23rd May, Friday 5 PM. My Bro Arjun came to chennai for a work and he was about to boarding in KPN at 9:30 PM from koyambedu. I planned to give a send off by taking him and his uncle Babu from Guindy station to koyambedu. I called him and asked to come to Guindy station by 8:30 PM. He said he will checkout room by 8 itself.
I started from office by 7 PM in my car and went to a Gift shop and bought for him a drawing kit as he is a Designer. I reached Guindy station at 8:15 PM. when i called he said he was in T-nagar station and waiting for the train. As it is just 5 mins from t-ngr, i thought he will reach on time. There the twist. Train didnt come for more than half hour in T-nagar. I called him again 8:45 and he said "Anna train innum varalanaaa...". Shocked and asked him to enquire at station and then after 5 mins he called me again and said that train will come only by 9:10. I shouted him that he didnt start early and said him that he will surely miss the bus. I asked to call KPN and enquire about the timings and next boarding points. He said he was calling KPN office repeatedly and said busy always.At last, train came and he reached guindy by 9:20 PM. Only 10 mins more for the bus and for sure i know that we will not catch bus since it will take min 30 mins to reach there. I greeted him out of angry and then we started immediately and rushed to koyambedu. Thank god that day no traffic in road. while crossing Kasi theatre guindy, a BIG crowed gathered at the road as it was the kochadaiiyaan day. Reached vadapalani by 9:45 PM. His uncle Babu was keep on trying the KPN number and he was saying that immediately a voice saying "Thanngal azhaitha number busy aga ullathal sirithu nerathukku piragu thodarbu kollavum.. ". He got irritated and shouted like what the hell they were doing with the phone, to whom they were talking this much time etc etc. Arjun commented silently "Ithu room la thoongittu irunthapave yosichirukanum..". Actually both slept for hours in the room and missed timing and his uncle did too much like while arjun woke him up, he was saying "time irukku da, poikallam"..
Finally we reached Koyembedu at 10:00 PM. As i visited there after long time, i knew i should take a left turn to reach OMNI bus stand but out of confusion and tension, i entered the main bus stand entrance.. ooops.. then a U-turn and made the correct left turn.. There so much of rush and all buses in queue, coming out of bus-stand very slowly.. suddenly we saw a KPN in the opposite side and i told them to get down and ask about the KPN they should go.. They got down, out of tension he didnt forget to say a sweet BYE & lot of thanks.. They rushed and enquired about that KPN bus to the driver..
Mean time, i went straight and took a U turn and was on the way to entrance again.. Full of tension and i called him 2 times, he didnt pick.. Later got a call from him and he said that the driver told that the KPN they should board was coming behind.. i told them to go to the right KPN stall and enquire.. As they are new to OMNI bus stand, they confused how to reach there and enquired people around there and went to that stall... while asking whether that KPN left alredy, that guy softly replied that the bus is standing behind and asked to board.. OOOPS.. it was 10:30 PM they boarded into the bus.. Later he called me and explained all these things and laughed out loudly.. i shouted like anything that they didnt start early..
Then i slowly started out from there and got a shock like there was hell out of queue standing.. just moved inch by inch and reached home by 11:30 PM... Then one of my friend called me and said there was a strike at thirumaalpur station and thats the delay for electric train.. We always think why these things happen to me alone.. not at all, its always happen to all in one or another way..
