Thursday, March 19, 2009

Airport mania

I arrived early to the airport, very early actually and check in just took 10 minutes .I was worrying about killing time as the only novel i had was already completely devoured, my laptop battery was uncharged. Another surprise was the delay in the flight by another 2 hours, so all in all i had four hours to kill. I sat down with my luggage, tried reading some colorful magazine, but people complaining about the delay in flight kept breaking my concentration. There were disgruntled people everywhere, businessmen complaining about waste of precious time, young mothers with crying babies. Then I noticed slowly the seats around me were filled up. Some guy sat next to me(cant remember his name),I was looking at the pics in my digicam and smiling to myself. He tried to take a peek at them .He: so you are waiting for Bangalore flight? me: yes He: Looks like its delayed for sometime me:yeah. He: so, you study or work in Bangalore .me: work. and the conversation continued......he: Looks like you are feeling cold? me:NO.He then walked to get a coffee. Then my interest was caught with a Angelina-Brad pitt look-alikes who had a brood of multiracial kids. I was enjoying the antics of the kids. He comes back with 2 cups of coffee "a hot coffee for a hot gal" Me rolling eyes and accepting it. Then a guy and a girl right behind me were talking..I was unintentionally eavesdropping as they were talking loudly. Seems like cupid had stuck there They were discovering mutual interests, likings etc etc..I was wondering how unusual that a delayed flight can turn to such an advantage to some. Somehow time passed with such colorful characters around me. Then we were boarding the flight. This guy and girl had seat next to each other ( serendipidity???),and i was right behind them(fate ;) ).Another surprising thing that happens when i fly is that the seat next to me is 80% of the time is empty!!(and yes it was empty).So, the entire flight was passed by dozing or listening to the guy and the girl in front of me(what can i do? they were talking loudly!!).We arrived at Bangalore safely ,i was waiting for my luggage at the arrivals. The same guy and the girl stood next to me (fate).The guy was apparently going to Srilanka for a trip and she was gushing "wow" .So, who is coming to pick you up the guy asks. Her reply "My husband" .I almost tripped on my luggage and the guy looked pale and ashen. That was the end of budding romance. sigh..

2 comments:

  1. kya twist ek choti si love story mein..! Wonderful.. Just as I thought that something interesting is going to happen, you broke the bubble. I loved it.. I literally laughed aloud! Wonderful stuff...

    Moral of the Story - Ask the girl if she is engaged or married before you building castles on Air - On Air coz it happened in a flight.. :)

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  2. poor guy.. n lucky u... ;)

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