It all started in the morning itself; I was having one of my entrance exams in
Mumbai
I was supposed to reach there by 9 am, but courtesy the great Saturday
Night …I got up at 8:00 am…and it takes about 40 minutes to reach to the centre,
So I was really worried and tensed… (Bad luck 1)
Well somehow I managed to get there by 9;) o am…
As soon as the exam started they asked me to sign on the hall ticket…and what
I did was I signed on the invigilators space…. (Bad luck 2)
…
They asked for the pay in slip …which I got during filling the form…and no
surprises
I forgot to bring that pay in slip…. (Bad luck 3…)
Dont know how the exam went…but yes I can say pretty much good…
I got out of the centre at around…12 noon and then took a local from ville
parle to dadar…
oh my god,…what a rush even on sunday.(as expected in mumbai locals)
but the humidity over there made things even worse (bad luck 4)
….
Then finally I reached dadar at around…1 pm…
The train I was to board for Pune… was KONARK Exp. and was supposd to
depart by 3:10 pm..mumbai being the origin station there was no question of
the train getting delayed but as you all can see that the day has just started
playing games with me…it had some other moves strored for me…all of a
Sudden I hear the railway station announcement that due to some technical
maintenance going on in lonavala …17 trains have been delayed and 6 trains
have been cancelled…
my train was the one which got delayed(a compensatiion you can say as it got delayed and not cancelled)…
so my train now was rescheduled..to 5:pm…(bad luck 5)
At that time I thought for a second why not cancel this ticket and go by a bus…
So I called up my dad asked him to see if it can be cancelled as it was an e
ticket..
And I got to know that as the chart has been already prepared there
Would be a heavy deduction in the money if I cancel the ticket (bad luck 6)
….so cancelleing the ticket was out of question…rather we can say that…I have
to go by train now come what may….(bad luck 7)..
I was pretty much sure that train is the only option left…and started a
New search and that is a nice place to have some lunch as I dint have anything
from the morning…
Finally got a restaurant…so called pure veg…
went in there and ordered a THALI (veg thali to be more precise…)
was enjoying the lunch and as I was about to finish my lunch I took out some rayta… (Curd)
And what I notice is a COCKROACH?? (bad luck8,,,,Horrible Luck….rather it’s not a luck )
oh my god….what the hell is going in here… a lot of speculations started
Suddenly going through my mind… I already had so much from this thali
Have I already taken a cockroach in my lunch and all…I was literally in a fight
With the hotel manager but all I could do is paying him half fee…and go out…
I was already half mad by then…
again reached there to the platform…and to my surprise after all
these things happened there’s still 2 hours left for the train…
Ha ha … must say… in those two hours that too at a mumbai railway
Station…It felt like I have seen the whole India… believe me I almost heard all
Languages being spoken there by diff people….
I took a novel and the started reading…it…
and when the time clocked 5 :10 pm there comes our very own konark
Express…one thing that I did well was that I booked an ac coach ….so this was
Something kept me going…on the station…as I thought that once the train
Comes I’ll have a very soound sleep….
Mine was side lower berth…and when I boarded the train …to my surprise
There was already a lady sleeping on my berth…I felt numb over there. and just
for a sec talked to my self that this is not your day..and you can’t help it…not
even you berth…
After some time the lady got up and I asked her if it’s her seat she was damn
sure…(just for your knowledge my berth number was 23)
and then her daughter came down from the upper berth and got to know bout tha discussion
which was going on ,she checked her ticket turned to her
mom and said ….”mom 23 is my age …and not our berth number ..which are
actually 38 and 39″..
Well some how got my seat and started taking a nap…when the time reached 9:30 I
got up…and was really tensed was thinking that train has already crossed
Pune, but to my surprise…it was still one a half hours for it to reach there….
That means after starting two hours late…it further got delayed by two hours …..
by that time I got used to it….got down at 11:45 pm at Pune station…the
time when you won’t get any city buses and rickshaw wala’s would really ask you high …
But had no other option so I had to pay him 150 bugs to reach home… (Bad luck 9)
When I reached home, was very hungry as I was very reluctant to eat
anything from outside..due to the episode that happened in the afternoon…
but being a bachelors flat as expected there was nothing to eat and it
was already 12:30 am…(bad luck 10)
Some how I lifted my self up…and went to kitchen to cook on my own and
Thank god (bingooo!!!) I managed to do that I was surprised …coz the whole
Day was screwed up so the food wasn’t supposed to be cooked good…but I
Realised, it was already past 0000 hrs…i.e.
My fortunes have changed again I guess…
well this was my day…and that was 2nd of may….
was certainly the horrible and forgettable one …
so far in 2010…..
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