This trip is one thing i wont ever forget in my lyf....one thing that was driving me thru this was to see steven wilson enthrall me . his music inspired me a lot.
so journey was made by 3 pirates - myself, geo nd viki...
ill be telling my side of the story :
so...after the inter-iit 2009 where we lost badly , ending 5th overall, geo charted out a plan of catching a train from kanpur to bombay in general compartment coz we cudnt get regular tickets.he didnt noe tht there wasn't ne generl compartment in tht train.the journey was 6 hrs to jhansi nd we had a train booked from jhansi to bombay , the train being at 05:30 . so we reached the station by 9 pm nd the train was at 9:30...we realised then that there was no general compartment . we were stranded there as there was no option for us. bus wud take 7-8 hrs from kanpur nd there was a train at 1 am.so, geo then decided tht we wud juz get in the train nd then face wat may come in terms of fine etc.
when we boarded the train, it was awfully full. it was crowded everywhere. there were ppl like us siiting on the floor etc.i cud get an inch of space near bathroom nd got sum shitty place for my luggage, being a light traveller helped me.there was a baba beside me who kept shouting sum arbit stuff bout god etc paing me like hell.then 2 policemen caught me nd asked bout tickets, i said i dont hve ne ticket .they escorted me nd my frnds to their place in the train nd gave us sum place to sit peacefully.they took care of everything, even waking us up wen jhansi came.so we finally reached jhansi by shelling out 600 to the police men.we reached jhansi by 3:30 am .nd it was frigging cold , we cudnt go out of the station coz we didnt hve tickets, nd a sight of sum T.C guy passing us made us shiver even more. so we smoked nd drank tea to escape the cold on the platform itself ,caring a damn if we were caught by the police.finally i came up with the idea of waiting rooms in statiions, nd jhansi being a junction had gud enuf pllace for us to finally sit nd get warm. I immersed myself in a magazine nd then went out in between for a smoke.the train arrived 1 hr late adding to our misery. we boarded the train nd all three of us fell asleep being so tired.we woke up in the afti to a IIt roorkee 4th yr guy who kept us awake with sum news bout the palcement scene till we dozed of again.we had our dinner in sum shitty station, i dont even rem its name. all my fags got over in the nite ,me smoking in the train near the door. we finally reached bombay at 3 am. got out in Thane nd went to the auto expecting we'll be fleeced. thts wat happened as we shelled out 80 bucks for 100m.then we got a taxi to IIt bombay campus in powai, we finally reached manoj's hostel, hostel-9. taxi costed us 400 bucks nd the atm's inside the campus weren't working, nd manoj the fucker he is got stoned nd slept sum where.even his phone was switched off. so i nd viki went back to the main gate with the taxi guy to an atm juz outside the gat.we paid him off nd then started our walk back to the hostel after stocking up on sutts.while on our way back happily smoking, we saw a bunch of gals 4 am in the morning with low cut shirts, skirts nd all type skimpy clothes looking hot raoming around.I thut this is wat bombay is nd was happy tht tommo wud be filled with so many colours. that sight of those 6 chicks still comes up in my mind!!
we finally setttled down in manoj's room after clearing his stuff for sum place.manoj surpassed every iitian in the shittiness of his room.we watched a movie for sum tym nd then both viki nd geo dozed off.i cudnt get ne sleep so...i juz walked around in the wing to see if manoj is sum where. whom shud i find in my search but katrina nd my other frnds from IITM stoned!!....so i wait till the morning nd i went to the main gate to get sum sutts. how many i smoked ,it was countless. the sight of soo many chicks (all hot or sexy or cute) was awsum , being a part of the hormone crazred iit's this is normal!!while i was coming back i stopped at a a resto to eat sumthing, but girls there were sitting peacefully nd giving their orders to sum arbit guy standing in the already huge line by sweetly askin them.nd these jackshits took those, i was appalled by their show of desperation nd manipulativeness on the part of gals.this pissed me off, so i left to the hostel without eating.I meet manoj at last, my best buddy, the only guy who understands , i ask him for sum stuff, so tht i can smoke up nd get sum peace after wat i saw nd hve been thru. he produces a stash enuf for 20 joints. so i rolled one nd smoked up. I took a bath after that nd then went down to their canteen to eat sumthing. the food was gud, nd the company was even gud.we were tripping on ppl , me the most ,being high. the group consisted of me, manoj,geo,viki,katrina,pony,vibra.we then went to the OAT to collect our tickets nd wat greeted ujs was the soundcheck by Porcupine tree. it was the most awsum soundcheck i heard. I went to sum high land to catch sight of steven. nd behol!...its steven there playing on his guitar the song "OPEN CAR'. the people there was getting energitic by their souncheck.nd the chicks assembeled there were the best assemble i hve ever seen. so while manoj nd junta were waiting for the tickets to the concert, I and sapeksh went to main gate for sutts nd then came back to hostel to roll some joints. by the time we wr done, the queue to the concert had already started.we went there nd waited for like 1 hr to get inside the OAT. there were junta smoking everywhere inthe queue ,even the girls weren't behind,1 out of 4 gals was hving a sutta. we smoked up the joints in the line itself.the concert started with parikrama strutting their stuff very well.but i was impatient to see Porcupine tree.once they came upon, i dont remember nething, as i was lost in trance induced due to their music nd also hash i put inside the OAT. the concert ended abruptly, PT was called upon the stage again for an encore they played "TRAINS" nd "HALO" nd they bid farewell. steven promised tht they wud return to INDIA again given a chance.after the concert we went to a lounge "FUEL" nd drank booze. all the junta were soo fkingly high , we reached the hostel sumhow.then I donno how i did it but sumhow i rolled another 4 joints, which we smoked up on the terrace. evry1 was gone stoned by the time it was finished.we came down to the canteen nd had sumthing coz we didnt eat nething in the lounge nd coz our throats were fking dry due to the dope. i donno wat happened after tht coz i fell asleep there. by the time i woke up, viki nd geo had already left to catch their train. I put a joint again nd then packed my stuff nd got ready. me nd sapeksh left IIt bombay , hired an auto nd got to the pickup point , bus from bombay to hyd.
we boarded the bus , luckily we got a guy who was selling beer in the bus. we had two cans nd then fell asleep peacefully. moning came nd we reached hyd!!
THUs ends the best trip of my life!!
