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Thursday, May 19, 2005

Vrrrrrrrrooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmm

Having been an avid F1 follower for quite a while, I admired the ability of these masterful drivers to drive those mean monsters on a neat and clean piece of track. When Narain Karthikeyan got into the F1 scene, it was a bigger moment of pride and I thot the world of him...and I did so till I visited Kerala.
IF u ever are to visit kerala, take one of those bus rides on the private busses that ply. the busses are no monsters compared to the frearis and the BMW's, but these brown and pink painted busses with names like "Beenamol"/"Shibin"/Golden Star", and their ever in a hurry drivers make the ultimate combination for a speed junkie. On roads that are just wide enuf for 2 bicycles to pass thru, these busses zoom past at speeds of 80+mph.
we admire the F1 drivers for manuevering those hi speed machines controlled by electronic chips across tracks that were built to handle the kind of conditions these cars put them in. Spare a thot for the bus drivers here who achieve the same feat on a rickety bus and on tracks that were not meant to be driven on. With Narain karthikeyan driving that yellow machine, the probability of him makin a podium finish is as remote as it raing in hyderabad at the moment....but I believe if v were to replace him with one of those drivers from kerala busses, we mite soon see the monaco grandprix having a new winner. the bus stands are a scene worth watching. these busses come in at high speeds and the cunductor then raps the name of the destination it is headed to in a manner which 50cents wud be proud of....all this while the impatient driver keeps acceerating his bus at neutral. the sole aim of all these drivers is that Beenamol shud get to position x before shymlee(and no shymlee is also not elated to bruce lee)
the transport system there is so precise that ppl schedule thier lves as per the convienice of the busses. So if the 10:30 Shibumon is gone, then the dude will skip his day at office and call in sick.and as u have already noticed, the perverse interest in naming all the busses with nouns synonymous of names of human beings......so as u walk by, dont be surprised if somebody asked u "has haritha gone already?" I spent 15 minutes racking my grey cells and digging into my geneology encyclopaedia to find out who this haritha was and how she was related to me, and ofcourse whether she had gone to wherever?.....it was only when a red colored bus zoomed in witha yellow board on top whihc read Haritha, did i realise who the dude was reffering to......phhhhbpt
I cud actually go on and on abt the different observations I made at these places......but I guess I will stop here......cos this gives me more topics to blog abt in the future..
But i seriously plan to shoot an email to bernie ecclestone askin him to give on of these drivers a shot at F1, I am sure they will give the schumis n the raikonens a run for their money.....vrooom vrooom vrooooooooom......
I guess it is time for Rohit to go now....and no I dont mean the Bus Rohit.....i mean me....adios...vroom vrooooooooooooooooom

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