Phew! Yesterday was the day I will be remembering for long, not for very good reasons though. I would have never witnessed a day so wet. It started raining at my place as early as 8 AM and it just refused to stop. The rain went on and on, almost till 8 PM.
The part of the day I enjoyed the most was my way back from office. My office is hardly five kms away from my home and I generally commute on my bike. Due to the flooded situation in and around the city, people were advised to leave home early. Since, I am put up close by I never thought that the rain could pose problems to me too. I started from my office at 7:30 PM and it was still drizzling then. The traffic was so heavy that it took me more than thirty minutes to traverse a distance of 100 meter. One should be reminded that I was on my bike. I could sense that it would take an eternity for me to reach home on my bike. I started contemplating on the idea of going home by foot.
I somehow managed to push my bike towards the footpath, and take it back to my office parking area. I started walking my way back home, I soon realized that it was a very wise decision and there were lots of other guys who were also walking back their way to houses. I could also agnize that the vehicles were moving in terms of inches rather than kilometers. I had to walk a stretch of almost 3 kms before I passed out of the mess created by the traffic jam. I had heard of 'raining cats and dogs', but I felt like I was in a sea of vehicles (perhaps it was the cars and autos in stead of raindrops). I was lucky enough to get an auto at this juncture and I travelled the rest of the way by auto.
It was an experience I will remember for long, but of course not a pleasant one.
