Like everyday, I get ready and rush to the car and start the long, torturous journey to office.Like everyday, I get stuck in traffic and live part of my life everyday on the road. Eat my breakfast, make the phone calls, read, sleep, check mail, blog, listen to music, work, get happy, get sad, get senti.
Today on my way, as I was working/writing emails I suddenly got that sensation you get when you know someone is watching you. I look out the window and there's this cab full of young girls, eight of them in one!No less. All of them were noisily talking, laughing, jostling for space when I last noticed them. I also remember thinking that they had that simple, innocent joy children have, before they get over exposed to the madness around them. Now that they have noticed me, all eight pairs of eyes are on me and there's wonder, curiosity, admiration etc. No no, not at all for me ... but for the laptop!Ok, partly for me BECAUSE I am the one with the laptop.
I give them a smile and a small wave. Now they are suddenly shy at being noticed and whisper in each other's ears, point at me, hide behind each other and laugh some more. Meanwhile the traffic eases and the cab pulls ahead ... I get a full blast of smiles and waves and 'BYEEE's!
Don't think I'm going to crib about the commute today :)
10 comments:
We spend, on an average, close to 19% of our waking hours in a week traveling. Even then, you managing to finish your breakfast, phone calls, sleeping, mailing and blogging in this time is commendable!
:)
It is!Isnt't it? :) I'm proud of myself! (and frustrated beyond words!!)
I did my own calculation : (all figures as on a normal day)
A.Sleeping - 6 hrs (25%)
B.Commuting - 4 hrs (17%)
C.Working - 10 hrs (42%)
D.Meet/Eat/Talc/TV etc. - 4 hrs (17%)
So to increase the % of life per day need to combine B and D.
hey you have a 17% for talc. you spend 17% of yr life applying talcum powder on yr face? Geez!! :D
-Rohan
Ohhhhh! Dont't need ANY on my pretty face :)
However, I work on the category... so guess I got too involved and it has taken over 17% my mind :D
Hmmm... you're not getting enough sleep.
You're doing too much work and you travel too much
:D
The term 'enough sleep' is a misnomer, and so is 'too much travel'. But still, how did you know?! :O
I'm sure now that you are a pychic.Has to be.That is the only explanation.
:D
Haha... I just meant compared to D, you're spending too much time on A,B and C.
For me personally when it's a traffic snarl day, which now is everyday, there happens to be a smile, a wave, a gesture of 'letting go' being first out of the blocks, so to speak, somehow translates into a day that leaves me smiling and happy in compariosn to traffic snarl and 'snarl' at somebody days...trust you did have a good day when you got all those happy smiles..and byeesss..: )
Hey Dusty Fog, you are right there! :) Had a similar nice thing happen to me a few days ago as well ... guess will write about that :)
Nomad - awaiting that post...: )
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