My new 'baby'...
It was one of those friday evenings, when I just can't wait to get back home and go out with friends, but then traffic in Bangalore seems to be worse and pathetic as usual. So is the driver of our office bus. He seems to be in no hurry to move, he is just strolling through the crowded streets. I was feeling as if I am being punished for some crime. I was hating the lifestyle wherein you run to catch your office bus, spend almost three hours everyday in that moving tin ka dabba. I thought for a while, thought about alternatives as to how I can change it all and then decided to have have a baby..aka..car.
The thought of it, reminded me of a friend who always believed any vehichle to be a liability, but then, I decided to change my life, change the way I am living it. I have been through tough days, but then I need a change to look at life a little differently. All I realized is that, life is all about living today, this moment, living NOW.... So I made a few calls and asked this agent, who luckily agreed to come and meet me the same evening. Cancelled all meetings and met up with that guy and he worked out an interesting deal with me. I thought for long that last night, did some calculations as to how much I have to pay extra and how much liability increases. I realized it would increase by quite a lot, but then what I had to do, I had to do.
Next evening, I was at the showroom, booked my car, spoke to financiers and got it all worked out over the week and the following friday, the keys were with me. It wasn't the first time that I got a car, but I felt a big difference. Honestly, felt a strange feeling of satisfaction after a long long time. It's not a big deal this days to own a car, but then I guess I felt the relief coming out of what I call as 'factory routine' of my new workplace. Entire last week, I relaized the difference and to be honest, loved it, enjoyed it. I worked on my daily routine better, spending time the way I wanted to. My friends were happy and I felt satisfied and felt that rush of adrenaline.
I drove the car through the busy streets, then through the long empty stretches of the ring road. I was definitely missing someone, and I wish so much she was there with me...I am sure she was, I just couldn't see her. This is life...it's so unpredictable.
The thought of it, reminded me of a friend who always believed any vehichle to be a liability, but then, I decided to change my life, change the way I am living it. I have been through tough days, but then I need a change to look at life a little differently. All I realized is that, life is all about living today, this moment, living NOW.... So I made a few calls and asked this agent, who luckily agreed to come and meet me the same evening. Cancelled all meetings and met up with that guy and he worked out an interesting deal with me. I thought for long that last night, did some calculations as to how much I have to pay extra and how much liability increases. I realized it would increase by quite a lot, but then what I had to do, I had to do.
Next evening, I was at the showroom, booked my car, spoke to financiers and got it all worked out over the week and the following friday, the keys were with me. It wasn't the first time that I got a car, but I felt a big difference. Honestly, felt a strange feeling of satisfaction after a long long time. It's not a big deal this days to own a car, but then I guess I felt the relief coming out of what I call as 'factory routine' of my new workplace. Entire last week, I relaized the difference and to be honest, loved it, enjoyed it. I worked on my daily routine better, spending time the way I wanted to. My friends were happy and I felt satisfied and felt that rush of adrenaline.
I drove the car through the busy streets, then through the long empty stretches of the ring road. I was definitely missing someone, and I wish so much she was there with me...I am sure she was, I just couldn't see her. This is life...it's so unpredictable.
posted by ~Soumen | Sunday, February 19, 2006
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