so finally here it is..!! my travelogue..!!the trip to mumbai with my two best friends..!!it was (and is actually)special because we girls were on our own for the very first time ever!!freedom and independence is the sweetest sauce of all i have eventually learnt..!uh..well specially for 19 smthing girls like us!!okay well...back to the topic( i have this very irrritating habit of deviating from the main subject)..hmm so..as it is always with my life...perfection and normalcy have a thing against me...!nothing ..i say ABSOLUTELY NOTHING can ever go right with me!it never did..it never does..it never will!!aargh x( ..! now we departed in the evening of 23rd of may...!it was what you'd call an utterly chaotic,tumultuous day!(hey the last two lines rhymed ;)) here's an point-to-point account of the events (and situations) that unfolded its havoc on me that eventul day!
SITUATION 1 : tickets not confirmed.what can be more shocking than getting a call from the guaranteer of your train tickets two hours before your departure,telling you that your tickets have not been confirmed and 95% wont be as well.??yeah..you wouldnt even want that to happen with you in your worst nightmare! then think about me!! i was happily doing away my last minute packing...when this happened..leaving me sprawled flat across the floor and my eyes open wide and blank..(my dad who happened to enter the room almost thought that his daughter has got an seizure attack and started shaking me out of panic.).several minutes later..when it had all absorbed into me..i gained composure and called the guy back.This situation was caused by some unidentified-probably haughty-scum-0f-a-small politcian..who found only that day of all the days in the year to travel in the same train with his "train" of followers!ugh!fate as it is! what followed was utter chaos..hair tugging..panic moments..making numerous calls etc! just half an hour before..i got the golden and most relieving of relieving news."that two out of three tickets have been cnfirmed"..phew!
SITUATION 2:tanvi's dad deciding not to send her to mumbai with us at the last moment
another rip-off....!one situation tackled somehow...when another stood with its idiotic face infront of me..!Tanvi's(my friend)dad got furious over this confirmation thing and refused her to go with us.!its ironically humourous how all odds find their way to me!her dad was raging!! it was after some 5-6 calls from anjali(my another friend)and i,lots of persuation,bawling and falling-on-her dad's legs(probably)from tanvi's side..that he finally gave in!she was coming again!aah! *triumph triumph* :D
SITUATION 3:the furious uncle,even more furious anjie,the tiff and all that followed next..
I spoke that pretty soon ,didnt i?:X( i alyways tend to forget that its my life..normal that it isnt at all;)..well we happily got to board the train..the three of us.Excitement got the best of us and there we were getting all hyperactive and shouting in the bogey like3 immature pesky 8-year olds!ofcourse we were getting disgusting and suspicious glances from all the elderlies around us..! the happiness was short-lived thoughcuz right on the next station boarded the other seat owners.one of them an elderly couple.As soon as they enterd the bogey,the gentleman started shouting..RUDELY on us to leave his seats and gradually much to our annoyance began throwing away our luggage.!!Anjie being the short-wired one lost hers.!and gave the man back!!tanvi and i sensing trouble pulled her away from seat..and let the man do according to his own will..!! 1 hour later we were found sitting and staring at each other on the end of the seats surrounded by boring peace-loving grown-ups.!silent and bored.
SITUATION 4:claustrophobic + twisted necks+darkness
the grown ups had to sleep..night had befallen..!!to make space for them to sparwl on,we three had to move to the top seats..!!well the topmost seats arent meant to sit upright..it doesnt accomodate that much headspace because of the ceiling of the train.!but there we were..not two but THREE physically matured humanbeings trying to sit in that cramped two foot area.!the result was this:=tanvi's long legs over me..our luggage under anjie's stone head ..me cramped somewhere in the corner.! after sometime we somehow managed to settle in and were enjoying midnight snack with gossip when suddenly the nosy grown-ups decided to switch off all the lights rendering us in the darkness.and that too without a warning.!!how polite was that.there was no space to spread the bedsheets even...no headroom..no light..then there was this tanvi's unrelenting bum which was continuosly in fight with me for space.two hours later..i found myself wide awake staring in darkness..i faintly called out to the other two..!anjie answered me with her loud snores..tanvi with an pitiful hmmph!
SITUATION 5-a beautiful morning in the train near the bathroom.
unable to sleep..we woke up at 7:00 am to the sound of rumbling train...chaiwalals..babies bawling and to the trembling of the cabin.! luking down from our bumks we found the fellow travellers still sleeping..some with stupid smile on their faces..others with mouth idiotically open and saliva drooling out from it.!tanvi was fast asleep..so anjie and i unable to stand a minute in that cramped bunk..decided to get down and go near the doors., !!the scenery passing by was amazing with passing hills and dry forests of madhya pradesh in the nice mellow morning light.!!there too we were rebuked by one of the railway staff for opening the door of a moving train.we couldnt go back to our seats too as people were still sleeping on them..niether we were allowed to open the doors,,,so we decided to sit on the floor near it ..and see the views thru that small window at its base.the door was next to the bathroom..and we were giving the image of those poor ticketless travellers who have to travel sitting on the floor next to the bathroom.It were good three hours that we spent there..!!huh!:}
After this the rest of the journey was pretty pleasant..!! infact fun..!ith all the grown ups giving us blessings...and advices and things..!it was good!! at 8:00 in the evening we finally ...yes FINALLY reached our destination!!!MUMBAI!!!:D
herez one of the several prized moments spent in the mumbai boundb train.:)
