This post should have been much earlier but nevertheless....
Have you ever played Counter Strike... Do YOU love racing..... Do you love archery... If so .. Runway 9 is the place to be ...
We started off on a sunny Saturday from Panjagutta, Hyderabad,after completing a session at local school.
There were around 10 people ...3 cars .. and loads of enjoyment..
Runway 9 is located at Kompally Village on Medchal road. about 9 kilometers from Paradise, Secunderabad. The journey was about an hour long.. skipping the busy traffic; we finally reached there at around 4 in the evening.
When we entered we were awestruck at the sight of beautiful go-kart track just waiting for us.... :D , saw laser tag arena on the right , rock climbing just in front of us. Of course most of us were tired so we decided to go for refreshments first(I couldn't wait to race... but these ppl had to eat first :( ... ) .
After a couple of 'carbonated water' drinks and some sandwiches we were all set to rock the place...
We entered the indoor gaming place where there was Air hockey... TT,... pool and Foooooooooosball... :D
I always wanted to play Foosball but never got a chance before;Foosball addiction was mostly because of 'Friends' series. Well I got my hands on Foosball table and challenged couple of my friends to a match and I won... yey... I rule Foosball table :D .. Played Foosball for about half an hour and jumped to TT..
TT has always been my forte from college days.. Me , Shanker, Tolya and Gurpreet started playing.. This went on for another half an hour.. I frequently shifted between pool and TT bathing in enjoyment, not knowing for sure which one I like the most.. Tolya and me had neck2neck fight after doubles game ended..
Then came era of Rohit ... the self proclaimed God of Air Hockey ... Challenging his victims for a bet.He usually bets in multiples of 100 :) (He really doesn't know any other denominations :D ). After this trip we actually came to know why he proclaimed himself as God of Air Hockey as he pawned Nandu; match after match after match.. :)
Few mins later aastha, gurpreet, nandu, gunjan, pj and me reached rock climbing area.. I really didn't see a point to pay money to get all sweaty and tired and then brag about it.Of course most of them thought I would bring down entire set If I did climb.. So for sake of both of our beliefs I stayed back and watched these 'clueless' rock climbers embark on their artificial climbing experience :D. Actually Sitting there, watching them 'try to climb' was much much fun. When chatting I always used to type ROFL when there is a good joke, But now I was actually ROFL'ing hehe :D. Finally for sake of the pic I posed as though I'm climbing the rocks and with some trick photography I did look as though climbing without the help of ropes :D
Frankly, I don't remember if we managed Laser tags first or Karting , anyways here's the experience.10 ppl, 2 teams, 20 mins, nearly 120 bullets whichever ends first,nearly Rs.100/person. Well when the siren rang we were all set in our positions, hiding , sneaking , trying to get a glimpse of our opponent. Normally the night after playing CS1.6 I always gets dream that I'm real life CT/T :D , Well now it was true a, at least for 20 mins. All the CS experience was now coming into play with shots being fired from both the ends. 1 min and we were already 1 man down. I killed a couple of guys. Finally it boiled down to shanker and me on one side and tolya on the other. Game was poised. I finally decided to sacrifice myself for team :) and gave away my position; went to kill Tolya but died :'(. Finally shanker went on to kill Tolya to bringing us the VICTORY ..:)
We rushed to track to get slots to race.. It was 150 bucks .. 4 laps.. totally worth it. One of the finest track I've ever seen; this was among top tracks in India. Go Karts were mediocre but good. I entered the track, the supervisor explained the controls and within seconds ...Vrooooooooooom.......
awwwwwwwwwesoome... Finishing 4 laps we went to archery and shooting range , where our beloved Nandu hit 7/7 .. He never held a rifle in his life before but still managed7/7 :O ... We suspected foul play but din bother to investigate :D.
