Sunday, August 17, 2008

The experience i wish i never had.....

DATE:AUGUST 4, TIME:1:45 am

It was supposed to just another day but it just was n`t supposed to b that way i guess.
Here is how it went.

I had slept at somewhere around 11pm that night, with the alarm set at 2:00 am. I had to get up so early coz i had promised to Neha[My bestest fren of my batch in ACCENTURE] that il b comin to see her off at the airport. she was to leave for US to persue her MS that mornin.
Incidentally i managed to beat the alarm to it n woke up at 1:45am n man it was a very cold night that time. I washed off my face n set off to her house on my bike....it was freeeeeezing cold. I reached her place at close to 2am . I was waitin for nahush who tol dat he`l b getting his car so dat i wud not hav to endure the torture of goin thru to devanahalli in that freezing cold temperature.

I got up so early n reached her place early in the day only to find out that neha had dozed off. she jus got up whn i reached dr n was still to get ready to leave. Nahush came there after some time. Fortunately for us there were 2 other guys who had come there to share the cold chill weather
-DEEPAK N SHRATH. We chatted for about close to an hour till the time was 3am n evry1 was ready to leave by then. By the time we all left her place it was 3am. later it was decided that v won`t take nahush`s car n wud go by sushruth`s car as it was in a lot better shape than d latter, but din have sufficient fuel to make it all d way to devanahalli, which from our place was close to 35 kms, so v decided to go along n on the way get the vehicle re fueled.

No problems till now,so evry1 in the house left……………………………………………

There was a reliance petrol bunk very close by , a lit`l more than 1 km, so we went there only to be given rude shock that there was no fuel available at that time...maybe it was available but that idiot refused to give us any.
Nothing to worry v thot to ourselves , dr r loadsa petrol bunks ahead...n v knew dat atleast dr wud be a few SHELL petrol stations ahead that wud b available.So we carried on with our journey to the airport with the hope of finding a petrol bunk that will provide our vehicle with fuel.

To
our bad luck we were denied fuel at some more places.After crossin hebbal n still not finding a single petrol bunk open all 4 us in car got a lit`l anxious. so along the way we saw a bunch of auto drivers whom v decided to ask if dr was ne petrol bunk available nearby that is open 24/7 , n they said that the nearby station was some 6 kms away near cantonment railway station n lso assured us dat thr will petrol available there for SURE.
Phew , that was a relief but the problem was that it was the other way to the airport, but still with hopes in our heart we set out on our quest in search for petrol dat mornin.we reached that spot that was told to us only to be awaken by a rude shock that it was not a 24/7 petrol station....v thot to ourselves WHT D FUCK IS GOIN ON...dis jus can`t b happenin to us , atleast not now......den after some more
plannin v searched for noder 5- 6 petrol bunks again to only find out that thr is no petrol available.....
Then later v set out to MG road which was our last hope of findin fuel at odd hours in d mornin n all of us knew for a fact that thr will be petrol available at that place.So , with a slight hope v det our journey towards MG road....n mind u it was noder 10
kms away from whr we were.evry1 was very much apprehensive about the fact that thr was lit`l petrol in d car n on d way we got a call from neha who was worried as to whr we had all gone, v told her that we`v got the vehicle refuelled n that v wer on our way so dat she won feel upset......

well all was not lost yet, thr was still hope, v reached MG road with very lit`l problem but only to find out the most rude shock of our lives.....THAT BLOODY FUCKIN PETROL STATION WAS CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT.....WHT D FUCK IS GOIN ON....., dat was one of the most frustratin events to have taken place in my short life dat i`v lived so far....v even went n asked him that we wud pay him extra for the petrol but it was of no use at all.All our hopes had died at that time....it was 3:45 am n all of us were thinkin as to wht will happen next.Then one of the guys told that thr was petrol bunk nearby brigade road n v shud give it a shot but none of us were confident that thr wud b fuel available dr at that time...atleast not after jus bein denied fuel by a 24/7 petrol station... v had nothin to lose, so decided to take dat shot ...it was jus a wild shot taken in d dark...

with our hearts in despair we went to BRIGADE road n found the petrol bunk......as we neared that place our sorrows were beginnin to fill with joy as we saw that it was open.....YAHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....It was one of those moments whr i was extremely exremely happy....our joy knew no bounds..we thanked our gods for luck at that time.quickly we had the vehicle refuelled n set out on our journey to the airport which was noder 30 kms away atleast n d time was 3:55am.Neha`s check in time was at 5am.so quickly evry1 of us got inside the vehicle n zoomed ahead.

v had slight trouble wid the roads from after mekhri circle till v crossed hebbal flyover. After that it was like absolutely wonderfull roads ahead.It was my first trip to the airport n by god the roads were very very fine absolutely no potholes whatsoever n illuminations on both sides of the road....we were cursing our ill fated luck for the horrible experience n the auto drivers who told that thr will fuel available at that particular place n of course for all the petrol stations that had denied us fuel in d first place.....we were travellin at 100kph consistently n were actually amazed to find that the there were cabs that were heading towards the airport were actually zoomin past ahead at more than 120 kph..phew,that dude is in a real hurry i thot to myself.
We reached the airport at aroun 4:30 am, just early enuf to say our goodbyes to neha.We were extreeeeeemely releived to have made to the airport in time.
After comin in terms with reality i den later gave her a small gift that i had got for her..it was a ganesha vigraha that i had got that day hopin that it wud bring her gud luck in thr n keep her away form ne troubles.After all the emotional goodbyes that happened aroun, we decided to head back home coz we had also to catch up with wrk also.


But it was a one helluva experience indeed....PHEW wud never ever want to endure such an experience ever again n it was truly THE EXPERIENCE I WISH I NEVER HAD.

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