The Journey

its been a while i wrote something. Thats due to various reasons ... very often i started with something .. but stopped in between ... i hope i'll write something this time .. read on ..

some of us love travelling .. some of us hate it ... but i am sure that even those who like travelling would prefer not to travel alone ... my blog is about one such time when i was travelling alone from hyd to chennai..

i had made sure i took a novel, some magazines, had my cell phone battery charged etc ..but i knew i'd get bored. Like all guys, i was praying that a very beautiful girl should be sitting adjacent to me in the train .. :). Usually these prayers are never answered ( atleast in my case) .. i checked the reservation list and found that the compartment was mostly empty and in the 7-8 seats surrounding mine...only 2 were reserved .. that too for men aged above 40. I went in .. saw that the 2 "gentlemen" had already boarded and one of them was already fast alseep and snoring ... i smiled at the other guy .. and took the seat by the window .. cursing my company for not giving me a flight ticket. The train started and after a brief chat with the guy sitting opposite me .. i started flipping thru the magazines ...

At sec-bad, the train stopped for a few mins .. i dint notice people getting into the compartment .. i was busy going thru the magazine ... a couple of mins after the train moved out of secbad .. even the other guy slept .. i always wondered how people can sleep so peacefully in trains, buses etc .. i generally have trouble sleeping when i am travelling ... with these thoughts, i got back to my magazine and started reading an article about ash and abhishek .. when there was a loud sound of metal scrapping from behind .. it continued for a few seconds and stopped ... the 2 guys were still sleeping happily .. i was immersed in reading the magazine.. when i heard someone say "Excuse Me" ...

(to be continued ... :-))