We were supposed to leave Yelahanka at 8pm sharp. That meant 7 30pm for Ankit Amtange. It seems we totally over estimated his worth. To Ankit, 7 30 sounded like 8 30. Wonder what he was doing? We all have our theories. Difficult to say which is true. I'll go with the theory that he had to kiss his boyfriend goodbye. Lovers!
While we waited for Ankit to turn up, we helplessly watched on as ten empty buses left the bus stand. So when Ankit finally turned up, we wanted to loot him of his money and dump him in the closest dust bin. Sadly we were in too high spirits to do anything that extreme. Lucky break for the guy if you ask me.
Luckily we did get a bus and it was pretty empty. We had a comfortable and very noisy trip to Yeshwanthpur. You know how it is with a gang of perverted guys. We probably had the whole bus wishing we were outside the damn bus. Oh well, we did not do this often so what the hell! We reached the railway station hungry and well over an hour early. We wiled away time in the smelly station talking and being noisy as usual. We earned our share of stares and I have to say, it feels damn good to stick out!
At 10 45pm the green coaches of the Garibrath rolled in. We lugged our bags into the coach and found our seats. And Ankit's seat. Ankit had been given the number 52 seat. A full two compartments away. So our immediate goal: Find the guy who had the closest seat and get an exchange. The train journey was good. We had a mini party going on in our compartment. We were disturbing the whole coach with our loud ruckus. With plans about the first thing to do in the morning to playing Noah's arc, we tried our best to keep everyone awake!
Before we knew it, the clock had passed two in the morning. I had just started to wonder why the people in the train were being such sissies going to sleep so early. There I knew, the next three days will go before I could catch them. With these guys, time files. So we finally decided to get some sleep. Siddarth immediately fell deep into sleep in his berth. As for the rest of us, we whipped out our books and got to reading. Susanth took to music as did Anirudh. I for one had trouble sleeping. For one thing, I was excited about reaching Pondy, so I was restless as ever. Every half hour I would wake up, grumble and go back to sleep. And every time, Kritarth, Ankit and Susanth would be up talking, or messing around with their phones. Ankit got playful with the handycam and took some spooky clicks of all of us.
Then I slept. When I woke up next it was 6am. Ankit and Kritarth had finally fallen asleep. Susanth was still wide awake with the earphones plugged into is ears. Everyone else was sleeping like logs. We all finally woke up in a while. Brushed our teeth in mineral water. Not as good as it sounds. The Indian railways finally did show their niyath. No water supply on the train!
Time passed and those of us awake started to get jealous of the sleeping beauties. We woke them up in the most cruel ways. It was worth it to get their swearing early in the morning!*bwahahahaha* The next station we stopped was the final junction before we set foot in Pondy, our destination. We were all very hungry so we grabbed what little food we could and filled our hungry stomachs.
In 15 minutes, the train rolled into the Puducherry railway station.
While we waited for Ankit to turn up, we helplessly watched on as ten empty buses left the bus stand. So when Ankit finally turned up, we wanted to loot him of his money and dump him in the closest dust bin. Sadly we were in too high spirits to do anything that extreme. Lucky break for the guy if you ask me.
Luckily we did get a bus and it was pretty empty. We had a comfortable and very noisy trip to Yeshwanthpur. You know how it is with a gang of perverted guys. We probably had the whole bus wishing we were outside the damn bus. Oh well, we did not do this often so what the hell! We reached the railway station hungry and well over an hour early. We wiled away time in the smelly station talking and being noisy as usual. We earned our share of stares and I have to say, it feels damn good to stick out!
At 10 45pm the green coaches of the Garibrath rolled in. We lugged our bags into the coach and found our seats. And Ankit's seat. Ankit had been given the number 52 seat. A full two compartments away. So our immediate goal: Find the guy who had the closest seat and get an exchange. The train journey was good. We had a mini party going on in our compartment. We were disturbing the whole coach with our loud ruckus. With plans about the first thing to do in the morning to playing Noah's arc, we tried our best to keep everyone awake!
Before we knew it, the clock had passed two in the morning. I had just started to wonder why the people in the train were being such sissies going to sleep so early. There I knew, the next three days will go before I could catch them. With these guys, time files. So we finally decided to get some sleep. Siddarth immediately fell deep into sleep in his berth. As for the rest of us, we whipped out our books and got to reading. Susanth took to music as did Anirudh. I for one had trouble sleeping. For one thing, I was excited about reaching Pondy, so I was restless as ever. Every half hour I would wake up, grumble and go back to sleep. And every time, Kritarth, Ankit and Susanth would be up talking, or messing around with their phones. Ankit got playful with the handycam and took some spooky clicks of all of us.
Then I slept. When I woke up next it was 6am. Ankit and Kritarth had finally fallen asleep. Susanth was still wide awake with the earphones plugged into is ears. Everyone else was sleeping like logs. We all finally woke up in a while. Brushed our teeth in mineral water. Not as good as it sounds. The Indian railways finally did show their niyath. No water supply on the train!
Time passed and those of us awake started to get jealous of the sleeping beauties. We woke them up in the most cruel ways. It was worth it to get their swearing early in the morning!*bwahahahaha* The next station we stopped was the final junction before we set foot in Pondy, our destination. We were all very hungry so we grabbed what little food we could and filled our hungry stomachs.
In 15 minutes, the train rolled into the Puducherry railway station.
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