Run # 467 Sukoon Bungalow, Khandala

On this day,

You could be preparing for your new year vacation, 

you could be sitting on the pot with a newspaper doing your morning duties,

You would be wondering how your wife/ gf/ the other one, would be spending all your money this holiday season,

You might be still sleeping,

OR

You are in Khandala having an awesome time with 

Yup! Bh3 family had a gala time at Sukoon, Khandala, no better way to finish running for bh3 for 2013.

The morning air was cold and nippy. The drive to Khandala was never better. Specially when you get to be in the company of Wackopedia, your vocab just increases. Also in the car was, SNAFU. This Tullu speaking, Hindi raping girl just finished the Pinkathon 10k and was heading with us for the run in Khandala. Kudos! Take a bow girl. We were not alone though. At one point, leading our car was, the already dead, Zaffar, with Najma (our host for the morning), Zain and Nazia. Behind us was Sitting Duck in the car with Running Fuck.

The run was hared by Screwed Driver, Bonsai and, the drunk for the day queen, Patricia. Her cheerful mood only spoke of a very good time. 

15 mins into the run and we faced a mammoth task of climbing steps meant for Gulliver or someone who thought we were midgets and wanted to punish us. But there is beer at the end of every trauma. Screwed Driver, at the summit, beered up our morale with some chilled Kingfisher. Post that, the run was a lovely walk till Lonavla market and On In to Sukoon.

The 7+ km run finished right in time for some snacks and chilled beer. We did have to wait for a couple who:

Saw the On In sign--- did not come back to the venue--- followed wrong marking--- started doing the entire trail again. These were new hashers so we don't blame them. However, speculations are that they did it intentionally as they were a couple and wanted to have some sexy time before they joined us again. (we did run through some isolated patches).

We have started experimenting with our biryani. This time, we got it from a local supplier in Khandala. It was yummy. 

With that we bid adieu to twenty13 and geared up for 14. Oh ya, I forgot to mention. Hashers got to take some happiness back home. We were left with spare beers which were distributed amongst those who wanted it. I took a few and it lasted me 3 days... :P

Merry Christmas and A Happy, Prosperous and Beer filled New Year to all.

Run # 466 Shivaji ka killa(fort)

Shivaji could have kept Osama here and no one would have found him. I have personally known this 6 pack, 3rd Degree Black Belt, Front Running Bastard who happens to be more than 50 years old, for a long time and I did not know that his house roof had a view and peace and isolation like this. Its right in the middle of all the hustle bustle and yet, it is calm, serene and peaceful. I'd put up a pool side chair and a few chilled beers and play video games or just laze around (Best, read a book).

The 5km short, simple and tarmac run was hared by Shreyashi and Ria, using the infamous slutty red tape. Front runners finished the run in a little over 35 mins while the walkers also joined us within an hour. The few who did now run, joined us directly on the terrace for the post run stupidity.

Fartashaty, Amey and Mandy were the ones who decided to not do the run. But they graced us with their unwanted presence post the run. LOL... NOT

The beers were already chilled and the good news was that we were gonna have them at MRP. What could have been better than that, right? Well, no one in the hash knew what the mismanagement had in store for the true hashers who attended the run. For this run, the beer was sponsored by the hash itself and no one was to pay for it. For even more good news, we also threw in a bottle of Old Monk rum on the house.

Now why would we want to be so generous? Well, it so happens that the day of the run also happened to be Shivaji's birthday. AAAH!!!Now things fall into place.

As the sun started its descend after a severe warning from SNAFU,

SNAFU ordering the sun to head home... 

the party started picking up pace and the conversations started becoming louder.

Now it was only obvious that we celebrated the birthday with some games and fun. We had the chairs and within a few minutes we also had music on the terrace. *MUSICAL CHAIR*

Yes! All of us were kids again for those exact  minutes with a round of musical chair won by no one cos the prize for the winner was a blowjob to the birthday boy. Shivaji kept hoping for a sexy lady but, in the end, everyone was disappointed. :P

This was one of those evenings which keep getting better and better. Usually on a birthday, one would expect a cake, that goes without saying. But what happens when there are 2 cakes?

It so happens that our GM, Bonsai, also celebrated her bday a few days ago. So a cake was arranged for the 'You Dont See Me' GM, Bonsai. By the end of it, there was more cake on peoples faces than it was in their tummy. It was a lick riot. To end the party was lazeez biryani from Lazeez.

Phew! So much fun in one evening... How can one not go back drunk, happy and content.

