(Please read part 1 and 2 before reading this!) So…..where was I? Oh…yeah…ocean. Which ocean? Shy white ocean!!! So, we departed for shy white ocean with fingers crossed (so that it won’t be dusk before we go there)…what we heard from our driver was that it was about three hours journey from Gopalaswamy betta (excluding the lunch time).
In the car…..hmm…what say? After the lunch, we departed from Mysore. Scardy cat and Kusaa wanted to try something new and started some dumb, rubbish game called ‘Hit when you see a santro or a truck’. In this dumb game, Kusaa and cat entered into the ‘Treaty of Srirangapatna’ with each other (please…this does not have anything related to Tipu Sultan!) – according to which, Kusaa would hit cat when she saw a truck on the highway and cat would hit her when he saw a santro car. But, the curtains were brought down when cat argued that Kusaa could hit if she saw ANY truck, while he couldn’t do so….Yapppppppa..what a dumb game! No wonder it ended so early! :-/
Our elders say, ‘When God closes one door, it means that he opens the other door’ and it happened in the car. Now that the ‘Treaty of Srirangapatna’ was violated and the game was over, Kusaa and Lux started another game which you all know – DUMB charades…and these people made it even more dumb. Kannada, Hindi, English, Tamil..thats all..we don’t know any more langauge movies! Each time Lux made the action, it would take us atleast two minutes to guess the movie…and you obviously know who would guess it ,,,,,,,,,, 
of course, who else other than me??? She was astonished at my guesses as she hadnt seen me like this before. ‘The exorcism of emily rose’, ‘Ishq vishq’, ‘Mohobattein’, ‘The silence of the lambs’, ‘Tumhare liye’, ‘Mujhe kuch kehna hai’ etc, were some of the movies. Soon after this dumb session ended, another session started which was even more dumb – the personality guessing contest. Bah!!! This was inaugurated by scardy cat and he laid the rules before us (the personality in one’s mind should be guessed by the others within 20 questions of ‘yes or no’ type only!)…..not to mention that Mr.Keetle and I were just spectators / participants without starting any other new game! 
Hmph……the games continued until all of us got tired of it. Kusaa was all the more tired and wanted a popsicle. She zoomed her eyes and looked through the window if she could get one on the ‘ice cream thallo gaadi’. But, no….she felt she was always unlucky! Every time she saw an ice cream van, she felt like jumping out of the window and grabbing a popsicle, which would never happen because of us. And this time, Kusaa didn’t save her day with her clever tactics!!
The driver stopped at a nearby petrol bunk to fill the the tank. Anyway, this was the time for us to get down from the car and relax..but it didn’t last more. My uncle told the driver to go as fast as possible since it was already 4.30 p.m. Alas! Here’s another sad story……there were seperate routes for Gaganachukki and Barachukki. Ayyyo…..this is the sadest part……if we go by either routes, we could be able to see any one of the places – Gaganachukki, Barachukki or Madhya Ranga temple. But one thing was that the temple was en route to B’chukki. Now you know what’s going to happen. So, how many ‘theists’ are there among us?? 1,2,..and the final count was 4. Cat ordered to go to Barachukki first as it was already late and we cant see the falls clearly. On the contrary, my uncle, aunt and I voted for the temple as it was the main reason the three of us had come to the trip. Cat was not indulgent as we thought. Arrrey….parents always heed to their children’s requests na? Finally we decided to give in and headed for B’chukki. In the midway we saw the Madhya Ranga temple and prayed to Lord Ranganatha that he should give his ‘Arul’ to seek the Darshan! We reached B’chukki in a hurry and got down from the car.
“Shabbbbba…ippove kanne kattudhe” (I know its a dialogue of Vadivelu….please!!! I’m not his fan) was my reaction seeing the magnificent falls (not literally my reaction). We were at a huge distance from it, but it was really mindblowing. Yay….what is the first thing you do when you go to a falls kind of place? Boating…and here it’s boating in ‘theppa’!! Excitement….but didn’t last long. Cat, Lux and Kusaa suggested to go boating in Theppa, but my uncle and aunt didn’t agree saying that we cannot visit the temple and it would become late to reach home. Mr. Keetle was diplomatic ; he didn’t want to visit either of the places and just zipped his mouth. There continued a big argument and it was obvious that we had asked for the heat. With no other option left, we just took a few snaps in front of the falls and decided to head for the temple while Scardy Cat got on his nerves.
