#18 - A Retreat Experience
I saw this post named “Lost Lover Retreat” & in the poster it said “What mind forgets, body remembers", also my birthday falls on one of these 3 days on the retreat. So, I didn't give it a second thought, I just booked. I started on Thursday night from Bengaluru to Coimbatore, got freshened up in the morning at around 7, had breakfast then boarded the bus to Anaikkatti at around 8:30. It’s a private bus & the conductor was young wearing a muffler, playing specific songs on his phone connected to the bus’s speaker system. The first song is “Ukkadathu pappadame” which is from the movie "Arul" and has many location names like Avinashi, Marudhamalai, Ukkadam, Peelamedu, Siruvaani, Pollachi. And while returning to the bus stand too,this song was played in other buses too. I don't know if this is coincidence or purposefully playing these songs, as these lyrics were advising girls not to love any guys. Then many songs were played like “Pombalainga kaathala than ...