Winter Chill

Many members were taken unawares by the sudden drop in temperature this morning. They were dressed in normal exercise togs, little expecting the mercury to dip to 11.4 degrees Celsius and worse, a freezing northerly breeze wafting through the Garden. Ladies like Geeta Sardhana and Monthi Serrao looked well-prepared though, as they turned up in cardigans/ pullovers, shawls and scarves. In comparison, the men looked under-dressed and foolish, sporting shorts/ tracks and tees (right).
The inordinate chill had its effects. Razia Khan, who was the only lady at the start, got muddled on the sequence of exercises and wanted to “repeat” the Slow-‘n’-Fast laughter round without even doing it. Yusuf Rassiwala skipped the “swimming exercises”, imagining he had already done them. But he was alert enough to notice those who were dozing off while exercising and kept ‘waking’ them up. And Hari Naraiyani wanted to just abandon everything and rest on a bench along the sidelines. Even Shekhawat and Bapu Rane were unusually subdued today.
Only later, after the exercises, when the sun was up and some of us joined the chai session, did we get into our elements.
Renu Babani's PICSPEAK:
"Charge of the Laaf Brigade, led by Kishor Babani: One for all, all for one!"
Harish Wadhwa:
Rightly said PICSPEAK: Our vangaurd of laughter is Kishor-da. The weather is really nice and one would love to cuddle in a blanket in the mornings -- but the quest for keeping fit, pulls us out.