“Hello guys got an approval from the BOSS for team outing” . Ahh ok so finally we will be going for a team outing after two years. No body was showing intrest at all just me and one more. Ya ya I know no outing is possible, everybody is so busy with their families L. But this time don’t know I was feeling like going out for a day or two. Here I am, “My name is Anu and here I am to convince you guys ;)”. Just started one to one session and tried to convince all. ------- 70% done, left with the major 30, but somehow managed to achieve 100 yahooooooooooooooo….. so we planned an outing of Friday 29th Oct 2010. I was just so happy, everybody was. So planned for flying fox in the morning and then Kingdom of dreams – Zangarro at night 7:30 P.M. show. All of us were bit dicey about KOD but flying fox for sure going to ROCKS!!!
Plan was to start by 7:30 in the morning but the cabby was not picking the call, there was a doubt in evrybdz mind but the doubt just lasted for 30 mins , here he was with the cab. Started at 8:00. Finally we were going for an outing. Stopped at McDonalds for the breakfast, guess what the whole menu was changed it was whole new French “A la Carta” Menu. Just picked the new stuff it was yummy what a start, I mean for me it was a kick start as I LOVE McDonaldsssssssssssss. We started for the Neemrana Fort where the flying fox gonna happen, it was 2 an a half hrs. run from Gurgaon.
Everybody was so much into chit chat and photo shoots specially ME J. We dint even realize and the time was gone we were there at FORT. Nobody was curious about the flying fox but for the free day. It was so different experience like no work talks no meetings just fun. We all were so much into fun mood.
The fort was so awesomely built, the greenery, the colours, marbles, décor everything was just so beautiful. Started with the pics, and exploring the fort, it was fun. Went to the top of fort for the flying fox booking, they were actually waiting for us , it was a team of 11 members , out of dat 3 were outsiders 2 were the instructors and rest 5 of us and one coordinator.
It was some form filling session before the action.
Age 60- 65, ya ya tick that you are above 60, back pain yessss, drunk yes ;) Read, done, yes, sign it. hmm just a formality, when you are going to start with real action??????? Okay lets buckle up the instructor just buckled are safety belts and the water bottles and the shoes. So all ready??? Let’s go for 1 KM trekking first , wat???? One of us was hurt and was not in a position to walk much, but he has to else he has to quit the show. We started with the trekking , here goes all the feelings, “I wish I would have done the jogging or walk every day”, “After this I will quit drinking and smoking”, “I will stop having cheese and pizza”, “how much left????”, “don’t we have a lift here????” :D :D :D finally after 5 , 6 breaks in a stretch of 1 km we reached the hill top where the set up was. OKAY can’t we quit??? Like don’t we have the option of going back?? I will quit L I can’t do that please…. It was soo high and scary, and hanging on a rope for 2 km ??? no ways I am not going for it definitely not.
Instructor called us one by one for the trial session, hmm it was my turn , its wasn’t that scary , I can do it but I won’t be the first to go. Ok here was me, here I go, damn for the first time it was like , how can you collect the guts to throw yourself from a hill???? Hmmm wooohooooooooooooooooooo it was superrrr..i have no words to explain the feeling.
It was super cool. How many more chances?? Will we be doing more??? Yes 4 more,,, just?????y not 10 L. I am just loving it. This is what I was looking for. Wow 5 mins trekking and new stop with a new rope sliding again, it is 350 meters now. I will do it first yes yes I will. I was enjoying it, I can go for it for whole day, must say everyone should go for it. Here was the last loop L ahhh can’t it be more??? I want some more loops… so this was flying fox totally rockinggg…but a bit tired and it was a shiny day, unbuckled our safety belts and went for lunch. But flying fox was so much into the air, rested for a while took some pics and started for the lunch. It was a buffet system, lunch was yum, just relaxed for few hours in the fort. And started back for the next Action “ZANGARRO”.it is a India’s version of Broadway – a musical theatre production staged on a huge scale.
I just heard about Zangarro a new cultural property called ‘Kingdom of Dreams’ has come up in Gurgaon and this show was held in one of its theatres called the ‘Nautanki Mahal’. Billed as ‘bollywood’s biggest musical ever’, Zangoora is an interesting fusion of bollywood and theatre – a play being played out in bollywood style with songs and dance every five minutes (complete with background dancers!). Boasting of big names from bollywood like Javed Akhtar (story and lyrics), Shankar-Ehsan-Loy (music), Shaimak Davar (choreography), Neeta Lulla (costumes), Zangoora is marketed as a never-seen-before experience for the Indian audience.
Honestly speaking I was not very much keen about Zangarro. Was just curious about Kingdom of dreams. Here we were and my mouth was wide opennnn…Ohh MY GOD. What was that???? God it was huge and classy and colourful, and beautiful and awesome and excellent and fantabulous and splendid anddddddddddddddddddddddddddd toooo much. Like I have used all the words still I have no words to explain its beauty….After a few mins walk we went for Zangarro show , Here was a huge compound that looked like a cross between a mandir and a palace of the 16 century India. Unfortunately we didn’t get a chance to explore it as we were ushered straight-away to the entrance of Nautanki Mahal where musicians in bright clothes playing different instruments stood of either side of the red carpet. A good experience that! We entered the hall-cum-lobby which served as the waiting area complete with a bar offering free soft/hard drinks and snacks. Settled on our seats with our drinks, and the show started OHHHHHHH MY GODDDDDDDDDDD.
When it was time for the show to start, we were asked to proceed to the auditorium, the first glimpse of which was awe-inspiring (please see the pictures attached). The stage here has a huge LED screen as a background and two more screens on the left and right side of the audience. When the show started I realized that all these three screens were used to show the background of the scenes playing. For e.g. the scenes in all three screens kept changing when the action moved from a palace to a forest to a seaside to a gypsy camp etc. This was further enhanced by spectacular set pieces placed in front of the screens to complete the look. The fantastic Dolby sound added to the experience (and it helped that the dialogues and well as the songs were pre-recorded).
I was just in a wait that somebody come and ask me for dance, nobody in the Audi stopped clapping from the start till end. It was a lifetime experience , suddenly a girl from the group of Zangarro came and gave me a hand for dance, without wasting a single sec I jumped out of my seat and danced for 15 mins it was awesome experince.Then went near to the stage, watched the end from there only, I was just 10 meters apart from Hussain, Guhar and kashmira it was like wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.I just cannot imagine myself doing that stupid stuff clapping, passing flying kisses to the actors Ohh God, that was crazy, but that was the moment which was forcing me to do all that. Must say it was the perfect ending of the show, I can watch it again and again. The feeling is totally un explainable, have no words to express.
After the show I was not in a state of reacting, I was stunned. Kingdom of Dreams was one the best experiences and all credit goes to THE Zangoora Show. it was not only awesome but was THE Awesome experience. couldn’t imagine something like that in India, even after seeing it. Kudos to the creators and the whole Zangoora team. Highly RECOMMENDED FOR EVERYONE !!! MUST WATCH GUYS.
Then we headed for the dinner but I was not in mood of having dinner as my stomach was aching bcoz of over excitement. I just wanted to share it with somebody, but I knew I won’t be able to express it properly still called my bro, he was understanding my situation but suggested me to write it on my blog so here I am writing …
My day was so Rocking!!!
