v are all back from an amazing trek to vasota(pretty uasual)....i am
feeling as if i stayed in heaven for three days n now m sent back to
earth....k lemme start den----
2nd of march 2007,morning 5am reporting time....almost every1
was much before time...dis was d first time v had our college bus for
trek...so dat makes it an official trek...d bus was loaded wid heavy
luggage 1 day before...baki saman was boarded rite in the
morning...5. 45am came the first fall-in command...while i was in d
squad i was praying dat latika sir gets d permission from her
family....till d 1st of march it wasnt decided whether shez coming or
not...but sir did not lose hope n kept tryn till early mrng...n her
never say die approach got her in the bus...yuppee! !!....all thanks to
rushal sir,monika sir,geetanjali sir n abhijeet devi sir...6:05 v had
d disperse command...but v had a sad news...according to the driver v
had an overcrowded bus n luggage too was pretty heavy so v were asked
to drop a few people...v asked for a jeep frm d college authorities
but v did not get it...unfortunately a bunch of 10 trekkers (dat
includes rushal sir n abhijeet sir) left the bus....n immediately v
took off...
v all second years had decided upon some songs for evry
third year n first year...it took us arnd 2 days n all nite computer
reference to decide upon d songs...v startd d journey wid dat...n 2
our surprise d first yrs decided to have some songs for us...d dey wer
2 2 2 gud without ne prep...next in the pipeline was a tyre
puncture... v broke down near a timepass resto on d highway...v all MNT
people tried to fix it ourselves but ran out of resources... n wid the
help of a few truckwalas arnd v had our problem solved...thou it took
a lot of time...n yupe all dis while v had fun...initially v had sum
wada-pavs n den a group of ppl playd 'dumsheraj' (sorry!!!dunno d
exact name)...baki few wer having fun inside d bus n rest all
continued wid their job...it was all over n d journey resumed....d fun
saga contd...but v had another problem in our face...a road which is
very very rarely used was 'under repair'.(our city roads which r very
often used r repaired only during the election time n dat 2
halfway.)somehow v had managed to 2 reach ther 2-3hrs late....
immediately d bus was offloaded n wid d help of a man-chain
n a boat v had moved all d luggage to our base camp....itne mein
rushal sir n abhijeet sir arrived wid their squad...n wat v get to
know is dat dey enjoyed their ride like nething...i thot dey had
missed sum fun but dey wer so happy n enthu dat i felt d same again
but dis time for myself....without wasting ne time v had lunch in d
hot sun...bharpur majja aali...
khana khate hi all the committees were onto their
respective work....d committees wer as follows-
wood,water, cooking,cleaning ,sports n plus a secret committee... n wen
were back...v had balkrushna sir n bharat chormale sir in our tents...
tab tak shaam ho chuki thi n sports committee had prepared wonderful
grounds for cricket n volleyball.. .interested candidates started
playing but all d third years wer busy working...ankit sir n paris sir
after completing their respective committee commitments looked for a
location wid some reqd attributes in d jungle to play a game G(which
was supposed to be a secret war game)...same place v broke 2 huge
blocks of wood for pole purpose n got dem near d river...2 deep holes
wer dug on both sides of d water body...others wer njoin the sports
facilities available... .very near(arnd a km away from the base
camp)...... .in the mean time Dr Deshmukh sir n Joshi sir had also
arrived....
zatke mein raat bhi ho gayi...wen v wer bac v were given
teams for d cultural n d topic...all the teams had the same topic-
zagda,quarrel, bhandan.. .n v wer told dat d play shud be dat gud ki v
shud be able to use the same play at cipla nivara...v wer divided into
4 teams...n no third years in dem...d campfire was lighted wid d hands
of deshmukh sir n joshi sir...den v had awesum dinner(thank u food
committee) alongside prep for skit...khana khatam hote hi v had d
cultural event startd...after a few calculations- d results wer
announced.. .snehal sirs team won the second prize n ramiz sirs team(my
team my team my team!!!!!) got the winners biscuit packet....the theme
was sumwat as follows -a scene of mahabharata to start wid...den
pandavas fighting wid kauravas n on loosing bhishma pitamah punishing
them n instead of sending dem to vanvas sends dem for kalyug
vas...next d struggle in kalyug for pandavas...wid sum scenes of
railway,shaadi, politics, dance bar,jail,n 1 item song(maiyya
maiyya(pravin dongare,abhijit pokharkar n avinash devi special)) their
interaction wid kids....n how dey get fed up of all d fights occuring
in these places n den asking bhishma to take back his punishment.. .
