The Beach

Jumeirah beach was empty and quiet, setting the ominous tone for what was about to come. The eight of us; myself, Eddie, Udai, AshiQ, Preeth, Bharath, Rohith, and Sahil wandered toward the rocks. On the little platform, we saw a group practising tai chi, quite obviously Bharath was mesmerised and remained affixed to that spot.

The rest of us decided to play "footie" with Sahil's tennis ball, eventually Bharath would join in. And in a stroke of mere bad luck, the ball flew out of our playing premises and into a deep crevice between the rocks that lined the shore.

And here began a rescue mission to save the little ball. Spearheaded by AshiQ and Preeth, we went in search of the little ball. Our main instrument was AshiQ, and our trusty little phone light, with a poor battery life.

AshiQ threw himself into the chasm, and with the light shining bright saw the ball. Yet the question was, whether he should risk his own life to save it.

Face first he lay for a long time, and yet he couldn't reach it, the ball lay cold and whimpering. Eventually it was too much for AshiQ, he withdrew, and in an effort reminiscent of the movie Cliffhanger he clambered out of the crevice.

And then came our second stalwart; Preeth. Being of a shorter stature, it required two of us to lower him down. Anxiously we awaited his response. He claimed to see a football, and a petrified coke can; a grim prospective of what would happen to our dear little ball. Yet again our mighty rescue man, was unable to locate the ball, and had to emerge with his effort going in vain. Overcome by a rush of blood to the head, he declared that there was nothing that we could do, and we had to leave.

Sahil remained emotionless, but it was apparent by his passiveness that he was quite overcome by the loss. Bharath attempted to bring cheer to the moment by providing some relief. And we called it a day, and parted on our ways.

Silly story aside, yesterday was quite a fun day. At this age, most of us might be under the impression that a trip to the beach, is beyond us and would be a rather insipid affair.

But if you take a few friends along, and a guitar(for no apparent reason), like we did, enjoyment seems to come in many forms. And right now in the current time of nostalgia, reminiscence and a lot of tension, a little fun could be really useful.