Workshop 1 – Day 5 Outing

As the fifth day of the workshop came to an end, everybody decided to be the perfect hosts and take our Lahori guests for an outing together. Since the plan was made on urgent basis hence not many could join us but a few of the Karachiites including me and Moiz got into the plan.

So all of us charged up with excitement (especially our Lahori friends whose faces were actually illustrating what this word truly means) headed towards our first destination-Playland! Like always ‘The Lahoris’ kept cracking jokes in Punjabi and had us all entertained by their truly amazing sense of humor. Hats off to you guys! If not the jokes then Umer’s famous laugh filled the humor in air. Umer keep it up, we always want to see you laughing and smiling, spreading more laughs all over. On our way, we stopped by Mohatta Palace, though it wasn’t lit up that day but still our very own ‘Man with the digital camera’- Awais captured the essence through his camera. We also showed them Kothari Parade, Park Towers and Park Bin Qasim. On reaching Playland few of our Karachi friends joined us and the entire gang entered Playland.

We first made our way to dodging cars. There was a long queue there so we stood side by side forming a wall and managed to keep the others away. Once the bell rang and there we were running crazily over the dodging cars not letting anybody but our gang to get in. the bell rang again and there we were bumping and dodging and like always our man with camera kept clicking while sitting on the rides too. Getting finished from here we went to another ride, but hey guess what? I just couldn’t find my wallet and here the fun begins. My wallet was officially stolen. I was mugged. Bu this was just the beginning. I looked for my wallet all around but I knew it was a wild goose’s chase so I ran and seated myself in the next ride. Whooosh! That was one ride, it was crazy but fun. When it was over, one of our friend felt sick of the ride and the obvious happened ; )

Moving on, we went to another ride- the pirate. Seeing the after effects of the previous ride a lot of our friends backed off. Nevertheless the few crazy and courageous ones moved on. We screamed and laughed (the pictures taken here are worth watching!) and at the end of this ride too something happened and Sadly Ali Changezi lost half of his tooth. Yes, his tooth. We have all our sympathies with you Ali. With all this we headed towards our van and splash! Kiran got her foot into drain water. What an evening! Huh!

But with our formal training of showmakers, we didn’t let anything come in our way and we moved on towards our second destination

Workshop 1 – Day 3 Outing

As the third day of the workshop wrapped up, we managed to come up with an outing plan. Mr. Mushtaq arranged a visit to the beach. All our Lahori friends were thrilled to hear the word- sea and they transmitted their excitement to us as well.

So with all high spirits we got seated in the bus and headed towards Sandspit. On our way we also served as local guides to the Lahoris, showing them Port Qasim, huge ships and famous landmarks around. The bus was not just filled by a bunch of crazy excited people but also with songs, jokes and laughs, particularly Umer’s famous laugh. I remember in between Awais and I got into a little debate too, which was fun actually. Enjoying our way throughout we reached the beach.

The excitement meter of Lahoris actually burst out when they caught the first glimpse of the sea. Everyone folding their pants just splashed their way in. Some of the Lahoris were a little scared to take a dip in the beginning but well who can resist water? I particularly remember Kamran asking me what’s the color of the sand? A sweet, innocent Lahori question!

The softness of sand, musical patterns of waves, company of crazy newly made friends and to top it all a full moon night. What more can one ask for?!…………… hmmmmm………….let me think…………….. bonfire! It was difficult in the beginning but Moiz and Ishtiaq bhai successfully managed to fire the chopped woods and we had our dinner sitting around fire eating, drinking, talking, laughing and taking pictures. It was all and all a fun little party at beach.