New New-Year Experience

If your question is "which stupid will travel in a bus on 31st night?".. then the answer will be " Kranthi.. kranthi... kranthi"... Yes....i was travelling that night(Bang to Hyd). .I booked ticket online and my seat number was 14 which would make a point that there were 13 other bakras who topped the list(No offense meant :-) )... and when I boarded the bus i found the whole bus full :-) ... my kinda people :-)

31st night 11 45 pm . I was watching in my ipod the last scenes of the movie "The Shawshank Redemption", ‘when Red finds the letter Andy kept for him under a tree’ ’when Red boards the bus to meet Andy’ 'when Red smiles looking at Andy walking on shore' again and again when somebody from the back seat went to the driver lurching in the aisle of the fast moving volvo bus.I thought he wanted a break as i saw him having tin beer when the bus stopped last time.But i was proved wrong when he went back to his friends....i overheard them( they were discussing loudly).Actually, they were planning something to welcome new year and the driver told him that if he(driver) could find some open area he would stop the vehicle. After that brief distraction , I again got myself buried in my world of ipod watching the movie.

The driver kept his word and stopped the bus exactly at 12 midnight. The guys from the back seat got down and asked all the passengers to get down. A few , including me obeyed happily and got down contemplating a new never-before-experience.A few were already snoring..I could easily see the expressions " new year? " "so whatttt?" "who cares ..?" on their sleeping faces.

I got down.....Breezy cold night.... and it was almost a full moon that night. In my patented words its like “ vennela kurustunnattu’ ;-) .The guys lit the candles ,cut the cake ,gave us slices.Looking at the candles glowing in a circle on the cake in the moonlight was beautiful. " Candle-light.In the Moon-light.Its a Delight".(shaayari???..wah wah!!! :P ) We wished each other happy new year and some took snaps in their cameras and phones.The phone which i had at that time didnt have a camera.bad luck. I could not capture any of those moments....but no problem...my heart wont allow my mind to forget that beautiful experience. A few minutes later ... we got back on to the bus... they started giving cakes to the passengers who woke up.When one girl was offered cake she said "nahi..nahin..ismey anda hotha hi" :-) .Poor girl. I wished the elderly person in sweater sitting beside me,”happy new year sir” and we shook hands.

Really a different experience. New experience. Wonderful experience. Celebrating under the sky with unknown people .Beautiful !!!! What say???