JUNE 15, Sunday
Aahhh….. regular Sunday morning …. Birds chirping ( ironical considering I liv in MG road ) , sunlight rite up my face abt 7.30 , father collectin flowers for morning rituals and thn suddenly “ PRASHANTH …. YENDURUDA… iniki pokanam. Ellam eduthu vechacha nu oru vati kuda check pannu . brush panni , thani kodanchu eduthu vai, shavin kit eduthu vai …( nd the std speech continues)“ …. No points for guessin who or frm whr the shrill voice came. She was busy makin sandwiches for the flight cos the bloody low cost carriers hardly giv nythin on the plane. So I realized this is nthin lik the normal Sunday… I m leavin for delhi today…. The long awaited LFC plan , which was getting postponed owing to reasons lik GRE, PS-II nd surgeries ,finally materializing. Okay then so the itinerary for today…. Flying to delhi via Mumbai , spice jet SG-116 , boeing 737-400 aircraft ( for those who care capacity :189 , cruise speed : 815 kmph (0.785 Mach) at 35000ft , length : 39.5 m , wing span : 34.3 m, Maximum Fuel Capacity: 26,020 Litres and thrust developed : 24,200 lbs ) . Before catching the flight scheduled at 1700hrs I had to attend a wedding , so lunch courtesy of my school senior cum family frnd!!!! So all set to go nd thn came the call …. Flight delayed by 1 hr … (:-/). Thn slowly we took a taxi nd went to nedumbassery abt 15-20 kms off cochin …. An uncanny sense of excitement to board a plane engulfed me. But I suddenly realized its not so much about the aircraft but the airport…. Of all my years in cochin I had never been to the airport ( actly I had been to the earlier one.. but nvrmind).
So after we reached the airport, the tour operator/ our guide… informed we were the last to arrive , thanks to me as I hate waiting in airports esp. cos we cant evn c aircrafts take off or land. Buy that time I had gathered info abt ppl travellin with us.. esp cos I was interestd in wht aircraft we were travellin I had checked the PNR to get tht info whn the whole list of 30odd ppl popped up!!!! So once aboard I took out the RD nd started diggin in… whn the captain announced a 1.40hr journey to Mumbai nd a similar one to delhi. SO TIGHTEND THE SEAT BELTS ND READY TO LEAVE… the LFC commences!!!!!
Ok then the first conv with a girl nearby was “ culd u please shut the windows “ .. prob was nt the right thing to do as she was very excited to b on her maiden flight. She had to keep lookin bak nd forth till the evenin came to a close nd we landed in Mumbai . Thn the same flight to delhi. I stared getting pissed cos economy carriers dnt even giv coffee (hmph!!!) …. So landed in delhi by abt 11.30PM nd by the tym we reached the hotel in karol bagh it was bloody 12.30 PM … thy served dinner I was hardly in the mood esp cos IND lost to ENG hence understdably no time for socializing … so I went nd tucked in for a gud nite sleep as we had a lng day ahead…
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