2nd dec 2009 melvisharam


it was the next day of my last exam of 7th sem( "ethics"). i was watching a movie with my friends kani and aslam in kani's room .

it was around 00:02am.

i heard a voice behind the room door.

it was omar. who stays in next room.

omar said " due u have any pending papers"

i said "na"

omar replied " when you are going to chennai "

i said "most probably today morning " .

i asked " why are u asking".

he replied " i planning to go to chennai today morning will you give me company .we will go in ajmal's bike"

i said " ok dude"

omar said " get ready by 5 :30 am".

i said "ok".

i asked "for what reason you are going" .
omar said "by mistake i brought my bros.. sim .tomorrow he is going abroad and he wants the sim.by tomorrow i should return to vellore .i have exam the next day".

i said "why not we start now itself it 00:30am.if we start now we will reach chennai by 03:00am .

omar replied "that's a great idea dude"

but the fact is i was just joking.

i said " oye i was joking "

omar said "no dude its a great idea . if i reach chennai by 03:00 am. i will return back here 09:00am if i start 06:00am from chennai"

i looked at others in that room (aslam ,sathish and kani)

they where blinking after hearing omars decision to move now itself to chennai

i asked kani " if i have given same idea to you .what will u do."

kani replied " i would have say no".

i expected the same answer from omar also but it became upside down.

sathish gave me a monkey cap , a muffler and said " keep this with u .it will protect u from getting freeze".



we started our
"UNEXPECTED EXPEDITION"

it was 01:00am.

the first stop was petrol bunk in arcot.

we filled the tank for 200 bugs.

in the midnight silence the meter sound of petrol machine running "reeeeeeereeeeeeeeeee"

we started moving at a speed of 80 k mph .i was riding and omar was sitting behind me.
the journey was going on smoothly .vehicle movement in highway was low only i can see few heavy trucks. i was just passing all the trucks making sound horns .

as i reached kanchipuram . a drop of water fell on my helmet glass shield then in a fraction of a second heavy rain drops started falling .omar was screaming from behind" dude check out some place for shelter". i was searching for a motel which was my usual stop when ever i travel by bike. but, i cant see the motel in the heavy rain . rain drops where poking me like a spikes in my face and hand. at last i found a place i stopped the bike .me and omar moved towards the shelter .
it was a security room of an old workshop .
omar was smiling at me " i don't know what he was thinking"

but i was very angry by his decision to travel at this time.

omar check his watch sorry it was aslam watch . the big needle was pointing at 2 and small was pointing at 6.

the rain started slowing down .omar said "lets go we have to travel more 82km to reach chennai".
i just shook my head . i don't wanna say any thing.




omar was driving .just few distance omar started shivering .omar said " dude if i continue to drive i will die. so ,we stopped in another near by shelter.

we where not having that much time we have to continue our journey at any circumstance.i started riding the bike .i dint felt that much chillness. the way omar was shivering i expected more.the bike was moving in 40 k mph due to chillness i cant move faster. the heavy trucks where over taking me . when i saw those tucks i felt as if the trucks where laughing at me and saying loser!!!!!!!!!

after few km the road was dry and again i increased my bike speed at 75 k mph.

more 50 km to chennai i halted my bike for a coffee because it was pretty cold.

he tried to light the cigar but he cant light the match stick. his hands where shivering .he gave me the stick i tried but my hands also where shivering .after seeing our struggle light a stick the shop guy said" sir can i help u "

we gave him the cigar he lighted it up and we had coffee. and started our journey again.when we checked aslam watch it showed03:00am.

after a few km again the rain started .we put for a halt this time near th jc machine parking lot.



that time i was thinking why i am her at this time? what i am doing here in this rain? the answer was " its all Ur fate". i should agree it i don't have any other go.

we started the journey omar was riding the bike . at last we reached ponnamalle bridge.

due to fog the bridge was looking like a bridge which goes to sky .we cant see anything other than fog all around.

i got down in guindy saying a bye to omar and best of luck for his journey again to vellore.

i took a sir bus to cmbt .

at last i reached my home around 06:00 am.

i cant believe my self we traveled 5 hours to reach 120km distance.

had a deep sleep till evening 04:00 pm .

i learned something from this " don't open your mouth unnecessarily"