Dehne Camping :)

Reason to Smile: There is a beautiful Poem I came across today. I dedicate this to the umpteen crazyness we experienced with a bunch of like-minded mad people around :P

The impossible becomes possible.

When we share laughter,
There's twice the fun;
When we share success,
We've surpassed what we've done.

When we share problems,
There's half the pain;
When we share tears,
A rainbow follows rain.

When we share dreams,
They become more real;
When we share secrets,
It's our hearts we reveal.

If we share a smile,
That's when our love shows;
If we share a hug,
That's when our love grows.

If we share with someone
On whom we depend,
That person is always
Family or friend.

And what draws us closer
And makes us all care,
Is not what we have,
But the things that we share.

Author Unknown

It is with this feeling that all of us usually spend our fun times with friends and family. It is truly said that one can forget what you spoke, what you did for them but one doesn't forget how you made them feel :) 

Dehne Village Camping with Manoj and Travel Trikon group members left no stone unturned to 'spread' this message :P The reason I have highlighted the 'spread' in this message is because of a silly PJ that our very own Manoj the leader came up with, as usual. I was talking about the edible stuff I had carried and spoke about the 'sandwhich spread' in my bag. The very next remark, so 'unheard' by Manoj, that got us all laughing is "What? You got Spreadsheet?!?!" Yes, Oh Lord please spare me the horror :P 

And such was just the beginning of the fun that we shared throughout the set up of the Camping cum Star Gazing event. It all started with the mandatory norm of having a whats app group and discussions on it. Well, on cooking - Apeksha had to take 'charge' as usual delegated by Manoj :P and to his utmost surprise - it is Parnika who replaced it nicely with  the making of Barbecue Paneer :P Oh, the dinner, we arranged it at the local's home :) What a yummy veg and non veg meal served by them :) 

As for the Bonfire, we were extremely lucky to have Rajesh (Biker) with us who applied his quick 'engineering' mind on the tactics to not only light the fire but also make it last till mid-night :P 

And the rest only took charge to crack jokes (on Manoj too:P) - Me, Madhurima, Shreekumar and family :) Oh and is it that all?.. Naah.. not yet :P 

Shreekumar is a genius when it comes to explaining about the 'stars' that we see on the dark skies. We only see them as white tiny particles that twinkle - some bright, some low and some totally unseen. It is these twinkles which when joined together forms a complete story from either the Greek or the Hindu Mythology !! Yes. Each star, in the clear skies ofcourse, in their own corporate culture, can be seen as either paralleled or has a dotted line reporting to someone :P OR unbelievably forms a shape of a flower or a huge protagonist trying to protect the kingdom ruled above !! Imagine all this forming a story of a queen with a daughter who proclaimed to be the most beautiful in the skies ended up being cursed by the Court that for half the million times that they shine they will form an 'M' and for other the half a 'W'. It is these queens, either smiling or crying, when you see any 3 peculiar stars forming either an M or a W !! 'Interesting and Mind Boggling - isn't it? 

Did you ever think there was a map of the skies? There is and how! All this is a Big Thanks to Shreekumar who has knowledge in abundance and passed on to us in the most meticulous manner possible. Right from his telescope (that he brought to import all of us to the moon, Jupiter and various other planets and zodiacs) to his green lazer pointer explaining all the wondrous mythological stories clarifying the logic of why each star is located in a particular manner and how, it is indeed a huge round of applause to Shreekumar and his family :) This entire experience was in a way our literal gateway to heaven ! :)

The rest? Well miraculously Parnika caught the train she missed and reached Asangaon before time! To know more, contact Parnika from Travel Trikon :P We then managed to camp exactly behind the house of the villager at Dehne post dinner ofcourse :P Funny thing is we camped without putting up the tents that we had hired for !! :P  We just found the comfort in our sleeping bags near the bonfire and slept. Slept? Really? No ! We just could not sleep because of the chills that ran down our spines at night ! :P It was extremely cold as the night fell into darkness :) 

So while we actually got busy pulling Manoj's part time leg on tours and trips, it is indeed this champion who gets it all right for any event - big or small to be a grand success ! Kudos to Travel Trikon for this beautiful starry experience :) I still feel so heavenly as I write this too :P

For the next gateway to heaven, keep your dates blocked as the gang will keep coming up with such ideas and events for all of us to encounter endless PJs by Manoj, leadership qualities by his team, and needless to mention crazy participants to 'motivate' :)

All pictures on FB :)

Till then Keep 'Star'ring and Keep Smiling :)