mahableshwar!!

I was apprehensive and nervous like I always am when i'm confused which way to go before I travel out of the city. I had to fight my current frame of mind which compelled me to be on my own to travel to Mahableshwar to be with my school friends with whom I hadn't been out for a holiday for almost a year.

Thankfully, I kind of cajoled myself (still not convinced it was the best thing to go) to go chill out this weekend. I'm glad I did!

I have been going to Mahableshwar since I was in 9th grade with my school friends and going there is our yearly outing. But this time it was great living in a place that looks like some English countryside (Thanks Prachi for taking us to your lovely farm house). This old 18th century bunglow in the middle of huge lawns is aweseome. It was the ideal place for me to write a book or something. Anyway, I had a room to myself and guess what greets me the first time I enter that room at some 5.30 (it was still dark) am? a haunting painting of a girl whose looking straight at you as she is going about reading her book. I think it was scary enough to freak anyone out in an old mansion. But thankfully I found it interesting and that's it.

Anyway whole day of Cricket on a real pitch with stumps and stuff was good fun. I remembered all the times when I had played cricket with my school friends. I have played the maximum cricket with them and my brother. I had been waiting to get my hands on the cricket bat....and it was great fun with all the girls and guys playing on this small version of the cricket field. Cricket rocks and girls rocked. I was the girls day out, as all the girls outplayed the guys.

In the second match itself Pooja (who was bowling at me) threw the ball straight on my face spliting my glasses into two equal halves, and leaving a scar right in the middle of my forehead. God, it hurt but that didn't dampen my spirit. I borrowed spectacles from people but kept going..now that's what we call committment on the field. And then on started the war...Pooja vs Suparna....everytime we faced each others bowling...everybody would like wooo...we have a battle on. Next day we had dheele purze...with every inch of our body aching...but we still played. Just that everybody was a bit dead on the field.

Other than the cricket there was our favourite strawberry with cream, (we had loads of it) hours of video games, and lots and lots of awesome food...for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The nights were real chilly and windy, just the ideal kinds for a vacation.

The two days in the lovely weather of Mahableshwar were refreshing...I think something that I deserved...and needed...damn wish we cud stay there for long...and have more fun. why does all the fun have to end? I miss all you guys...hope that our next fun trip comes soon.