In our language we would say, "50 Rupaye main itna kuch kaun deta hai?"

On ! On !

Pics of the evening:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.568722546543922.1073741840.100002185441246&type=1&l=283cc0412d

Songs that played:
Blurred Lines: Thicke
Lose Yourself to Dance: Daft Punk
Daft Punk- Pentatonix
Thunderclap
and
Tattad Tattad (Ramji ki Chaal)- Ramleela (courtesy- mommy dear)

Run # 465 Arundhati Bungalow

Arundhati can now be officially renamed the 'Hash House'. Multiple runs from the same venue in the same year and still the owner asks when do we come next. Thank you Amey for being the lovely hosts.

This time though, we also had Yudhistir aka Yudi, with affection as big as his own size, to come give us company. While many could not come for the run due to other commitments; Running Fuck and Sitting Duck decided to show up for this one. Wackopedia also kept us entertained with the brand new TV that he's bought and it almost fits in his pocket. Lol

The run; same old affair, a walk inside the world famous National Park. This is the only place where the hares can walk away without marking the trail with anything whatsoever. I infact want to motion that we do not have hares for this run in the future. The short run was at 6kms while the long run doubled in length and was nearly 13kms. No one complained at the end of it. 

4 did the long trail, while others did the human trail. 5, however, screwed with everybodys head. Energizer Bunny, Cumagain, Naysa, Shilpa and Manoj decided to wander off in the depths of Kanheri Caves and returned 90 mins after the last short runner. The circle had to start now.

Hares: Wackopedia flagged off the circle as our brand new Religious Advisor. Hares Amey, Shinjini and Fubar were called on the ice. Although Amey and Shinjini were the official hares, Fubar was asked to assist n haring and hence he was iced too. Rightly put, there were 3 hares and exactly 3 spots where the tapes were marked. Inspite of that, none of the runners got lost and everybody followed the trail and came back, SPOT ON. A solid 10/10 for that.

Visitor: Aussie boy John Nelson was super glad to join us on the our little adventure. He became our favorite the moment he said, "Fosters isnt good beer." LOL

Rare Comers: Cyrus, Chintan and Karsten were next on the slab. Check out the contradiction; Karsten, a

genuine hasher, was in India, visiting, and decided not to miss an opportunity to run with BH3. The other two live in Bombay and decide to turn up for the occasional run. They all drank.

New Shoes: While Cyrus and Karsten were asked to get up, Chintan continued to warm the ice and was joined by Amey. They both enjoyed a hearty gulp of beer from their new, and now, christened shoes.

Now, while Chintan got off the ice, Amey stayed and was joined by Deep Throat on behalf of Kingfisher. Thus, there we had our 2 sponsors Amey and Deep Throat for Arundhati and KF respectively and hashers could not be happier cheering for them.

Last but definitely not least, Wackopedia was put on the ice and inducted into the league of extra ordinary RA's in the history of BH3.

And thus ended another successful day at the hash.

Spartans!!!! AAOOWW

Highlights:
Birthdays: Asheesh Singh (Pune Hash), Shreyashi, Libertad, Kaayy See, Nihar, Pamo, Megha Jamb, Bela, Cumagain and Bonsai.

Songs that played through this blog:
1. Thunderclap- Adventure Club
2. Be With You- Afrojack ft. Clinton Sparks
3. Under Control- Alesso & Calvin Harris ft. Theo Hutchcraft
4. Diva- Beyonce (ill- esha and wick it remix)
5. Bring the Rain- Candyland
6. Ghostbusters- Kill Paris (Kill Paris Remix)
7. We Go Down- Krewella
8. Ritual- PatrickReza
9. Not Giving In- Rudiental ft. John Newman
10. Try It Out- Skrillex & Alvin Risk (Try Harder Mix)

Run # 464 Parsee Gymkhana

Just as we reached the gates of PG, Baby Dick spoke about the 'n' number of women entering the gymkhana for the housie evening. He explained how these women would go from being sober to being a complete Parsi in a matter of a few minutes. Lol

Evenutally we moved on Marine Driver, under the bridge, where Cumagain wanted to flag off the run.

There was something unusual that occurred just as Bonsai decided to start announcing the run. We know she is a big gift in a small package (the hash name also suggests that). But we have to remind ourselves that she is also very light and a slight breeze can set her flying. That is what exactly happened but thanks to the brave efforts of Fartashaty and Fubar, she was caught and held before she could rise above our reach. You dont trust me? Let the photo speak for itself.

there she goes...

