BOOZING DAY

SATURDAY EVENING IS THE MAIN BOOZING DAY FOR ME. I USED TO BOOZE ALMOST EVERY DAY WHILE I WAS ABROAD. THERE BEENAAMMA TOO JOINED AND GAVE ME COMPANY FOR FEW YEARS.
WE HAD LOTZ OF FUNNY EXPERIENCE IN THE BOOZING TIMES.
ONCE WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT OUR CLOSE FRIEND MR RAJU UNEXPECTADLY VISITED OUR HOME. WE WERE STAYING IN A TRADITIONALLY OMANI HUT.
HE HAD BROUGHT FOR US ZINZANO VINE, MARINATED MEAT FOR BAR B Q AND GIN n TONIC ETC.
WE HAD A NICE LAWN AND ALL OF US GATHERED THERE. RAJU WAS WORKING FOR THE CEO OF COSTAIN GROUP OF CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN OMAN. HE WAS THE MAIN CHEF AND HE USED TO SPEND HIS WEEK ENDS SOME TIMES WITH US.
WE EITHER GO TO HIS PAVILION OR HE COME TO OUR HUT. GIN n TONIC WAS MY FAVORITE DRINK DURING SUMMER. WHILE WE HAD THAT, MY SPOUSE BEENAMMA USED TO COOK FOR US.
THIS PARTICULAR DAY RAJU TOLD HER TO TAKE REST AS SHE WAS CARRYING AND HE STARTED COOKING THE MARRINATED MEAT AND ALL OF US WERE IN THE LAWN.
EVENINGS OF GULF IS RATHER COLD AND VERY COLD IN DECEMBER. THATA WAS A DECEMBER DAY.
ALL OF US WERE BOOZING AND RAJU OBSERVED THAT BEENAAMMA IS NOT CONSUMING ANY THING. THE ZINZANO WINE WAS SPECIALLY BROUGHT FOR HER. RAJU TOLD HER TO HAVE IT.
BUT BEENAMMA WAS FOND OF TAKING WHISKY WITH 7up. RAJU TOLD HER TO HAVE A DRINK. BUT SHE SAID SHE DONT WANT AS SHE WAS NOT FEELING WELL. AND SHE TOLD HIM, SHE MIGHT VOMIT AND CHETTAN [MYSELF] IS HESITANT TO CLEAN WHILE VOMITING.
RAJU SAID THAT HE WILL CLEAN THE PREMISES IN CASE SOME THING HAPPENS LIKE THAT.
BEENAMMA HAD A GOOD DRINK OF ZINZANO WINE AND HAD ENOUGH BAR B Q MEAT AND POACHED FISH ETC.
WE HAD A FANTASTIC EVENING. ALL OF THE GUESTS WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE. BEENAMMA DID THE FIRST VOMIT AND RAJU WAS PLEASED TO ASSIST HER AND TOLD HER TO TAKE IT EASY.
SHE MADE UP A MEZZ WITH THE WHOLE PLACE AND RAJU WAS PLEASED TO CLEAN ALL THE AREA, EVEN THE UNTENSILS IN THE KITCHEN.
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THIS TYPE FUNS WERE THERE IN EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST. WHILE I WAS WORKING WITH NCR BEIRUT WE USED TO DRINK "lebanese arrack". MY IMMEIDATE BOSS USED TO INVITE ME WEEKENDS [ie. thursday]. FIRST THEY WILL START WITH THEIR NATIONAL DRINK THIS PARTICULAR ARRACK. I NEVER LIKED IT. IT WAS VERY STRONG. THEY USED TO TAKE WITHOUT DILUTING IT. IN CASE WATER OR SODA IS ADDED, IT BECOMES LIKE DETTOL.[ as if what happens to dettol while it is diltuted with water]. AFTER THIS LEBANESE ARRACK THEY START OTHER ENGLISH OR FRENCH DRINK. I USED TO AVOID AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THIS LEBANESE ORIGIN DRINK. SOME TIMES WHAT HAPPENS WHILE SUCH DRINK IS GIVEN FULL OF JOY, HAPPINESS AND LOVE WE CANNOT AVOID.
THE HOSPITALITY OF MY LEBANESE FRIENDS ARE MEMORABLE. I USED TO DANCE SOME TIMES THE MOMENT I HAVE GOOD INDOXICATION. I HAVE LEARNED DANCING FORM THIS PLACE.
NOW LETZ COME BACK TO TRICHUR WHERE I AM NOW. HERE WEEKENDS [ie. saturday] THATZ MY MAIN BOOZING TIME. I USED TO HAVE CLUB MEETINGS THREE OR FOUR IN A MONTH. THERE IS A SPECIAL BOOZING STGATION. BUT I HARDLY GIVE COMPANY TO THEM.
UNLIKE OTHER PLACES IN THE UNIVERSE HERE KERALITES JUST CONSUME TWO OR THREE DRINKS AS IF THEY ARE DRINKNG WATER. THATZ THEIR STYLE. BUT I CANNOT DO SO. I LIKE TO TASTE AND DRINK, SO I KEEP AWAY.
I NEED MINIMUM HALF AN HOUR TO FINISH A DRINK.
BEENAMMA HAS BROUGHT MY DINNER. SO LET ME HAVE IT AND COME BACK TO SCRIBBLE. PLEASE BE PATIENT FOR SOME TIME.
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