Part 3

Ok..its been a reeeeeeeeeeally long time since i last blogged..i must admit i even forgot dat it existed..hehe..lol..
i had to go through my previous 2 posts to recollect where i had left off..turns out dat we had successfully, after lots of trials n tribulations,entered the train..the moment i entered i remember the foul smell dat was comin frm the bathroom there.."wat a way to start the journey!!" i thot...we were all pushin and shovin each other intentionally and unintentionally thanx to our over sized n over packed bags..hehe..it was fun..then finally made it to our seats..all the while one cud hear our nervous parents givin us last minute instructions frm the train windows..i can never forget those paranoid looks on their faces..finally after repeated gudbyes n countless promises made by us dat we wud take care of ourselves the train finally moved..wat a moment dat was!! dats wen it finally hit us..we were actually goin somewhere without our parents...just us friends..it was exhillarating!! some of my friends already started missin their folks back home!! one of my friends was like..i've never slept alone without my sis n mom(she's the youngest in the family) n dat triggered off a series of "i miss my mom,my dad,my bro my whole family" jargon...i got affected too..so even i started missin them although we had not yet crossed da boundary of our beloved hyderabad!! i wondered how we wud survive 5 full days without our families....
suddenly my friend sandhya called my name and i awoke frm my thoughtful stupor..it was decided dat we wud all start playin antakshari..n we did..we had so much fun playin..all of us were screamin at the top of our lungs..suddenly one of the guys..(oh i almost forgot to mention we were a group of 25 people of which there were just 4 guys..just 4!! we were wonderin y did they even bother to come..wen it was gonna be a girls show all da way) came to us n asked us to sing softly as there was a heart patient in the bogey..n the look on his face was not very cheerful..we decided to lower our voices..but after a while we got bored n i started feelin hungry..it was 8:30..all da bags dat my friends had brought including mine had many things to eat..n i was gettin tempted..but they all asked me to shut up sayin dat they wud not eat before 10!! since the majority always wins..i had to stay put..then our mam came up to us n said dat we had to finish eatin fast as the lights wud be put off my 9:30..dat was my moment!! a moment i'll always cherish!!afterall i was havin the last laugh!! i gave them this look which said"i told u so!!" but had to stop immediately coz they all stared at me as though they wud thrash me if i dint stop laughin at them..though i had to stiffle my laughter a lot..i still cherish dat moment..hehehe..
we had some delicious pulihora(lemon rice) which was very nicely packed into individual packets, we also had bobbatlu or bakshalu as my friend called it( well i dunno how to explain it..its called puranpoli in maharashtra...it something like a stuffed chapathi where the stuffing is sweet) it was lipsmackingly good..there was an elderly couple with us..they wanted to sleep n we had to oblige..so most of the lights were put off n the berths were set..now the "battle of the berths" began...