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Wednesday 5 October 2011

Speed Demon

Today I went to my ammath with my mom, as it was a holiday for both of us. My cousin and her mom reached before us. We did many things, especially play. At about 4:30, we left together.  My cousin was headed to Kunnamkulam. They got a Pattambi bus. Right behind it was an Ottapalam bus. My mom quickly motioned to the driver to wait even though I said it was too full. Anyway, when we got out of the bus at Ottapalam, we immediately found a bus. 


Keralites will know : How the conductors of various buses pronounce the names of their destinations in an irritating way and never let go of their prey, once they are caught. Anyway, so this was what happened. We got out of the bus and immediately my mom caught sight of a bus for Palakkad. She asked me to check if there were any seats. Quite unsurprisingly, the conductor of that bus asked us where we were headed. We told him and he assured us that he would find some seats for us. Well, only my mom got a seat. That was a ride through hell for her. The first 10-15 minutes were okay. Then after a stop, it suddenly started the ride. 


The bus was accelerating much. It was not much scary to me even though I was in the front seat with amma. My mom was not feeling well. The bus was driving so fast even when it came to curves. After some time, amma was totally freaked out. I had previously seen the driver dozing off a bit. I didn't know if that had happened again. Anyway, after much tension suffered by amma,we finally reached.


I had memorized the name of the bus : "Vadakkan" . I hope I get in that bus again. My mom's wishes are totally contradictory. She never wants to see that bus again!