Landed in EWR airport this morning in a real grumpy mood – nothing different today, got up at 3.30 am in the morning, caught the early morning flight and of course guilt stricken for leaving my precious kids behind.
Usually I take the taxi from the airport to work, but today an elderly limo guy asked me if he could give me a ride. I was of course very hesitant as he had no placard; he said he will give me the same fare as the local taxi. So I decide what the heck - this is my treat, Arrive work in style and not even pay the big bucks.
Well what do I say, this happened to be the most thrilling ride. This taxi guys name was Alex and he is from Armenia. He made sure I was comfortable, wanted to know if I would like to listen to music or news, as we were driving he asked me if I was from India and if I wanted to hear a Hindi song. That really caught me by surprise. He said growing up he saw lots and lots of Hindi movies and figured the only way to woo a girl as shown in the Hindi movies is to sing songs. He sang ‘Mera Joota hai Japani….’ And ‘Jimmy Jimmy …aaja’ . The words were all wrong- but the tune was perfect
Then he asked me what my name is, when I said Irene- he said, it was the perfect name for me- just as Hurricane Irene left destruction behind I leave broken hearts behind. Such a sweeeeeeet guy. He absolutely made my day, my week and my years to come. Will never forget this drive, nor Alex – here’s to the best limo driver in the world J
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