back to buffalo

and yet another Spring Break goes (down the drain, that is!!).. arul & i had landed up in columbus, ohio.. pinku is at Ohio State Univ there. got there early on saturday morning, thanks to Greyhound Buses.. woke up pinku, who was later heard complaining that he hadn't woken up in the a.m. hours for nearly a year.. and people call me lazy?! had 'grinders' for lunch, which must be my fave food in columbus! walked around the campus.. spring is already in the air in ohio, unlike in buffalo where we still seem moronically mired in the snows of winter!

we played three-man-galli-cricket in the racquetball court.. which wasn't as stupid as it sounds at all!! members of RSF will fondly remember those days when we threw ourselves around the corridors of HJB in '99-'00, the heydays of our galli-cricket! unsurprisingly enough, we still retain much the same characteristics, as was proved during the cricket games of our last reunion!

the Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd tribute band was pretty good.. and totally worth the money.. even the opening band (Bad Mattitude) kicked ass, delving into led zep and deep purple.. arul knocked back a few beers (yes people, it did happen!!), pinku a few more than that.. and i managed to get desperately wasted.. to the point that i still had Michelob's Amber Bock surging throught my veins the next day! pinku's alcohol-inspired midnight-biryani was a taste sensation.. and served as post-hangover breakfast-fodder on sunday morning.

ravenously hungry on sunday afternoon.. we went to a quantity-not-quality Chinese buffet which wasn't bad at all.. especially since for $6 bucks each we managed to severely deplete shrimp, mussel, chicken and vegetable populations throughout the MidWest!! good stuff! hung out and shopped for a bit, then went over to my distant cousin lopa's for tea and brownies.. yummy! sunday night was somehow subdued, as the after-effects of the weekend's exertions started telling.. had a bit of a gettogether with pinku's friends and roomies, and over a few glasses of Count Smirnoff's transparent wonder had a lovely "let's all take pinku's case" session!! :-D

monday we went to OSU and had a quick tour around the Buckeye campus (Buckeye being the official logo of the college).. had lunch at Chipotle (excellent excellent website by the way!), which has to be my favourite mexican food joint ever!! what's even better is that they serve Corona too.. what better to wash down the burritos and jalapenos!!

in the evening, we called in an Adriatico's 'buckeye special' pizza, which is a monster, almost three feet by two feet rectangular pizza, enough to feed all the 105,000 scarlet n' grey faithful who jam the Horseshoe Stadium when the Buckeyes play football.. nahh, just kidding.. but it is monstrous!! also got some Rochester-brewed Honey Brown ale.. which is a no-frills, honest beer.. and had a final 'sento' session, reminiscing the good ol' kgp days again.. a quick note to RSF - when do you boyz want to do the reunion this year?

the journey back was uneventful, and dreary.. landed back at home at 6 in the morning, barely got an hour of shuteye, and here i am providing essential library services to the hardworking UB student community (note.. it's spring break and not even ONE student has come in today!).. see you all very soon! :-))