Do You Observe? Well I do; (: Aasim Naseem, September 5, 2011March 27, 2024 Having your conveyance is indeed a blessing of THE Almighty, but if you don’t have one, still you can make your travel activity of enjoyment by doing what mostly I do. i.e. reading and observing people’s faces and behaviours. And believe me, this is really an amazing activity.Sometimes (for any reason) I don’t have my car or bike with me. In such cases, I prefer to walk or have a local van or bus service. Observing the faces, talks and gestures of people is really a source of amusement (at least for me) while you are travelling. I’m not saying to interfere or indulge in their activities. No, just sit calm and relax and observe what is happening around you, imagine what people might be thinking in their minds. πHere are my few observations when I was in a local van and then Daewoo bus service a few days back. My travel was for nearly 12 to 14 Km. See what was happening around me at that time. πA guy in from of me read a text message on his cell phone, having a specific smile on his face. Having the same facial expression he replied. You know better who could be a sender. Aham ahem. π πA middle-aged lady handed a rough 10 rupee note to the conductor. After a long debate, Auntie won and he has to accept it. Now whenever they look at each other, their facial expressions are worth noticing. πThe driver turned the wagon into a small street, to have a shortcut and to avoid rushing on the main road, but we were badly stuck in that street. Now all the passengers are enjoying the selection of words by two old women while commenting on the driver’s intellectual decision. πThe driver of Daewoo set his rear-view mirror on one of the female passengers (a very common observation by many of us) I just loved the smile under his moustache when he looked up in the mirror with the interval of 2,3 minutes. If he tries to give the same smile to his wife at home, her wife will surely love him 2, or 3 times. I can bet. :pThe driver of a wagon insists on playing a Qawali with full music having melodies from every instrument, by saying, “This is not a song, this is a Qawali, we’ll have Sawab.” A hoary old fellow with a face of white beard on the spot declared his punishment in hell in a loud and thundered tone. Well, I liked his on-spot fatwa within a few seconds. πWhile the wagon is full and the conductor is still crying outside, “Please come seats are available seats are vacant” The passengers inside replying him in an angry tone,“Have you 4-seater sofa at the backside of your van? Where the hell you will accommodate new passengers?”“Will you put new passengers on our heads??? damnn”“Is there a TV lounge inside your van?”“O brother, have some seats on the roof of this vehicle?”“It’s enough, we are getting off, return us our fare. ….. No, we are going, it’s enough… “The conductor puts some male passengers in the front seat of the wagon and the female ones at the backside start protesting why those seats were not allocated to them. (This is an unjust and stupid act by conductors and drivers when allow male passengers to have seats at the front)Well, there are many like those. Most of the time they remain unshared and I forgot them after a few days. These were recent ones so I thought should share them with you.Try this on your own. It will surely help you to pass your tiring journey lightly. Keep smiling.Aasim NaseemI’m an engineer by profession, a blogger and a photojournalist by hobby. Seasonal writer at LAFZ Media UK. I write on different topics and things around us. Contact me at +971.56.126.8842 or Aasim.Naseem@outlook.com Digital Diary Tips & Tutorials