Sunday Journey

Sunday journey, 26 June 2011

4 July 2011

It was drizzling in the morning....

I was standing at the bus stop, but as the buses came one by one, people boarded before the bus even stopped. So another bus came and left, and another one came and left, until Haryana Roadways, a bus that usually never stops at the bus stop came. I asked some people around me whether the bus stops at Munda Metro station and they said yes. So I took the bus which was sooo full of people. It was so crowded till I couldn’t see that I was already near the Metro. While other people have hopped out of the bus, I was still struggling to walk between the chairs and said, “Excuse me, I’m sorry, Excuse me.” Thank God the bus driver was stopping till I got off from the bus.

The metro journey was not as peaceful as the day before. Even though it was still early in the morning, the metro was also crowded. When finally I arrived at Rajiv Chowk Metro, I was already determined to try walking to the Sacred Heart Cathedral because the rain made the weather was soo nice. So I walked...

It’s true that it was bright, but at 9am life hasn’t started in New Delhi. Auto-rickshaw slowed down beside me and people tried to talk, “Namaste!” or “How are you?” or “Where do you come from?” Well, in Connaught Place, the centre of New Delhi, you know that this will be scam. They will try to drag you here and there. So I just acted deaf and I imagined that I walk with my guardian angel and all the Archangels around me, having assurance, “I’ll be safe.”

And ya..Thank God I arrived at the Church safely. Yeay! The Cathedral has a high ceiling, its shape is similar with Church of St. Peter and Paul in Singapore. The mass on that Sunday was led by the Bishop himself.

From Church, I had lunch at McDonalds then I took auto to Nehru Memorial Museum. It was still drizzling and the museum was so quite. I got a little bit bored in the museum till I looked at Nehru’s book collection and found the picture of my first president, Soekarno. I didn’t really know about Nehru’s biography and Indian history, except that it seems like Soekarno was quite close with Nehru in the international politics (up to the point when Soekarno supported the communist party). After going around the museum, I was thinking of going to another museum because it was STILL drizzling, but at the end, I’ve decided to take auto to Akshardham Temple.

It’s FREE!! Yeay! The admission to the Temple is free, but you can’t bring your camera inside. I only brought my wallet with me and for me, Akshardham Temple is like a Disneyland, but Indian version. Hehehe. It was very new, only built in 2006, and it was soo majestic. The carving was in the same style with Hindu temple in Indonesia and it was soooo intricate!! Ohh you can take picture with their official camera but you must pay Rs 130. Ohhh (again), but the struggle to enter the temple was as horrible as the struggle to enter Mysore Palace before. People kept pushing you!!! At that moment, someone tried to push me from the back to join her friend in front of me, so I held the handle at my left side and held my position! Hahahaha. Anyway, it was beautiful. And thanks to the rain, after it stopped, the whether became sooo nice. I didn’t feel like I’m in New Delhi in SUMMER. Hahahaha.

So....that’s my Sunday. Ohhh..one more story. On the way back, from Mundka Metro Station, I took this mini van that was supposed to stop at Bahadurgarh, at the stop near the market where I usually take the bus to Mundka. However, somehow the van stopped at the gas station quite far from the bus stop. Only yesterday I’ve found out that the gas station is “The Border”, so before I get on the mini van, I must really ask the condectur whether it’ll stop at “The Border” or “Bahadurgarh” because it’s quite hard to find auto from “The Border”. But yeah...finally I’ve found out about these terms. Hehehehe.

Cathedral of Sacred Heart

Nehru's books

Akshardham Temple from far away....