"NOW or NEVER"

Guys.....looking at the intense dedication towards our blog just touches my heart. Both of you guys are a part of my identity. The kind of expectations we have from ourselves to be connected to all of us for ever and "NOW". Since we have now created this blog and we have started our resurrection....i think that Bala's idea is a perfect way to stay close. The way I see that you guys are not being able to spend enough time together....it makes me sad and makes me wish if I could just fly back to India forever and bring back the "mojo" of the group.
You guys are the only ones who are able to keep the spirit ("not the beer K") alive even if I am not present there at the moment. Just keep the xing going and cheer up!!

The togetherness of you guys me the biggest reason to feel that I have somewhere to return to!
The trip to Kasauli or Mussoorie is definitely a go as soon as I come to India. Besides that...we should "NOW" try to involve each other in our day to day communication. I mean atleast 1 email everyday to all of us like we used to do in office. That was a really comforting experience...so we should go for it. In the whole day...regardless of the time or place if anything comes to mind where you see our combined involvement....just email it. It could be a line or a word or any idea or thought you feel that should be shared. And this time when I come to India I will make sure that we take as many pictures of us as we can. Those will be the graphics of our history from "NOW" onwards.
I just cant tell you how happy I am being a part of a joint effort to relive our happy days.
Remember guys....Its always "NOW or NEVER"
Love you guys.
Cheers!!

The one with the "NOW"

I agree with you totally dude. We need to spend more time together. We don't see each other for weeks at a stretch. I can understand Suchit's problem but the two of us have no reason to have such a long gap between our meetings. The way we are going, I sometime feel that even if Suchit was here still we guys would ve gotten together maybe once a month or less.

This is sad. We need to do something about it. This blog is a great idea in a way that it atleast projects a connection which is not dead but we guys need to take some time out of our "busy" schedules and hang out more often.

And surely once Suchit is here, the three of us need to take a trip together. Kasauli would b a great option. It's still as beautiful as it was when we went and the drawing room is still intact (refer pic)

The one with the 'NOW'

The other day I was coming back from office in my cab... holding my window seat I was looking out of the window and we were traveling past Gopinath Bazaar. I saw shops pass me by... one after the other.

Strange but very much like life. It just seems that I was with you guys in Mussorie or CP or wherever in our good old days and here we are in 'Iron Wood'! Holy shit man! We are losing our life by the minute.

I look back and feel that the only time I was crazily happy was when I was with you guys. You guys are my brothers man... a bond stronger than blood. The whole shit about starting this blog was to relive those days.

Now I feel may be this wont suffice. After all we can't just survive on our past. We need to do something now. We need to do something together. Now and together. Ya that’s what I am taking about.

Dudes... we need to work something out amongst ourselves that lasts. Something that will ensure that we are together more hours than we possibly could otherwise.

I need help... can you guys think of something? I know I am sounding outlandish... but hey that’s what I am feeling.

Doing something together... Fuck... doing most things together. This 'making a living' thing is what has done this to us.

Maybe if we get together and start 'making a living' it might get us on back to our good old days.

The one with the 'Savoy' .. Continued...

Hey K, going back to the incident where you climbed the tall gothic gate at Savoy... and although it was raining heavily... it was a cold cold night... and we all were tired... you still were the fair choice to risk your balls to jump the gate.
The risk: Losing your balls and the stick
Logic holds: Until then out of us three, Suchit and I had not felt the warmth of a woman. And you my friend had apparently mauled a few coups. So even if you would have lost your 'ahem' it would been a fair as it would have still left Suchit and I with a chance to indulge.

By the way do you guys recall the "master's chamber"? The paranormal ball room in Savoy, which had a monster Piano and huge tables? To me it appeared to be the conjunction of the master's chamber from Hotel California and the room at the top of stairs from dream theatre.

Shit man... that place Savoy is a parallel universe... where the dead and the alive co-exist in open.

The one with "The Savoy" (Contd.)

Ah! The Savoy.

Bala --- That was Raj Kapoor who pushed Poonam Dhillon's putla down the stairs. Not Raj Kumar. Man, that is the weirdest tale I have ever heard. Keshto Mukherjee bartender. And do you guys remember the huge bottle of whisky. I bet he must have drank it all by now.
Also, I remember when I had an 'incident' in the room and struggled for a long time to bring my 'soldier' down. Do you guys remember when the first time we went there, we asked the dude there if they shoot any horror films here and he suddenly turned back and named a few. Man that was like icing on the cake.

Also, who can forget that night when we came back in the rain to a closed gate after having ruined a lot of people's K3G experience and posing as 'Bombay Boys' to a helpless cop. Screw you guys for having made me climb up that gate of hell. When the guy finally came with the key, he just couldn't open the gate.
Too bad they closed the place. They are going to renovate it and f*ck it up.

