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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