Three hares, Cumagain, Naysa and Aryaman, had marked 2 runs; a short and a long. Chief Hare, Aryaman, explained the run in the shortest and best way possible; "The run is marked in green tape and there are no false trails."

With that in mind, the odd hashers dividing themselves into runners/walkers and could here On On screams at a distance. The runners went completely off trail right in the beginning adding nearly half a click to their run. They ran across Marine Drive till the aquarium and headed back to the start point to continue on the walkers trail, who by this time had a considerable lead. The motive behind this was to make sure that everybody lands back to the venue at the same time. We covered most of the Fort are of SoBo before we appeared on the Mariner Drive from the Air India building. As the hare had planned, we did get to see the wonderful sunset.

We, however, did reach much before the time PG opens its bar, i.e. 7pm. The bawas, sitting with their bawis (or somebody elses) sure wished the gymkhana started serving us immediately; we just would not stop cursing and laughing which annoyed them beyond their minds.

The beers came, not so chilled initially, but things just got better from there. Vada, Akuri on toast and chicken starters started doing rounds and scattered hashers could be seen conversing with food in one hand and beer in another.

Thus ended another eventful hashing day.

Run # 463 Where's the ice?

Seasons play an important role on how we look at a particular venue. People who ran from here the last time will have a very rainy memory. Yes! the last time we rain from this venue, it rained as hell. This time, it was the complete opposite. Wood fried pizzas weren't as hot as we were on the trail.

But that doesn't stop some of our very recent hashers from showing off. I always knew that shit happens when you listen to Nihar Mehta. I dont know how he convinced them but, Deepak, Yogesh and Nihar decided and actually did cycle all the way from Bombay to the venue of the run (roughly 65 kms, ONE WAY). We didnt know whether to praise them or laugh at them. That is too much work for beer. As if that was not enough, Nihar went a step ahead and actually also did the entire run... he did get lost and was fetched by Amey in his car, eventually. 

But, hares Khushboo and Amey with the help of Shivaji and a white turban fella pulled out a short sweet and sexy run. It came as an utter surprise as no one expected a run, which involved haring by Shivaji, to get over so soon. We finished in under 120 mins.

Khushboo

Ammeyyyyyyy

Shivaji

Chief Hare

Things were a lil heated up after the run as the regular ice supplier ditched us with a whole lot of excuses. Screwed Driver made a few calls and we finally did get ice. It took a while before the ice could chill the beer but we made best of our sober time with some chit chat and frisbee.

Circle:

Hares: 3 out of the 4 hares were iced. The 4th hare decided to disappear the moment he saw us crazy bunch. I am sure he realised that he would be in grave danger if he hung around for long. The run was short, hot and fabulous.

New Shoes: Atleast I have never seen so many people on the ice for wearing new shoes. Khushboo, Fartashaty, Fubar, Joy were all iced as they proudly drank from the shoe... No Cheating by this bunch.

Beertism: Ramnik, whose hash name was withdrawn, got a newer, supposedly better hash name, 'Break a Leg'. 

Visiting hashers: The people responsible for bring Ram bhau, and by extension, Sita bhabhi, into this world graced us with their presence on this hash run. They were put on the ice alongwith Sita Bhabhi. Fubar got the privilege of laying tummy down on the ice while momma dear sat on his back and other hashers got their very rare chance of bothering Fubar... lol

Mandy made it to the ice for doing a ramp walk on the trail. Wackopedia, who was behind her when she modelled for the heat, did a very successful imitation of the walk and got much acclaim for the same. 

Wackopedia doing a Mandy

How could we forget the sponsors and the host. Shining took place on the ice on behalf of the Kingfisher alongwith the host. Cheers!

Thus ended the circle with the hash anthem and finally ended the hashing day with yummy biryani.

More pics here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.550164671733043&type=1&l=d459863b60

Run # 462 Roadhouse Bluez

Beer at the most affordable price (Rs. 100 / Mug for hashers) was a very sweet deal to refuse by any son of his mother who calls him a hasher (Same goes for all the hers too). And this money saving scheme was well adapted by the Gujjus in the hash. Bonsai, Shining, Bela, Screwed Driver, Sole Seeker, Fubar, Pranita and Joy, all gujjus, hung around and kept drinking for as long as they could.

Leave the gujjus at a discount shop with good brands and see the sales boom. The brand in this case was chilled KingFisher; what more can one ask for?

