Praveen Arimbrathodiyil blogs here

Traffic seemed horrible during early days of coming to Bangalore. But now it is the saviour for me !! Everyday the HP bus comes by 8.25am and we (me and VR) mange to catch the bus for somedays. But we started missing bus by minutes and even seconds. Many times we saw the tail of the bus but we were helpless. One day we took an auto and it burned our pockets and we were forced to think of alternatives.

One day the I saw the bus moving ahead of me and I ran past it and hoped to catch it in Udupi gardens signal, but by split second the bus moved past the signal and the vehicles from the other direction poured in and I was helpless and watched others boarding the bus on the other side and when the traffic cleared for me the bus left That was very disappointing.

The next day I was waiting in Udupi Gardens signal (near petrol pump) and this time I got the bus when it breaked while crossing the signal. Another occation when the bus didn’t stop fo us, evryone was clueless as to what to do but I knew it can go far and I ran behind it and caught it. Other also followed me.

The traffic is proving very much helpful for me. I don’t wait for the bus but the bus wait for me One day after I shfted near to MICO layout Over Bridge I vitnessed the best traffic jam ever after coming here The jam started from the Madivala over bridge to the BTM over bridge. Vehicles passed from one signal to another. I walked till Uduppi gardens to check out if any bus is waiting for me but I couldn’t find any so I walked back and on the second round I saw VR waiting (he is still at our old PG) and now we were scanning the long queue of vehicles for HP bus and to our dismay just when our bus came the jam cleared and the bus sped past us. OOPs

But we didn’t lose hope and we ran behind the bus and to our consolation the bus was waiting at Uduppi Garden signal. It would have been very disappointing if we had missed it as I refused the invitation of private buses to take me to EC (ie, Electronic City).

Today I ran from our home till Uduppi Gardens and got the bus. It has been a cat and mouse game and I’m looking forward to the next day
So I like the traffic jams in the morning, I enjoy it, and I can’t live without it now