My experiences and experiments 2 : Journey in Mumbai Local Train

So readers might be thinking whats new about travel in Mumbai local? Nothing new but 'Lifeline of Mumbai" deserves something on my blog :-)

It's very common experience but I thought of narrating this so that our coming generation have something documented to refer related to Mumbai local.

When I was travelling in local 24th Nov, 2011 (which is my daily travel to my office), suddenly I was having little headack and I decided to avoid reading (which is my habit whenever I travel to use time effectively.)

I was observing people and amazed to see how our brothers and sisters were using their time in local. (This experience is of 1st class travel --> if readers are from Mumbai, they know very well that you can't observe anything in second class, as you yourself is under stress test. For benefit of readers from Mumbai, Mumbai locals are generally jam packed and travellers are really unique creatures of god as sometime it may be possible that you don't take breath but still alive :-) )

Following are few observation of act of colleagues:

1. Smiling : I still don't understand how people smile and feel happy while thinking or may be without any reason --> It's good habit to have and I would like to learn this.
2. Sleeping : This too I miss in noisy environment but I saw colleagues literally snoring.)
3. Reading : This I do and it's really good habit and improves your concentration as well as environment is noisy. Real test of your concentration power :-))
4. Chanting : Awesome!! There are 2 kind of chanting happens.
• People do chanting within and hardly anyone gets disturbed.
• People do chanting in group and loudly. This must be definitely disturbing the travellers but who have courage to stop them. Good part is : Whatever they are chanting if you will ask meaning of that I feel hardly they will able to explain you!!
5. Mobile Game : Nice way to remain busy in yourself. Nice way to waste your time but at least others are not suffering.
6. Mobile songs: 
• With earphone: Nice  way to remain busy and useful if you are listening some motivational / refreshing music without disturbing others. If listening sad songs, it's better to play game :-).
• Without earphone : Sometime purpose is not listen song but to make others listen. Frustrate others with your unique choice. Railway recently requesting to avoid this :-)
7. Making fun with friends: Enjoying with friends, cracking jokes.
8. Upset : Few travellers I don't know what happened to them in morning at home (must be quarrel with wife). They look very tensed, upset and I feel ready to fight with anyone. (At home, they were looser so they want to win somewhere :-) )
9. Conscious : Few are very conscious. They have nothing to do. They will not talk to anyone and do nothing and just try to make sure that nobody accidentally touches them. Their shoe polish remain intact. Press of shirt is nit disturbed. For them, Things own them in reality instead of they owning things!!  

So, you must be thinking, these are general things and independent of local. But I experienced them in local and I don't want to take that credit away from Mumbai's lifeline otherwise there will not be much difference in me being software professional and politicians.

Conclusion: Lets do whatever you like while travelling. But make sure you effectively use your time. Be ready with a plan of effective utilization of your travel time AS in Mumbai you spend more time in travelling than at home (awaken time I am talking about) !!