My daily commute is sucking every ounce of energy from my being, post my my office relocating to the boondocks, in the middle of nowhere. There’s a swanky IT hub nearby, but a few kilometres of construction, dust, highway and nothingness, can leave you feeling pretty isolated.
I really want to find more time to write about the things that matter. But I am doing so little writing these days, and whenever I sit down to pen my thoughts, I feel exhausted. Whenever I call up mom, I am yawning. Sometimes she worries. I tease her and insist that she tell me more scandalous stuff – aside from how Goa is sweltering in the heat, how the sewage has overflowed once again, and other such mundane events.
On the bright side, I have just bought my first set of wheels, a second-hand Alto in Silky Silver. It’s not a BMW. But it has power steering, an AC, a stereo with FM and (guess!!) a cassette player! Also, tinted glasses and it’s seen about 21,000 km of road, up to now.
Learning how to drive was my resolution in 2007. Well, two years late is better than never!
Tags: alto, BMW, goa, silky silver
written with alot of passion
Congratulations on acquiring a set of wheels. Welcome to the club of people who drive during traffic, get driven mad by traffic and people with very little or no road sense, autos who cuts you off like a proverbial boss, buses who think they have a right to the entire road like a arrogant employee and patience which will wear thin every day and anger which will become raging every day.
Brighter side, driving is still a pleasure with ac on with music blaring on a long drive giving two “hoots” to the world.
Thanks dearie! There’s a silver lining to all this. I shall no longer have to haggle with grumpy auto folks, stew in the Delhi heat,and think twice when wearing them stilettos!