Friday, July 20, 2007

Happy Drive ;)

It has been a while that I have come across drivers who have a funny and sunny side of looking at life. I have been travelling quite a while and most of the time I end up with a driver who is either groggy or angry with the world. They drive as if every body in this world is an enemy and the road a battle field.
Well, today happen to come across "Amir" who had a funny way of looking at things. While being stuck in the traffic for close to half an hour, he said, "Shall I order for the food". The cop may be of good help to us. With a lot of maneuvering we managed to reach the traffic signal but were still stuck. When the cop let us go, he started saying to the other fellow traffic mates, let's go before he (Cop) runs out of his quota.
It was really funny the way he spoke. :)

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Autodisk!!!

Travel life in Mumbai Auto is so funny. I happened to travel from Powai to Thane. My first surprise was that the auto driver from Powai said he can drop me only at the Thane Toll gate. Beyond that I had to catch another auto to travel inside Thane. I have changed buses / trains / flights to reach a destination but Autos!??! Wow that was an adventure..

The second pleasant and funny was the travel and the negotiation of traffic. We three (Myself, driver & his auto) were stuck in the traffic. The driver said, “sabji, pakde rahna” (Sir, pl. hang on), with these words, he moved through the gaps onto the footpath which was filled with potholes due to the major rains. Then started the lovely bumpy ride for close to a kilometer. Thanks to his maneuvering we managed to come in front of the travel and I managed not to have a slip disk…


You need to have a special disk in your back called “Autodisk”!!!

Monday, June 25, 2007

Words lost in Maze??

It so happens when my thoughts just come and go but do not let me pen it down.. Those freaky thoughts... Hope they could be captured..

Well for now they are those words lost in the maze of my excellent brain.. Those mere which state my state of unease and flirting thoughts...

Friday, June 15, 2007

2nd Innings

Everybody loves a second innings.... Ain't I right...

But some take it very seriously and want to see it coming through this time.. It so happened that I came across this case at work. Buddy is desperately trying his luck to ensure that he conveys his feelings to his felle counterpart. But the beauty is "how to do it??"

His struggle is still on.. let's see if he gets to play his second innings or would be retired hurt!!!

Time is the healer for all the fun one wants to have....

Monday, June 11, 2007

Debri Tree!!


There is so much about saving the "planet" and the so precious trees around.. But have you ever seen saving plants by pouring sand, concrete, debris... no water (not at all...)


I am surprized myself. But the plant seems to live well..

Thursday, May 31, 2007

The Undertaker!!!


It was an early morning that I happened to be at the Chennai central platform to pick up one of my relatives, that I happened to bump into this undertaker. With a professional attire, all decked in brown except for his feet, which was adorned by an old slipper. My undertaker was swinging his sole brown stick trying to show his supremacy. My train was about to come on to the platform and I just had to rush when I all of a sudden stopped.

My undertaker has stopped one of the poor tea vendors who was with his tea can trying to get into the arriving train. The pleading had started by this vendor, but fell into no ears. Poor fellow trying to convince the undertaker with a few bucks.. but no way.. undertaker will not budge.. Just then happen to come rush past the scene was another lucky vendor with an extended arm.. The undertaker arm happen to touch the lucky vendor's arm and a magical band of paper passed by.. My undertaker was happy and at the same speed the magical wad of papers vanished into his pockets..

It took me 15 mins by the time I picked up my relative and passed through the same spot. Not surprised to fine my poor vendor was about to leave and my undertaker seemed happy with a new bunch of magical papers in his other pocket.. Both departed, the vendor yelling for a new customer and the undertaker in search of another victim... The life continues...