Friday, August 9, 2013

Waiting time

Like every usual evening my way back to home wanted to catch  bus near pizza hut St Jean road to Condos. Was just sitting on a kind of seat that actually was not a proper seat but a outer wall of a shop Bone-appetite.
As bus was taking a bit long to come I started looking here and there just to pass my time.
I realized now that I was not alone on bus stop many ppl were waiting. One lady properly dressed up like a professional was coming back from office I guess and was looking her watch in every 5 minutes. May be she was tired and wanted to reach home asap.. Bit off to her there was a group of school kids easily identifiable from their uniform and beg was actually talking, laughing and enjoying with his group..
Far away was a boy with guitar an amateur perhaps. Very calm and cool may be he was still in his musical world.
And very near to me was sitting an old lady of creole origin..very lean..weak and totally dependable.
She was checking her Citizen bus pass and then her beg that everything is at right place.She asked me something in local language as usual I smiled and said only one world "English plz" .
She giggled and asked me "Inde??" I replied "Oui" as I know only few words of local language.

Then bus came and passengers started boarding their respective buses I also did mine..And got a comfortable seat near window. Moving to a very short distance bus stuck in a traffic jam due to sewerage work in the town there was a barrier on half of the road.Some Chinese workers were digging there on road..vehicular movement was slowed down although ppl were taking alternative routes to avoid main road from inside new Quatre Bornes residential area.
Bus was moving with some interruptions of traffic and new ppl were joining bus and some were leaving. Many bus stops came and went. .Conductor came for making ticket and in my foreigner tone I told "Pailotte" when he could not understand I said "next stop of Condos" and he smiled and gave me my ticket.
Then I heard my name from somewhere in the bus. When I looked back it was a girl honestly speaking I know her from her face as we both used to be in same gym for 2 months but my memory I don't remember her name..I just said "oh hii how are you" or "u r still going??" A sweet and short conversation from distant seats ended with friendly smile. Next stop she got down.

And I started watching from my window due to this blockage of road many restaurants and shops are loosing their customer being problem of parking..

With lots of thoughts coming and going in my mind..finally I reached to my destination and saw a fruit seller..Fruits were looking good and fresh..

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