Tuesday, 19 May 2015

The Great '8' Outing!

Plan initiation in Whatsapp group Bokbok.
8 members; utter confusion over availability of all its member on a given day.
waiting for the union!
Atlast it was decided after 500 odd whatsapp messages that the 8 members would meet at Mani Square at around 11:30 on Sunday the 17th May 2015.
As usual Mithi(my sister) and I was late by an hour but on my defense neither Jhumpa di nor Guddu (Jhumpa Di's brother) had arrived yet. On the 3rd floor of Mani Square, at the food court, waiting for the rest of the members were Titli, Jeet(Titli's brother) and 'Sir' Sunny. Papai was at the multiplex watching Madmax so he too hadn't joined the gang.
After an hour(2hours from the scheduled meeting time) all 8 were together after nearly an year or more!
The topic of discussion was whether Mr.Sunny would give us the "treat" for his placement. But as always Sunny kept churning one lame excuse after another, one of which was his company didn't pay the salary before the 19th of any month. We were determined to get the treat after great persuasion and Guddu's agreement that he would pay half the bill bent"Sir"Sunny's resolute resolve and he agreed, much to our amazement.
Then started another debate over the choice of the restaurant. The ladies wanted to travel to half way across the city to Rajarhat to have lunch and then visit Eco park. The men were not willing barring Mr. Sunny. After an hour's debate we finally went out of the mall, caught a bus, and went to Aminia,  a restaurant serving Mughlai/Indian Cuisine.
At the restaurant, after much debate!
We placed our orders and it took forever for the food to arrive. There was something wrong with the staff--they would bring half the food and bring the other half after a considerable time lag--be it the starter, main course or dessert!
Well after all the drama we finished lunch(you can call it dinner) at 5 in the evening.
The whether Gods were kind so after all the disagreements the 8 headed towards Eco park.
It was a cool place to hang out and all of us had a nice time taking photographs and selfies and chatting away long lost memories  and obviously bullying Mr.Sunny without which the outing would be a disappointment.
Having a laugh at Eco park
After trodding around different themed gardens, neatly cobbled lanes, both soft and wet grass and witnessing a huge crowd of people around the lake it was decided to call it a day. Ofcourse not before we had gossip over the evening tea !

The meeting of the eight is not an usual affair which it once was. It carries great memories and moments which all of us hold very close to our hearts! The outing ended with the promise of another. It was a day well spent in the company of loved ones.
I hope the gang of 8 never splits and we can all decide on a day and venue atleast once in a year even after 30 years from now!

The crazy 8 moment!





Cheers!