I managed to get on my foot, picked out a nice dress that i thought i should wear for the meeting..and with great hurry i ran into the room, switched on my iron and "What happnens??" no current..I could not believe it, i cursed myself for not keeping my stuff ready the previous night and then somehow managed to find another 'not so wrinkled' dress and ran off to work..As i was already late, I decided to take an auto , and all i had in my purse was 50 rs.I thought twice and decided to take an auto..there i was, on the road ,in the scorching heat of Chennai waving my had desperately hoping for an auto to stop by. And to my utter disgust every auto that had stopped demanded 60rs,80 rs...Gosh!! that was day light roberry !! I finally managed to baragain it to 50Rs ...I was happy..
I reached office still worried about the meet , the anticipation was killing me..I kept going through notes and points i was expected to talk about , and suddenly "Beep!! Beep!! I get an SMS, it was from my client: It said hey, aswathy you can send me the details through mail, we will meet another day" ughhhhhhhh!!!
After a lunch of cup noodles and dahi i managed to buy on my way to office. I ate them all to my hearts content I never knew Noodles could taste so heavenly..Probably because I was hunnnnnggryyy!!!!
The clock struck 7.30 when i decided to leave office back to my room and on the way , I fought with my best friend..and I dont even know why...THAT WAS IT!!! i was soooo furious , so angry that i decided to walk instead of taking the bus..I walked and walked and walked , and slowly i could feel my stomach growl of hunger..But i ignored those calls I reached a Bus depot from where I had to catch another bus. I luckily got a bus immediately but unlike always I did not get a seat this time and to my utter disgust there was this man standing next to me who made weird noises and kept spitting his pan all around the place..ERR!!! i wanted to just run away!!
I managed to find some space and squeezed my way to another spot, and then i tried distracting myself from the fight, the client meet and all those irritating things that had happened that day. I suddenly noticed a small girl signalling her dad, who was standing behind another woman. I wondered why..she kept rolling her eyes. Her dad on the other hand was almost leaning on the lady..standing in front of her so that he could catch a glimpse of what her daughter was trying to tell her,but unfortunately the lady thought he was one of those "Perverts" and started yelling at him.She was screaming , sounded like a spoilt opera to me..she muttered and cursed him and got down and then we realised that his daughter was actually signalling him to sit next to her as the lady next to her was getting down. The whole bus broke into giggles..and so did I.Poor Guy!! I thought. The bus stopped again and a lot of passengers got down and suddenly I saw this guy looking at me from the bus stop and screaming something. I wondered why? I looked left and right to see if he really meant me.. and yes it was, I suddenly remembered what my mother told me when i was a teenager " Ashu..be carefull when strangers act wierd" I thought may be he is one of those weird kinds..I tried to peep and see if he was still looking at me and yes he waa, he was pointing at me and telling something.. I prayed for the bus to start and then i see this guy running and boarding on to it "Gone" I thought , he walked towards me and he was laughing. I started thinking of all those bitter things I should say If he comes to me, i turned my head and acted as if i did not see him at all..And suddenly he says " Appa!! antha stopill eranganam Appa" (Dad!! that was the stop we had to get down) I was confused .. he looked at me and said " enna madam naa ungakitta appave kupada sone ningal kekaveille" (What mam!! I asked you to call my father standing behind you and you did not even look at me) ..I was puzzled and embarrassed all he wanted to do was call his father who was standing behind me who did not know his son had got down.....I I looked around to see if anyone had noticed , well Heck!! yes everyone saw it.. I burst out laughing..the conducter walked next to me looked at me in a weird way and asked "Enamma Aachu" (What happened dear) I shook my head and slowly got down.. I could not stop laughing. Every worry i had felt throughout the day vanishes. It is so amusing to see how small little things can bring a smile to mans face..
Thats all for now
with lots of love
Ashu
