TIME PASSengers

If you have ever been on a long train journey,I am sure you can relate to this post.The longest I had ever been on a train was at max 8-10 hours,until the day I boarded the train to Jaipur from kolkata (purrrre 24 ghante!!!). Having to spend an entire day inside the train is not exactly what I am very comfortable with ,considering the Indian Railways lavatories which probably believe in the saying "daag ache hote hain" and the food which is as fresh as Katrina kaif's acting!
So I made it a point to prepare myself for this fateful day.I ensured that my laptop had atleast 4-5 unseen movies ,I was carrying a novel and my phone had enough charge and balance to disturb other people's sleep(since its just impossible for me to get a sound sleep on a train).                                                                                                                 


This train journey however made me realize that one can also manage to enjoy a long train journey without carrying books,magazines,movies,music etc.You can pass your time just by observing your fellow passengers.You will be amazed to find out how different each one is from the other and who knows  you might end up finding your soulmate!!!(I have heard many such similar incidents).
Here's a list of different kind of people I have come across on train journeys.


1.The Proverbial Pile On
They are the most dangerous kind.You would not want to have any communication with them,especially if you are a girl.Usually aged between 23-30.They are the guys who make passes at young girls travelling alone.They want to know every little thing about you and they will irritate the hell out of you.They want to know your name,your home town,who is there in your family and ofcourse your phone no.(Once a guy even asked me what was my caste!!!).
Essentially they are the guys who  believe "akeli ladki khuli tijori hoti hai"(For the british ki aulad who have not seen the movie Jab we met,this translates to "a girl,alone is like an open treasure" :P)
My sympathies with you if you have come across people of this kind.


2.The coochie-coo couple.
They are the love birds who take immense pleasure in the wonderful art of public display of affection.They are usually the newly-weds going on their honeymoon or young eloping couples.They are almost inseparable.They sit holding hands,whispering sweet nothings into each other's ears and doing all other kind of coochie-cooing stuff.Sometimes they accompany each other to the bathrooms even.I wonder why do they waste their money in booking two berths when they occupy only one.If you are travelling with your family they can prove to be unpleasant company but if you are travelling alone you get to see a cheap hindi movie for free.


3.The snoring symphony.
My sympathies with you again,if you have traveled with uncles or for that matter aunties who snore.They are a menace for people like us who can not sleep while on a train.They just add-on to our woes.If the ear plug industry is flourishing today,it is because of them.You must have had the urge of taking the ear plugs out of your ears and shoving it up their nose.


4.The wailing witches
They are a 'dhabba' to the entire race of infants and cute little kids.I am someone who loves kids,their chuckle can make me smile from ear to ear but these ever wailing and crying kids are too much to handle for me.You smile at them,they cry.You say hello,they cry.Just an affectionate look and they will cry.They have the power to make your train journey experience disastrous.I think their mothers need to stop putting them to sleep saying "so jao varna gabbar aa jayega".Try rajni next time aunties.


5.The friendly Family
You should thank your stars for you are lucky if you have them for company.They are a happy bunch of people.They strike up a conversation with you and end up befriending you instantly.They share food with you.They will be willing to play games with you.With them time flies and before you know,you would have reached your destination.


6.The nosy nutcase
As the name suggests they poke their nose a little too much into your business.They keep looking at you to see what are you upto.They have to know which book are you reading.which movie are you watching,what are you eating.When you are with someone like that you wish you had that Mr India(the movie) wala watch on your wrist so that you could become invisible.
This is all I can think of right now.If you have met other kinds of people do share in the comments section.
Next time you hop on a train,observe and enjoy.
Happy journey :)


P.S. As for yours truly,I can be categorized in to someone who indulges in the guilty pleasure of eavesdropping on conversations and observing people around her and judging them in the process ;).Yes you should beware of people of my kind as well.

HUMTUM(boys Vs girls)

Boys and girls are poles apart not just in their appearance but in their mindset as well.They are complete opposites.But the saying goes opposites attract”Maybe that’s why they are in awe of each other their differences is what attracts them to each other.However this doesn’t hold completely true anymore

(no offense to the gays and lesbians).So here’s some points(worth to be noted) I have noticed between a boy and a girl.

I will try to be neutral so as not to offend my male readers.yes main gita pe haath rakh ke kasam khati hoon jo kahungi sach kahungi sach ke siva kuch nahin kahungi(the drama queen in me is waking up)

1.Guys are extremely easy going.They can play computer games till 4 in the morning even when there is an end sem xam at 8 and nobody at home knows that their lad has an exam.
Girls on the other hand get super hyper on the night before exam and everyone papa,mummy,dada,dadi,mama,mami maybe even the doggie of the house knows that the ladli beti of the house has an exam even if its just an internal.

