Dear Life ,
Whenever I think that no nothing is happening in my life . You put me on a Rock and get me Rolling.
Whenever I think that no nothing is happening in my life . You put me on a Rock and get me Rolling.
May is more or less a holiday season in France , and there were two long weekends in alternate weeks. As usual I am quite like to go for short trips and on one of the weekends I decided for a bag pack trip to Spain - Seville and Madrid . But that never really happened , I dont know why but from a few days before I was feeling very lonely and away from my family from last five months , I was a little upset. From a lot many days I did not visit a single friend , nor did I talk to anyone and actually it was the reason I planned a trip to spain for five days to give myself a break . But somewhat at the last moment i started feeling the butterflies in my stomach and even the break from work looked like an overload .I turned down my plan to travel and wasted the flight tickets that i had already done and just sitting at home and spending a gloomy day at home . Wasn't very proud of it though , but anyways ..
I was sulking at my home and I got a call from one of my friends who was a junior and I knew him from Gurgaon and was living in France in Montpillier which is sort of close to marseille.. He had few times called me previously as well and told me to visit him and I had kind of ignored it .But this time he asked me again and I was feeling so bored and unhappy that I pushed myself and said yes to visit him for a short day trip .
Montepiller , is around 2 hours from Marseille .I called him up at night and told him I will reach at 10 am and he assured me he would be there at the station to pick me up so I need not bother anything else. So I said fine if not Spain , certainly I should go to Mp. Got up early , got ready , had a coffee and started .I was feeling good after a few days. Sometimes just the feeling that you know someone is quite a good comeback in this unknown land . I would say it was a day when I had really pushed myself hard to feel happy and relaxed yet again .
I got into the bus stand I called him up , but he did not pick my phone . I thought he is sleeping and I sent him a text and I got in the bus , At 9 am I messaged him again , No reply . As the bus reached the station I started calling him yet again , a bit constantly this time . I would generally not that otherwise . I got down at the station and to my surprise the bus stand was outside the city , unlike most european cities where the bus stand is at the city enter . I was thoroughly confused because I did not have his address and me had decided to meet at the station .
After half an hour of constantly calling him he picked the phone .His voice seemed flaky and it seemed he did not recognize me . I was in complete surprise what happened for I just talked last night and everything seemed okay . I got worried and asked him if he was okay . He said he is fine , but well his voice did not seem like . Then he said I was sleeping . I found something strange and I asked him is he drunk ? He denied but asked me to pick a taxi and visit him . But when i asked him his address he did not remember it as well . Now I was sure he was drunk and in a severe handover from last night . I cant say how surprised I was. To be honest i had no clue how to react . I told him that he needs to come to the city center in the next half hour or I am going back .
That was crazy and and well no more funny . This just took my by a shock actually . I wasn't in a mood of any adventure or risk anything . It was a bit too much for me . I was stuck now , in the middle of the nowhere place called Montpelier . I was so furious that i took a long walk around the city square just to calm down . I was just wondering what to do now , go back , not go back , and preparing myself to behave sober infront of this drunk friend of mine .After 40 minutes of waiting I got a call from this friend and he was in a taxi at the city center . I told him to come out . He was kind of hesitant to step out of the taxi , but I insisted .
He got out from the taxi , a lad in his pyjamas and slippers and a black sweat shirt , with eyes half open and uncombed hair and unshaven . He was unable to walk straight and was almost limping and he just came and stood behind me . For a while i couldn't recognize him , It must have been 11 Am that time and it was quite sunny and wow what an entry of this super hero . He started muttering something and confessed finally that he is badly drunk and he needs to sleep some more to get put of the hangover . I asked him why didnt he tell me that last night ...well there wasnt an answer obviously . I asked him to go back and sleep . He apologized , but well I did not have much to tell him .The situation was not just embarrassing but amusing as well .Ironically, the name of the city center in Montepiller is La Comedie .
Then i just went to the stairs of the nearby cathedral and just laughed by myself for five minutes and Told myself Whatt-a-Day. I called my best friend in India and told what happened just now and then we both laughed together like idiots. So Life had already given me some lemons , so I decided to make some lemonade .
I had a day to spend now . I checked on google on the places to visit there and went to the tourist center and asked them what is the best plan to cover in five hours and marked the places to visit .
but before leaving i decided to charge the battery of my phone and myself and just tried to check some local spots . Just then , I saw a collegue of mine was their with his girl friend . I said hey , how are you here and he said , "just for a visit" . I was really glad to see them and I told them what happened today morning . They had a good laugh and he and his girlfriend became quit quick friends of mine . They then offered me to explore the city with them and we started . It was so much fun with the couple , They are both chinese but now been in France from so long . They told me their experiences and I told them mine and I ended in a fun day and a fun evening .
