Another birthday coming up and time for another surprise party! This year, 2nd of April just also happens to be Good Friday and so the party had to be preponed! And this surprise party was the best one yet!
The surprise involved eight of us driving down to Panchgani for a weekend of beer, food and good company. The last few weeks now, I've been spending time with my brand new XBox. This weekend, I got to hang out with my EX-BOSS! According to Lisa, Tushar was my birthday gift this year! Since he's not a regular at our parties, when he does show up, things just begin to happen. At this party, Tushar, Yashwant and I tried to climb a tree...and failed miserably! Good fun for everyone else watching and bruised egos and scraped elbows and knees for the three of us!
But this year was even more special because one of my wishes from a long time came true (if you read my XBOX post, you'll realize I have a lot of these longstanding wishes!)...I finally went paragliding! The Eco Camp site overlooks the paragliding zone just outside Hotel Ravine and for a long time now I've wanted to give it a shot. The chance finally materialized this Saturday. After downing a couple of beers, Sid suggested we just go do it and since we had downed enough beers that courage was no longer an issue...we got up and went paragliding!
It took all of 10 minutes and we were back on safe ground but those 10 minutes were heavenly! Before I took off, I wondered if I would be able to handle my fear of heights...but I surprised myself. The sense of hanging in empty space with nothing below me was freaky! All I could think about was that if I did fall, there would be nothing left to scrape off the ground! At one point, we were actually hovering mid air and I knew then what eagles feel like. Soon we were back on the ground, thumping each other on the back and heading to the campsite for some beers and gloating!
Driving into office today, I realize that the experience will be a tough one to better. It was very difficult to walk into office and get back to a desk job after getting a taste of the kind of life I REALLY want to live. But for now it will have to make do! In the meantime, I have some new goals for myself before my next birthday comes up. Getting into shape has been a goal for almost every birthday but maybe this time I'll stick to it. First things first though, I've got to climb that damn tree!
The surprise involved eight of us driving down to Panchgani for a weekend of beer, food and good company. The last few weeks now, I've been spending time with my brand new XBox. This weekend, I got to hang out with my EX-BOSS! According to Lisa, Tushar was my birthday gift this year! Since he's not a regular at our parties, when he does show up, things just begin to happen. At this party, Tushar, Yashwant and I tried to climb a tree...and failed miserably! Good fun for everyone else watching and bruised egos and scraped elbows and knees for the three of us!
But this year was even more special because one of my wishes from a long time came true (if you read my XBOX post, you'll realize I have a lot of these longstanding wishes!)...I finally went paragliding! The Eco Camp site overlooks the paragliding zone just outside Hotel Ravine and for a long time now I've wanted to give it a shot. The chance finally materialized this Saturday. After downing a couple of beers, Sid suggested we just go do it and since we had downed enough beers that courage was no longer an issue...we got up and went paragliding!
It took all of 10 minutes and we were back on safe ground but those 10 minutes were heavenly! Before I took off, I wondered if I would be able to handle my fear of heights...but I surprised myself. The sense of hanging in empty space with nothing below me was freaky! All I could think about was that if I did fall, there would be nothing left to scrape off the ground! At one point, we were actually hovering mid air and I knew then what eagles feel like. Soon we were back on the ground, thumping each other on the back and heading to the campsite for some beers and gloating!
Driving into office today, I realize that the experience will be a tough one to better. It was very difficult to walk into office and get back to a desk job after getting a taste of the kind of life I REALLY want to live. But for now it will have to make do! In the meantime, I have some new goals for myself before my next birthday comes up. Getting into shape has been a goal for almost every birthday but maybe this time I'll stick to it. First things first though, I've got to climb that damn tree!
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