Remember the seemingly dead / possessed waiter in Savoy... who asked us to go back to our rooms as it was quite late... and it was not proper to watch TV that late at night and also in a place like Savoy... do you guys remember his tone??? Fuck he was scary shit.
I am trying to capture and bring forth the key buzz points of our first trip to Savoy...

Remember the small pup that we spotted and I went after... this was just when we entered Savoy and were to be taken to our room... and I recall Kshitij warning me and telling me that we never know what it actually is... in a place like Savoy we can never be sure... and do you guys recall the burning corpse :)

And lets not forget the magical times we spent in the Writer's bar when I gulped brandy with warm water... and the 'keshtu mukherjee' waiter narrated to us the incidents around famous Bollywood personalities making their trip to the Savoy and writer's bar... I have loads of dope on this... allow me to share it over the next few days... just to ring a bell in our minds... remember Raj Kumar kicking and throwing the putla of Poonam Dillon down the stairs of the writer’s bar?

Fuck man... those were the days!

The one with 'The Savoy'

Well this one is from our first trip Mussorie together... when all three of us went and stayed for the first time Hotel Savoy!
Thanks to Suchit and his chacha ji's networking... we got the room at a princely sum of three rupees per night... if I am not mistaken... or was it much lower than this? Suchit?
If I have to sum up those magical moment... all I would say is... it was weird with all the haunting / spooky air around and our dear old Suchit in white pajama and white loose baniyan... and not only that but scrubbing his ass and making the most disgusting face in the universe.
Man I would never be able to forget that scene... in that dim lit and cold room... A jelly belly feeling his butt.
No offences man! just wonderful memories... thanks guys for such wonderful memories.

Pick an episode to get started

Ok Guys here are some on my list. Pick anyone and lets get started.

• The one with the Foundation (CA Foundation. Where it all started)
• The one with the Dehradun Gadget Factory ( where Suchit's chachaji took us to a trip of his workshop)
• The one with Ford Ikon (Need I say more Bala?)
• The one where Bala smokes (ha ha ha! Bala using a cig as a mosquito repellent)
• The one with Varun's reception
• The one with Suchit's Bomb (I just recalled when Suchit took panga with a cop saying there is a bomb in the bus. Do you guys remember??)
• The one with the auto expo mela
• The one with the porn night in SSI (Bala all yours :-) )
• The one with the pickpocket (CP wala)
• The one where Suchit goes to Germany
• The one with all the characterization
• The one with the test drive (When Bala and Suchit take a test drive and the resulting impact on the poor guy in the backseat)
• The one in Kasauli (Bala and Kshitij)
• The one with 'The Savoy'
• The one with Suchit's D*ck
• The one with the fenny bottle

Add more to the list or pick one of your own and lets start :-)

Can't wait...

Well guys. I guess now that I have opened the diary I can't wait for you guys to post. It's going to be the most enjoyable read of my life (Bala sorry but it's going to be even better than your works)
I have kept this template as it is very basic and simple to read and post to. Moreover, it looks like a diary. Rest all of them were jazzy, snazzy, modern kinds. See if you guys want to change it, let me know.
My mind is buzzing with ideas and expectations. I am so excited.
Just a thought, you know as a homage to the greatest show of friendship of all time "Friends" I thought maybe we can post content in an episodic manner. You know how all Friends episodes start with "The one...." maybe our posts can be titled in a similar manner ... you know like "The one with the New Year's part" , "The one with the Dehradun Gadget Factory", "The one with Varun's reception" .... and so on.
Let me know your thoughts on this --- We start posting on one story. One person initiates and narrates all that happened and the other 2 share their perspective on it and so on.

This is gonna be great. You know as we go along with the diary, we will realize that we have had such a crazy and exciting time that we can have a series of our own. "Friends" just got some tough competition.

IRON WOOD DIARIES: First Test Post

Hi Guys,
The diary is open to you. I am not sure what to put in for a test post. I am not even sure what all will we include here and what will be omitted out.
There are so many memories. So many, good, vahiyat, not so good, sad, sadder, crazy, senti moments that we have shared togther and it seems like a herculean task to put it all in one place.
Still this is a start and a great idea.
I am sure once this blog starts filling up, there would be days when we might not see each other but just reading through these posts will make us smile.
It might also push us to break the shackles once a while and run towards these moments once again. It just might inspire us to relive these moments... all over again.
And with this hope in my heart, I invite my brothers to go nuts :-)
Some of the things we can start with maybe --

• The action packed new year's eve where Bala actually went nuts.
• The Savoy
• The auto expo mela
• WC Day
• NHI
• And the list goes on and on