Sunday, December 14, 2008

How to spend 5 hours waiting

0411 hrs - Woke up and found the bus cruising on Ahmedabad's pothole ridden roads.
0420 hrs - Ahmedabad railway station, got down. Thought of exploring the area. Seven minute walk later, reached the main entrance. The entrance to the station is all nicely done.
0430 hrs - Bought the Times of India. 3 Rs.
0432 hrs - Realized that the guy cheated me, Ahmedabad Mirror was not present.
0435 hrs - bought the Ahmedabad mirror, 1 Re.
0445 hrs - Settled in the nicely lit waiting area of the station, and started reading the News paper. Stimulus package details. More updates on the terror attacks. Article about how security can be breached at the Ahmedabad airport (Sometimes I feel, these news channels and the papers themselves, provide terrorists with ideas). Staring at the girls and the costly cars passing by once in a while.
0550 hrs - Finished the Times. Started reading the Ahmedabad mirror. Realized that the rupee I spent on this was a waste. The news was crap anyways.
0600 hrs - Finished the mirror. Interrupt by a voice, a lady voice at that. Asking for time. 0600 I reply, and she takes the seat nearby.
0610 hrs - Again the same voice, asks me where am I going. I reply airport and start looking at the pictures again. One more question and I was thinking whether I should talk. After some deliberation I decide otherwise.
0630 hrs - Hunger strikes. Exit to the nearest tea-shop. The tea tasted great. But the 'gaatiya' that he served for the snack was horrible.
0655 hrs - Entered the restaurant for a proper serving of breakfast. But, the Idli sambar served there was horrible. Re-iterated my belief about having south-indian stuff elsewhere.
0710 hrs - Auto to the airport.
0725 hrs - Ticketing and Security check. The wait starts. My flight is at 0900.
0840 hrs - Boarding call.
1000 hrs - Land at Mumbai.
1255 hrs - Chennai

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