after the results v had shekuti...n lots of jokes n funny
experiences of ppl to hear....arnd 2.30 a few young talentd djs-ANKIT
sir,DEEPAK sir, n a few others showed their hidden talents...n lemme
tell u v had hell lotta fun....everything was so horrible-rite from d
lyrics,tune, voice quality to the volume level n band party...d fun was
clearly evident from the huge huge laughs from bharat chormale sir n
bala sir...v contd till 4.30 in d nite/morning. ...to add to it v had
spicy ghost stories from ankit sir n a few others(v missed nachi sirs
stories here)...all dis while v had a beautiful moon straight over our
heads....remember it was pournima dat nite/mrng... .den v moved onto
our regular mrng work (n dat too in the special moonlight).. .it was
seriously an awesome scene....wen v wer bac the cooking committee was
ready for their jobs...n den v had d moon set of our life...the place
where the sun sets exactly the same place v had the moon set...for me
it was the scene of my life...subah subah v had milk/tea...aani
thodyach velat nashta dekhil bhetla...tasty top ramen....n v were all
geared up for the trek....
rapchik morning mein paris sir wer taking our
exercise... n wid so much of fun...exercise was on wid d music created
by paris sir...n for late comers sir had a beautiful
punishment. ..forming a train n frog jumps in sync...wow!! !!...n then
teams wer created for d trek...all guys wer asked to run in
random directions n wen sir said stop v had 2 form a group of nearest
10 people...majjach majja....
soon v left towards the ferry stop....all the 4 teams got themselves
arranged into 3 boats n v left....one of the boats had some
technical problem n coz of dat it was alot slower as compared to
others...n eventually by the time the third team reached ,the other
two had covered up alot of distance...but still d third ferry team
dint lose hope of reaching first n started off really quickly....( as
told by pravin sir n chetan sir-it was faster than the pilot
trek)....but it cud not keep up d speed all the way up...but speed was
gud enuf to reach alongside the two other teams....top pe pahunchke v
had lunch....aani purna garh pahun ghetla....ek number jagah
aahe...specially liked the 3 echo system....
v wer told that the jungle conatins wild animals n v shud be bac
before 5...mhanun lagech nighalo...all along the road v had
pranks....paris sir along wid sum troop members hid themselves behind
trees n tried to scare others....further on the way down ek jagah pe v
had long branches of trees looping...so v had our adventurous
inhibitions fulfilled... .by latkovifyng on those branches n
swinging... .many did it for the first time so it was a learning
experience for them...then v tried to cover up the time by running
down the hill....n wat v got to c was a new place....n soon our small
group of ppl realised dat v had lost the way....but soon v wer back on
track...n likewise a few more groups found themselves in unexplored
areas...kaise to bhi v reached near the ferry n v had all good boats n
v wer bac a bit sooner than expected.... the work was startd within no
time...as quickly as it cud have been...v collected sum logs rite on
the way to our base camp...but that wasnt enuf for the day so v
decided to have one more round of the nearest jungle...jhatta patta
lakdi leke aaye n got dun the camp-fire setup...in the mean time our
secret committee had gone to the jungle to check whether the job was
fine or not...but due to the darkness v wer unable to find d previous
work n v had 2 start all over again....but it was 2 dark to even start
again...v returned unsuccessfully. ...but the dejection was nly for a
few moments....kyunki jaise hi v reached bac v saw kaustubh sir n
bharat pise sir....jhatke mein ekdum sab kuchh bhool gaye...soon v had
the teams announced for the culturals... but no topic...it was deshmukh
sirs idea to have topics decided by the teams so dat dey can judge on
dat perspective as well....n wat was good to c was dat this time v
also had our third years wid us n 2 add to the delight v also had our
super seniors in the teams....dis time v had lots of people so v had 5
teams...half n hour n v wer ready....dis time the campfire had to be
special coz it was holi....it was ignited by our beloved super
seniors-Balkrushna sir,kaustubh sir,bharat sir n bharat sir....lagich
ekdum cultural start hua...n the winners biscuit packet went to sarang
sirs team(my team my team my team!!!!)-dat had ankit sir(born
comedian), n chetan sir(born actor) also in it....the theme was puneri
chaska...v have a student whose from a place outside pune but within
maharashtra. ..v had scenes which actually happen in pune....we had
scenes on bus travel,lakshmi road shopping,item song(phatela jeb),a
bike scene,student ke aunty ke yahaan ka scene,aani tyachya roomchya
bevdya malaka barobar cha scene...den finally v concluded by showing
the outside person is habituated to the puneri conditions n he too
fools an OMS student by translating his soulful hindi love letter to a
skillful marathi tease letter...n then came the message....
