Esselworld trip

Our class (at least some of it) went to Esselworld the day before. With exams about two weeks away, we all wanted to have a bit of fun before getting down to some serious studies. Most of us have finished a major part of the syllabus, due to the vivas that just got over.

The trip was great. But it took us a lot of time to get through the rides. We were about 20 in all, and no one wanted to split up. So we all used to line up together, and while some enjoyed the ride, others waited in the queue behind. The only place where we all got together was the bumper car ride, which was real fun.

'Thunder' was terrific. Though most of us took the ride, we had to take a 10 minute break before we moved on. Some of us took it two times straight, but then regretted it. It took us quite some time to recover, my head was spinning like crazy. Only after did we rest and eat did I feel better.

Then there was this Karaoke tryout, where u were supposed to sing some song, and a computer (?) decided whether you were good enough. Some of us made fools of ourselves there, with our extremely flat voices. We actually noticed some people leaving the place because of us.

I also tried to dance. The music was really good, and the 'rain' added to the fun. Himanshu, who happens to be a terrific dancer, wasn't ready to stop dancing. We had to pull him out in the end. None of us really minded getting wet, even though we planned to do ice-skating next.

Ice skating was a blast. Although I fell down thrice, I was pretty good (really), though I have no prior experience of skating. I just tried to imitate the assistants, who, trying to be the perfect gentlemen, were only to eager to help the girls out. Whenever I or some of the other boys asked them for help, they demonstrated the art of skating by actually skating - away from us and towards the girls. There was this other girl from my class too who skated pretty well, and yes, an assistant helped her.

It was about 7:30 when we decided to leave. I and Shrikant Shrikant and I reckoned that boarding a train from Borivli wouldn't be that easy, so we decided to catch a bus. The next bus to Bhayendar was scheduled at about 8:40, so we had to wait fro more than an hour for it to arrive. I finally reached home at about 9:45.