ferry rides

See, I have this compulsion to pick at the flaws of everything and everyone around me. But I also have a really nice quality and that is , I don't point out these flaws of others directly to them, I just secretly write about them in my blog. I just don't like hurting people. What can I say, I am a really nice human being.And so I shall continue with my topic of the day.

Don't you just love the ferry rides between Male' and Hulhumale' ? The office going/school going crowd doesn't have to answer the question, I know how tough life is for you. I am just one of the few privileged people who takes the ferry to go to Male' just for fun, not because I have to earn or learn anything. And as we all know there is a downside to everything in life, excluding Paulo Coelho's books. There's no downside to his books. They are perfect, long live his books. So anyways as I was saying the downside of ferry rides. I have somewhat changed my views recently and I have decided that I am going to overlook my problems in regard to ferry rides and I will just go with the flow. But it doesn't mean that I can't write about them, right?

There are certain categories of people that one is bound to meet on each and every ferry. So let's explore these categories.
1. This group consists of two to three persons. And it's definite that at least two of them will be females. They are always seated near the window and there is a reason why they are seated near the window. See they will be eating, drinking or chewing something. And after 10 minutes into the ride they will do the unspeakable act. I would like Mr. Island President to know this. They will start throwing the empty containers of whatever that they were eating, drinking or chewing into the sea. They will just happily, gleefully, more gleeful than the cast of Glee, throw everything into the sea. I wonder whether anyone has told them that it's WRONG, and that they shouldn't do that. And usually the child in this group wouldn't initiate the act, but the seemingly grown up, supposedly sensible one in the group will say ' geney dharifulhaa theethi ehlaalan'. And at this point my jaw just drops, yes each and every time.
2. In this gang of three there is a 2/4 year old child, a female and the other one could be a male or a female. This group also sits near the window. The two grown ups will be either deeply lost in conversation, or just lost staring at an imaginary point far far away. Meanwhile 2/3 of the child will be out of the window, happy and amazed by the surroundings. And at this point my heart can be found somewhere along my throat.
3. Now this group consists or couples or just two males. And they have a really difficult time keeping their feet on the ground. Their legs are always up on the seat in front of them. They won't care if they are wiping their soles on someone's bum. Maybe they are carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders and they just couldn't care less of the inconvenience they are causing the other passengers.
4. These are the people who can be found in abundance. But since I'm not one of them I will write about them. They will always take the first seat of all the rows. And as a result everyone else has to squeeze their way in. The slightly chubby ones has to rub their bums on these inconsiderate people's faces.
5. This is the foreign nationals category. The 'whites' are always engrossed in intellectual conversations. The 'blacks' well they are quite quiet always. And the 'Japanese/ Chinese' well they are clicking photos, trying to smile at everyone they make eye contact accidentally and they also like standing at dhirunbaa kolhu staring at the horizon. Now the above mentioned people can't be found in most of the ferries. But the Bangladeshis, well they can be found in every ferry, corner, street, shop, mosque, park, car park, Sultan's park etc. And no matter what they are doing or where they are, you can guarantee one thing. And that is their expression. I don't know what to call that expression, but you can see the same expression if you go to youtube and watch the day President Obama took oath, Mitchel Obama's expression is the one that all the Bangladeshi's carry on their faces.
And I don't belong to any of the categories mentioned above, but I'm one of those passengers who has an arrogant Margaret Thatcher like expression. Only a tiny bit moodier. Bye.