Virtual barber Shop..

Listen to this. I particularily like the tickling in my ear when the barber uses his scissors. :)

Pune Central Salsa Competition & Kaytee @ Lush

I would have performed in Pune Central but guess it was not in my destiny. This came to me as a big shock that we ( Me n Garima) had actually qualified for the show. Had it not been the courtesy of the people at Central, things would have been much different, I believe pleasent. Garima didn't get a call from Vinay (guy @ Central) and so we assumed we are out of the game. And guess what right at the event time Vinay wants me to perform in a matter of mere 30 min. Its not possible. You can't expect me to arrange my partner and music CD in 30 min. So I denied and I was sadly happy to be a part of the audience. 5 couples performed. 3 from Rockys. Tejas and Nishita were damm good. I knew they would win, though theirs was a brilliant performance but less of Salsa. I admired Shikha's dance on the other hand with Vineet. Both Kaytee's students.
The same evening we landed at Lush (now Scandal) and it was Kaytee's workshop. He taught some good moves. Thats where I happen to meet him 1st time. Admired the guy in first go. Cool, smart and knows how to dance and carry himself. Monty -- now you know, this is where you intend to move on.

A Dancing Disaster...

Pune Central Salsa Competition. My partner this time was Garima. A sweet gal and an amazing dancer. Apart from Salsa i admired her folk dance too. So we practiced hard. Early mornings mostly. Compiling 3 traks, borrowing the laptop from my friend Satte, and then creating a CD that didn't play on the final audition day. Well thats terrible. Hotel Scirno (I know i spelt it wrong) - thats where the auditions took place. Well 1st things first few things could have been avoided. The CD-you know very well. And then never start to dance id the music isn't proper. You gonna screw up everything. If u can't listen top the music you can't dance, its a simple logic. 2ndly learn to take control of things happening if they arn't going your way. Don't make facial expressions showing your discomfort. Learn to smile and hide things for yourself as well as your partner. Well just this one memory left from the practice session video clip-a snapsjot from there.....

LONAVALA to AMBY VALLEY in almost Zero Visibility…

Okie while writing this article I was also watching this fantastic dark movie “FIGHT CLUB” and here is one expression.

“I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark Silent and Complete. Loosing all hope is Freedom”. And this is ME. :)

Pune – Lonavala: 60 Km.

It was suppose to be Mahabaleshwar, but since Nidhi couldn’t be IN for the weekend, we altered course. So Lonavala was it. 6 people. 3 bikes. 2 red pulsars. 1 dark gray Unicorn. June time, so an awesome rainy weather. Dark clouds keep shifting places. The sun keeps coming around once in while. It was evening 1600hrs IST and we left Pune. 60 km of action packed journey. Oh I can’t forget to mention when Billi drove bike for almost 10 km @ 60kmph. Hmmm then the weather turned for good and I took in charge for the bike. After wandering for a while we did happen to find a white cottage at a decent cost to accommodate 6 of us for a price of 2000 bucks a night. Hmmm once when the adobe was set, we left to satisfy hunger. Pet ki bhook. So went all the way to the Tiger Point in pitch dark, but on a well laid road which also leads to Amby Valley. This was my 1st trip to Tiger Point and in the darkness I couldn’t figure out much. Just that the pakodas n chai were awesome. Well I remember it was Amol the person who served us this stuff. Now back to the city, for the booze (including “Blue Shark” Vodka and “Old Monk” Rum) and the bakaras. Here is all of us.

Thats us again. Hiding from rain. Just before leaving on bikes to Amby Valley.

Lonavala – Amby Vally: 28 Km.

This was the amazing road trip we took in rain and near zero visiblity. Will write about soon. For now enjoy the pix.

This is how it all looked. I miss that time.