As the few of you who read my blog maybe aware of it, I work in an IT company and that means me living almost 2000 kms away from where my family lives. So the only 2 ways I can go and meet my family is either by plane or by train (which by the way takes 40 hours of travel and is a giant pain in you know what). I generally go home by plane as I am not very fond of hurting my extremities. I am not sure what it was, probably some evil spirit had taken over me while I was deciding how to go home this time but I decided that I will go and come back by train. Although I didn't regret that as the journey was fine I am back here writing my blog. Or rather it had the reverse effect. Take it as you want to.
So there I was sitting in the train loaded with 2 books to take me through the journey. I know you guys would judge me and think of me as a dork when I tell you this, though I am not completely denying that I am one but this is the kind of thing that you are not very proud of and you don’t shout out from rooftops. This was something that happened to me while I was coming back from my home and from now onwards whatever you will read is what I wrote down on the back of my train ticket at that time. (Yes! you heard it right, WROTE DOWN on the back of my TRAIN TICKET!)
There is this girl who is sitting right across to me in the next compartment and I am not blowing my own horn or anything here, but we are having what you would call (on second thought what you will never call) "catch the other person staring at you contest" (Dammit! maybe I am a dork, but I am not ashamed of it). I have been in these kind of situations a few (very few to be precise) times and I am really not sure what to do with this, what is the standard procedure for this. Should I smile at her and risk looking like a creep or should I just ignore it, but what if she was expecting me to do something about it. Or this is the extent of it and no one is really supposed to do anything in these kinds of situations.
Dammit! Instead of going over and instigating a conversation with the girl, I have started to write my memoirs about "The Encounter with the lady on the Train". I am really a geek and as history would will vouch for it, I have screwed myself again as she seems to be completely freaked out by the fact that there is a creep (roar of applause - Enter ME) is alternatively looking at her and scribbling something on a piece of paper. Thank you me! Again!
So there it is, that's the sad tale I wanted to tell you guys. On a totally different note, when people are travelling by train, it's ok if you get home cooked food with you, but to get raw vegetables with you and make salad while you are travelling. Blimey! Is that really necessary? After spending almost 80 hours in train I think I can write a guide about do’s and don’ts while travelling by train. Probably this long journey has had its toll on me. Will let you know in a couple of days. So long!
