Iss Traffic se Mujhe Bachaaaooo

You heard it right. I got my driving license today. And what a day. 09-09-09. Astrologers and vedic charts were screaming loud that this is gotta be a very lucky day. So, my indefinite procrastination finally saw the light of the day and I decided to give it a shot. This would decide who's lucky. If I got the license, I am and if I didn't get it, the traffic is lucky !!

First things first, people who have read about my driving lessons must be really curious about what happened to the following issues.
Q 1) Did I master the Indian gaalis??
Q 2) What happened to my driving tutor?
Q 3) Did I succeed in reducing the speed and increasing the sound pollution??

Questions are answered down below in the chronological order
A 1) Well, I should admit that the BBSR traffic is not that rude as I presumed. It's only the oriya animals which were giving me a tough time. But, since they would literally give a DEAF ear to my Telugu gaalis, I just managed to keep my mouth clean.

A 2) After my non-stop chatter about the American swanky sports cars and the express freeways, my driving tutor is nowhere to be seen in Orissa. LAST SEEN and HEARD with SRK ji in an american detention centre !!!

A 3) Speed knows no boundaries on my car. And since there are no RADARs, the roads are my playground !! Nothing much to say about the noise pollution. It's like a drop in the ocean.

So, after much deliberation and my own way of arguing that I wouldn't go to give the driving test, I finally relented. Just because of Akki's bday today. Who?? Akshay 'Singh' Kumar !! As I was turning the morning paper, I realised that he turned 42... which meant nothing less than another decade of some mindless entertainers. But who cares?? He is the Box office KINGGGG !! and the KING declared that it's indeed a lucky day for everyone. Hmmmm... Time to hit the road then!!

Off I went to the test centre. There was a huge ground and it immediately reminded me of some sports meet we used to attend while in school. And then, I saw this S writ large on the ground. It was a huge S shaped road. As soon as I saw this, there were many things which cropped on my mind.

S meant Safety ?? ( which is the least on Indian roads)
S meant Sin ?? ( If i kill something or someone )
S meant Solace ?? ( That's for my hubby if someone killed me !!)
S meant Shanthi ?? (The last thing on my mind right now,...PEACE )
S meant Santa clara ( YESSSS...the place where I got my first driving license ever... For a moment, I got nostalgic about how I had to reappear for the driving test in Ca some 18 months ago.)
S can also mean **it. Which I muttered under my breath and looked at my husband.

By the way, What does this S represent ?? The real indian zig-zag roads? CA driving test was done on REAL roads. Whats this? I asked. My husband giggled and said...You need to go down that S shaped road and come back (using the reverse gear...as if I didn't know!) in the same route. WTH ?? No signals, no safety rules?? And they don't even care if you put on the seat belt. But being the true Californian that I am, I didn't take a chance and came out triumphant.

Here, I have to mention that there's a separate queue for ladies. And I was the only one in the queue. Ho ho ho !! Apparently, most of the ladies prefer the two-wheelers while they give the wheel to the stronger sex...Strong here means who can survive the Indian gaalis. :P
So, while the rest of the junta was waiting for their turn in that hot sun, I completed the entire formality within 15 minutes. For a moment, I stopped being feminist and took the golden opportunity being knocked, just because am an indian woman. hehehe. Yeah, that's one wicked facet of mine many didn't know.

And so, here we go. I can never forget today's date. With an eventful day starting up, I spent a bit of my remaining morning time in retail therapy. Durga Puja is fast approaching and so are the discounts. Did I tell you that I got a skirt for just Rs.150 ( at 70 % discount !!) Well, I stopped the conversion thing. You better do it for yourself, or stop doing it to regain the Solace and Shanthi !!!