Was lazing around till late morning. Until Paale had this sudden brainwave of driving into town for a haircut. Actually found time for a fantastic breakfast at Vaishali.. Opposite Fergusson College. The only trouble was the wait time. But the Waiter was fun - he took the trouble of confirming that he had Sweet Meethi Lassi - he could see I was starving, and consequently, couldn't think.

Later, Paale took the trouble of taking me to FTII - haven for film buffs in India. To catch up with school time buddy - Nambiar. After some enquiries with the scant population on campus, got directions to his room. Was informed that his room-mate was in. And when I knock, this pretty lady peeks through the door and enquires 'Yes?'. Yikes. Nambiar? The chick in his room was very unlike the Nambiar I knew.

But she explained - room-mate's fiancee et al, and clarified things. Finally found Nambiar in the library in the Admin block. Clean shaven - head inclusive. And bandana in place. But just the same. Forgot to take his autograph though, the guy's likely to be a major film-maker any time soon.. My buddy!

After a light snooze at home, caught up with Malpani alongwith Paale at Barista, Koregaon Park - home of the Osho clan. The place has its advantages - a coffee shop with almost no space in the inside - but with sprawling greens outside.. so you just spread out and chill with the coffee. That gave us ample time to catch up on life.. And laugh.

1930hrs - 'Twas time to gather for a School Reunion - inside the Pune University Campus. I don't know why Campus Security persons in India - overdo their job. Seven staffers at the University Gate repeated the same question - 'Where we were going ?' before letting us through. Luckily a 4km drive into the Campus depths gave us plenty of time to return to party-mode from frustrated-disgusted-tired mode.

Was too much fun getting together with classmates again. This was probably the fourth time I was attending a formal reunion of Alumni. And the best part has always been the introductions, ending with the words 'Class of xx'.

And what followed was even better.. Caught up with Dhruvs, Vids and Adp4 and family that night, meeting them after ages. There was a time when I treated them like li'l kids. Now, I am the puniest of the lot. But its lovely that I still get called Bhai.