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Blog Entry# 480702
Posted: Jul 14 2012 (12:42)

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Jul 14 2012 (12:42)  
 
RoshanS   10736 blog posts
Entry# 480702              
Scene 1. 10/07/2012 Location Bathinda ( My home)
Morning 3 AM.. Alarm of my mobile starts ringing and I know its the Big Day. Not my first day of Job nor my train is at 4 am. I know I have to reach BTI PRS and stand in Queue. Got a quick bath and woke my friend up and rushed to the station. Splendor ( My Bike) took us to hardly 1 km when the bike startd to cough. Lately I realise I forgot to give my bike its cough medicine ( Locally Petrol Technically Motor Spirit) and this happened below the fly over and the petrol pump being opp to the fly over and thank god 24 hrs working. So we
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decided to push the bike under the passage over the railway tracks and reached the Petrol Bunk and filled her medicine and rushed to the BTI PRS. Luckly to find 2 counters and 1 person each on each queue.. Thanking my luck I sat near the sheet on which the person was lying before counter No 6. Announcements were going on and lots of people rushing and all for their trains.. Started to browse facebook and IRI on my mobile and updating each details of what all happening at counters late running of trains and all...

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Jul 14 2012 (12:51)
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Scene 2.
Time 7:30 AM.
Mobile rings and its Goyal sir asking about my tatkal and all and he extended his hands to help me in booking my tickets. ( A small Flash Back... Admin Nazeer Ikka as well as my friend in ADI also waiting for the time to be 10 am). I smsed Goyal sir my trip details and all.. Just imagine 4 people for a single ticket.. Making my chances to get in 3rd ac itself confirmed( 5 runs to win).
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started ti gather behind me. The person behind me is trying his second day in JAT ADI express being the first day NO ROOM. THe third person behind me.. Same to Kerala QLN . was for taking tickets to QLN in 12626 express and i made his mind change to Kerala SK express.SO he kept KSK as first option 3rd ac, then SLeeper then Kerala.
Time 0745
A person comes out and sticks a computerised notice outside the counter. Many people starts to curse it...
The Notice read. Tatkal at 1000 hrs.. Many gets a good shock. I smile peacefully, Counter opened at 0755 am and asked the tatkal people to move apart in the same queue and we formed a line adjesent to the new counter.
Clock ticked 0800 nd the normal reservation resumes.

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