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journeys could be intersting .........

Train journeys aren’t as boring as I thought it would be ,….. realized that they can be interesting too .. I had a different experience this time when I traveled … When I boarded the train I thought that it would be a boring 14 hour journey all alone !! L so I had equipped myself with a magazine and a book to help me pass my time … I sat on my seat and checked my co passengers … mine was the side berth .. I saw that the compartment was already occupied by ppl … on elderly couple… a middle aged couple with their 8-9 year old son and then a bachelor in late 30s …. Ok was a bit relieved that I had some families traveling in my compartment and not a bunch of idiotic nuisance people !! I settle down with a book and a pack of chips within 15 min after the train started moving … I could hear some talks like “what time do u sleep?” …” will it stop at ..station “ etc among my co passengers …. Then that bachelor guy (BG) asked me “madam is that book that interesting ? “ Me: Not really BG: But...

Bomb scare

New place new exp … new incidents … Here is one which happened last night ……….. My roomie in the hostel is a trainee …so she studies late night and sometimes all night so … I generally ask her to take the keys with her when I sleep so that I don’t have to get up when she comes …I was sleeping last night.. and then in the middle of the night I heard the bell ring I was like “she will get in“ and slept off .. matte ring … I woke up by then third ring … grrrrrrrrrrr … I switched on the light n went to open the door expecting my roomie to be there and opened the door …I see 2 security guards standing … I was surprised … here is the conv between me and them … Security: madam aapka koi bag kho gaya hai kya Me : nahi … Security : koi purse ya kuch Me : nahi bhai sab theek hai Security: yeh room 433 hi hai na Me: (grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr) haaaaaaaaaaaan Security : tho fir yeh (showing me a piece of paper ) kaun hai ? Me: achcha who yahin rehti hai ... that’s the second person in the r...

hmm ... ways of people !!

Here is one more interesting incident which happened on Sunday. This just shows what all kinds of people will be there: We plan to visit some historic places on Sunday …we decide that we have lunch and then leave for the fort … we order meals … meals include … soup papad ..sweet and then the thali …soup arrives … we start having ..paapad also arrives …both are damn hungry so we start having … fast fast ,,… by the time we are mid way thru my team mate gets a call and all I hear from the conv is “hey don’t worry “ …”we will take care” …”give me her number”… “ no problem” ,..then phone cut ..then I get to know that one of our team mates sis has got bitten by a dog and then she is feeling dizzy and so our team mate wanted us to go n take her to the doc … we left the lunch half way thru … my team mate is all the more tensed and then we call that sis and ask her for address … take an auto to the address she mentioned which happened to be wrong ..she gave the name of the area and a hotel as a...