CONTINUED ------- honkk honkkkkk.... goes da driver's horn... i wonder whose out der on da road at dis tym anywaz!!!! its cold out here... brrrrrrrrrrr.... i move away from da window....the gentle breeze n da rollicking motion of the bus... are like a lullaby to me and slowly but surely i drift into a beautiful world... i can see my prince charming again ....he is walking 2wards me... :) :)screeeeeeeeeeeeeechhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... the bus stops abruptly and m thrown off my seat literally!Admonishing the driver i rub the temple of my head only 2 find a large bruise throbbing madly...... aaaaaarggggggghhhhhhhhhh....... y me!!!!!!!!! i yelp out in pain.....only 2 see that half of the folks inside are yelping out in pain 2!!but the conductor and driver of the bus are in their sweet own world... the conductor moving from one commuter to the other n the driver who thinks he 's gonna get a beak in the F1 CIRCUIT!give us a break fellas!!!!!!! the last few minutes are rather uneventful as the bus chugs along the narrow gulley closing the gap between its destination(unless u consider an uncle digging his nose like there's no 2mrw n a couple coochie cooing in the backseat as eventful!)
6.55am----i throw a glance at my watch n curse out loud..m gonna miss da thane local again!(yeah--dn't u knw HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF)unless............ i ponder... wht if i try n get ahead of the line n alight first n run like mad???? ( i knw its pathetic!! ;) )
somehow i manage to do all that n reach the station panting n having a stitch in my stomach....
hair all dishevelled n messed up ..from the look of it i wonder (yes---yet again!)why did i waste time having my bath!!!!!!!
The indicator reads 6.53 T..... its well past 7 am now n there's no sight of the train..
i look beside me.there's commotion all around.people are valiantly pushing each other in a bid 2 get into the train first... well before the train actually arrives!!!!! on the other side the first class passengers as u may call them... the white collared folks 2 are jostling each other but......,sophisticatedly!i take a deep breath when hear the train chugging along far down the station.. MISTAKE 2 DO SO--- instead of the fresh morning air all i get is a poisonous mixture of chameli ka tel,shikakai and body odour. ( now who on earth says that air pollution harms the mankind the most should probably travel a day or two in our INDIAN RAILWAYS!!!!) mann...i thought half the hair inside my nostrils had been permanently knocked off..
tchhh tchhhh...so much so for my pride in having a dog's nose! :(

n finally the moment arrived..the moment all of us had been waiting for with bated breath..NAAH U IDIOTS! WE HAVNT WON THE WORLD CUP BY DEFEATING THE AUSSIES!!!! our dearest dear train has arrived..yeahhhh :) :)
A sight 2 behold...men jostling and women pulling each others dupattas n plaited hair in order to get first into the train! yikesss.....i smhow manage 2 board the train ...BIG MISTAKE! i have to alight at mulund which is at the other end n here i m stuck half dangling on the opp side! i shudder .take a deep breath(amazing 2 notice how often people repeat their mistakes!)..almost get killed n slowly bt gradually begin my herculean task of reaching the other end..until suddenly outta no where a kid of 9yrs bangs into me carrying a few cardboard boxes loaded with accessories.. sighhh!!! women i tell u!!!!!!!!! unperturbed by the ruckus inside the kid screams ,""vees rupaiychya kanathle ghyaa....bangdya..hair clip aani buckle ghyaa"""... n on n on n on.......

when i thought there could be nothing else more worse than this i was proved wrong yet again by the women fraternity... a train fight! that 2 between a vendor n a student! Gawwwwwwwwwd.... did i get up from the wrong side of the bed 2day i ask myself in sheer desperation..there's no place 2 move n these two had literally come down 2 handing out blows 2 each other... so here i m -----already running well behind schedule trying my level best 2 inch forward in the packed compartment n at the same time trying not 2 breathe 2 frequently and cluching my bag for fear of being thieved by smone !!!! and people remark ""OHHHHHH u ONLY HAVE 2 TRAVEL 2 MULUND FROM THANE"" lucky uuu........!!!!!i sometimes have half a mind to tell them 2 travel with me one day early morning n see for themselves but then again i keep my mouth shut! (wen i sudnt b keepin quiet! u see we r INDIANS-- we respect our elders)

newaz.. where was i?? ohh yeah.... with all my wisdom n experience ;) i mange 2 alight from the local in one piece... at mulund station .my watch says 7.12am...n i know i m really really running late for my lecture which by the way begins at 7!! kya karein! i wait for my turn 2 use the bridge and hell by the time i reach the college which i must mention is just a stone's throw away from the station(although that doesn't seem so when u are in a hurry!!)it's well past 7.20.cursing my luck i reach the gate of my beloved college only 2 find it closed..when asked i get a reply "TUM LOGON KO JALDI AANE NAHI HOTA HAIN???GATE BANDH KAR DIYA HAIN.."" yeahhh.. rite ... i say 2 myself kal se raat ko yehi pe rukhjaa...just like the devotees flock 2 see LALBAUGcha RAJA!!! only difference here is we have 2 do that in order 2 attend lectures so that our dear teachers can bore us 2 death!!! ( lucky me!)by explaining the intricacies of THE MALTUSIAN THEORY!...(Even GOD won't know what that means!!!)PRIMARY STAFFING N CO ORDINATION.....BUDGETING blahhh..blahhhhhh............... :( :(

so in a nutshell i literally run like ASAFA POWELL..... only 2 find myself shunted out of the lec bcoz ....i m late by a few minutes.. so much so for the 3 D'S---- viz- devotion'dedication n discipline!