Another fate of ill luck or luck...hard too decide …
Boarded the Trans Atlantic flight with all pumped up hopes and assertion for success...so here I land back in USA with people wondering what I am up to...flying back and forth spending money ,recklessly , wish I could explain ,but well , I should’t worry about them too much ..
New York gave me a few more opportunities, but met with the same flushing struck ill luck...may be the place is Jinxed for me … Ironically enough I live at the HOLY Avenue there ...
And then Ana’s news which actually made me numb ,weather it was jet lag , or the throbbing bolt of repeated failures or the serenity with which she hid her feelings or the outrage in me … I don’t know…but I was numb not being able to think rationally ,
Well the Red stone given by the pundit is actually showing its colors …god dammit …
And if that was not enough ,I rush to Port authority NY , to catch the bus to Pittsburgh only to realize that the fukin over night bus is already full..dosent make sense as I was the frontline passenger but the bus wont take me ..someone yelled there is a bus going to Cleveland and If you take it you make catch a connection to pisstburgh in time..i was like ok..
So I climb up the greyhound and traveling when after sometime this ticket checker comes and asks me why the hell are you traveling this route when you are obviously taken the longer route ..i was like I was advices to ..i wasn’t in this country dude!!
So scared whats gonna happen I travel overnight ……reach Cleveland Ohio in the morning at 8 and then realize next connection to Pittsburgh is after 4 hours , I was like Im not gonna make it to my flight from Pittsburgh to Oklahoma in time if this happens but was assured It’s a short flight of 2 hours and I Would make it …okae I said ..lets enjoy Ohio..
I go out and remain surprised ,cuz everywhere I look its just Black brothers around the place …hell How did Barack loose here ..well the place was laid back relaxed ..and it was good knowing the place ..the science city , the Cleveland State uni, Cleveland clinic which was just half n hr away from in distance but 2 days away to open as it was a weekend…
Well so altlast got up on the bus to Pittsburgh after this 3 hours break , which included beginning of my new novel and a great thepla achar coffee breakfast …
Hmm …so the journey to Pittsburgh was a eye candy ..really …the highs and lows of the terrain made me recall my life .. and the hill station kinda place with this rainy weather made me realize , this is where I wanted to be , In a place like this always always , I had given Boston a higher ranking than any other city I have yet visited in America , but hell Pittsburgh was bettering It already ..
So I touch base and realize that this is a weekend and the usual airport shuttle is running late and so I wont be able to make it in time for my flight at 5 3o to Oklahoma , it was already 4 pm..
So I get on a taxi very very reluctantly because the whole purpose of choosing this route to Oklahoma was to save money and this taxi walla was gonna drain me ….34 dollars ..do I look like a businessman or something..
The man was nice and we talked a lot on the way to the airport , only to be stopped by a traffic fukin jam in the way ..and I was told we would be help up only momentarily ..sure..I said ..i made it to the airport the taxi meter read 41 dollars and my heart beat read ..a attack Fresh MI , But he cut it out and made it an even 30 for me …I picked up my bags thanked him and ran …
Reached the delta counter to realize they transferred the flite to Northwest and I ran to the NW counter ,But the line was long ..so I waited for the Self check in kiosk…my turn came 15 min later and I put in my e ticket number …the fukin computer as if reading my luck displayed the message that broke sweat on my face …I was late by 2 min .to the 30 min time limit before the fight take off ..to check n..and so Dr.Akshat ..you are royally fucked ..i ran from counter to counter to realize the great American proverb..there is nothing I can do sir “ repeated over n over again..and the next flight was scheduled only the next day ..hell Im in debt already how am I gonna afford going back to downtown where these was a cheap youth hostel I had checked on the net just in case it might ever be needed and it was ringing 41 dollars times two in taxi already ..easily avoiding the rent of the room …I acted patiently and although couldn’t stop praying against my wish ..as it had brought nothing good ever till now to me ..but as ever those prayers were not answered and I was left alone standing seeing my plane take off…
Nancy was a 70 something old lady at the NWest airline counter seeing me running around ,she called me and told me that there was a flight next morning at 6 50 if I wanted …so I said what am I gonna do over the night …I have no money nothing …wasn’t true though in the real sense ,,but really didn’t have the guts to spend that kinda money on me ..for the fault which was not mine …she told me jain …you have been patient and nice to me ( I did extend my help to fellow passengers lifting some heavy bags ..which she noticed ) ..and so let me get you a hotel room and I would advice you to make the max outta it by taking the 11 30 morning flight tomorrow instead of the 650 one to enjoy this night ..
I couldn’t believe what I hear d next..she calls up her supervisor and says due to ‘her “ fault I couldn’t check in time ( partly correct as if she would have been faster to check me in I would be on ) newyas ..i got a king sized bed room in the Hyatt Regency for the night and hell I showered and jumped into that king sized bed into the mushy cushions and mattress ..then it occurred to me ..i liked this place on face value ..i have the night let me explore it ..so within minutes I was out on that airport bus to downtown ..made a friend on the bus and took some info as to what could I do …and reached downtown to realize a open air rock show was on , so I hummed along enjoying ..it stared thundering and added to the rock effect …it started raining and I was ecstatic ..well this misfortune was being converted by me as a great fun trip ,thanks to my positive thinking and zeal to enjoy wherever I am …
Strolled around saw the pirates baseball match from over the high bridge which over looked the stadium.the view was breathtaking ..standing on the bridge in the night overlooking stadium and light rain pouring …wooa…
Someone told me about a club down the bridge ..and as the home team had won tonight the whole city was humming with energy and the club was obviously bubbling ..with drinks in the house and super music playing ..i checked my watch it was10 already ..good songs followed and I enjoyed the ambiance slowly sipping on my glass..it felt good..wished to dance ..but I let it go…wanting too much fun would be an excess too..and plus I had not drained myself enough to have enjoyed the dance enough like I did after professional exams ..when I Really used to let go..
Had a pizza at a shop close by and some baklava on the way back to the airport to jump into my cozy bed again and watched movies till 4 in the morning ..I'm still sleepy right now at the Detroit airport waiting to take my connecting flight to Oklahoma , but wanted all these memories to be penned down …for later reference who knows..
Might end up on my blog…
