And this is the experience...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
speeding on a jetplane!
how did life become so complicated she wondered?
well not hers.. but around her poeple are being pushed and pulled by the fabric of society...
she sees people giving in to cravings (of various types) and it saddens her heart...
how people have started to 'chase' a dream instead of 'following' it...
how people refuse to fathom the simple joys of wheatflakes with milk and honey... (they'd rather think about the calories); a cup of green tea in the morning... (how can anything possibly be wrong with it?); rushing along without having a bath coz you know u'd rather sleep than feel the epitome of clean... (~ now that may well be a personal threshold! ;) ); getting a 'thank-you' note for good work done... (instead of fighting to get up higher); taking a walk in the rain... (without worrying about wetting your clothes.. duh!)... and of a first speeding ticket! ;)
The story of the speeding ticket goes like this... 11:30 AM still in the car and driving nice and peacefully to catch a jet 1 PM flight... suddenly you realize that it's Jet.. the last she remembers is their check in is 60 mins and not 40 like others! ~ thus begins the zipzapzoom through a myriad mix of cars on namma bengaluru's roads! The first police radar is something she notices and brakes... passes through without incident and then zipszapszooms again to reach namma airport which is 100 miles away! (~sheesh!)
12:15 PM entry.. meanwhile a call has been made and it is confirmed that our dude can reach 30 mins before boarding and we are still ok! As the man is loaded with bags and in his own words looks like a 'laptop salesman' he gets the parting hug and instructions to messgae once he's boarded... (after all she'll have to pick him up otherwise right!)
Well... habituated to the 120-130 speeds and empty roads she zipszapszooms again straight into the cops net. :'(
Cop: First extremely surprised that a girl was speeding and then..
"Madam.. ye gaadi tez ja raha tha"
Yours Truly: "sir kitna tez...?"
Cop: "Madam speed limit 80 hai"
Yours Truly: praying teh cop doesnt smell the beer for breakfast on her breath or spot the bottles of booze in her car steps oout and asks: "sir fine kitna hai"
Cop: amazed again at the fact that she hasnt try to patao him etc..
Yours Truly meanwhile continues to pray
Cop: 600
Yours Truly: (knowing this is high) "aap receipt de do main fine deti hai"
Cop: 300
Yours Truly: ~ smiles smugly and heaves a sigh of relief coz that's the amount she has in her wallet and 5 bucks more... takes out the money, hands it over and stands meekly like a good kid.
Cop: smiles at her and says thank you madam
Yours Truly: ~ looks around weirdly and hen runs to the car to get outta there!!!!
And then she calls mom and dad: "Hi! I got my first speeding ticket!"
Mom: "haan mujhe bhi milti hain. par main 100 main hi bach jaati hun! congratulations on the graduation!"
Dad: "both mother and daughter get speeding tickets! ~sheesh! and yes.. congratulations by the way for the first one!"
Elder Sister: "wow!!!! you can drive that fast!!!"
~ kya family hai!
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