Arabian Nights 2

Its better to be late than never. As usual I am always right :) . Like very good boys we boarded our plane. As forced bachelors we did nt have anything else to do. We started fiddling with the kick off meeting presentation. I wonder why it is called kick-off that too for a meeting. We were expecting the worst and expecting to be kicked off from the meeting room with that presentation - with no meat and saudi's love meat . My DM alone knows what meat in a presentation means :-) . When Airhostess auntie saw us indulged in laptops, she totally ignored us (  இதுங்க அம்புலிமாமா பசங்க அப்பிடின்னு பழைய ரசம்(????) கூட offer பண்ணல).
That short but uneventful flight brought us to bahrain. bahrain is a free country. Could see huge duty paid shops like Dubai . Announcements were in Hindi as well..  our guys rule the world wherever we go.. May be in the US we might hear announcements in Telugu soon . With still 1 hr to go at the transit to our Luxury bus we were asked to do security check and proceed to bus. என்ன கொடுமைங்க சரவணன் இது ? Boarding Pass =  10 Riyal according to bahrain police mama.(அந்த ஊர் மாமா = நம்ம ஊர் மாமா - தொப்பை ) . நீயே அதை வெச்சி blackla  வித்து  anna nagar la வீடு கட்டு nu  சொல்லிட்டு we proceeded to the bus.
yammadi sooper deluxe dhaan... back la attached car to hold our luggages.. We were wondering why there should be a separate back car attachment . As usual like in any foreign land, whatever our bus driver spoke we were assuming to understand but couldn't get anything out of it. The first learning of the day was put a 'Al' in the beginning of every sentence and end it with 'Maafi'. At half way mark.. bahrain to saudi border.. friendly bahrain rubber stamp guys.. proceeded to saudi side of border.எடுத்தானுங்க பாரு ஒரு finger scan , as usual my dosth  first and me behind him . (திட்டு எல்லாம் அவன் வாங்கிப்பான் . நல்லவன் ) . A beedi size was looking intently at the screen  without any expressions  .  Our driver ran towards my dosth and squeezed his hands to make impressions out of it.
Now comes the main picture . Our driver got down and started saying  something. In my mind it was reframed by my favourite on coimbatore to chennai bus when people in bus are asked to use toilets as bus will stop there for 10 minutes : " ஆத்தூர் வந்திரிச்சி .. ஆம்பளைங்க வலது பக்கம் போங்க . பொம்பளைங்க எடது பக்கம் போங்க. 10  நிமிஷம் நிக்கும் . " 
But all of a sudden the known souls started arranging their luggages on the road . Funniest form of security check. a sniffer dog would be brought to check in usual circumstances. sooper dog. கடிச்சா 1/4 kilo கறி காலி . we were lucky and only a police uncle who does nt want to work came and sent us off. வெக்கமே படாம நெறைய வாட்டி இதே மாதிரி நெறைய ஆளுங்க travel  பண்றாங்க . Now I understood the purpose of the back car attached at the back - easy loading and offloading on the road for security check .
Anyway, we cleared security. Then came the best part of the journey. The vehicle was stranded for 2 hours due to a Technical Snag. (கரெக்ட் word தானே for a professional or should I say bus breakdown :))
Thats all for today. Tomorrow on CRR - Career Rupture Rating -- Oh Weekend? அம்மா சொல்லிகிராங்க working  day  இல் மட்டும் இந்த மாதிரி நல்ல வேலை எல்லாம் பாக்கணும்னு . C u folks on monday ....

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