It has been two months since I started college. And believe me, each morning is a new adventure. Literally. Our bus driver is Schumis cousin twice removed, and even though the man doesn’t have the blonde hair or the charming smile, he more than makes up for it when it comes to pushing the pedal.
A man with a mission, to get us to college on time. And so dedicated is he, that it is quite understandable that he forgets the mild requirement of actually picking us up once in a while. Our college cultural committee ought to applaud him for teaching us the Mexican hat dance, which is the only thing he will stop for, if it is enthusiastically performed in the middle of the road by a minimum of five people.
No diets or gym memberships are required when this man is around. The sight of atleast four people chasing the bus in the evenings gets him into a good mood for the rest of the trip. If he’s really happy, we are thrown up to the ceiling by 5 speed-breakers. If he’s in a horrible mood, its 15. It’s just an added bonus if someone is drinking Miranda at that point.
But mind you, his talents are not limited simply to the mundane task of driving. It is sad indeed, that the Mozart of this century hasn’t been discovered. Even with the barest minimum number of instruments at his side, he still manages to create a glorious..um…admirable…er…loud symphony with his beautiful horn.( I assure you, several plans were hatched to remove it during the first two weeks, but we weren’t too sure if the red wire was for the horn or the brake)
And who doesn’t love that personal touch that makes the world seem so much cozier? I do so enjoy the attention I get as I approach the bus, and he announces to all the other drivers, ”Oy kozhandhapaapa varaa, thalliko thalliko”.
We are lucky indeed to have found someone so dedicated to his cause and so enthusiastic in carrying out his duties. Raise your glasses, and let us toast. To our beloved driver of route 14, may he race in peace.
30 comments:
LOL!! damn good post!
LOL! Our driver's a maniac too. But count ur blessings. We have that ultimate torturous experience of having to listen to the masterpiece "ammaadi aathaadi..." every morning on suriyan fm. Sigh!
Sigh,to think that your driver has a life's supply of Polyjuice potion with Schumi's hair in it..:P
Brilliant read!:D
ah i was wondering how to spell it ! hehehe
are your buses air conditioned btw ? :D
Hey u missed another breakthrough! Today he managed to change the gear, hold the steering wheel and drink water at the same time...oh and btw the horn was playing the whole time! 3 cheers for schumi! :-)kozhandhapaapa was missed!
@anin
thankoo :)
@me
yeah, but see, nam has to listen to my strawberry kanne every morning!
@hamsini
hehe, thanks!
@paddy
why do u find the need to ask me the same q to which u KNOW the answer again and again and again :|? and u have NO use for the spelling :| mind eet.
@nam
bummer :)did he make 20 sarcastic comments today bout how u should get off the bus when it stops?
nice post... here as a result of some blog browsing.... hope u dont mind!!!
So the speed and the cacophony.... u must have begun enjoying them by now!!!
I havent had the pleasure of going to college by bus (My department is a stones throw from my hostel), but then while doing my training in Hyundai, Chennai i had to take a similar staff bus... though I must mention the speed was there but the cacophony was missing as there wasnt much traffic at 6 in the morning.
The best blog that I have read. My vetti browsin has paid off.
Btw our bus driver is loads better. Tell you wat he is the manager for all these college buses.. he has a limp in his leg and he has that irritating idea of makin us run after the bus at our stop. And did i tell u he uses his rear-view mirror 4 other purposes. i found dat only yesterday;)
@quantumelixir
nope, dont think im changing, and thank you :)
@aditya
thanks :) and the amount of cacophony in my bus has simply no relation with the amount of traffic.
@a crazy guy
whoa thanks :) and enna bus number? compsci a right?
Ya. I am a Comp science student.Bus no.9.
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lol.. my driver is total opp.. he is so slow.. that even a cycle can over take him...
lol.. reminds me of svce and its very own schumi.. noadays i walk to class...:(
one of your best posts da!way to go kozhandapaapa! :D
my bus driver is in stark contrast to yours though.to say he drives "very slow" is an understatement!
nice post,byw vaishnavi bhaskar here(from 10-c)so how r u?wassup?
@crazyguy
sure will do :)
@ice_fire
we've had that kinda driver once, he took 10 minutes to come down the slope of the flyover :|
@abhi
u SO cant complain, ur campus is gorgeous, and its a 5 minute walk :|
@varalaxmi
thanks :)) isn't ur driver the thatha?
@vaishnavi
thanks, and hi!!
thank god..i dont have a college bus dropping me....but i did have a similar experience going with friends,from coimbatore to ooty by one of these buses......and the bus had a TV and they were playing badshah(thalai rajnikanth)....i dont knw if the movie was there to calm the driver or distract us from his driving or both....but it didnt do a good job.all we did for the next 1 hour was pray(to god..to rajnikanth!!!) that we reach safely!!! we all got down half way and took a qualis up to ooty :P
cant imagine going through it on a daily basis!!
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whoa!too much spam da!and ya my bus driver is THE thaatha indeed! :P
SRMEC? (wait.. didn't they change the name to SRMIT or something?)
That was a hilarious one. Although did not get the last para
"Oy kozhandhapaapa varaa, thalliko thalliko”
Me not knowing the language you see.
-Punds
@gowri
oh we've been going on another bus this past week, and this driver swerves in tune with the song on the radio. the good thing is, if we know the song, we shift our weights at the right time so that we dont bump our heads :)
@vara
yes i know :( someone help me!
@sriram
hmmm?! im in...SSN, assuming u were asking me if i'm from SRMEC, i apologise for being extremely dense here :)
@full2faltu
um...hey childbaby is coming, move move. um...honestly it doesnt sound as ridiculous as i've made the translation sound :)
LOL!! Reminds me of my bus driver in college .. :)
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LOL!! u ve expressed the thing exactly wat i am experiencing daily in that bus.. good post!!
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