Monday, August 2, 2010

..."If at first you don't succeed, cheat, repeat until caught, and then lie!"...

... the knocks on the door were getting louder... and there was some coughing and noises... i knew it was morning and it was not THAT early... still... i knew it was Sunday... and i was not in mood to move drag myself out of bed to answer the door... and then i heard my name being called... in a voice that was more familiar than the others... my landlord had arrived... and it was ten in the morning!...

... argh! i recalled that i woke-up earlier and put-off the alarm before it can... well... wake me up... and then i went back to sleep... i guess... but now i cudn't escape... i had to answer the door and he mumbled something and i gave that sneer and then he looked around and then he left... but the damage was done...

... wait-a-minute ... what did i put that alarm for?... it was a rhetorical question... ah!... my car had to be taken to the Service Station...(i know GarryZ is smiling now!) and this reminds me that i missed mentioning one another important event that occurred past week... and i wonder how i missed mentioning that!...

... one fine evening past week... while returning from the office, i dropped a colleague (who also happens to be a friend) on the way and just when i was less than 100 meters from my place... i saw a white puff of smoke coming out from my AC ducts and there was this smell... something had burned... i pulled over to the side and switched off all electrical accessories ... switched off the engine and waited... coming out of the car first and then waiting was another option... but i never executed that one... and after 30 seconds of anxious moments i cranked the engine and went straight to the nearest service station...

... it was six in the evening and there was only one person over the counter... and the moment i started narrated the incident he interrupted and told me that it is six and it is closing time and that was the 'tipping point'... i blasted him first and then went over to have a word with the Works Manager and then he assigned another engineer and after few "diagnostic" moments later i was asked to leave the car for the check-up... and since i was not in a mood to do that at that particular moment... being already pissed off and then it was late in any case... i told him i will do that on Sunday...

... so there i was... with sleepy eyes and unkempt hair... sitting on my bed and wondering if it is late for the service station trip... so i completed the morning business in jiffy and called the Service Station... the lady on the counter told me to come over ASAP... and voilĂ  i reached there ASAP ... and then i realised that i forgot to break-fast! grrr... that was how my stomach was talking to me... and this was despite of the pizzas and garlic bread and pepsi i devoured previous nite... sheh! kabhi na mitne wali bhookh! :P ... so i asked the receptionist there to arrange for Tea ... and i slipped into the sofa and started enjoying the morning newspaper, while some show 'India got talent' was running there... i finished the newspaper and devoured some more time on the magazine... i was actually not feeling bored at all... in any case it was Sunday and it was drizzling and i was not in any mood to go anywhere...

... and that is when i heard someone calling me... i looked over and it was the same guy i vented my anger the other day... and since it was a different morning... i tried not to let my previous emotions ruin this day for this young chap... so i patiently narrated the issues and he kept logging them on a page... i could see he was running out of the space... he suggested that i leave the vehicle straight away and i was pretty okay with that... on one condition that he arrange a drop for me back to home... as the gentle drizzle had turned into rain... and then he said that there was no driver available... and before my temper raise it's head again... i suggested that he collect the vehicle Monday morning from office... and he agreed...

... so now i was free to go back... and then i called this friend of mine who moved out last nite from the floor above mine to the floor above my landlord... and he was more or less ready to go... he had to take bath and all but then guys are speedier in such tasks so i drove to my landlord's place... and the good thing was that he had not eaten since morning... so we thought of going out and then a movie as well... in next 15 minutes we were on the way to the usual place for our movies...

... and then i could see the trailing cars on their way to the parking... and the red sign of 'Parking Full' was already up... and this was on a wet Sunday in NOT the posh Poona ... and it was 1315 hrs!!! W.T.efF!!! ... now we had two options... either to park the car at the other shopping mall on the exact opposite side of this one and then take the subway to kill time OR drive to some other place...

... we chose the second option and he called another friend to inquire for other 'good' multiplex in the vicinity... and meanwhile he asked me to keep driving... his gut feeling was that this 'other' multiplex is close-by... now the truth is that i love driving and add rains and low visibility due to clouds and well maintained roads... and i can take you anywhere... even to the moon... so while i was enjoying the music and drive my co-passenger was on phone getting the instructions LIVE on the phone ... who needs GPS eh? ... anyways... we realized that we have overshot the correct turn...

... more confusion followed on the 'actual' turn to the multiplex ... and we were not complaining... to cut the chase (i am disappointed that i have to...) we watched the Inception... to end the Sunday...

(i will be bringing a detailed version on the Multiplex hunt and movie selection and some more excitement... keep visiting...)

3 comments:

  1. *came to your page, scrolled down till the comments section*

    *wondering if Atul Could write something short...!!*

    Gah..!! I'll come back and read some other time...

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  2. ^^^^ LOL!!

    and LOL...
    first of all this regular visit to service station is getting more frequent now...isnt it? even my brother spend every weekend with the mechanics at the service station :P

    Second...I watched inception too...finally!! :-)

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  3. @Chanz: i wish i cud create some couplets or 'short stories' or just some nice set of quotes... but i am just a regular guy who finds more fun in narrating my day... :-D

    @Garry: it was a longer stay for a lengthy list of troubles this time... hope for better experience till my next due service! ;-) ...

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