Most Adventurous Day of my life

21st May 2008

Most adventurous day of my life so far-- Day dawned normally. Reached Bus Stop normally at 11 25. But first signs of a great day. I call up Transport desk to find out that shuttle is cancelled. So fend for myself and get to office in Chennai with public transport comparable with hell. 3 Rickshaws and 2 MTC buses later, I land up at work 2 hours after I left home. Sweating like a hog, decided to go to gym and have a shower as I felt totally uncomfortable. Work was pleasantly fine. With Onsite Server down, not much work to do, hammed through office.

Decided to leave office early at 6 20, but decided at 6 18, Dashed through campus to reach gate to find buses leaving…. Fortunately mine is among the last buses, Managed to get in , or so I thought. Managed to get a cozy cool(fan wala) seat and settled in to sleep with iPod plugged in. Great. Dream sets in. Best days of life I thought, humming nice romantic tune of the song I was listening to.

Woken up mid dream, mid sleep to find that the bus is empty, Driver shouts at me and another person to get off at the last stop.

But hey, its half way home. It was a wrong bus supposedly ( I still argue that I go by the same bus, but the driver had gone crazy), run off and get down……. Bus chugs away… Hey wheres my iPod. Almost down to tears, I call up infy help desk, complain abt bus stopping midway, lost iPod. Transport desk finally assures me that things lost in the bus would be safely kept with the Security and I could collect it tomorrow. Feeling reassured, look around, Its mid way and I don’t know way back home.

Fortunately I have company, Later know her as my HR and she stays close to my home and both of us in the same situation, Stranded. Manage to get into a rickshaw. Two near accidents, three big impact hits to fellow vehicles, and the most drunk person I have seen in my life behind the rickshaw wheel(what do you call that!?). Still on the phone and tense abt the iPod, see that we are going to further hell. Egged on, We get down in the middle of nowhere. The driver chases us with expletives !!! But manage to get into another rickshaw and finally get on a sane travel home. Thanks to her for the sanity in the middle of all the confusion, I get a lift home and some reassurance….

Any further twists? Ya in middle responding to messages from dear friend planning for the weekend!!!, A final call confirms that Security find my iPod in the bus and I can collect it next day from the desk… A day to remember, near misses, near losses but down memory lane an adventure worth remembering. (though Sachin lost, Rahul won and that’s a good deal as long as Sachin manages the Semis )

22nd May, Man U won, what a game on penalties!!!!!… Manage to sleep at 3 and get up kicked out of bed… Getting up I get a fright looking at the clock and to avoid the previous day adventure at all costs, do things at break neck pace.. In the bus stop 10 minutes ahead of time, Bus on time, now iPod in hand…. Same song running…. Life’s Great.