The bike trip and the feel of redemption
For any student of SRM University Chennai, the favorite weekend destination is Pondicherry (Pudducherry). Whenever we get time, we just rush down to the bus stop and catch a bus for pondi! And in most cases, this is done without any sort of planning.
So, during my study leaves (so called), i was bored to the last degree. And then it occurred to me, that the weather is beautiful and i need some time with myself somewhere quiet. Well, what could i have done next? Grabbed my bike and called up a friend.
As Darrel Royal rightly said, " Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's rear end everyday."
Morning 9:30, we pushed from our college on a bit rusty, and a bit old, Splendor +. The bike might be an economy bike, but for that day, it was nothing less than a Harley for us.
I couldn't have asked for a better weather for a road trip. The sky was filled with clouds and not a single ray of sun. There was cool breeze and the landscapes were spectacular. For all those who say Chennai has no beauty in it, well, u certainly have not experienced what i have experienced that day.
We stopped for a couple of coffee breaks and then there we were. We sat on a rock at the rock beach for about half an hour, listening to the waves clashing with the rocks. It was the sound of the nature....pure and untarnished.. Then we had our lunch. And then grabbed two cans of Tuborg green and went to Auro beach.
The clouds parted a bit by then. We were sitting on the beach with our time in the sun and sipping the chilled beer. And then i understood, how Andy Dufresne's friends might have been feeling sitting on the tar roof on a sunny day having chilled beer.
That feeling, for me was the feel of redemption.
And, then we headed back to pavilion. That was the end of it. Of a journey, not so big or special in any conventional sense, but special and appeasing in every other sense.
Heres one to the bikes and the journeys they had.
Peace.
For any student of SRM University Chennai, the favorite weekend destination is Pondicherry (Pudducherry). Whenever we get time, we just rush down to the bus stop and catch a bus for pondi! And in most cases, this is done without any sort of planning.
So, during my study leaves (so called), i was bored to the last degree. And then it occurred to me, that the weather is beautiful and i need some time with myself somewhere quiet. Well, what could i have done next? Grabbed my bike and called up a friend.
As Darrel Royal rightly said, " Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's rear end everyday."
Morning 9:30, we pushed from our college on a bit rusty, and a bit old, Splendor +. The bike might be an economy bike, but for that day, it was nothing less than a Harley for us.
I couldn't have asked for a better weather for a road trip. The sky was filled with clouds and not a single ray of sun. There was cool breeze and the landscapes were spectacular. For all those who say Chennai has no beauty in it, well, u certainly have not experienced what i have experienced that day.
We stopped for a couple of coffee breaks and then there we were. We sat on a rock at the rock beach for about half an hour, listening to the waves clashing with the rocks. It was the sound of the nature....pure and untarnished.. Then we had our lunch. And then grabbed two cans of Tuborg green and went to Auro beach.
The clouds parted a bit by then. We were sitting on the beach with our time in the sun and sipping the chilled beer. And then i understood, how Andy Dufresne's friends might have been feeling sitting on the tar roof on a sunny day having chilled beer.
That feeling, for me was the feel of redemption.
And, then we headed back to pavilion. That was the end of it. Of a journey, not so big or special in any conventional sense, but special and appeasing in every other sense.
Heres one to the bikes and the journeys they had.
Peace.
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