Hey Mujtaba, Enjoyed it. Cheers!
I had gone to Essel World thoroughly enjoyed it. It was chilling, swimming in the cold water at 2 A.AM in winters in open. And rides ooff, And the dance Vallah with feeling sweltering in cold night. Happy new years On 12/31/11, Mujtaba Merchant <mujta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Members, > > Hope everybody is doing well. Thought I would share my experience today on > what I did on this new years day. > > I was sitting in my boring room and surfing the internet. When I get a call > from one of my friends asking me what I was planning to do this new year? I > laughed and told him the usual remain blind till they can come up with > robotic eyes for me to see again. He told me how would I like to go to the > mall and grab something to eat? I said yes! > > And our adventure began at 6pm when a whole group of friends showed up at my > door. My parents started worrying seeing the crowd but they managed to > convince them that they were planning to take me out to the mall and they > need not worry about my safety. Quickly I grabbed my cane and off we went in > the car. > > The drive was short to the mall because I lived 2 blocks away from it. > Initially, we struggled with parking space as it was a Saturday and new > years the crowd just started pouring in. We got a good spot after some > struggle. Got down from the car and headed to the enterance of the mall from > the parking lot. Had a flight of stairs first to deal with, then a security > check and then we were in! > > Like a loose cannon in the mall escorted by my sighted friends made it to > the food court and to the Subway counter to order a sandwich. I had a turkey > sandwich with coke. Hmmm that was a good sandwich to enjoy with coke. After > that we did some shopping and bumped into a few things here and there mainly > people who had sight but did not see me - HAHAHA > > I also experienced the escalator which was a joy ride for me and all my > friends who took me there. Planning to do a movie Monday at the mall. > Apparently, these guys are chill having me around and enjoy the adventure > with me. And you know what all of them attempted to experience the escalator > like me i.e. with their eyes closed and they found it very frightening but > fun to do. That was my day till now. > > What I learned today from this experience is on many levels. First, they are > true friends who do not mind your disability and feel no embarrassment of > having a disabled friend around. Secondly, although the world is sighted > they too are blind at times and do not pay so much attention to their > surroundings, that explains me bumping into people. Also, there are people > who are physically present but mentally absent. We had some fun with my > disability too, like we went to a book store and i asked the attendant there > to get me the best seller of the month to read and he was baffled and had no > words to respond. We were expecting the guy to be smart and escort me to the > audio book section but he had no clue and did not expect me to prank him > that way... > > All in all it was fun and look forward to another adventure. when we are > going to the mall to watch a movie planning to hassle the attendant that we > are not going to pay for the ticket issued to me as for all practical > reasons I did not watch the movie! - HAHAHAHA > > Have a great year ahead! > > Mujtaba Merchant > > > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > -- “The waves breaking on the surface draw all the attention, but it is the current beneath the water that determines your direction.” Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