So finally I ended in a fun evening , though uncertain but was enough to make me laugh on they day on which I had two options sulk or have fun with .And I am happy I chose the latter :)
I was sulking at my home and I got a call from one of my friends who was a junior and I knew him from Gurgaon and was living in France in Montpillier which is sort of close to marseille.. He had few times called me previously as well and told me to visit him and I had kind of ignored it .But this time he asked me again and I was feeling so bored and unhappy that I pushed myself and said yes to visit him for a short day trip .
Montepiller , is around 2 hours from Marseille .I called him up at night and told him I will reach at 10 am and he assured me he would be there at the station to pick me up so I need not bother anything else. So I said fine if not Spain , certainly I should go to Mp. Got up early , got ready , had a coffee and started .I was feeling good after a few days. Sometimes just the feeling that you know someone is quite a good comeback in this unknown land . I would say it was a day when I had really pushed myself hard to feel happy and relaxed yet again .
I got into the bus stand I called him up , but he did not pick my phone . I thought he is sleeping and I sent him a text and I got in the bus , At 9 am I messaged him again , No reply . As the bus reached the station I started calling him yet again , a bit constantly this time . I would generally not that otherwise . I got down at the station and to my surprise the bus stand was outside the city , unlike most european cities where the bus stand is at the city enter . I was thoroughly confused because I did not have his address and me had decided to meet at the station .
After half an hour of constantly calling him he picked the phone .His voice seemed flaky and it seemed he did not recognize me . I was in complete surprise what happened for I just talked last night and everything seemed okay . I got worried and asked him if he was okay . He said he is fine , but well his voice did not seem like . Then he said I was sleeping . I found something strange and I asked him is he drunk ? He denied but asked me to pick a taxi and visit him . But when i asked him his address he did not remember it as well . Now I was sure he was drunk and in a severe handover from last night . I cant say how surprised I was. To be honest i had no clue how to react . I told him that he needs to come to the city center in the next half hour or I am going back .
That was crazy and and well no more funny . This just took my by a shock actually . I wasn't in a mood of any adventure or risk anything . It was a bit too much for me . I was stuck now , in the middle of the nowhere place called Montpelier . I was so furious that i took a long walk around the city square just to calm down . I was just wondering what to do now , go back , not go back , and preparing myself to behave sober infront of this drunk friend of mine .After 40 minutes of waiting I got a call from this friend and he was in a taxi at the city center . I told him to come out . He was kind of hesitant to step out of the taxi , but I insisted .
He got out from the taxi , a lad in his pyjamas and slippers and a black sweat shirt , with eyes half open and uncombed hair and unshaven . He was unable to walk straight and was almost limping and he just came and stood behind me . For a while i couldn't recognize him , It must have been 11 Am that time and it was quite sunny and wow what an entry of this super hero . He started muttering something and confessed finally that he is badly drunk and he needs to sleep some more to get put of the hangover . I asked him why didnt he tell me that last night ...well there wasnt an answer obviously . I asked him to go back and sleep . He apologized , but well I did not have much to tell him .The situation was not just embarrassing but amusing as well .Ironically, the name of the city center in Montepiller is La Comedie .
Then i just went to the stairs of the nearby cathedral and just laughed by myself for five minutes and Told myself Whatt-a-Day. I called my best friend in India and told what happened just now and then we both laughed together like idiots. So Life had already given me some lemons , so I decided to make some lemonade .
I had a day to spend now . I checked on google on the places to visit there and went to the tourist center and asked them what is the best plan to cover in five hours and marked the places to visit .
but before leaving i decided to charge the battery of my phone and myself and just tried to check some local spots . Just then , I saw a collegue of mine was their with his girl friend . I said hey , how are you here and he said , "just for a visit" . I was really glad to see them and I told them what happened today morning . They had a good laugh and he and his girlfriend became quit quick friends of mine . They then offered me to explore the city with them and we started . It was so much fun with the couple , They are both chinese but now been in France from so long . They told me their experiences and I told them mine and I ended in a fun day and a fun evening .
So finally I ended in a fun evening , though uncertain but was enough to make me laugh on they day on which I had two options sulk or have fun with .And I am happy I chose the latter :)
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