i m lucky to b writing this, i mean am lucky to b still alive n am lucky to b in one piece wid jus a scratch or two... if u happened to pass by my mutiliated car lying in a ditch beside the road, u wud think the ppl in it must have been dead.. v wer racin frm lingampally to vikarabad to catch a train in an hour to go to mumbai n man, it was raining like mad.. n v wer nvr less than 110kmph... n 10 km n 10 mins frm d station, ther was this narrow bridge, n a bus cumin towards us.. i am nt sure wen my driveer saw dat d road was narrow n only one vehicle cud pass...two sharp cuts n a break..n v wer skiddin on d slippery road, flew off the road into the bushes, kept skiddin fr 15 metres n then it turned around...man, v wer lucky to have seat belts on... n suddenly outta no where, ppl poured in, n wer pushing the car arnd, n v got out shaky n checkin fr bruises... then a luk at d car n my god, i cudnt stop thankin god to b alive... but d split second in which v skid cos v wer at 120kmph as i said... in dat second, i can remeber things as if in a slow motion.. v wer goin thru the shrubs n i thot to myself, v r havin an accident n it luks like jus a roller coaster ride n n o pain... n i told myself to sit back n brace myself n wid one hand was holdin my sis back too cos i remembered her seat belt was loose...
wel, its ovr now.. n i vowed to myself to stop n help wenevr i see an accident cos i was thankfull to thos ppl who rushed to us... n believe me.. NUTHIN in life is worth the risk of ur life... n speed..i enjoyed the ride cos v wer literally flyin, but man, had v gone slower... "YA, n the seat belts n the bushes around saved us..
wen v frm startin frm lingampally,dad wasnt cumin wid us, n i was abt to get into the front passenger seat n then dad said drop me thr ekaod, n then again he dint cum, so apuduki, i was seated in the back(near the left door n sis n mom beside me... ya n the car turned ovr on my side...).. n i shudder to think dat in dat second i mit hav been in the front seat...cos u c the front passenger part of the car caved in so badly cos it hit some huge stone.. n i wudnt hav been here typin this even if i did survive the head injury.... ;) neways... v safe n i happy.. v had been postponing a tripp to shirdi, n now i dont understand how v planned to go to mumbai without goin ther... so , as soon as v can, v ll go visit shirdi... ya n wen u c omens, heed them... produna varalakshmi vratam ki devata ni sadutunapudu, venakalaki jaripinapudu, kinda padipoyindi n my sis said sth s bad s gonna happen.. n v wer to take the train frm lingampalli.. but wen v went ther, it turned out it dint stop ther anymore... adi.. ya n this forebodin was in my mind ki.. i usually hav a sai dollar in my neck which i love so much n jus this time, gav it to the jeweller to put it into a new chain... n it kept naggin in my mind dat i dint wanna go anywhere widout...call me superstistiously silly.... but lol, am happpy i m alive n am writin this jus to remind u guys......................> dat some things in life r jus not worth riskin ur life for... n wen u c an accident, even if u dont go n help, give a call to an ambulance plz.. if u save somebody, u (or ur dear ones) might b saved someday too...
thnx
sahitya
