The last few days were madness. I had an engagement to attend in Mumbai and the very next day a wedding in Palakkad. I took the flight to Mumbai from Bangalore on Tuesday night. It was raining cats and dogs in Bangalore. I left office@7PM so that i could get into the cab at 845PM. I thought the rain would relent by then, but as luck would have it, it was not. It only got worse, which i realised later on. The flight took off on time, and i thought i will have a good sleep and be ready for the next day. Only problem was we hit mid flight turbulence, the aircraft went for a toss. It was rocking everywhich ways. I have this fluid imbalance thing, which means that i cant stand such sudden jolts. I thought i would throw up then and there. I looked around and i saw this girl who was praying like crazy. Turns out that she was first time flyer and afraid of heights. Put in a lot of turbulence and you will have the prefect recepie for stroke at such young age. I knew exactly how she felt and hence struck up a conversation with her till the flight landed in Mumbai, to ensure that she would be alright. As they say, courage is valued more when to brave for someone else than yourself.
Anywhich ways, hit the Mumbai airport on time, to be greeted by my mom and dad. We sat talking till around 330 and finally slept. I hit the centrestage by around 11, when i reached the groom's place. That's when i realised how it is to be under the fire from all sides. Everyone around there wanted to know everything about. Right from how my work was coming by to when i was planning to shift or go fror higher studies to which girl i was dating and if i was serious. My god, it was bloody awful. How was i supposed to answer such questions, that too in a court filled with relatives. Anywhichways, i kept my cool and deflected most of the personal questions with my boyish charm and smile and answered what i thought was necessary. Later i came to know that the whole exercise of cross questioning me was because my relatives had seen a girl in Mumbai who they thought would make a perfect match. Good thing i came to know about only later, else they would have known what it feels like to be under fire, he ehe...
Anywhichways, that was a nightmare trip....
cheers...