They were not the only ones to hang around there till late. Shreyashi, Sanket, SNAFU, Patricia and Sandeep Prabhakar were also present till as long as they could drink. Not to mention, the karaoke just added more emptied glasses on our tables.

The run was marked with, as mentioned by Shreyashi, 'Slutty Red Tape' which was actually glow in the dark tape for convenience of the hashers. Slutty Red Tape??? I think I see a hash name in the making. The 7 km run was a simple, straightforward and 'as good as it can get' run. 7/10 for this one. Review was that the run was good but, the walk on the dirty Versova beach was a major speed bump on an otherwise smooth flow marked 'sluttily' by hares Shreyashi and Joy (Let the record also show that Joy was wearing brand new asics on the run and is liable to purify them on the next run, upon failing to do so, he will be given the pick of the dirtiest shoe in the hash to purify)

All credit goes to Shreyashi for the venue. Evening run couldn't have been any simpler. The arrangement was straightforward; you buy your booze at the bar... no keeping count and collecting. We occupied most of the ground floor initially, till the karaoke started, which is when we went upstairs. The scene upstairs turned from funny to hilarious within 30 minutes as the entire BH3 gang picked their choice and sang away to glory.

Bonsai suddenly saw 'Swing Low' on the list... it was only a matter of time before all the other guests saw the lot of us doing hand actions on the song. (spit before 'coming').

All in all, a great evening spent at a very cosy venue which keeps asking you to come back for more... and trust me, we shall.

On On

The Gallery

Versova Beach Sunset

Yo Bitches! Cant you see me here?

Lol... Simply lol!

Vikram aur Betaal

DAMN!

Amateur Photobombing

Professional Photo-bombing

Are you with the CIA?

What the fuck is this? Why is this patch so clean?

what your phone does when you dont know...

Midnight Buffet @ Andheri Station

Yummy Anda bhurji for the hungry hashers

Run # 461 Aman Lodge

R.I.P

(B.R.A.V.E)

(Bravely met his end, fighting a leopard. We dedicate this run to you son. May your soul rest in peace and you have a unlimited supply of bones to chew on).

We almost decided to cancel the run, but thought otherwise. And even now, I do not know whether our decision was wise or foolish. But, I'd say, a day well spent is always a wise decision and that is exactly what we got. 

As always, Baby Dick, Gimme More, Wreckless and Leaky Faucet were up to the task of haring this one. And as always, you could bet yourself that, when the dust settled, you would be craving for a chilled beer. It took us 3+ hours to finish the last one, exactly a year back. This one was no different, in which the last hasher to come back to the beer came at 1430hrs; exactly 4 hours after the run start. They were welcomed back with a loud applause.

Here's the thing... Rambo NO. 5's blessings before the run does really work. This is the 3rd time that we are running from Aman Lodge and the 3rd time that we have been warned by the cops to maintain decorum (hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha) and go about our duties with silence and peace. Yeah right!
The pre run blessings do work cos we surely can not control out chitter chatter and, even then, the cops dont seem to take action.

Azeem's daughter, Sara, did her first hash run with mommy and daddy and is welcome into the hash as the youngest hasher for this run.

The monkeys kept trying their level best to get hold of something but failed and eventually gave up to the fact that they were against bigger apes. The beers were super chilled thanks to the timely delivery of ice this time. Nobody complained.

Circle:
Hares: Bonsai played with words and neatly justified the long ass run. It was a ball breaker and hashers had mix emotions about the run. Peter was the one who suffered the most. He was dizzy and passed out at one point on the trail. Verdict: A good 9/10, purely for the view that it offered at one point. Otherwise, I would give the run a 7.5/10 for the time it took to complete the run.

Virgins: We put around 8 virgins on the ice. To be very frank, we get virgins on every runs and then some never come back. So I wont name any unless I see you again. :) ... purely cos I don't wanna waste my time on you if I ain't ever seeing you again... :-P

New Shoes: Amit Raj Arora and Fubar drank beer from the shoes on a very controversial charge of wearing new shoes. Fubars shoes were torn and a replacement for his lost running shoes while Amits' shoes still looked comparatively new. But any excuse to drink more beer is always welcome with an open mouth in the hash and they drank with no qualms.

Host and Sponsors: Abbas bhai was unavailable to be iced but we did get the Kingfisher a good credit by putting the sponsors on the ice and they did enjoy it. Cumagain also coaxed them into sponsoring the Kingfisher jacket for the next event.

No hashing event ends without the hash anthem and yummy biryani and that is exactly how this one ended too.