after the play, all night v had mafia-a cards game....v played all
night...aani the best part was lunar eclipse...it was so so so very
beautiful.. .n it looked more ominous in its shadow in the
water....amazing, awesum,mindblowi ng,n height of beauty!!!!!. ...soon
dis had become the most beautiful scene of my life...eclipsing the
previous day art...raat ko v saw two females coming towards us...long
long hair on her face n a light coming thru that....mast phatli hoti
sarvanchi.. ..but later(after half an hour) abhijeet devi sir n sarang
sir disclosed themselves.. .sakali uthlya barobar my secret committee
started its work...v wer only two people-ramiz sir n me....due to ill
ealth ramiz sir wer askd to take bed rest...so i took first year
cadet harshad more wid me....my committee job was to collect flowers
from the forest...sukhovify them for a day...crush it n mix it wid
water to make color...but the flowers were lost the second day....as i
had forgotten the exact location in the forest....so d two days effort
was all in vain....v collected new flowers but dey did not generate
any colour...par phir bhi v wer ready wid d holi plans n me xplained
it to harshad also....thodi der we splashed certain amount of water on
the mud present at riverside... abhijit sir n sarang sir got all the
mafia players taste the horibble smelling mud...den myself n pravin
started wid letovifyn vivek nawani on the mud bed....soon every1 joind
n it was upar se leke niche tak poora mitti...n te dekhil gaar
ekdum....but it was huge fun...thodya velat latika tai n sayali sir
dekhil aale....n also the ever hiding gitsi tai njoyed a lot...normal
gurlz stay away from such kinda fun but MNT girls did not skip dis
activity... all guys looked like the nayak hero wherein anil kapoor is
all drenched in mud n only eyes visible....majjach aali ekdum....n the
best part of all this moment was the pant skidding down....the mud n
water weight was tooo much for a single thread to handle...v also
danced,made the dahi handi formation,n slept in the mud...thodi der
mein cooking committee called us for milk/tea...itni thandi mein d 50
mtr walk looked like a mile...but sumhow v got ther...all in mud
still...had d stuff....back in mud...bharat chormale sir suggested me
to carry the white ash of the campfire.... n seriously that white line
on the forehead looked great on the all muddy skin...den immediately v
were called for an awesum breakfast... .i cud not exactly make out what
it was but it tasted great n v also had added flavour of river side
mud on our hands....khana khatam hotech vapas holi...n finally v ended
the stuff wid a bath in the river n then paris sir n ankit sir had
made the preparations for river crossing...one rope crossing the
river...had a slack in it so much dat it was almost touching
water...idea- wen the person is clinging on rope his entire body shud b
in water n the person shud make a special effort to keep his head
outside water....n the problems did not end here...on both side
banks...4-5 people were placed only to make it difficult for the
people to cross...n they wer so cruel dat....rope used to stretch full
length on left, den full length on right....next change was full
length up n full length down...as soon as it was dun...v had a
volleyball match n v also had super seniors to play wid us....n d ball
swinging in the air like anything...match facts-first set v won
easily....second set dey won easily...third set v wer leading by ten
points 13-3,a few moments later v had 6 match points score was
24-18,but still v lost....hota hai....but playng wid super seniors was
so much of privilege n fun dat i had forgottn the defeat in a few eye
blinks...thodi der mein v had wonderful wonderful lunch...n
immediately v wrapped up...cleaned up the whole area...had the photo
session...made the chain...luggage all back in bus....n v left the
place...thruout the bus time v had songs,dances, a radio show,n a few
ads(performed by paris sir,asruba sir n suhas)...in between v had
stopped at a place....had wada-pavs,tea, biscuits, donuts n
groundnuts. ..v reached bac arnd 8.30 in the evening...offloaded the
bus...n dispersed...
a request to all the third years---plz dont let this trek be our last
trek wid u ppl...v really love u alot from the bottom of our
hearts...aap logo ko dekh ke i get reminded of my parents...
plz plz plz....v expect u all to be all life wid us....
