The Crash
3 comments Wednesday 5 March 2008

Sister: I lost two hours but I saved 200 bucks on this other train.
Asiya: Miser!
Sister: Watch out! The cycle rickshaws (2) are coming in front of you (right-most, fast lane).
Asiya: Shit
Break slammed, rickshaw drivers turn and heave a sigh of relief.
Sister: OH my god, he is coming, he is coming, he is coming!
Asiya and sister's eyes fixed on the rear view mirror, frozen. Rickshaw drivers frozen in their uncomfortable upturned position. Ten seconds later, the death-bike slams into the rear of the car.
Asiya pulls the hand break, can feel her heart sinking. Bikers bounce back from the depths of the road.
Biker1: You don't know how to drive.
Asiya (distressed): The rickshaws were in front of me.
Biker2 (mimicking): The rickshaws were in front of me.
Mother: By god's grace you are safe.
Asiya, biker1, biker2 confused and distracted.
Biker2 (recovering): You don't know how to drive.
Asiya: You were driving too fast. There was enough time for you...
Horns everywhere.
Asiya starts the vehicle. Rickshaw drivers take the cue, start moving.
Biker2: ****
Sister:****
Asiya starts fuming, can hear bikers swearing. She wonders what they have to complain about. Reaches home and finds the number plate smashed and the bumper hanging miserably on one side. Father informs it will take more than 200 bucks to get a new plate up.

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Posted byMinerva
at22:36

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1 comments Sunday 2 March 2008

Many rebuke me for my supposedly high standards, insisting that that's the reason I don't have many people in my life. I think it is a bloody unfair thing to say. I will just make a list of things I judge people unfavourably on and you can decide if this is true.


1. People who throw things, especially plastics, on the road; in parks, historical monuments, lakes, rivers; and out of the car... (Ya, I just throw them out of my life after that. And that is not even an ecologically harmful thing to do.)


2. People who smoke into your face. (I would rather smoke myself enjoy the high than have it slapped on my face and let it damage my lungs without any purpose.)


3. People who get along too well with bosses. (Face it, it is against the cosmic scheme of things.)


4. People who keep my books for too long. (So you are busy and disorganised? You still suck.)


5. People who love listening to their own voice. (Ya ya I know you know one million things and more but we are not exactly dumb.)


6. People with camera phones. (That is 99% of the people I know but I still think it is silly. You say you can capture moments wherever you are. But how about leaving something for memory.)


7. Drivers who start honking if the car in front of them has stalled. (I would move my ass if I could.)


8. People with houses where everything is in place. (Perfection maybe a desired state of being but it is definitely not normal.)


9. People who talk about my weight problem (What the hell is your problem? I am going to have a heart attack and die. Big deal.)


10. People who want things done their way. (Get a life.)


High standards my foot!



PS: Ya ya add on to my list. We live to rant.

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Posted byMinerva
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