Rush Hour

Aoa people. On ThursdayI had, what I would say, the worst experience of my life of travelling in a bus. Here is how the story goes [ the speed of "the bus" is very very slow unless I say so ].
I got on "the bus" from Cantt Station. It took "the bus" 90 minutes to get from Cantt to Saddar. "The bus" was going so slow that if it had gone any slower it would have been going in reverse. This is not it. Read on.
Now to shed some light on the atmosphere / environment of "the bus". "The bus" was non-AC. Maybe ten or twelve people were asleep. Two different mobiles were ringing continuously, one was of the guy who was asleep and other of the person who really wanted to talk very loudly. "The bus" was as crowded as it could be, but strangely the conductor managed to push more people into "the bus". Everyone was sweating so much that, if I didn't know better, I would have been sure that it was raining. Then as if things couldn't get any worse, two babies started crying and well you can imagine what I felt with all that noise plus the noise of the traffic. This is not it. Read on.
As "the bus" crossed Saddar, it picked up speed (meaning that now it was moving). After 15 more minutes, the conductor announces that this bus would go no further than where it was and everyone should get off. I didn't ask why coz those who did didn't get an answer. Now I'm standing in the middle of what I would call nowhere. I don't know which bus goes from here to my place coz "the bus" took a different route due to traffic jams. This is still not it. Read on.
Somehow I got into a bus which took me to another place where I got into another bus which finally got me to my place.
The journey took about three and a half hours. Three and a half hours wasted in a bus ride that takes 45 to 60 minutes under normal conditions. This extreme case happened to me for the first time. I'm sure many of you would have been in similiar situations. So share your worst experience of a bus ride.

PS: I know this is another post on buses but what can I say. I'm travelling a lot these days.

Rain

I don't know about other parts of Karachi but it rained in my side of town. Started at about 1 in the night I think & continued till 5. Electricity was gone as soon as the first drop fell but I still enjoyed it. I had missed the smell of rain on "mitti", & now I enjoyed it fully. Really was fun. And the weather in the morning was really cool. Hope it rains in the day now.

Its Aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive !

Yesterday my internet said its goodbyes & left me stranded in the middle of sending an email. I knew it would happen someday but so soon, I wasn't really prepared for it. But right now as I tried to open google expecting a "page cannot be displayed", the site opened. And here I am. Anyways now I realize how much the internet plays a part in our lives. Almost all business everywhere in Pakistan broke down. Emails had to faxed by companies, callcenters fired their employees because of the internet breakdown. This lets us to think that shouldn't there be another gateway in case something like this happens again.

Sleepin in the Bus

Have you ever fallen asleep in a Bus. It seems so odd. Apart from the noise, the pollution & the uncomfortable seat, there is always the feeling of insecurity, of strangeness, of sleeping in a foreign place.A few days ago, I travelled in a UTS series bus. It was very much crowded and I had to stand at the back of the bus during the whole trip. Since I had nothing to do, I started looking over at the other passengers.The AC was on & the weather inside was quite good. I noticed the most unusual thing. I have seen people sleep in buses but this was a sight to see.Almost 70% of the people sitting on the seats were asleep.That is about 15 people.and you wouldn't believe how mad one of the passengers got when the conductor asked for his ticket. It was as if he was there to sleep. I couldn't stop smiling the whole trip seeing those people sleep so soundly, falling here and there, waking for a brief moment then going back to sleep after adjusting themselves. It really amused me.and the interesting thing is that I started yawning but before I could get a seat, my stop came. I never have slept in a bus.How about you ?