It was an early morning today as we'd to go to Thiruvananthapuram to attend an engagement ceremony. The journey, up and down, were by train which made the serial all the more interesting! We'd come across some very nice people unique in the manner in which they'd conducted themselves during our interaction.
(a) Li'l Rohit.
The UKG going child was a bundle of energy and effortlessly outgoing. He seemed to have a myriad
number of questions that he kept hurling at his dad, who was sportingly giving spontaneous answers
but, shortly after, he seemed to have exhausted out and meekly, went off to catch his 40 winks. It was
then that the kid befriended me and turned his salvo of queries at me as a sort of a logical turnaround.
I think I was able to provide him with the answers!
(b) Shruthi.
Specialising in Information Technology in a reputed institution, she was on her cellphone almost
continuously sending messages, answering calls that came in at regular intervals and also listening to
music while conversing with us and mind you, without losing the thread even once. This spirited young
lady seems to be the apple of her dad's eye because he was constantly monitoring her travel, to be in
time at the destination to pick her up without any delay. She's fed our contact number into her phone
promising to be in touch with us from now on.
(c) Mr. Balan.
All of 72 years, he was an amazing bundle of energy who was going to Chalakudi to attend a wedding.
His patience to know about the others, effortless narration of incidents and people, coupled with a genuine
show of concern for the others' well being endeared himself to us. Fit as a fiddle, he does not impose
restrictions on his intake and enjoys everything. He's promised to look us up and be a frequent visitor
to our house at Guruvayur, once we eventually shift in there!
(d) Neetu and Natasha.
A mother-daughter combination who got friendly just because we'd offered to share our berth with
them as their reservation had gone for a toss and the TTE had offered to help only after a while. Neetu
teaches in a school, where li'l Natasha studies in class VII about which she isn't very happy because all
her mistakes and misdemeanour are reported to her mom, pronto! She says it's quite difficult to be well
behaved at all times and what the hell, she too needs to have her quota of fun and pranks!
The journey was nice and informative. We're at the venue of the engagement on time, thanks to Gopu who'd
willingly taken on the role of the chauffeur and at the venue, I was able to meet up with most of Lekha's relatives whom I was meeting after a fairly long time.
Tailpiece.
Realised that train journeys can be fun, once in a way, as they give the added advantage of being absolutely hassle free compared to the mental state one's in while having to drive through bad roads and errant motorists!
And Rejish and Renu will wed in the third week of Jan '14!
(a) Li'l Rohit.
The UKG going child was a bundle of energy and effortlessly outgoing. He seemed to have a myriad
number of questions that he kept hurling at his dad, who was sportingly giving spontaneous answers
but, shortly after, he seemed to have exhausted out and meekly, went off to catch his 40 winks. It was
then that the kid befriended me and turned his salvo of queries at me as a sort of a logical turnaround.
I think I was able to provide him with the answers!
(b) Shruthi.
Specialising in Information Technology in a reputed institution, she was on her cellphone almost
continuously sending messages, answering calls that came in at regular intervals and also listening to
music while conversing with us and mind you, without losing the thread even once. This spirited young
lady seems to be the apple of her dad's eye because he was constantly monitoring her travel, to be in
time at the destination to pick her up without any delay. She's fed our contact number into her phone
promising to be in touch with us from now on.
(c) Mr. Balan.
All of 72 years, he was an amazing bundle of energy who was going to Chalakudi to attend a wedding.
His patience to know about the others, effortless narration of incidents and people, coupled with a genuine
show of concern for the others' well being endeared himself to us. Fit as a fiddle, he does not impose
restrictions on his intake and enjoys everything. He's promised to look us up and be a frequent visitor
to our house at Guruvayur, once we eventually shift in there!
(d) Neetu and Natasha.
A mother-daughter combination who got friendly just because we'd offered to share our berth with
them as their reservation had gone for a toss and the TTE had offered to help only after a while. Neetu
teaches in a school, where li'l Natasha studies in class VII about which she isn't very happy because all
her mistakes and misdemeanour are reported to her mom, pronto! She says it's quite difficult to be well
behaved at all times and what the hell, she too needs to have her quota of fun and pranks!
The journey was nice and informative. We're at the venue of the engagement on time, thanks to Gopu who'd
willingly taken on the role of the chauffeur and at the venue, I was able to meet up with most of Lekha's relatives whom I was meeting after a fairly long time.
Tailpiece.
Realised that train journeys can be fun, once in a way, as they give the added advantage of being absolutely hassle free compared to the mental state one's in while having to drive through bad roads and errant motorists!
And Rejish and Renu will wed in the third week of Jan '14!
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