2.Guys have got xrays in their eyes and girls have got microscope.
Guys see a passing by girl’s face first then the eyes go down stay there for sometime,move up again to see the face.end of story.
A girl can notice thousand things about a girl/guy passing by right from clothes,to shoes,bags,accessories,maybe even the nail paint.

3.Guys can date dim witted hotties but girls want their guy to be perfect in all respect.

4.Guys claim that girls want all the attention in the world.Now its you who does the chane ke jhaad pe chadana and all that crap about I can do anything for you and when the girl gets pataoed u would rather be with your buddies watching silly matches than with your so called “love of life”.

5.Guys need their space and girls don’t understand that.I mean stop dragging your bf everywhere you go atleast not when you have to go nail paint shopping.

6.Guys are extremely flirtatious and its not good to hit on your gf’s best friend.A girl can also indulge in healthy flirting now and then but she would not dare to hit on her bf’s best friend.

7.Guys can shut you up in your face if you go on blabbering about a new style of dress that is in the stores,new brand of shoes etc.

Girls listen to a guy’s endless chatter about a new gadget,a new computer game and all such nonsensical things even if they don’t care about it.

8.Girls think a lot before entering into a relationship.Guys don’t think at all.

That’s because a girl intends to keep it whereas guys are just awara panchis shifting their nests from one tree (girl) to another(girl..maybe sometimes a guy).

9.Guys always make the first move ever so ready to make a proposal overcoming all fear of rejection and girls sometimes take immense pleasure in rejecting the guys not even considering them for once.Spare the poor guys and shed your ego girls

10.Guys get easily bored of their gfs in case a relationship lasts a little longer than the usual few weeks or a month at best inspite of the girls putting in their best efforts trying to look good going to the parlour everyday.Girls can see their bfs in the same old jersey and jeans and listen to their bullshit for days without getting bored.

P.S. I have written good and bad points for both boys and girls.You cant blame me for favouring girls.

So stop fighting over who is good and who is bad.We are different from each other and that is how god intended it to be.Live in harmony and let us spread love around….

A funny phony incident

This was the only interesting that happened last week coz I absolutely did nothing(which has become a routine these days) apart from watching eclipse(boring….yeah am a gal but I don’t drool over Robert Patterson he looks like an albino) and knight and day which btw was super duper boring. Now I looove Tom Cruise but a film’s got to have a good script.There was nothing in this film except for crazy car chases.So this incident was worth posting.

Few days back I got a text message from an unknown number.It said “ who do you think you are?mind your tongue or I will screw you real bad” and some such nonsensical stuff.So I chose to ignore it thinking someone must have sent it by mistake or someone is intentionally trying to mess with me.The next day I got another text from the same number which said “after whatever you said to me its over just don’t talk with me ever again” and I was like wat did I say I don’t even have your number saved. That was it I asked one of my friend DU* if he knew the number.He said he didn’t know and asked me what happened.I told him the whole story and he made a call to that number to know who he was.To my relief he was a guy called sourav and he was sending those messages to his gf which got sent to me by mistake.You know how people delete their bf’s/gf’s number after a big fight and then type the whole damn thing to send a message or make a call(what is the point then,losers???).Here is the exchange of messages that occurred after that between me,sourav and DU

Sourav to me:hey sorry I was sending those messages to my gf but it got sent to you because of some mistake while typing the number.

Me to sourav:dats alrite I should have asked you yesterday but I thought someone is upto some kinda mischief so I ignored it.

Sourav to me:yeah u should have told me yesterday.Its ok I understand sometimes its better to ignore calls and texts from unknown nos…and a guy called me up to enquire tell him sorry too.btw I am sourav I joined infy few days back.what do you do?

Me(thinking):hmm infy (gr88 so what is there to show off like u climbed mt.everest)

Me to DU:forwarding the message from sourav to let him know he was sorry.

DU to me:ok forgive him,poor guy.

Me to sourav:Dats alrite. I have completed my btech and I got placed at techm.

Souarav to me:techm wow dats a gud company I passed out from ceb which college did you go to?

Me to sourab:your neighbouring college tat(the flirt in me waking up).

Me( thinking):what if he believes too much in the saying love thy neighbour…

Sourav to me:tat gud .so close to ours btw can I know your name?

Me to DU:see,your poor guy has started my enquiry now

DU to me:enjoy the attention while it lasts.

Me(thinking):should I tell him my real name.no sita,no rita,no gita shit man…….i cant even think of a nice name

Me to sourav:manisha(I am so much in love with my name that I cant even think of any other)

Sourav to me:manisha is such a good name now dat u know I broke up with my gf.

Me(grinning uncontrollably and thiking):how come u find everything about me so good.Good college,good job,good name.

Me to DU:forwarding sourav’s message with an added ha ha ha ha….

DU to me:bechara devdas lost his paro toh tryin to get over her by talking to you.

