a log last night. Slept at 11...and woke up today morning at 10...wow it was good.
All in all, one more memorable day of my life came to an end:(
Oooff...Cant really get out of the mood still :)
Highlights of the trip : Masti-dhamaal & Food.
p.s. Shanatnu would put up the pics soon, so havent added pictures to this blog yet.
Also, everyone please feel free to add ur version or any comments about yesterday.
posted by SAL at 10/03/2005 01:18:00 PM
15 Comments:
Hmmm,
So had a lot of fun! Great! I am still trying to come out of the effect that I was not there ;). Missed something for the first time, and will miss forevef :(
Iss baar Subodh nahi mila, so hobbies havent changed ;)
Yes Thaushal, missed u...hence called u every few hours ;) However life moves on..so do we!
Btw...the reminder for this blog hasnt come on the groups. I'm awaiting comments from the members of PA trip ;)
Could someonce clarify this Subodh, theory ?
Sal, spelling correction: "Taushal" ;)
already sent the notification half an hr ago. but seems like there is some delay in the grp. havent received any email from the grp sent in the morning, so it may be delivered after 5 hrs or so.
guys from LA.. it was a awsome pit stop at PITTS...
we really fell in Pits.... and yes the drive was also great...
yes I had to cope with 3 girls for 500 miles... but these ladies ( as golu would say!!!) were well behaved...
I am also yet to see the pics.. but the memories were good enough....
Hope this is not the last one.... and many more trips like this shall follow in north-eastern region.......
-Purvin....
"Kya bee, tum log ko mera chep kab se lag gayaaaaa,"
"Chep" - wat does tat mean ? ;) kanan! 'is it something like mere ko machraa karadtaa hain ?'
btw, who is this new character salmabegum now ? don't tell me it's not Saloni :D
kaushal
Is my name Salmabegun zaara? I dint know. And yes, the story is for Kavin & me to know, and for u'll to guess ;) But Subodh is truly my bestest friend ;)
Btw Kanan, u dint tell me why that look was displayed on your face yesterday.
And yes, Taushal is not a spelling mistake. But now I'm gonna start referring you as 'Senti-man' for sure.
Purvin, jyaada bol mat that we were well behaved, nahi toh next trip mein sachi hi vaat lagaa denge ;)
arey kabhi kabhi senti maarni padti hain ;)
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Hi Guys ( & Gals),
Sorry couldn't write earlier (it has been almost 9hrs since this post has come up but was unable to contribute) from office. Here are my tidbits from the trip.
Pure nostalgia is how I felt all day yesterday. It's almost 3 months since I met anyone of Hemal, Kanan, Kavita, Purvin, Saloni and Shantanu; so it was wonderful to be with them. Another memory w/ buffalodhamalees I'll cherish for the rest of my life.
Some highlights of my trip:
- met friends after long time
- went to temple for the first time after joining work
- my first long drive to test car's capabilities
- my first continuous drive for more than 5 hrs (on Saturday while going to Shantanu's place, left my place at 4:00pm and reached Shantanu's place by ~9:30pm. So, I converted a 3hr drive into a ~5.5hr journey by getting lost in NY City :D
- Touched the speed of 90 mph on NJ turnpike :) (well some were faster than me)
- A Saturday nightout after a very long time ;) miss the good ol' days
Regarding how the girls behaved: i'v sent a Calvin and Hobbes mail on the group. Girls can relate with Calvin and his mom while Purvin can relate with Calvin's dad ;)
Sentiman... Anonymous naam se toh post mat kar. Mard bann , be a man ;)
The war is on dude ;)
how abt me giving proof of my mardaangi, SALmaa ? :D
Chintu,
Congratulations for all ur 1st times :)
And Kanan aunty...no thank you...for the new name :(
Kanu aunty, SALmabegum is too long (4 syllables) and sounds like a real name, find something shorter & more distorted :D
-Chintan
Kavita mentioned Salda-Dalda
Kanan Salmabegum, Saludiii
Purvin/Kavin Salu miya
Aur koi baaki hai toh woh bhi bol do...naam ki tod-marod mein koi kasar nahi rehni chahiye ;)
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