THE APARTMENT WAS COMPLETELY A.C. AND WE WERE RELIEVED AFTER A HARD DAY'S WORK.THERE WAS A CUTE LOOKING GUY INSIDE THE APARTMENT JUST BESIDE OUR TIER. I STAYED AWAKE ALL NIGHT WATCHING HIM DO SOME MUMBO-JUMBO IN HIS LAPTOP AND ALSO... BECAUSE I COULDN'T SLEEP THANKS TO AN OLD GENTLMAN'S GREATLY PERTURBED NOSE. BUT I WAS NOT HAVE AS DISTURBED AS WERE THE OTHER PASSENGERS INCLUDING CUTIE! MY SISTR AWOKE (I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER SHE SLEPT ) AND THE CUTIE CALLED UPTO HER, "MAM, I KNOW EVEN YOU ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM; WHY NOT TELL HIM SOMETHING?"
MY SISTER SMILED. TRUE,WE WERE ALL FACING THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT WHAT WOULD WE SAY? PLEASE SIR STOP SNORTING! YOU MAKE MY EARS PAIN!? .WELL FINALLY HE CAME TO THE RESCUE. HE WOKE THE MAN UP AND LIKE A PERFECT GENTLEMAN SAID,"SIR I KNOW YOU HAVE PROBLEMS BUT EVERYONE IS GETTING DISTURBED ,COULD YOU CONTROL A BIT?"
AS IS EXPECTED, THE MAN STOPPED SNORTING. BUT HE RESUMED IT AFTER A FEW MINUTES!

AS GOOD AS IT GETS

IT WAS QUITE SOMETIME THAT I'D GONE FOR A VACATION.SO WHEN I HEARD THAT MY SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW WERE GOING TO DARJEELING I COULDN'T WAIT TO JOIN THEM. HILL-STATIONS HAD ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVOURITE.
THUS ONE HOT SUMMER EVENING WE PACKED OUR BAGS AND GOT READY TO BOARD THE SUMMER SPECIAL THAT WAS TO START FROM SEALDAH STATION AT 10:40p.m. IT WAS THE TWELVTH OF MAY WHEN I LEFT MY MOTHER, HOME AND MY SWEET LITTLE TEDDY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS. I FELT BAD BUT WAS EXCITED FOR MY 1st SOLO VENTURE. THE TAXI WHEEDLED THROUGH A NETWORK OF SIDEWAYS AND SLUMS IN THE DARK ALLEYS OF BYPASS. WE SAW A WEDDING AND FACED A COMPLETE BLOCKAGE OF THE NARROW PATH,THANKS TO A HEAVILY LOADEN TRUCK. THIS CONSUMED A BIT OF OUR TIME BUT WE REACHED THE STATION ON TIME.
INSIDE THE STATION IT WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WORLD.FAMILIES WERE CHECKING THEIR LAST-MINUTE LUGGAGES AND REGISTRATION CARDS. KIDS WERE PLAYING ABOUT. SEALDAH STATION WAS AT ITS FULL VIBRANCE. ANYWAY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT LONG. JUST AFTER A FEW MINUTES OUR TRAIN CAME IN AND WE HOPPED ON TO THE APARTMENT.