One day, an uncle sat in a front seat and, he looked a few times
back. Later on, he gave his phone and SIM card to me and, asked me to put that
SIM into his phone. By looking at his face and behavior, I understood that he
drunk a lot.
So, I politely said that I don’t know how to do that and, it made
him angry. Then he murmured something and, blamed me. He said that 'Always
wires are in the ears but do not know how to do this simple task. That was the
only thing I could hear even though he murmured something else.
This incident also a different one and that day I was coming
back after finishing a tuition class. At that time, I did not have changes. So,
I gave a five hundred Rupees note to the bus conductor and, he had to return
about four hundred Rupees as the balance.
At that time he did not give me the
balance by asking me to remind it when getting down from the bus. I was in the
last seat in that bus and, there were few people in that row. After a while,
one uncle talked to the conductor and asked my balance. Then the conductor said
“Sure. I will give it to her”. A little bit later, that uncle asked the balance
again and, it made conductor angry. Even though I did not ask, he blamed me
and, said “I’m not taking your money and get down. I will give to you. You
don’t need to worry.” Then that uncle replied back and, there was a small
argument among them. Once it finished, I said “uncle, please don’t ask balance
from him. I will ask when I get down from the bus”. Then I acted like sleep by
following up on my one safety method.
Sometimes, I got late to come home from the office and, I had to
travel at the night around nine p.m. So, it was a big headache for my parents
and, they asked me to stop this several times. However, for some reason, I
could not obey them due to workload or meetings I had in the evenings at the
office.
If I had to leave the office a bit early without attending for
those, then there was another problem at the office even though it resolved my
parents’ issue. So, either my parents or seniors in the workplace blamed
me due to this situation. Sometimes, I came home in the very early morning
around four or clock by a cab and, went back to the office again around ten
a.m. once I worked for a European project. I had to resolve some issues with
them in their time zone. So, my parents also used to wake up and, wait for me
even though I asked them to sleep. These were the main reasons for these night
or midnight journeys.
This incident happened when I was coming home around nine p.m.
It was a Friday and, the buses were crowded. So, I had to take two buses. Time
was around nine-thirty p.m. when I was waiting for the next bus. There
were a few men in the bus stand and, there were no ladies. At that time, most
of the buses were already gone and, I could not get into any buses due to the
crowd. You know that I’m not going when there is a big crowd…
So, I asked my
father to come there. But I knew that it was about thirty minutes' journey
though I asked him to pick me. Therefore I was so scared to wait for him with
those few people. So, I went to one shop and did some window shopping. But
at that time, they were closing down their shop. So, I had to tell my concern
to them and, asked to stay there a little longer. Luckily, they agreed to wait
for my father and, it was a big relief for me. As I knew that my father also
scared and, come in a rush, I said that “No hurry. You come safely and slowly”.
But it made him angrier and more stressed. Once my father came, I thanked
very much to the staff of that shop and came home. Once I came home, I saw
that my mother was crying by murmuring something and, my sister was blaming me
like a non-stop song. Father did not speak to me and, he was very silent due to
anger. Ohh shit…! Only our doggy welcomed me as usual.
One day, only a few men left on the bus with me when I was
coming home on such a night journey. At that time there were about ten
kilometers to our home. So, this made me scared a lot by remembering a rape
incident happened inside the bus and that was happening even though that girl's
boyfriend was there. He could not control those men as a film. So, this girl
raped by a few men. There were similar rape cases inside the buses in our
country as well. At that time, I remembered all these stories and, it increased
my fear a lot. I was confused more by looking back.
The guy who had a weird
look smiled at me and, it was an abnormal smile. Sometimes, I saw his smile
suspiciously because of the fear I had at that time. Perhaps he understood that
I was afraid. Finally, I reached my destination and, I rang the bell to get
down from the bus. Then the driver turned back and looked at me. He also smiled
weirdly and said something to the conductor. For a few seconds, I was thinking
that, what should I do, if he did not stop the bus. If he did not stop, I
thought to jump from the bus to live or die at that time.
This incident happened when I was going to Colombo for my higher
studies. I got onto the bus at five or clocks in the morning. On that day, I
had an examination as well. But my friend did not come due to a funeral at her
home. We had to bring the identity card as a compulsory thing for the
examination.
After I got onto the bus, I thought that I did not bring my ID
and I suddenly checked it in my bag. Ohh Shit! Yes. It’s not there. So, I got
down from the next town to go back home to bring it. Once I got down from the
bus only, I realized the silly thing I have ever done. Even though a few people
got down with me, none of them left in the bus halt and, all of them went to
different places. Then I left there alone and, the darkness and, a silent made
me scared. I waited for a few minutes, but there were no buses to go back
home.
So, I wanted to run and hide somewhere. It was that much scary moment for
me. At that time, I did not have a mobile phone, and I could not tell my father
to come. I felt helpless and meantime, I heard some rubbish words of a few
people. I heard them only and, I could not see them in the darkness. It
increased my fear a lot and, I thought about my next actions if they come to
me. When I was thinking about these things, a van stopped and, there were about
ten young men in that van. Then the driver said “Hey sister, where are you
going? We can drop you”. Then I said that I was waiting for my father. I
thought that they were some drunk men by looking at their faces and the way
they talked. So, I could not wait for another time and, I wanted to get into
any bus to go to Colombo or home.
It was my fault and, I blamed myself. There were no buses in any
root and, I waited for another few minutes in that horrible environment.
Shortly, several people came to that bus halt and, then only I was conscious
with normal conditions. But I could not forget the series of incidents that happened
within a few minutes.
Later on, I blamed myself for the drama I played, once I saw my identity card
in the bag. It was there in the same pocket, which I used to keep it. I don’t
know what happened actually and why I could not see it early? However, I could
not concentrate on the exam as my mind was a mess. Marks were very low for that
subject. I did not tell this to my parents or sister except my friends.
They also blamed me for the foolish thing I had done. I also accepted my
mistake and, I promised myself not to do the same fault again under any
emergency situation. Actually, if I could think twice and arrange my exam stuff
on the last night well, I would not face this incident.
This incident also happened in the early morning and, at that
time also I was going to Colombo for my higher studies, I think. So, I got into an
intercity bus, I could not see any people except the driver and conductor.
Suddenly I said “Nobody there inside the bus” and, it happened unintentionally.
It made conductor laugh and, he said ‘No, there are two in the
last seat.’ Then I could see a boy. But I could not see anyone else. However, I went inside the bus and saw a
girl with him. They did not behave
well, as there was no anyone. After a few minutes, a few people got onto the
bus. The conductor looked at me and, said 'See. People are coming. It was fun
for him and, he repeated it over and over once people got onto the bus. He
laughed by looking at me and, then others looked at me by keeping a big
question mark in their eyes. Once I told this to my friends, it was a good
topic for them for a couple of days.
There is another story which same as this one.
I was sitting on that day. After a few miles, a school crowd got on to the bus.
So, some of them gave their books and bags me to keep. After a few minutes, one
girl thanked and took back her bag from me.
Then the person who sat beside
me got down and, one schoolboy sat in that seat. At that time, he did not have
any books or a bag. I think, he went about five to six kilometers without
keeping any stuff. For all the time those school crowd talked loudly and
laughed like nothing. I was carrying those goods and thinking about the old good
school days I had. After a few miles that boy got up and said 'Hey, sister, can
you give my books back?. I was wondered and ashamed. Others laughed a lot.
These are some main memories that came to mind. Even though some incidents
made me laugh now also, I think, I could avoid some silly situations if I could
think twice.
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