Oh-so green today!
I am very proud to report that I bicycled to work today! It is a 4.5 KM stretch, I had been feeling guilty to take the car for this short a distance, and the city buses on this stretch are so crowded I was sweating it out anyway.
Started from home at 7:30am in my gym clothes, with a change of office gear in my lappie backback. eguy and trg saw me off, with trg saying 'chykail'.. Took the inclined inside roads of east bangalore, lined with houses donning fresh rangoli at their entrances, the Ganesha temple busy with activities and trees full of seasonal pink blossoms! Moved over to the main road and rode on the pedestrian side (facing the oncoming traffic). It felt safer that way, inspite of cars and buses zooming by. Wrapped a scarf I had taken over my head and nose to avoid the dust.
Reached work in 15 minutes - same as that a car would take with the traffic congestions, and less than the time the bus would take with its many stops. Yippppeee!!
Feeling good! Wish me grit so that I can persist on this hike!
9 comments:
I am proud of you !!
kvr
Goodie... bet u feel much more alive, enthusiastic, invigorated ... et all ...
On a more ' let's see what happens if...' mindset ... just explore the possibility of ... One day, without any prior notice the authorities declare ... apart from emergency( medical, life and death type), anybody using petrol/diesel driven form of transport, would be fined ... say a couple of lakhs ... Just the thought of what it would do to us and how we would respond ..... Think On..!!!
@venkatraman: thank you thank you!
@anju: that's scary! i hope i don't have an un-repairable tyre puncture that day ;)
:) ..... hey thats so cooool ....... "Go Green" ...... I hope people take inspiration of this (including me) I tooo take my vehicle (byke though)to office which is hardly 3kms from my home. Will try to follow your footsteps.
@Umesh: Thanks! If you do anything like that u'd have to change your blogger image too ;)
Cool! A lot of people do bike here to work, St. Patrick's day is a good day to start thinking green too ;-)
bet you feel all charged up for the day after reaching your workplace..this is one of the reasons why i miss my school days...wish my coll wasn't 35 kms away from home :(
oh man.. i shld have read this post sooner.. am sooo proud of u!!!
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