I had already packed everything that I need about a week ago. But even then, mama had been pestering me to put alot of other things along. " Avni beta , you must make room for this Aam ka achaar (Mango pickle) . You know na , you won't get this authentic taste from anywhere else beta".
I had explained to her a lot of times that there's a set limit for luggage. But she doesn't understand or she just can't help herself but give me all this. By how much things she's been giving me , I guess it won't be a surprise if a chota hathi ( it's a small vehicle used to transfer goods. It's called chota hathi in native language) will also not be enough.
Tomorrow is the day when everything will change . I live around 200 km way from Varanasi. So I'll have to take a bus from here to there. Then I have a train from Varanasi , that will take me to Delhi . My flight is from Delhi.
I have my bus at 2:40 from a local bus stand and my train is at 8 pm at night. I'll reach Delhi in early morning. Since my flight is at 11am. I'll have some time to look here and there in delhi. Since it will be a long flight and I'll be already tired from my journey before , it'll be better to move and look around there during my waiting period.
I had already had my breakfast and my mother was preparing an early lunch. Since the bus station is a little bit far from here , we'll leave early. And According to papa, we must always reach atleast 30 mins before the alloted time. By we , I mean all my family is going. They are going to see me off at the bus station. It will kind of make it more difficult to leave. But I wanted to be with them as long as I can.
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It's around 1:30 pm now, and we are about to leave . I know it's will take more than 15 mins for every one to actually get going from the house. "Avni, Did u keep that pink scarf I made for you properly? What about the extra pair of gloves and socks? And before I forget ! Keep this snacks with you in your hand bag so you'll be able to have them when ever you want. I have kept most of your other snacks in the upper compartment of your blue suitcase ".
"Okay Maa . I had already carefully kept the scarf carefully and don't worry I won't go hungry during the journey. The trains and flights do have meals and snacks. Mama , you worry too much. I can take care of myself ". With that I gave a kiss to her on her cheeks.
Suddenly I heard my father's voice coming from behind me. "We know you can take care of yourself beta. But as parents we can't help ourselves and be worried for you. Just the thought of Our child going so far away is heartbreaking. But here you're actually going. It gonna take some time for us to calm down".
"I know Papa Ji it's difficult. But I'll make sure that I'll live in the best way so that you won't have to worry about me anymore". With that I gave a small hug to my father.
"No Beta , you won't understand this feeling now. You'll only be able to understand this feeling when you will have a child of your own some day".
" But papa - Okay ! Okay ! We're running late Beta ,lets hurry up".
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15 minutes later , after double , no triple checking everything we were on our way. It took around 20 minutes to reach our destination. It was around 2:10 pm. We started searching for the bus that will be taking me. After making sure the time it'll leave and loading my luggage on it , we all made our way to the near by small restraunt. Bus stations like this always had this restraunts, small sweet shops and few gift shops.
Since there was quite some time left before my bus leaves , we all sat down in the near by restraunt and ordered some cold drinks to cool us down. Even though it was August now, the weather was quite hot. After our drinks arrived , we all started talking about our own things. My parents explained to everything that I should be careful of and how different things can help me manage myself there . Whereas my sister , after knowing that I'm going to Korea, made sure that I had the list of things that she wanted me to get her.
Even though , the company was paying for our flight for us from here. We should spend our own money if we wanted to visit back. So , it would take quite sometime before I'll actually be back in India. Since it'll be difficult to afford those expensive tickets. We all were happily chatting as a happy family when it was already the time for me to go.
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The next chapter would be of How Avni will travel to Korea. Since I'll be her first time taking a flight, let's dosee how she manages everything.
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