It's a damn' hard life

Magu's sample Mumbai weekend:

Friday

7:45 wake up (after going to sleep at round 3:30)

10:10 leave home to meet V

10:40 arrive in Iskcon; wait for men to get ready for the baraat

11:40 the baraat

13:00 beginning of the shaadi

13:30 lunch, delicious Gujarati food

15:30 get back home to see if there's any work that needs to be done

17:00 a power nap

20:15 leave home to meet S*

20:40 pick up E

21:00 arrive at the sea food festival

23:00 arrive in Trilogy

00:30 move to Aurus, meet Z

02:00 leave Aurus to take E back home (the poor thing has to work in the morning)

02:15 decide you need a snack from downtown

02:35 pick up S* from the side of some road

03:10 arrive downtown; guys look for their favourite street food guy; we get chicken and paneer rolls (yumm)

04:00 arrive home

05:00 go to sleep

Saturday

09:30 wake up

10:30 do some work

11:30 meeting with the boss; some more work follows

14:00 leave home, go to Juhu PVR to meet with S*

14:50 sit down in a cafe; interesting conversation - I find my new career... ;)

15:55 arrive at Juhu Circle; go with S to an audition (this S is an actor, among other things)

16:05 meet K; K takes down my name and phone no. and tells me she needs a foreign looking girl for some new movie

16:20 they decide S is too handsome to be a farmer; we're outta there

16:50 arrive home

19:50 leave home for an Internations' meeting, spend an hour in traffic jam

21:00 arrive in Bandra, off Linking Road, get to Bonobo

21:05 fall in love with Internations' events and the people who come there; have a blast

23:00 E arrives

23:10 E, S, Z and I leave for Zenzi to get some food

23:40 finally get food! salmon and teriyaki sushi rolls, rice, some fried fish, bbq chicken, bombay chicken, china box

01:00 move to Trilogy; by that time we're a bunch of ppl travelling in 3 cars

01:15 Trilogy's not happening - too crowded, already tens of ppl outside trying to get in; decide to go to Balthazar's

01:30 arrive at Balthazar's; crush some private party and daaaance

03:30 decide I need to go home and sleep; friends continue the party till 10:30 am the next day

04:07 arrive home

05:15 go to sleep

Sunday

10:40 wake up

12:10 leave home to meet with R, S's friend who invited me for some dance related rehearsal the previous night

12:30 meet R, a cool dancer and choreographer; set off to Yari Road, Versova

13:00 arrive at the rehearsal spot

15:45 the rehearsal's over; I'm huuungry; R and I catch a rick and go to Lokhandwala

16:15 we treat ourselves to some good food in High Point:

Basket Chaat, a really good blend of spiced and sweet - sweet yoghurt covering some spiced veggies. Plus, a mango lassi

Paneer chilly dosa

Coconut chutney, sambal and Seczuan sauce

18:00 a power nap

20:40 leave home for Bandra

21:30 meet with S in Theobroma and die happily after having some brownie and chocolate mudcake

22:00 arrive at Zenzi (with the idea and having promised myself to be back home by 1 am at the latest); dance my ekhm off to salsa and a bit of bachata

00:45 Z and T arrive in Zenzi

00:56 they turn off the music (in Mumbai, clubs get shut by 1 am, unless they're in fancy hotels, or opened illegaly)

01:10 Z, T & I decide to get ice cream

01:30 pick up S&S and head out to look for our desserts

01:45 arrive in Novotel; lay down by the pool; get a table and order food

02:00 great masala fries and omg that carbonara... (have been dreaming about pasta for the last week)

03:10 arrive home

04:00 start writing that note instead of just going to sleep; my before sleep talk with A (becoming kind of a habit, no? :)

04:40 go to sleep

And now imagine that a weekend like this has been on for almost 6 weeks now. The moment I leave Mcity, I'm giving up partying. Srsly.

It's a damn' hard life! (that leaves you tired like hell)

However, there must be something I've been doing right - can't remember the last time my fingernails were so healthy :D

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Yes, there are loads of Indian names beginning with the letter S.. There have been 3 different ones this weekend :)