"A Knight Errant"

Tick!! tick!! Tick!!!....The time machine takes me back to an amazing year of Anno Dommini .i.e 2005..one of the most amazing year of my life...I had given my first board exams this very year nd secured 88%, i wasnt happy though cos i am fond of a wonderful word called "MORE"..but still having an amazing knack of satisfying myself wid wat destiny showers upon me ...I ws promoted to the 11th standard...I had joined Bansal classes jaipur nd like my other friends who wre carryin loadz of grey matter...i was preparing for landing into the Indian Institutes of Technology. Bansal's was fun during our school vacations,i used to go dre wid a motive of dream and drive striving hard to get into upper batches.....9Hrs tests wid three long question papers of Physics,chemistry and Mathematics.... canteen capsicum sandwiches....DPP's..Mrs Bansal's elephant and camel's way of logarithm....beautiful girls of Jaipur....though remaining fancy-free.....etc etc..and wat not!!in my 16th journey of revolving arnd the sun..i was travelling thru one of the most busy voyage of my life..Bon Voyage though..lolz
Schools again banged on in the month of July..I was excited and joyed to meet my pals again...We wre into the category of seniors and were happy to be appointed as the members of the School Council...gaffer of our juniors...July passed by solving DPP's and tutorial sheets in my school wid all my dedication towards Bansal's stuff....August was the harbinger of my first unit test and to my surprise i was not able to score good marks in school inspite being promoted to a higher batch in Bansal's ,it was denI decided to pay equal attention to my school studies which gradually began to draw my attention away from the Bansal's stuff....i was happy though .i luv changes in my life and i belive in myself ,i wanted a good percentage and wid dis thunder in my mind....i started involving myself into more of extra curricular stuff.....
All India Radio Station,Jaipur.11:20 am.IST...it was the month of september but could still feel the cotching heat... i was coming out of the studio wid a million dollar smile on my face...I had won the zonals of the SAARC quiz....and my smile crossed the streets of jaipur...wen i heard that i had to go to Mumbai for the nationals....
Mumbai was undergoing a disaster due to floods that had claimed many lives so my parents told a big NO to my trip to Mumbai but i wanted to go anyhow,it was my achievement...by some hook or crook i managed to get my tickets through Jaipur bandra express as i had been provided with the TADA by the AIR and soon was bidding a goodbye to jaipur..wid a promise to c my beautiful pink city after two days....
The train journey was splendid and i landed along wid one of my sir at the Bandra Station,at 6:00 am in the morning...it was raining heavily out dre ..i could feel the tang of this beautiful city, I was like wow!!!........I had travelled alone b4 but this moment was really amazing and special, the excitement had just begun...wid my airbag in my hand,tapping my shoes on the platform..we went to the Local Station to catch a fast local for Mumbai Central....and soon we wre at the All India Radio building at Churchgate,the township which is often refferd to as the Colonial Bombay wid all british architecture and desgins.....
I waited for the Station Master for an hour...a moustached man wid a marathi touch was finally dre....i went up to him and showed him the letter which i had got from the Jaipur Station and he acceded by provinding me an accomodation in the AIR Guest House...i was quickly off to my room as i had to get ready for the quiz at 11:00 AM....i was back to the studio...bt dis time it was Mumbai bigger than jaipur and having Radio Speakers who had many laurels badged to them...we wre being aired throghout India and i was feeling proud of myself....wid many boon and recession situations in the hot hours , i had to finally settle wid the third position.....bt i was still happy and hungry...lolzz..hunger was killing me...we quickly went to a gujrati restaurant Samrat to take lunch...phewww!!!.i thanked the restaurateur for killing the rats in my stomach..i still had a day and a half to catch my train back and nw tat i had the guest house room.i was tension free..Amachi Mumbai excitement was fascnating me...so to bang on we headed towards the Gateway of India feeling the beautiful ambience of the Taj Mahal Hotel overlookin the Arabain Sea...after having a few photo sessions, we headed for the Marine Drive or "Queen's Neclace" walking down the lane of CCI club and Air India Building....landing on the pedestrian on the oder side...we had finally reached the long queen's necklace.... strolling and viewing the beautiful BOMBAY and recordin each and every moment wid BMW's nd Mercedes swifitng the roads at 100/120 Kmph....skycrapers of mumbai kissing the Airhostess...couples smooching..and wat not!!!.....it had started raining....nd d excitement doubled...we walked for abt 4 kms....nd finally stopped at the salt lake rest to have some refreshemnt nd den took a taxi back to the guest house which was nearby to change our clothes........We wre bck into action nd took a taxi too Munis Market..a muslim area wid a big gulshan e iran restaurant...i cld only find muslim settlemnts dre.... as i entered the complex ,i found a world full of various goods at a price less than a pence bt i found the market a bit scary and quickly rushed out and took a taxi back to the churchgate area...we also came across fashion street which was a never ending sale of clothes on d pedestrian....i was astonished to c abt 3-4 km long fashion world..everything was proving to be fun.....it was 10:00 pm already and we had to take our dinner...we had a king sized dinner as we had been on our foots throughout the day. and at abt 11:00 am ..we wre back to the guest house nd wre off to a gud nite sleep wid lots of sweet memories of d day............
Trin trin!!!!!...my Nokia phone disturbed my sleep once again,it was morning 6:00 AM my mum had called to know abt my well being,she was feelin alone.and concerned..she wanted me to b bck soon!!My train was at 14:30...the same day...it ws the last day of dis wonderful trip..so widout wasting anytime..
I quickly got ready,wore a blue shirt...as its one of my fav colors.nd wid a trillion dollar smile..again..i headed towards the Mahalaxmi temple..we came across the US Consulate and could see a que of 1000 mtrs...gosh ppl r crazy for America...we quickly finshed the morning darshans and still having time in our bag...we headed for the Juhu beach...Juhu is modern Mumbai,residential area of big flim stars....Santa Cruz airport...clubs ..etc etc.......
yippieee
Jeans folded....wid sand crystals kissing my feet...i was enjoying the beautiful splashing sound of the waves.....Juhu beach is real fun...we had Pav Bhaji on Juhu Chowpati getting a discount of Rs 25...as the owner was a Rajasthani...lolzz...Thanxx Rajasthan for everything...
Watching beautiful fairies...feeling the warmth of the morning sunlight ...watching boys in shorts playing....nd humming some fine tunes...time passed...it was already 13:00 hrs... we quickly rushed back to the guest house..checked out.and wid our bags on in our hands again........and we were quickly off.. to the take a Local to the Mumbai Central...i wnted to feel each and evry moment of this errant....it was time too bid a sweet goodbye to this wonderful city...a city which g embraces evrybody wid warmth and love...i thanked the almighty for adding these two wondeful days in my life.....and as i had promised to my pink city...i reached safe and sound the next day... a fab experience in all!!!

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i had shared one of d most amazing errant of my life... i hope u'll lyk it..and wid note of trying much better next time...Shantanu consul
Signing offf...............