Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Daman - Part I


My friends decided to go on a 'Wild Hog' trip to Daman. Well, none of us are suffering from mid-life crisis (we're not there yet!) but we thought a 'boys only' trip to some dada outside the Valley would be a great idea to celebrate the New Year.

We were supposed to begin our 'biker's day' @ 8 in the morning. But thanks to the 'Nepali time' ... we finally managed to get our gang together @ 11:30 but then we had a problem.

A friend's sister decided to join us. Her brother was cool with that but I wasn't. I became the 'unlucky' guy to ride with her. So it wasn't 'Boys only' thing. My good friend had brought along his wife and his sister ... he should have brought the whole family!

I am okay with ladies in scooties but in a mo'bike... it's like the WWF ladies, they are hot but they look manly enough to eat you alive (I meant that in a cannibalistic way!)

And here was this 100 lbs lady riding a 150cc bike! The way she was staring at me, I figured... I should trust her with my life and just be a quiet sack of potatoes!

How much space should there be between the rider and the passenger? Our 'fast and furious' gal wasn't happy with my hesitation. So I said... 'WTF!' ... to myself and just jumped on the bike and tried to place myself as far away as possible.

She said "Kahiley Bike Ma chaday-chaina ki kya ho?" Usually, your friend's (younger) sister also adds 'Tapai' in the beginning of any conversation. Okay, no tapai or mapai... so I tried the best position attainable without physically touching her.

I didn't want her to get the wrong idea or maybe I was getting the wrong idea! Then our journey began and I realized that I should have worn a helmet. I don't know what's the deal with girls and speed.

I have seen ladies drive like crazy, esp Nepzie girls ... going like 80 when the speed limit is like 55. +10 is okay... but driving like a wanna-be Nascar driver is not okay! But that was in Bidesh, but Swadesh ma pani... if only ladies were running this country then hamro desh bholi nai bikash huncha!

Our 'super' woman was driving like crazy and she was asking me all kinds of questions! Trying to carry out a conversation while speeding is not a good idea. I had no choice but to physically remove my head and place it beside her right cheek!

By the time we reached the 'This Way to' Daman sign... her brother and the rest of the gang were still somewhere in Thankot! We rested for a while. She gave me a 'chuing' gum and I offered her smokes!

Okay, I am a bad guy. I didn't have anything else ... I was just kidding but I don't know why but a woman with a cigarette makes my heart (Dil goes) mmmmm! She lighted her cigarette, blew gum bubbles and talked about her 'goofy-arse' guy-classmates!

This girl is going to go places. She is really good at this 'multi-tasking' stuff. She can do >3 things @ the same time. I can only do one and I usually fail to accomplish whatever I am doing...

I thought it was a good idea to wait for the rest of the gang but she was like 'r u kidding, why the hell are these jokers driving @ 20 Kms per hour?' .. Okay, fine with me. We rode again... I was still carrying my head as if I was shaking a coconut! Hope my 'guffs' were music to her ear?

Another hour and we stopped for a while and she was walking around them 'huts' asking for 'Bhaley' . I thought it must have been her former boyfriend whom she had dumped many years ago. What's with the village lads... something they have that we don't?

After following her ... I realized that she wanted to find a place where they made local 'Bhaley' ko masu? So we drove all the way here to eat a 'Bhaley' and daal bhaat! Must be a really delicious bhaley or what?

Then she took out her... IPOD and asked me to listen to her fav. song ... by Sean Paul!

1 comment:

  1. No complainnig plz when she rode you all the way to Daman !! ;)

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