Our Funda for...

This post goes out to all the 'Bold and Beautiful' Kochi gals like me and Elza. LoL.

It was one of those ‘non-stop’ chatter days when we happened to discuss our adventures of travelling by the infamous private bus transport of Kochi. For those who don’t know much about the private bus transport of Kochi, I can provide you all a little insight regarding this. These are the red colour buses that you would get to see whizzing past you on the Kochi roads. Travelling in one of these is equivalent to having a roller coaster ride and you would have to hold on to your dear life and pray you reach your destination in one piece. These buses have also interesting nameboards on top of it.

We also realized that we had well-toned arms back then when we used to often travel in these buses. On analysis and further discussion, we came up with a funda….our funda for well-toned hands.

While travelling in these time machine kinds of vehicles (where being transported to the future…a.k.a Heaven is a high probability), holding on to the support bars in the bus is an absolute must. Of course, the opposite sex more often conveniently does not think of the same and tips on how to handle these species shall also be revealed in this post. When the bus takes a sharp turn (without slowing down), you need to hold on to that bar refrain your body from aligning to the direction the bus is turning and keep your feet rooted to the floor (footwear with good sole grip is an added advantage). This will not only prevent you from falling onto another person but also result in quite a bit of strain and stress on your arms. This may be uncomfortable to some at first but after a while, you will get used to it. This helps in strength building of your arms and gradually the arms begin to get the ‘toned’ look. Some may even develop ‘musckils’…who knows.

Now, to handle those male ‘species’ that travel in these buses who do not believe in gravity and think that Mother Earth is just like any other planet with no gravity, you need to always carry an umbrella with you. If you think a guy is standing right behind you, who thinks that falling on you is the only way he can contribute space to the rest of mankind in the bus, then hold on to your umbrella and move it swiftly backwards, ensuring you have hit him hard. The risk factor in doing this would be if the guy genuinely lost balance and fell on you, which would mean that you need to get ready with the most ‘innocent’ look ever on your face and utter the word that the Englishmen invented to get away with anything and everything in life – “Sorry”.

Despite the satirical description of my so-called ‘roller coaster’ experience of mine, whenever I look at my slightly flabby arms nowadays, it’s always these red buses that come to my mind and I say to myself, “God’s own city…here I come!”