Presidency School 1998 batch Re-Union

At last!! D-Day!! 13th January 2008. Nandhana Grand.

We were all scheduled to meet at 12 or so at Kormangala Nandhana Grand Hotel. As usual; Sunday, I feel more sleepy!! But managed to get up by 9 AM and got ready by 10 AM. Called Ashwini Kamat again to check if she will be coming (she replied negatively); called some more of my mates; confirmed their attendance and left home by 11 AM and reached the hotel as I had planned by 11:50 AM. Went in, confirmed the booking for 25 people and the waiting game started!

1st to come in was Parikshith by 12:10. Then came the gang of Raghavendra, Mahesh alias Chengi and Ganesh alias Ganjaby 12:25. Then, it was getting time for the buffet to start and I was worried if even 20 would make it! Went in; told the manager that the table for 20 be reserved and rest taken if they needed.

Then; Bharath alias Bhatti, Deepak, TP Sandeep alias Tippe came and it was sigh of relief for me. atleast we are a handful. Pavithra alias Pavi had made her way near the police station; picked her up and meanwhile Nigar too made it.

Narasimhan alias narsi was supposed be there by now; but was delayed. In the act of finding him near the police station, I lost my mobile (it fell off my jacket coz i was riding my bike so fast). Anyways; I was thinking of buying a new one, but cursed god to have made it happen on my way back home as I knew people would be calling on my cell for landmark/time to get to the hotel.

Arjun came in and so did Narsi. We decided we were enuf to get in and start the lunch and meanwhile people would join us. Ravi and Dayanand alias Daya joined in a few mins. We ordered a drink each.. Cocktails, mocktails, lime sodas. Cheered for the 1998 batch and started our lunch. Meanwhile Pranav and Bhavya too came in.

The 20 seater table almost looked occupied with one or two seats vacant at the end of the table. Then started the whole episodes of remembering the school days. The teachers, class rooms, nick names, school pairings, sports day, teasin each other, knowing wat each other is doing now for living, and otherwise too.

We never knew the time pass by. Pulling each other's legs; teasing each with other; shouting in the hotel. The lunch hall was quite small and everyone there knew were were meeting after a long time; so they understood our exitement. It was after full 1 hour that we decided to take the main course. The food was quite good.

Though here and there we kept calling people who did not make it, fighting with them for not making it, scolding them; time jus flew by. Deepak teasing Bhavya and Nigar was the highlight.

Meanwhile, Pavi did not like the lunch and decided to go home. She is carrying ane hence is advised not to eat the junk food. Met Pavi's husband and then Pavi took leave of us and then; the whole drama of photography was started by Deepak. So many pics in jus 3 hrs.

Kept changing seats every now and then. Everyone made sure that they sat and had a word with one another. It was after 10 yrs literally that some people were seeing each other. So much of excitement and chaos in the hall.

People started to disperse slowly by 3:30 PM. Even though we were starting to become a small group; we were the loudest. I knew that we were very loud only when a foriegn couple sitting besides us started to talk quite loudly (by their standards); so asked our boys and girls to reduce the volume and talk little softly.

The best part was!! Deepak, Tippe and Bhatti had decided to go to a movie and booked the tickets for the show at 4 PM at PVR. It was only at 4:15 that they realised that they had booked the tickets. They decided otherwise and Deepak ended up tearing the ticktes into pieces.

Then Dhimanth alias Dhimmi joined us. Infact inspite of repeated calls Dhimmi managed to get to the hotel only by 4:25 or so.

Finally by 5:10, we were all done and it was also time for the hotel crew to wind up and get ready for the evening dinner. We came out of the hotel and then had fun giving birthday bumps to Dhimmi.

Meanwhile, I tried calling on my mobile. A guy promptly picked up the call! I was surprised!! I checked with him and he said he found it on the street near Kormangala Police station. He told he can meet me the next morning and give me the phone as he is in a hurry. I was relieved as I would now be able to retrieve the contacts on my phone. Let alone the phone; I have no probs if he wants to keep it, provided he helps me copying my contacts into the SIM.

We all left from the hotel by 5:40. After 10 loooooong years, it feels very happy to meet all my pals with whom I spent those unforgettable 12 years of my life. Golden were those days when we played cricket in Kamalamma gundi. Played sports for our HOUSE TEAMS to win (I was in the Red house).

Though only 17 made it; it was awesome!! I hope the next time we will be more in number and have even a more wonderful time together.

For all those who made it: Thanks for making it and Thanks for the wonderful time we had together.

For all those who could not: Do not worry! This was the 1st time and we will keep meeting often. Hopefully catch you next time!! ;)

Love you all guys!! Need not mention; Miss you too!!

Link to the Pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/srikanth.bhaskar/SchoolReunion