~~Standing in queue~~

One thing I hate a lot is wasting the time , standing in the queue. I would do whatever I best I can to avoid the slow and painful process of moving in the queue. During my holy trip we avoided standing at the queue at most of the places, but in one place I was caught alone in the queue and its like Abimanyu got struck in chakravuge getting in will be easy but difficult or impossible to come out of it.

It all happened in Dharmastala, since I had to have lunch earlier ,the gang with which I went left me alone and went on to have dharshan. Once I was done with lunch I went ahead stood in the long queue. Queue was like a jilebi going round and round people standing in it never know where the destination was.And as usual it was moving in snails pace and I was struck in between two gossiping groups.The more time it take the more frustrating it was.I began to wonder how days an average Indian loses in his life time by standing in the queue. It should be more than a month.

Then there was the place where in which exit queue and entry met for slight instance ,sensing my oppotunity I jumped into the exit queue and ran far away from the crowd.
What about dhashan then ? A day will come when there the crowd is properly managed and each one hardly spends time in the queue. Longing for it!

~~Catching train at Managalore Junction~~

I had to cut my holy trip and return to Chennai, I had to catch train at Mangalore junction at 4 o clock. Since I went my parents who insists on being at the station an hour before the train starts, I took leave from Dharmastala around 1:30. One thing I hate is waiting at the station for the train when the its still in the shed.

So instead of going to the bus stand I went for shopping in that area, got some knick knacks and finally caught a bus at 2 o clock to Mangalore. Had a good sleep in the bus,when the bus was about to reach the destination I checked with people in bus where is the railway station. They came up with different answers with little Kannada knowledge it was more confusing.Finally Around 3:30 I down at one point which people said was nearer to the station.

Now I had an option of taking an auto and reach the station within five mintues and relax there like my dad or experience the city taking a long walk to the place which I dont know where it is and find the way asking people the way in a language which I m barely familiar. first I asked a old man he said its just walkable and stretched his forearm towards a faraway building then I realised there was a signal underneath it. When I reached the signal I came to know there was no signs of railway station nearby,since I still had 20 mintues to kill time I asked few other people for directions(mind it everything in kannada)and went on to the directions told by them.After 10 mintues of walking I heard a distant sound train horn making sure that station was somewhere around.And beleive me there was a terrible traffic jam in front of the station,I would have got caught in that had I come by auto. I walked passed all those vechicle and reached station around 5 mintues to four.

After entering the inside the station I found that the train was actually in platform2 then had to climb up and down,then I realised the compartment was at the other end of the platform and I walked the whole stretch, I finally got in the train by 4:05 I always trust Indian railways They will always wait for me ;)

EDIT: Adding Sripriya's experience (c Indian railways has been lucky with me alone )

Sriram, u r luckY,Indian Railways always wait for you, but not for all. About 13 yrs back, me and my sister (Jayashree) with our friends were supposed to go to Delhi by Tamil Nadu Train from Chennai I was in Chennai,so I was in the station well before scheduled time. But, my sister, came from Trichy by KPN bus.She reached the station exactly at 10.00 pm,the train already left the platform (not station),she was not able to get into the train. It was like Cinema scene, where we all were just watching and unable to do anything. Me & my friends,thought of coming back to chennai, by getting down in the next station. The next stop came at 5 am, (dont remember the name of the station but it was some where in Varangal....AP) I called my aunty's residence from that station (no cellphones that time otherwise I would've slept peacefully after calling my sister immediately), my aunty told "Jayashree is coming to Delhi by GT" (GT Express Train used to start after 30 or 40 minutes after TN train) I was relaxed after hearing that. There was a WARM WELCOME for Jayashree in Delhi.

~~My friend's Japan video part 2~~

~~Three day weekend~~

After a long time relaxed at home for all the three days. Sun shining brightly left with no other options than stay indoors. Now I started monday morning blues on Sunday night itself ;) Anyways after 3 days OB I should get back on form once again!

~~Raining sixes in today's IPL match~~

Today evening's match reminded me of a cricket game by EA sports once you master it ,you can hit sixes of every ball. In total 40 overs more than 450 runs have been scored which is higher that of the individual score by a team in a 50 over match.

In fact this was the first IPL match(CSK vs RR) I followed completely in front of television,reminds me how jobless I'm. I need to do something to keep myself occupied!

~~Breaking News we see~~

Its been a long time I saw news from television. Check what was the breaking news today!



I can also do some stunt like this and get into headlines

EDIT:
This came in front page of hindu too,so I m should only expect these kinds of news in front pages!

~~Morning mess~~

I learnt what can a 5 minute delay can do to my day to day schedule. Last night being tired from the trip I slept early but the sleep I had was too little for me. When I eventually got up I found that I was lagging behind my schedule and hurried to do all the morning chores.I Gulped down my morning cornflakes and ran to catch the bus only to see it has gone past me. Then I caught hold of auto and asked him chase the bus. After jumping a signal the auto driver finally made it on par with the bus and I managed to signal my driver and got it.

When I was about to reach office I found that I forgot to take my ID card,since my company has a strict policy turning away people back home who forgot to bring ID's I regretting whether the morning chase was worth enough.Going back home by local transport is also a pain in the neck.Then I remembered a friend was mine who lives near my area and comes late to office, I tried reaching him but he wasn't picking the call. In the mean time I reached my office and was asked to wait in the lobby if I could manage to get the card or leave home and fetch it. Since the 2nd option was out of question I kept trying to reach my friend who was still in his morning sleep.After 12 unsuccessful attempts he finally picked the call. I requested him to goto my home collect the card and come back to office. Only after he accepted I breathed a sense of relief. It took another two hours for him to reach office,till then I was sitting in the lobby which was like a cold storage.After getting the card I reached my workplace where I was given a royal welcome.

PS: Funny thing in this incident was when I called my friend to get my ID card from my home ,he was thinking whether I playing April fool prank on him.