a tale of a crazy bus driver and 4 banana trees....
It was drizzling that day, with tiny droplets of water being sprinkled all over the roads as they travelled on their way to their destination...."God's pissing on us again", he thought.... it was something that his friends used to say during their days in London..... It never rained in London, not when they studied there at least, and his friends being the jokers that they were would poke fun at anything they could, including rain.....
They were driving on small country roads now, passing through paddy fields, houses made of straw, and he could see cows and goats grazing, oblivious to the rain..... the people didnt really seem affected either, and why should they? after all, they're probably used to it, he wasnt surprised if they found it cooling as they were in the middle of a hot blazing summer....
He remembered them approaching a corner, feeling the car slowing down..... he suddenly felt the car swerve suddenly, and then the realisation of the situation dawned upon him..... the sound of screeching brakes hit him 1st before he saw the bus coming from the opposite side..... the bus was taking up the whole road, and there was no room for his vehicle to manouvre....
his driver frantically jammed on his brakes, swerved off the road and tried to bring it back into control again.... the bus blazed past their 4-wheel drive, seemingly unable (or unwilling) to slow down, and passed harmlessly by..... "that was close", he thought..... or so he thought anyway..... the driver was unable to regain control of the car, as the vehicle slid around in the mud off the road.....
he remembered the 3 trees, as the 4-wheel drive crashed into the trees headfirst..... the side of the vehicle slammed into a 4th tree, pinning them all in..... it all happened so fast, he barely had time to raise his hands in front of him, bracing himself for impact..... "thank goodness for safety belts", he muttered to himself...... amazed that he was allright..... he was also thankful that the driver, and the other 3 occupants at the back was also unhurt.....dazed, in shock, but thankfully unharmed.....
he stares at the trees, banana trees they were..... and beyond the banana trees, they was no road.... if not for the trees, they would have flown into a 3 metre high ditch, and with that, he feared, they would not have been so lucky..... he stared outside the window of his front passenger seat," I cant get out of the car this way"...... the ditch was much bigger than he thought, and the 4th tree also saved them from falling in as well....
he was amazed though at the response of the villagers, who happily helped them push the car out of the mud, and back onto the road.... feeling very shaken but very fortunate, he read out a quick prayer of thanks to God before re-entering the car, and back on their way to work.....
just another normal day in bangladesh eh.....
They were driving on small country roads now, passing through paddy fields, houses made of straw, and he could see cows and goats grazing, oblivious to the rain..... the people didnt really seem affected either, and why should they? after all, they're probably used to it, he wasnt surprised if they found it cooling as they were in the middle of a hot blazing summer....
He remembered them approaching a corner, feeling the car slowing down..... he suddenly felt the car swerve suddenly, and then the realisation of the situation dawned upon him..... the sound of screeching brakes hit him 1st before he saw the bus coming from the opposite side..... the bus was taking up the whole road, and there was no room for his vehicle to manouvre....
his driver frantically jammed on his brakes, swerved off the road and tried to bring it back into control again.... the bus blazed past their 4-wheel drive, seemingly unable (or unwilling) to slow down, and passed harmlessly by..... "that was close", he thought..... or so he thought anyway..... the driver was unable to regain control of the car, as the vehicle slid around in the mud off the road.....
he remembered the 3 trees, as the 4-wheel drive crashed into the trees headfirst..... the side of the vehicle slammed into a 4th tree, pinning them all in..... it all happened so fast, he barely had time to raise his hands in front of him, bracing himself for impact..... "thank goodness for safety belts", he muttered to himself...... amazed that he was allright..... he was also thankful that the driver, and the other 3 occupants at the back was also unhurt.....dazed, in shock, but thankfully unharmed.....
he stares at the trees, banana trees they were..... and beyond the banana trees, they was no road.... if not for the trees, they would have flown into a 3 metre high ditch, and with that, he feared, they would not have been so lucky..... he stared outside the window of his front passenger seat," I cant get out of the car this way"...... the ditch was much bigger than he thought, and the 4th tree also saved them from falling in as well....
he was amazed though at the response of the villagers, who happily helped them push the car out of the mud, and back onto the road.... feeling very shaken but very fortunate, he read out a quick prayer of thanks to God before re-entering the car, and back on their way to work.....
just another normal day in bangladesh eh.....
posted by zufar | 10:50 PM
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