Me to DU:waaaat am I some kind of chandramukhi to do timepass with devdas.

Me(thinking):what the heck one should take proper fayda of d free messaging schemes

Me to sourav:oh am so sorry about your break up.I hope things work out between you two.

Sourav to me:no need of things working out dat was a bye bye forever.

Me(thinking):so…you trying to hook up with me or wat??

Me to sourav:ok then I hope you find someone way better than her.I am sure there is no dearth of good girls at infy.

Sourav to me:No there is not but all of them have prior attachments.Iwill have to find someone who is not available nothing serious this time.no offense but girls cheat.btw the guy who called is he ur bf or bro.He talked very politely no bashing.

Me(thinking): OMG OMG OMG !!!nothing serious means you will flirt with any random girl over phone or what u filthy pig like you haven’t ever cheated on anyone.

Me to Sourav:He is 1 of my best friend bro would have bashed you that’s why I asked him.and just so that you know you got cheated by a girl,somewhere else a girl would have got cheated as well.These things happen all the time.

Sourav to me:ya u are rite its just that this thing has taken a toll on me.Btw do have a bf just beware of him

Me(grinning like anything):Now you are coming to the point.

Me to Sourav:ha ha ha I have been single all throughout my life.Had a number of crushes nothing more than that.

Sourav to me:See dats why u are laughing and I am sad its good not to be serious about these things.it was nice talking to you.

Me to Sourav (with hurting fingers from all that typing):gud talking to you .happy stay at mysore.hope you find someone soon(like I care)

Sourav to me:ha ha I thought I wont be able to make a fool out of you but I was wrong.This is my new reliance(ambanis should pay me for advertising this).DU

Me(laughing ):shit shit shit I got bajaoed so badly this is so embarrassing.

Me to DU:idiot,dog,donkey,monkey didn’t you get anyone else for making a bakra

So this is how my phony incident came to an end.Now stop laughing at my misery.I am damn sure someone sometime must have screwed your happiness with his/her silly pranks.

Ps:*I would be using code words for real world people which can be random letters from their name maybe even nick name or names that I have kept for them.So questions regarding who is who wont at all be entertained.

Today's bachalogs..

I dont have anything to do these days other than watching tv,surfing the net and blogging.So my mum is dragging me to my mausi's place(maternal aunt) every evening.She asks me to teach my cousin sisters she says gyan bantne se badhta hai(mum dat is such a lame xcuse to see your sister .i know you are going to miss her when we move so just say it)
My cousin sisters studies in class 10th and class 4th.I am not writing their names just in case they ever read this they would kill me.So i am naming them G and N.
So i go there to help them with their studies.The one in class 10th(G) asks me to solve some maths problems and then copies them in her notebook.I dont know if she really understands or simply pretends.The one in
std 4th(N)tries really hard but she keeps on forgetting things.This goes on for just about 20 minutes after which they start filling me in with their candid class gossip.G is a teenager so she tells me about all her crushes,and cute senior dancer guys.She even had a boyfriend and later broke up with him because he was two timing her.(Ghosh!!!what is the world coming to..)She even says there is a drug addict in her class(now thats too much of info to handle).She always talks about a certain biology teacher who has a habit of cracking naughty jokes(if u know what i mean!!).That reminds me of my school days when everyone's hormone level shot up and there were lots of shouting,howling and giggles when we were going to be taught the reproduction chapter in our bio class and all that our teacher did was show few slides and said you people know everything you can study on your own.I could not stop myself from laughing,the expression on his face was something to look at.So when G talks about her biology teacher i am amused.She keeps on cribbing about the lack of good looking guys and the abundance of rowdy guys in her class.Yet she says being single is the coolest thing it spares us from the emotional attayachar but the half hearted tone in her voice says it all.So far so good i can identify with her and understand her feelings.I too went through the same phase of life once.But i got the shock of my life when my cute little sister N started telling me what goes on in her class.She said that the couples(yes dats the word she used)sit together holding hands inside the class and blow flying kisses to each other.Even i had my share of crushes during those early years but to see my little sis talk about these things was horrifying.Apart from this class gossip i have noticed many behavourial differences when i compare their life with my schooldays.Like for example even N who is in the 4th std is very particular about her looks and attire always knowing what to match with what.She has a friend called Dolisha(this is real) who apparently carries a make up box with her wherever she goes.(OMG).No wonder N sulked and cried when i didnt get her the lip gloss she wanted.For a girl like me who has not even dated a single guy in 21 years and hardly ever put on make up these were shocking revelations about todays bachalogs i wonder where did all the innocence go???

P.S. G and N dont be mad at me if u ever find this out.I must tell both of u sud be glad your life is way more happening than mine and i am letting the world know about this(i mean the few people who read my blogs)