Here we come......Bengaluru...!

a pic 4m d previous blore trip... :P ..from d left > Kundi, Pindam (me), Kochamma, Mr. Perera, Superman, Kaattupothu....Gang incomplete.....Luttu, Padam, Chandha missin.

Its 7.19 am. We should be out on the road now!

But yea. We've got to stick on to the first rule of the gang - NEVER LEAVE ON TIME - even if it means you have to catch a train in 20 minutes (oh by the way, it can be a 40 minute drive to the station...!)...

Now here's the second rule - EVERY MONKEY IN THE GANG GETS A BIG BANG ON THE MONKEY'S BIRTHDAY...ahan..even on the butt! :P

This 2 day road trip is one such celebration. It's SUPERMAN's birthday.

CHENNAI - like one great bum said, is the place that has filled our lives with a lot of happiness......and sadness too.

This trip could probably flip the moods back to joy. Hm! Anxious...

Sometimes I just need a break and then break this ice in myself. Awaiting to live every moment of this roadtrip....probably the last one before I leave Chennai for good.

BON VOYAGE GANG! Lets rock!! :D

The first friend.....

To pattikutty....with love...;P

Everyone has that first friend. I do too.

I met her in the 4th grade, if I remember right....

I can't begin to think of any order of events that brought us close to each other. Back then, we were opposite poles. If she liked Shahrukh Khan, it was pretty sure that I wouldnt have liked him. If she liked hot dogs, it was a sure bet I would say no to being offered that one. I cant think much about what we liked or disliked....

All I can recall is......we were so different, yet so close.

We were like Laurel and Hardy - unfortunately, not on physical aspects...cos we were both little teddy bears! :P

We knew we would hit it a long way through, thanks to all the fights we had. After a long dialogue of disagreements, we would still pat each other and find ourselves walking with our hands on each others' shoulders.....

6 long years of growing friendship in Kuwait....and then it was finally time to say goodbye...

Its been 8 years since I bid my first goodbye to her. She's always pulled me back and kicked me on the right place when I fell off her track and forgot to say hi......

...that was all she wanted - for me to just think about her and the memories we created.

Those simple old childhood days.

Girl.....Just gotta tell you that there's not been a day that I dont think of you, our friendship....

You were my first friend.....that special one with whom I held hands and learnt to walk the way of friendship.