SINGAPORE'd...
You may think its CRAZY.. Yea I know it is in fact a bit crazy.. for an onlooker.But for the bunch of lads staying with me,its a ROUTINE AFFAIR.We live on the verge of Insanity,Entropy and Slaphappy.
Let me ask you "Have you ever decided to go on an international trip in 10 minutes.. ??;-) if not I'll tell you how to do that.. :P"
It was 10pm,while we were having food at MALABAR,Mr.Thampan called up and said "Guys,there is a flight package to Singapore-Malaysia..to and fro at 3400Rs!!Interested ??"
"I think we all can make it to Singapore this time..Come on guys let's do it"Mr.Sajan said.
I'm lucky to have joined the group wchich rarely plans things ahead.I understand that "a fail to plan is a plan to fail",but the problem with people like me and the group that i hangout with is that we're too LAZY to stick to a plan.Imagine it was without an itinerary and no advance hotel room booking that we went on a holiday to Goa in March'09.All we had was a google map printout of Goa and a single contact number and that too out of reachability area..lol..;D But still we managed to get a good villa, the cheapest sea ride and the finest inn and the best of the hookah's and that too on the sea side.
"Isn't that awesome..??".
Trust me.. if you plan your holiday then there is no point in calling it a holiday.Try not assosciating a routine with it, go thoroughly unplanned,erase all your judgements about the places that you are about to see, and then.. i bet it will be a memorable one.
At 11.45pm Thampan called up again and said "The booking window will open at 12 sharp and only very few people are aware of this offer.I think we can get ample seats."
"Oh.. man the airtel guys haven't shifted our modem from our old flat.We won't be able to get online from our new place." I replied.
Finally we decided to go over to Sajan's place.Late night ride to Domlur.On the way i called up Spar and informed him about the offer."Da am IN..!!" Spar replied.This is the homogeneousness that prevails in our group.You call up anyone,even in the middle of the night, tell them the most inviable and the most whackiest of the ideas, they will still stand with you.
"Cheers guys..You are truly special!!"
We assembled at Sajan's house at 12.10am, the ten of us.Checked the site for booking details and the travel charges.Thampan was right, the package was for 3400Rs UBELIEVABLE..!!.
Riddi went throught the info to book the tickets online.Since we din't have much experience infact zero experience on "International" flight booking,we were not aware of the fact that a passport number was mandatory to book the tickets.Owing to this Mr.Yashin backed out
as he was not having a passport.That lazy chap din't bother to apply for one even after college.!!Passport is something that's considered to be a vestige in my place.Many of them haven't applied for it solely because they feel that they don't deserve a chance to go aboard.But luckily my company HR saved me from the trend by mandating its requirement for my joining.
Clock ticked 12.30 and we hadn't booked our tickets since none had their passport with them.
"You guys wait here.I will get your passports"Mr.Rapheal said.
Meanwhile we made a rough estimate of the possible expenses.We finalised the idea of each person carrying two bags,a backpack of clothes and the regular accessories plus a handbag
stuffed with MAGGY packets and a hot plate..:P "Perfect isn't it !!"This we felt can cut down the expense exponentially and save money for the PUBS and PARLOURS.. lol..
The next main concern was the accommodation.
Mr Sajan said "Guys I may not be there with you for two days during our Singapore visit.My
FRIEND has asked me to come over since she's "FREE" then..PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME..!! :P"."This lucky moron is running on INTERNATIONAL TIME..!!".
Riddi and Raphel returned with a bunch of passports and we resorted to booking tickets.Riddi is a man who finds pleasure in taking responsibilities like booking tickets,framing aggreement letters and all those stuff that require pre-READING.
"Dude if you weren't there with us your life would have been miserable..oops .. sorry our
life".So this time too he volunteered and we readily agreed to give him the responsilbility of booking tickets and that too with his Credit Card..
The discussion about the accomodation heated up again.Finally Rapheal said "Da I remember my brother mentioning about some hostel kind of thing which is setup specially for student travellers.Its very cheap there.Its called the backpackers hostel.It's a dormitory wherein you
can drink and droll and dance with damsels from around the globe".
"OMG we'll go there then..!!;-)"we all shouted in unison.
We are going international this time....
to GET international....,
with a 3 line itinerary ...
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