Angel Strangers

Sometimes u come across wonderful people who appear just from nowhere n become saviours. I came across two such gentlemen recently at different places who helped me in the trouble hours.

We were coming back from a road trip to Kintamani, Bali. That was a blessed day cos series of incidents happened throughout the day. We left early in the morning so couldn't get the currency exchanged. We had some money with us but that wasn't enough. Since we were driving on the country-side, we couldn't find any money exchanger. Nonetheless, we spent carefully n kept exploring the places. N yes we shopped a lil ;)

By evening we had exhuasted all our money n we were actually pennyless and we were still almost 50 - 60 KM away from our destination. Not a good news in a Foreign Land! My friend was lil apprehensive abt the situation so I assured her that we'll definitely reach our hotel without hassle.

Luckily we had fuel in our tank. We started our journey n everything was in order till we came close to the city. We entered Denpasar n our destination was Kuta. After following few road signs n driving for almost 45 minutes we realized tht we r lost. We were asking route every now n then but now Denpasar seem like a big Maze. We asked route from a biker n he told us that he is going in the same direction so we can follow him. We started following him but with a lil apprehension as Indonesia is one of the 'not so safe' countries. So we stopped after following him for a while n asked the roadside ppl if we r going in the right direction. Tht sweet lil Balinese boy waited a few feet away from us so tht we don't loose his sight n get lost agn. After following him for almost 20-25 mins we still reached nowhere near Kuta. By that time our fuel indicator was shouting 'LOW'. No money n now fuel. In true words we were in a shit situation. Unfortunately we couldn't find any money exchanger on our way.

Wen the needle touched 'zero' fuel we shared that we r out of fuel with the Balinese boy. He stopped in front of the next fuel station n asked us to get it refilled. Poor boy din't know our monetary situation, we also tried our luck...in case the fuel station might accept our USDs. But NO it dint work thr. We finally went to tht boy n told him tht we hv no fuel n we hv no money either. Tht guy lended money to us to get it refilled...Obliged, we followed him n after 20 mins we reached a place tht was known to us n very close to our hotel.

First thing we did thr was, got sm money exchanged n returned him. We might hv paid him the money bk but we'll nvr b able to repay for the help he extended to us on tht eventful day. He has marked an impression which will last forever.

God bless tht Balinese Guy!!!

Quite similar incident happened few days bk at Agra. Luckily thr was no issue of money and fuel this time, just tht we got lost. A nice gentleman guided us to our destination n disppeared into nowhere after we reached thr...We could just say Thanks to him.

Laalu n Kaalu

I have promised a friend of mine that this story will come as a blog here..its been months now n still I haven't progressed beyond a para...but today it seems I'll be able to upload it.

This is the story of Laalu n Kaalu.. story of thr friendship, thr communication n thr connection..spread over a span of thirteen long years... yeah thirteen years n yet they hv not been wid each other in person for even thirteen hours...

Shy Kaalu n timid Laalu joined a new school together in class XI. Same class, same subjects yet nothin beyond formal interaction....

Nxt yr Laalu moved to diff city...Yr went by...Laalu moved to another city after completing her high school..for the 1st time away frm family..lil enticed lil worried lil confused...trying to explore the world frm a new perspective...n thr she found a wonderful friend for life in her Roomie... Life was busy those days...classes, studies, and above all managing life on her own... One fine evening she went to nearby market for grocery. On the way back she saw Kaalu coming from the other side..'Kaalu', instantly she recognized n so did Kaalu...but both were too lazy or I shd say too ignorant to even say 'Hello' to each other..Time moved on..By this time, she knew that Kaalu lives somewhr nearby as they bumped into each other every now n then... Still thr was a wall of silence between them.

A year later Laalu parted from her Roomie and joined another college. But destiny had something else in store...Kaalu n Roomie landed in the same college...Since Rommie had been wid Laalu for most of her grocery trips, she knew who Kaalu is.. Immediately they became friends..Now Roomie was the link between Kaalu n Laalu.. It was NOW that they were named as 'Laalu' n 'Kaalu' by each other.

Their news flew to each other through set of common friends.

Four years of College passed by and both joined different school for Post Graduation...Laalu got busier n started interacting less wid Roomie...a year later Roomie joined Laalu's B-school and they became roomies once again... Roomie was still in touch wid her college friend 'Kaalu' in cyber-world...One fine day, they decided to group-chat...this was for the 1st time 'Kaalu' n 'Laalu' were actually interacting...slowly the frequency of group-chat started increasing and soon it was only Kaalu n Laalu talking to each other...Swiftly few minutes of chat seesions became day long chat sessions. They nvr thot they'll get along so well n become such a good friends....

By the end of 3rd Semester both started preparing for their campus.. By this time both were hooked to system for atleast 7-8 hrs a day...talking abt every damn hour.. life was fun for both of them... That May, Laalu n Kaalu had to join their respective job in diff cities.

Corporate life comes wid its own challenges...thr interaction became less n less...1.5 yrs passed by like this. One day Laalu got the opportunity to visit Kaalu's city for a day to attend her cousin's wedding. Bingo!! After 11 years they'll get a chance to meet each other...

Then the final day came...Laalu n Kaalu were sitting right in front of each other...not even for a sec they felt tht they were long distance friends and nvr sat wid each other face to face. They chat non-stop as if ol' friends hv reunited after ages. However the meeting was quite short...Laalu's flight was after 2 hours so she had to leave...

This year coincidently Kaalu was in Laalu's town on a day after her B'day. He had almost 6 hrs to b wid her.. Laalu decided to drop office n meet him...This was thr 1st long reunion. As anticipated they had super fun time...

Time moved on...Kaalu got busier n Laalu also got lost in her world.... Almost 2 yrs later Kaalu agn visited Laalu's town..This time they met at the Airport for abt an hr... Every time they meet each other they updated each other abt themselves, they reminiscse thr chat sessions, thr meets and not to forget count thr hrs of being in front of each other...

Next time the gap between thr meets was less than 6 months and the venue once agn was 'Airport'...

Till now they hv been wid each other in person for around 11 hrs, yet the emotional connect they share is very strong and deep.

Both of them kno tht they r FRIENDS FOR LIFE.... I hope they meet agn very soon...n this time for a longer time....

:)