bus to work and time pass...

Our company administration had been announcing for 3 years that we would move to our own campus. The location usually was marked by a spot along the ring road, on the Bengalooru map, shown during the presentation to us. The spot kept changing its position, as a beep on radar screen, every time a new presentation was made. Most of us were apprehensive as this new campus was outside city limits, and the reason was obvious one: traffic problems. We might be have to travel by bus arranged by company. our workplace was located in and around MG road, and most of us liked it as it was just 30-45 minutes away from residential areas. We kept hoping against hope that the campus movement be postponed as much possible. As usual, when a company moves to city outskirts, we were given option to choose office bus for commuting.

We did move to new campus, and now, most of us are traveling by bus. Usually leave for work at 7.15 am, reach by 8.30 am, if the traffic is not heavy. And in the evening, leave for home at 5.15 and reach by 7. So the time which we spend on the roads is around 3 hours. Now we have many ways to spend time while traveling. Most of us sleep while going to office :). Some times I try to read and doze off after 2-3 pages! And most of us think, trying to read in bus is quick way to get sleep, and have been quite successful with that :).

Off late I have developed a good rapport with one of the fellow commuters. We usually start talking about the weekend plan and our conversation drags and touches lot of things like birds(real ones), birds(the other kind! ones at work, walking on the road, etc,.), books, bikes, motor bikes, music, politics, election, and what not?! We even tried playing quiz, solving puzzles(some of which really do not have solution) :D. So far so good, I hope it continues. Otherwise it becomes too boring to just sit and travel everyday...

Honk if you are an Idiot

Well, I have stuck is sticker which says "HONK IF YOU ARE AN IDIOT", at the back of my motor bike. There is an even better sticker which says "HONK IF YOU ARE CONSTIPATED". Until recent, none of the fellow motorists on Bengalooru traffic had noticed it. I was in a traffic signal when a hand touched my shoulder. I turned back, an aged person smilingly asked me from where did I get such sticker. After I answered, he appreciated it and said its good, and was about to get into deeper conversation in the middle of traffic :D. Finally somebody noticed it!