TGIF

Ok, Saawariya was disappointingly silly, but I know Ranbir (Rishi-Neetu's offspring) & Sonam (anil kapoor's beti) will go far. Afterall I waited so long to see if Raj Kapoor's male grandchild has his showman blood. I've seen his sons, his bahus and his granddaughters. Time to check grandson out.

And not bad at all, just after Saawariya, I heard Ranbir's doing a Yash Raj film & the title is his dad's song title...but what I didn't like is he's acting opposite his gf Deepika Padukone (whom I detest btw, as much as Aish...don't ask me why, tum nahin samjhoge!)

So the most awaited Bachna Ae Haseeno (BAH) finally released on 15th Aug. I had planned to catch the 1st day's show on Fri itself, but thought I'd like to spend my evening with Amsyar since I'm home early. After all that sacrifice, I came home, my chote nawab was sleeping. Ler. So I sort of thought will settle down & leave for the 8.50pm, but by 8.30pm, was too tired and didn't wanna risk not getting a gd seat. Afterall, 1st day.

Then on Mon 18 Aug, I was on MC, and that night, happened to chat with Shazadi, and we were planning to catch up when I asked if she had time for a movie. She had, so we made plans for BAH the following day. But there were a few reasons that wld make the plan NOT HAPPEN. So...not happen it did! Anyways, had migraine (for a whole week), was pissed with some lappy's antivirus troubles (but resolved it myself anyway after I was disappointed with my luck) so may not be a gd idea to catch BAH. So we postponed it to Fri 22 Aug.

On Thurs nite, Shazadi sms-ed that Fri seemed bleak as she had to work till 7pm (unless the show's 8+...I was like "duh, of coz we're catching an 8+ show, earlier slot we both won't be off-duty yet"...but I went home, checked the show timings & let her decided. So we settled for 8.10pm show.
So the whole day @ work yesterday, I kept the GV booking page on my PC to monitor the seats availability, if it gets occupied too fast, I'll do online booking. I had to book b4 I leave office by 2pm. So I sms Shazadi to ask if she's confirmed with the plan & if it was safe for me to book 2 tix online (I wldn't wanna waste 1 tix if she cancels, I'll still proceed but 1 tix is going to go to waste & I'm not abt to sell it to a stranger...I'd rather sit alone then sit next to a stranger!). Then she revealed she had an asthma attack earlier on & not too sure yet & will only be able to confirm by 1pm.

Here I was trying to finish work and quickly leave for survey work in town, Nashira popped by my cubicle to say Hi (remember Nash, my new colleague-cum-lunch partner? She's also a lil sis who calls me "Di"). Then while talking, I was just abt to excitedly tell her that I'm finally gonna be watching BAH (it's been on my MSN nick for a wk that I need a movie break with BAH!)...when I heard her saying "i watched BAH oredi"...and I went "Oh, u watched oredi!" (and I was gonna ask her if it'd be worth my money) and she said "No, i'm gonna watch today". I was like..."when? today?" and she ans "ya, 8.10 today @ GV tamp". I was like "what?!?"

My reaction was because she just went to watch Singh is Kinng last Tues @ Jade (Bugis) with her chinese fren (with an Indian soul) , Karen, so I asked her why don't they watch on Fri, Wed is working day...won't she be tired? It makes sense actually, since her movie buddy is a chinese, they club/pub on Fri so they can't possibly do on a Fri. So I'd nvr expect to see Nash on a Fri nite unless she goes with her bf la (though I dunno if she watches hindi movie at theatre with her bf or not). So when I saw my fave seat (row 10 from screen middle block next to left aisle) is taken, I asked her if her fren booked that. And yes they did. Damn! There goes my seat. So now my option is either the 11th or 9th row, left or right aisle.

I was pretty sure Shazadi wont make it. I felt she shld get a rest also, so when I didn't get a msg by 1pm, 1.15pm I went for lunch, as I know there's no dinner if Shazadi's not coming. Almost 1.30pm, Shazadi sms-ed to say she's coming, she's taken urgent half day leave & was going. So I made her promise me that she'd go home, take her med & sleep. Will give her a wake up call by 5.3opm if I don't hear from her. She promised, but Khuda jaane whether she really slept/rested or not la. Anyways, by time I was getting ready to leave office @ 4pm (terribly late!), I checked the GV booking and boy, my middle block row 10, 11 & 9 right aisle taken. So I quickly booked row 11 left aisle. Sekali when I was abt to make payment, it says "the seat is occupied". Mak ai! Within few secs je gone?!?! So I was left with no choice & secured Row 9 left aisle (ie. in front of Nash & fren). After that I left. Bachna Ae Haseeno...lo main aagaya!

I got terribly delayed with my survey duties in town due to the rain, so there was likelihood that I can't reach Tamp MRT @ 7.15pm as originally planned. But I did. And Shazadi reached just 5mins later. Went up to collect the tix, then since both of us not desperate for rice dinner, and the sick girl was craving for healthy food (McDonalds!!) so we chilled @ Mac while she fill me in with updates on her "interesting" life that triggered her recent asthmatic attack recently. 8.05pm we headed up to the theatre for the sick girl to get another healthy dose (Nachos!). I still cannot comprehend the need to eat while watching movie! Am I the only 1 who don't binge at theatre? It was 8.16pm already and I knew that usually movie starts after 5-10mins of ads. So I was freaking out that if we're not seated by 8.20pm we'd miss the beginning.

We didn't. We still had to endure another 10mins of ads (think movie probably started only arnd 8.30pm?). But it was quite a unique experience for me, walking down the steps & tapping onto someone I know. In a way, since we entered the theatre late when it's already dark, it made it easier for me to zoom to my seat...I just had to look out for Nash & I know our seats is just in front of that. Hehe. Of coz mid-way, when Deepika appeared, here I kept telling Shazadi from start that when she appears I'll shut my eyes...and I did (much to Shazadi's irritation)...and there Nash leaned forward to whisper to me "She's so pretty!". I was like "NOOOOOOO....she's not, I don't like her...!" Much later, I kinda stopped closing my eyes, coz the character she played is soooo me! U gotta watch to know what I mean.

Movie ended almost 11pm...I was already high-tide, so since Shazadi was taking a cab back (to Chai Chee) and offered me a drop-off along the way (initially I declined, but accepted when I felt that my tank is too full to tolerate bus jerking), I was home by 11.15pm so I had time to chat with Mom. And I bought her the hard casing for her new Nokia 5320 (she had 1 but she broke it in her attempt to open it to let me use her phone while we were out on Mon as my batt went flat & I needed a phone to contact them once I'm done with work & going to meet them to go back). I was so happy to get it for her (although I wasn't sure if she'd got herself a replacement yet, but it's just $5 so it's ok, can keep as spare).

Had time to catch Salman's Dus Ka Dum on Sony (Bobby & Priyanka playing), did some work to wait up for the repeat telecast of Banoo Mein Teri Dulhann on Zee @ 2am, but by the time the serial started, I fell asleep! Sigh. TGIF.