Weekend Bacchanalia

Don't think I've ever enjoyed a Monday morning in office - up until now, that is.What a wonderful feeling to waltz into the office way after 10, a lazy tread and secure in the (highly-satisfactory) knowledge that no one dare load me with any work :-)))

Am sitting here reminiscing about the weekend that was, and wondering how exactly to go about describing all that we did. If I had to choose one word for the weekend, it would be..... - (hic) !

Left office a tad early on Friday, helped Aarti round off her shopping for her 2-week-long trip up north, and went off to Nari's place to talk over the prices of some VCDs/DVDs that I was planning to buy. Before we knew it, there was less of talk and more of alcohol making its way down our oesophagus into the duodenum and destroying a bit more of our (already-decaying) livers.

That marked the beginning of our obeisance to Bacchus on the weekend, and what followed can best be described as non-stop Bacchanalia.....

Halfway through the drinks, my phone rang and I was duly informed by Mel that Act 2 of party-time was underway near Indiranagar dhaba (another of our watering-holes), with Rupayan, Indy 500 and Satish vying with each other for top honours in pool. Everyone's a bit hazy about who won and lost - suffice to say that the "accessories", in the shape of copius amounts of rum and whisky, were enough to keep them there till 4 a.m. !!!(We came to know at a later point in time that our dear ol' Indy 500 had managed to get an impact on his car on the way home - and the impact on his wallet, I hear, is also significant)...Long live Bachhus !

Saturday dawned bright and cheery - that's what people told me later - it was almost noon by the time we opened our rum-drugged eyes :-)
Off I went to forum with Nari, finally found a "Greatest Hits" of Simon & Garfunkel and was so overjoyed with my purchase that I came straight back home and fixed mahself a stiff 'un and up-ended it in one shot ! Act 3 of Bacchanalia waiting in the wings.....
Thereafter, I set about cleaning up house (a bit), when received a phone call from a guy called Prasad - thats the chap who was selling off his VCDs etc, and I spent Rs. 2000/- - in return for 45 VCDs/CDs/DVDs !!!!! (can't understand why in the world would anyone sell off a collection like that, for such rock-bottom prices !)

My joy knew no bounds - I immediately called up Guzzler's Inn (what an apt name), and booked a pool table from 830 onwards. Thence followed a hectic round of rounding up the gang - Guzzler's was the next pit-stop, and what an evening it was.....A mini-Amazon of beer and some excellent games later, it was time to leave, and off we went to NightClub 510, the newest joint in town :-)
Lord Sherawat finally found form that night (to the bad luck of Mel and myself) - some excellent punches to the right and left of our spines.....We were up till 4 again - sing a song, drink rum, play Buzz, drink rum, play a quiz, drink rum, strum the guitar, drink rum was the order of the day.....hic.....

Sunday was a lot quieter - we only had a quiet couple of drinks in the daytime followed by a quiet couple of drinks with dinner followed by a quiet couple of drinks before bed - no wonder I was dreaming of beer bottles all night.....

(This week is going to a strict diet of fresh fruit juices - resolution no. 1503).....hic...

P.S. : For the uninitiated, Bacchus is the Roman God of Wine (the Greek name being Dionysos).