Q1, 01/02: Does the sun shine brighter up further north of earth...? I am sure the air feels colder!
Q2, 01/03: What is your thought on 'out of sight, out of mind'?
Q3, 01/04: What did you eat for dinner tonight?
Q4, 01/05: Which English song/artist did you listen today?
Q5, 01/06: What note worthy advice did you give your kid last night?
Had been traveling in company bus since quite some time and preferring to sit in the front seat which is occupied most of the times by the same two guys...they both board from same point and before me...they converse among themselves... but i was never recognized sitting next to them...neither did i ever made any effort to interact.... You often start feeling odd sitting there shoulder to shoulder daily morning but never know who is sitting next to you..... After i visited one of the blogs expressing similar situations, i sought the comments given there and took inspiration......I knew as per our society the guys need to take initiative in starting the conversation but that seemed would never to happen. Now it so happens i love reading books while traveling. I often carry some book or other while traveling in the morning bus. Sometimes its the readers digest, collective novel, bulletin, journal etc. and since last week it has been my first sem MBA PPM text. Then this day one among them who sits in the middle happened to read a book. And when i boarded the bus, sat next to him and noticed the book i couldn’t resist my basic instinct to know what the book was that he was reading. And ahead i went asking "What's that book". Both the guys have become so much engrossed with the routine that they took my gestures as usual, pushed further towards window giving me more space. Because it was the only thing i had ever asked them sitting with them. But today i had made my mind to break the glass of conservative inhibition. And i repeated the same but louder this time pointing to the book. At last the guy understood and turned the book so that the front cover is visible. I READ it quickly but this is not what is called conversation. This time i wanted to converse so i asked them "Are you both from the same project?" They still nodded apprehensively. Again i said "Because i was just wondering you always sit together, might be from the same project!" Then at last the guy towards the window seat replied "Its not so, its just that we board the bus from the same place". I spoke the guy in the middle, inquiring if it was a book from library or his personal copy. Only them he opened his mouth and replied that it was his friend’s book. I asked if he could lend it to me for a weekend when he has finished reading it as i love reading books. He nodded. It was a surprise that he himself posed one question asking me about the book i had in my hands. I told him that it was my first sem MBA PPM text. He inquired about the course and after my brief about it he revealed he was interested in a similar corporate MS course. I assured him it was a good decision as it is sponsored through BITS Pilani. He wanted to know when does the advertisement generally come, and i filled him with more details of the process of application.
Conversation ended here short and sweet.
I felt content.
Here after I say them ‘hi’ when I board and sit next to them. And hereafter none of us will feel odd or uncomfortable sitting next to each other as we know each other and talk freely like good friends…..
