Got Skinnnedd !!!

8th Nov 2009 .


It all started with a surprise visit frm my frnd Talli who is a lousy guy and does nt
take his frnds outside ( this is in case hez readin it ) at the guest house in Hyderabad whr I was
or rather..as I am writing this blog.. I am staying right now....


so we decided to go out to the much hyped GVK mall with a cpl of more frnds with us...


The mall was gr8, big and if u r in a mood for shopping for some branded stuff u'll almost get all
the major ones there....




We got out at 7 and came to a conclusion that this is way to early even for a early dinner.
and for a cpl of people lke us even dinner at 10:30 would hv been classified as early...


so after 15 minutes of immobility in front of City centre mall, DeepTHI realized she wants to buy some dress for fashion show it was I guess...so we parked the car..nd while DeepTHI and Himesh went to chk out the dress , me and Suhit loitered around and found this neat Tattoo parlour...


Now I've been pushin people to find out a tattoo parl. frm where I can get a temporary tattoo lasting 2-3 months...
but I was told there is no temp tattoo which would last more than 7 days....


and I was also told that removal of a permanent tattoo is very expensive and even more painful than getting one done....


so my plan of getting 3 or 4 tattoos b4 getin a permanent one was tossed away..
so the artist showed me some pics frm where I got an idea of getting a tattoo on my thumb...


well I decided to give it a shot.. asked him to google the Rockstar game logo..and lay it down on
my left hand thumb...


Was the perfect setting..Black Viking metal T-shirt , BLue Jeans and dishevelled hair..the way I usually am


so he did some printout business and made an imprint on my thumb..now the scary part


he produced a motor..mini sewing machine like instrument and a biig needle..


then he started wearing gloves as if he was gonna do a surgery...


got dettol and a lot of cotton..


in the meanwhile my other frnds had returned empty handed..Talli got them in to see the show


also in the meanwhile I would have asked the artist 20 times as to how painful its gonna be


" It'll be a bit more painful on the thumb"


next 10 minutes I was wondering what is the level of pain 'bit more painful' is supposed to represent


I mean if he said painful..it would hv scared me enuf..given the rate at which he was producing sharp instruments...


but was it really necessary to say bit more painful...


DeepTHI had already uttered 3 times "ohh my god I cannot watch this" and Himesh was ready with his mobile video cam 10 mins b4 that...


so he was ready..I tightened my thumbs...tightened everything I could infact... and till the moment he was to put the needle
on my thumb..I was like dont..dont do it...dont do it.. no.. why am I doing this..?? why the thumb..


how would I hide my thumb at a business meeting, I'll hv to shake hands using my right had.. will I be able to eat dinner after this


I couldnt believe at one point that I was actaully gonna get a permanent tattoo in my life
while these questions flashed thru my mind very fast..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L3JsuC44IA

my skin felt the needle..oh yes what a pinch..its like how Earth would feel when someone takes a flag and tries to drive it into the ground..


the motor was running... I tried not to scream.. just made some funny faces...the needle mkes its presence felt, goes in and out of ur skin at an inclredible speed...


after maybe 15 seconds..I was like..thts not too bad.. and I was sitting normally throughout..,


we were chatting something thru out the operation..yeah I would inded call it an operation..


there it was...................the R and a star..lookin incredible..awesome...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr-7oF4QbLA


I was given some tips as to hw shd I tk care of it


apply vaseline on the tattoo for 6-7 times for a week..moisturize it regularly..dont keep it too wet..etc..


Paid the 2500 bill at the counter to a cute sort of girl.. who asked me a few questions abt my tattoo..


I would hv surely managed to prolong the convo and atleast managed to get her phone number if I was in Pune..
but hell who wants to put in an effort in Hyderabad... I m leavin in the next 3 days..


was a good opportunity though..


anyways.........


thanks to my tattoo it was 8:30 and everyone was hungry... we had an ordeal to find where tried to find Sardar ka Dhaba at LakdikaPul and never found it...


got 25 minutes waiting at Sahib Singh Sultan and decided to move onto to a Chinese restro..


had some exotic chinese food at Aromas of China...


went home slept..


was so happy tht I had got a permanent tattoo...


so m not boasting here.. it needs guts.. till the moment u get it done..it takes guts to sit thru this...


few of my frnds are shocked that I can actually get this thing done.. they hv been thinkin of me as seedha bacha..which I am.. no debates around that


few of my frnds back at Pune are waiting to see the tattoo and are saying how proud they r gonna feel to say to others that one of their friends got a permanent tattoo..hving seeing it only on TV before they see mine....guys get it done urself..really !!


few of you are waiting for me to publish this blog..


and when you do read this guys....m sorry to hv kept u waiting..I wanted to get back to Pune, before I published this


this has been drafted as of today....30th November...


Guys... get a tattoo in ur life.. u r definitely missing an experience..


and for those of u who are still wondering why did I give the title " Got Skinned" to this post...


the organic ink of this tattoo is supposed to fill into the second layer of ur skin...epidermis..


so that tattoo eventually develops as a part of ur skin...


so when I ask u how it looks..say it looks good.. cos if u say u dont like it ,
it will be an insult to my skin !


Signing off with one of my fav. youtube vids.. 6 yr old Kid playing one of the
most awesome songs in Rock music history !!

I love it when he says Ay Ay Ay


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKYAhVSBxsQ




Cheers !!


Bhavin