That’s me;
I’m the kind of person who travels with three pairs of scissors. But I don’t do
that because I’m previewing the need of them, or to have a supply of scissors
in case I lose the first pair. I’m travelling with three pairs of scissors
because when I was packing I forgot that I’ve already had one pair, so I took
another. And I forgot again, so I took another, again. That’s me, brushing my
teeth with a weird masala flavor toothpaste, a little bit disgusting flavor for
a toothpaste, but is the only one I found in the only shop I saw at the train
station, when I found out that I forgot my traditional mint toothpaste in the
last guest house.

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So,
you guy, look like you are a big show for them.
I raise my head, surprised to hear a good
English speaker, and it’s when I see her for first time. A beautiful Asian
woman with American accent, with that kind of interesting looking of someone
who is self-confident, and sure about what she is doing. The fact that she
looks a bit older than me, and she is travelling around India by her own, makes
me feel that she probably have many interesting stories to tell, and awakes me
a wish to know more about her.
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Looks
like, I wonder why – I answer.
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Don’t
worry; they do that all the time.
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So,
have you been here for long time?
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Yes,
I work here; I’ve been in India for last six months.
--- In
Varanasi?
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No,
I’m here because I’m taking a break, but I’m coming back to work now. What
about you?
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Travelling
around the country, I started a couple of days ago. And I’ll be here for three
months.
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Cool.
Then, suddenly, the amount of Indian who were
listening our conversation very interested, stop paying attention to us and
start a rushing walk to different directions. That’s the sign that our train
has arrived, delayed, as expected.
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My
car is over there, see you around, have a nice trip – She says to me while she
walks to the opposite direction where my car is. Going to an upper class of the
train.
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Likewise
- I tell her.
And she disappears into the crowd. I go to my
economic lowest class car of the train, wishing that her words become true, and
I see her around later.
That’s the beginning of a longer story that,
maybe, I will tell someday.