Unforgettable Journey
It’s been three years since I have been away from home and the time has come to have a well earned break.At last, as planned, me and my friends Ramiya and Vasanth are heading back on the same flight. What a fight it was to execute the plan. Well the interesting part is, the question in my mind “Do I have to leave Melbourne?” Eventually, I am leaving Melbourne with a heavy heart but with a peaceful mind.
Ramiya has been asking us to pack since last week, she is the kind of person who wants to do things as early and never forget things that she needs, and of course there would be few that we ask her to do at the last moment and make her imperfect. 
. There was one day that she started to cry and saying that you boys haven’t done anything and we started to do few things for her. Even more worse, out of the blue she asked the question “where is the camera?”. There was complete silence for 2 minutes but the question kept echoing and we could just hear that and nothing else. Questions just started to flow. We searched the whole house, called up friends to enquire if they had the camera, but in vain. That was more than enough for her to cry a lot more and she was shattered. She sat quietly on the sofa and occupied the corner seat with her hand in her head(Probably she was recollecting some thing). Vasanth and myself started to console and she she never spoke a word. We were sure that it would be somewhere in the house but she wouldn’t believe it. Alas! it was the saddest part of the day. That would not have happened if we searched the place properly.. I mean PROPERLY! Luckily our brains started to work and found the camera. Hurray! In a few moments the things that Ramiya did seemed more funnier than we thought it was and we made fun of her. Anyway the day went by and the just 3 days left for travel. Still haven’t done anything. The day was okay and passed with less noise in the house.
Just 2 days more and we are still packing and the whole about it was, we had nothing, literally nothing to pack. I saw I had my ticket and my passport and thought that was more than enough. Later in the day both of us started to pack and even Vasanth dumped something into his bag and I was struggling to keep up the pace. I thought my bag would be empty and from somewhere Ramiya bought a heap of things to pack for me. Said to her ” You are my savior”, for a moment I thought that she would say nothing but she said “Pack up, you idiot!”. Well that meant something. Then later we had a dinner and just before we went to sleep she brought a list of maps. She stuck the papers on the floor and like a Commander she started to point out we would be staying in Malaysia, the shopping centers, the malls. I said to her that we could turn off the lights and discuss about this. She started to grow impatient and there were traces of salt water oozing from her eyes. We started to pacify her and as usual things solved.
Just a day left, I had been to work that day and came home late. Stayed back with my friends(Tanya, Bill and Erica) at work, they wished me to have the safest journey. Was fun to be with them. 24 hours to go and we are still packing(bits and pieces). Hmm… the next day, both Ramiya and Vasanth have got job and would be back by the evening to check if everything has been packed tight and right. I am having a day off from work and doing all the silly things that needs to be done at the last. We are almost ready and raring to get back. Hope to have a wonderful trip.
