Thursday, December 3, 2009

The Road trip...

'Adventurer' - he that goes out to meet whatever
may come.. Well, that is what we all do in the world one way or another and with this very thought i started off with my friend on the most 'unpredictable' path-yes the roads' of our very own chennai city.
Now driving as such is sort of a tedious job(wear the helmet,follow the rules bla bla) and driving on the roads of chennai is like the high board swimming pool-- after days of looking up at it you finally climb up the wet steps to the platform and when it's too far forward it was too late for retreat and finally you end up diving..
There are two kinds of adventurers : those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't.I belong to the second category but things
occur on the contrary..
As we all know every person (atleast most of them)
gets the chance to drive after obtaining the
driving license homologated by the government
and that is the most hilarious part(how on earth
do they relate driving an eight path to driving in the
traffic) we have no idea about all those stuff and
we jus end up being happy for obtaining that
small card..
People travel to wonder at the height of the
mountains..at the huge waves of the seas.. at the
long course of the rivers...at the circular motion
of the stars bla bla bla but myself and my
friend(who doesnt know to drive) started off to
reach our destination hoping that we would do it
on time which ofcourse seemed to be the
mission impossible..
A great person once said "Vision is not enough,
it must be combined with venture. It is not
enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs" considering the literal meaning of the saying would be apt for our share-auto drivers who follow the policy 'where there is a will there is a way' (where there is space there is a share auto) they are considered to be "THE MOST" draconian people on the road..the very presence of them marks the sight of turbulence a havoc due to their jittery movements..following them would be like
setting out into an unknown country we would
endup facing many a danger..
After crossing such a barrier me and
my friend were stalked by those famous nihilarians
none but the road side romeos..
the very sight of them would make us feel as though watching a femina miss india(err mr.india in this case ;) ) on the road..they hoot,shout,drive rashly(shooting for Dhoom3 maybe) high degree of hooliganish behaviour.Added to that would be the bikers who treat their vehicles to be a chevrolet or a toyota with three to four people(an entire family i suppose) on the bike creating a nettling experience..
The next stop in the daymare was the
cyale walas..my oh my they consider their
bicycles to be a Yamaha FZ or a Hayabusa or whatsoever(sheesh!!) they never budge and try their level best to plunge into the tiniest space and seize their opportunity as much as possible..the best part however is when they portray a motogp sort off show..schmucks cap-a-pie..
The speculation doesnt end here the so called people with the license never follow the road rules even at the
traffic signal(which doesnt properly function though) and we get scorned at if we follow the road rules and stuff..we are given only one moment sparkling like a star in our hand and we should make the most of it before the spark dies out..
Finally on reaching the destination i ended up with claustrophobia unlike my friend who experienced thorough enjoyment..her need for adventure being satisfied but then she deserves
appreciation..purely for not understanding my
way of driving [;)]