When coming back from range.. Amazing thing happened. The Corporates who had booked the tickets had many of them left out.So he went on distributing it for free , and I got 2 tickets.. that's 8 more laps. It was undoubtedly best time ever. After our 8 more laps of fun , we went on to see a pro driver test one of his karts. Mannn.. he was good.
Anyways it was nearly 8.30 and we all got back into our cars, wondering whether this kind of fun will ever be experienced again. :| One hell of a time :)
Have you ever played Counter Strike... Do YOU love racing..... Do you love archery... If so .. Runway 9 is the place to be ...
We started off on a sunny Saturday from Panjagutta, Hyderabad,after completing a session at local school.
There were around 10 people ...3 cars .. and loads of enjoyment..
Runway 9 is located at Kompally Village on Medchal road. about 9 kilometers from Paradise, Secunderabad. The journey was about an hour long.. skipping the busy traffic; we finally reached there at around 4 in the evening.
When we entered we were awestruck at the sight of beautiful go-kart track just waiting for us.... :D , saw laser tag arena on the right , rock climbing just in front of us. Of course most of us were tired so we decided to go for refreshments first(I couldn't wait to race... but these ppl had to eat first :( ... ) .
After a couple of 'carbonated water' drinks and some sandwiches we were all set to rock the place...
When we entered track, officials informed us that there was 'Corporate booking' done that day , so track wont be available till 6.30 pm.. Cursing those officials and those corporates we finally rested our asses near the refreshment area...
We entered the indoor gaming place where there was Air hockey... TT,... pool and Foooooooooosball... :D
I always wanted to play Foosball but never got a chance before;Foosball addiction was mostly because of 'Friends' series. Well I got my hands on Foosball table and challenged couple of my friends to a match and I won... yey... I rule Foosball table :D .. Played Foosball for about half an hour and jumped to TT..
TT has always been my forte from college days.. Me , Shanker, Tolya and Gurpreet started playing.. This went on for another half an hour.. I frequently shifted between pool and TT bathing in enjoyment, not knowing for sure which one I like the most.. Tolya and me had neck2neck fight after doubles game ended..
Then came era of Rohit ... the self proclaimed God of Air Hockey ... Challenging his victims for a bet.He usually bets in multiples of 100 :) (He really doesn't know any other denominations :D ). After this trip we actually came to know why he proclaimed himself as God of Air Hockey as he pawned Nandu; match after match after match.. :)
Few mins later aastha, gurpreet, nandu, gunjan, pj and me reached rock climbing area.. I really didn't see a point to pay money to get all sweaty and tired and then brag about it.Of course most of them thought I would bring down entire set If I did climb.. So for sake of both of our beliefs I stayed back and watched these 'clueless' rock climbers embark on their artificial climbing experience :D. Actually Sitting there, watching them 'try to climb' was much much fun. When chatting I always used to type ROFL when there is a good joke, But now I was actually ROFL'ing hehe :D. Finally for sake of the pic I posed as though I'm climbing the rocks and with some trick photography I did look as though climbing without the help of ropes :D
We rushed to track to get slots to race.. It was 150 bucks .. 4 laps.. totally worth it. One of the finest track I've ever seen; this was among top tracks in India. Go Karts were mediocre but good. I entered the track, the supervisor explained the controls and within seconds ...Vrooooooooooom.......
awwwwwwwwwesoome... Finishing 4 laps we went to archery and shooting range , where our beloved Nandu hit 7/7 .. He never held a rifle in his life before but still managed7/7 :O ... We suspected foul play but din bother to investigate :D.
When coming back from range.. Amazing thing happened. The Corporates who had booked the tickets had many of them left out.So he went on distributing it for free , and I got 2 tickets.. that's 8 more laps. It was undoubtedly best time ever. After our 8 more laps of fun , we went on to see a pro driver test one of his karts. Mannn.. he was good.
Anyways it was nearly 8.30 and we all got back into our cars, wondering whether this kind of fun will ever be experienced again. :| One hell of a time :)