Cat just blabbed something like we would not be able to seek the Darshan after having made injustice to him. He just kept scolding the people who suggest Shy white ocean for the trip where we couldn’t even rejoice for 20 minutes. Lux turned pale and so did Mr. Keetle. But my uncle, aunt, Kusaa and I were blank and went inside the temple. To our surprise (or ‘shock’ rather), what Cat said turned out to be 100% true. Just like how they say in Kannada – Kaiyige bandiddu baayige baralilla (what came to the hands didn’t reach the mouth)… we just went to B’chukki and saw it ; but we didn’t allow him to go theppa boating. And this time, Cat’s ‘shaapa’ (come on…take it easy!) didn’t go in vain…the temple was CLOSED and we had to see the Lord through the holes in the door. What a fate! We weren’t able to keep up the word we gave to Kusaa’s mom and were disheartened. Well, SIBTN (guess the proverb!) – so, we should be thankful to the Lord for having made us to seek his Darshan through the door holes atleast! Really wonderful, nicely decorated, heart – warming Lord he was.
Ushhhhhhhhabba….atlast, there’s no doubt that our plan didn’t work out fully ; but I’m happy that it did work out a little (the G’swamy hill). We allegedly planned to see four places in just 12 hrs (G’swamy, temple, B’chukki and g’chukki) but we could complete only one of them (B’chukki is meaningless unless you go on a boating). In the car, cat scolded everyone and took an oath that he would never join a ‘temple trip’ again! The next week Lux and I were supposed to go to Ooty with our parents….so this is the right time…..Cat asked me not to return from Ooty without taking Lux to a temple there. This was the point where he made all of us smile and inturn realized that he was a bit too harsh quite ago. Mr. Keetle added a few more words (as usual!) and tickled our funny bones. All of us who were down in the dumps and furious just a little ago, were now joyous and enthusiastic like how we were in the morning. Thus, as a ball projected upwards with an initial velocity comes down with the SAME velocity, we were equipped with the same zeal while going and returning back (I’m a science student ; so, I must give such kind of examples!). Ahhhhh…don’t care about the misunderstandings we had in the trip. Be optimistic!! Just like what they say in Tamil “Naduvule vandhadu naduvuleye pogattum”, forget the ‘not – fun’ and have fun!
Gaadi odsakke driver maathra saaldu, petrol irbeku…so, to fill our stomachs, we stopped at Maddur Tiffany’s for a light coffee and crunchy crispy yummy Maddur Vada. And now, Kusaa’s ‘popsicle hunt’ ended…..even though she didn’t get what was meant exactly by popsicle, she decided to quench her thirst by having an orange ice – cream…so, what does this tell you? If you didn’t get what you liked, be happy with what you’ve got!
In the car…hmmm…what say? Again, Kusaa and Lux started something lunatic and this time it was singing. They sang or shouted rather, at the top of their voices which made Scardy cat, as usual, get mad. He was on the verge of hitting them hard….oooo….not to forget that he pulled both of their hair so badly that they stopped singing. But Kusaa didn’t give up and continued the game. Cat said “I think she (Kusaa) wants to have it nicely from me today” to which Kusaa retorted “Ooooooo…I’m scared” and this was certainly the dialogue of the day!!!
Ussssapppppa….we reached Bendakalooru by 10 p.m as expected and bid goodbye to Kusaa…..but now there wasn’t IISc bro to greet her with an Aarathi plate (like how Kusaa greeted him when we returned from Kalale). Whether he did his exam well or not, he certainly missed all the fun!
We reached home by 10.15. So, what’s missing here? The maaza bath? 
Hahaha…doesn’t matter, for, we were able to get the ‘fun bath’ atleast 
I suppose you were able to figure out now atleast – what is meant by ‘shy white ocean’ and ‘why snow white Lord’…..weren’t you? If not, think and tell me! Hmmmmmm…Kusaa, satisfied with your 4th trip to G’swamy or not? Well, I think we should plan once more for shy white ocean…but the thing is that Lux and Mr. Keetle wont be able to come 
Never mind….the two tigers – you and cat are there naa? (its a compliment for you!) And the next time you plan anything, don’t forget to include IIsc bro!!! I hope there’ll be a time when we six cousins go on a trip somewhere before my 2nd p.u….right? Yes…..do ‘incept’ a plan in our minds by being an architect…okay? Make sure I wont go until level 5…!!Thank God, the ‘totem’ stopped spinning!!Oh…you just gave me a ‘thud’ when I’m daydreaming……..
