So yes, we had this really amazing international offsite trip being planned, in Sri Lanka. For most of us probably it was their first international trip, for some first trip to Sri Lanka, for few maybe first trip to a beach resort, and for others just another break from their mundane lives with their friends cum colleagues. Well, for me, yes, most of the trip was just the set of common things which one does on a holiday with office mates - touristy stuff, pool party, night parties, after parties, endless drunk night conversations, and so on. But there was something that makes me recall this trip time and again.
So well, what was different then, what makes me write about the trip and relive it all over again? Well, that's because there was getting this one step closer to my most favourite creation of Earth - water. Well playing in the beach, swimming in the beach water, jumping along with the waves, trying to fight the strength of a whirlwind of wave, all of these had time and again amused me. Like I remember, first time in Chennai when I was a small 13 year-old kid, I just couldn't stop but everyday end up going to the beach and spending hours looking into the horizon as the blueness of both the magnanimous creations - the ocean and the sky, met each other. And since then, the love story has only grown stronger and fonder.
Well, while I was experiencing the setting sun by the beach, a friend just happened to talk about how beautiful the beach is during a moonlit night, and how I was left to wonder that I would never venture into this scenic experience because oceans or seas are terrifying at night. And yes, that thought was held for quite some time, and I just kind of made myself really happy swimming against the hurdles of the water while enjoying the dreamy sunset. But, the thought was still there, the moonlit night enthralling the expanse of the sea, and I was thinking maybe, maybe someday, while I feel my fear is overcome, I might just check this experience off my list - playing by the beach amidst the water, while the moon gleams on you.
So, it was the second night, and the trip was kind of coming to an end, then suddenly the pair of wanderlusters from the Gochis gang, who are always ready to set their bars high just because they want to do it but also because they both are water lovers too, came up with the idea of going to the beach at 430 am in the night. And boy, it was a Full Moon night. Really, was it some kind of a coincidence, that I hear their words and I get tempted that very instant. Boy, I had to, it was one thing which had just started to linger in my mind and would have taken I don't know ages, or might have never happened also, thanks to having an aquaphobic partner. So, yes, I said yes, to these wanderluster boys, and then we were off to the beach to experience the ocean water layered in silver by the moonlit sky.
The love story got a whole new elevation. The water was there, by my side, I was there with the water and inside. There was an initial fear which took hardly 2 seconds to be overcome once I felt the warmth of the water. It was as warm as a forgotten cup of hot coffee, and which made the playing bit with the water all the more enjoyable. So, yeah the moon in its fully grown stage was adorning us and the water alike layering it with a silver palette, while I kind of tried to relate how could I be so lucky. And oh yes, there were stars, the sky was full of stars to give us company too. Seemed like, no other humane lights were needed as we were being gleamed upon by the elements in the sky, which also made me feel that I was protected. Protected by the sky and the warmth of the ocean.
While we were adorning the moonlight, we realised that the ocean had much more in store for us. As the swirling of the water was leading the night to come to an end, the silence of it got us all ears to what was happening underneath. The creation of the massive waves was what we encountered and experienced first hand which could have been made analogous to a war camp with guns being fired. Just that this was a peaceful war camp with the handsome gun-like shots being heard amidst total silence, which also made me appreciate the war, the war between the ocean and the land, and do I call it a war or just the two flirting with each other while trying to fight against each other as well. So yes, everytime a wave came we knew it was coming, with the announcement it made and that made us (and me) ready to take the wave by our stride and whirl along with it.
As the moon was starting to set, which reduced the lustrous effect of it on the water, we realised it was time The Ensemble was going to end - of the moon and stars above me and me inside the water trying to battle out its magnificient sounds. While we were trying with most difficulty to set ourselves apart from the ocean, we thought of continuing the matinee by taking a dip in the pool and that's when I backfloated and continued the love story by conversing with the stars. And that's when I thought of how lucky (for the 2nd time) could I have been to have learnt backfloat just that day itself from another friend.
Finally, with all of these, the day was brought to an end and yes, the stars with their sheen, the moon with its silvery lustre disguising itself into a setting sun, and the ocean letting you flirt and play with it while exposing the inside story of its waves. This was the ensemble that I needed, the one that left me with a memorable experience which would/could happen again in my life, I don't really know, but know that this memoir is going to stay for atleast as long as the love story continues.
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