So last month I was traveling to my home from my office. My office is situated quite far away and it actually takes around two hours to come to my home from my office. I was traveling with my two colleagues named Vasifah and Nafis and we were supposed to go to our home using our traditional route. So we started off the journey after some time. We arrived at the expressway. This is a very fast lane where the traffic is less and if you take the expressway then you can reach your destination very fast. So although there is a toll, we try to take the expressway always because it reduces your time. So at that moment when we arrived at the expressway we had seen that the expressway was closed due to maintenance. I had to reach home early because there was a football match between two of my favorite team Manchester United and Barcelona. So we had one of my other colleagues, Vasifah, she was also an Advent football fan. So we had to reach there early but as the expressway was closed we all were in a state of wariness and also a bit confused what to do. Next we tried to divert it into another route and that route actually takes a bit longer but at that time we used Google Maps and we have found out that that route was hopefully clear so we went there but as luck had struck us again that route was also closed. I don’t know why but Google Maps did not update that route was closed and that made us even more frustrated like what can we do now. So we arrived at that route and I was driving for almost one hour now. The match started in around 30 minutes so we all were thinking what can we do. Then I remember I have a friend in the military so I called him and he gave us a pass to go to another restricted area that is the military base. So we went through the military base.
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So last month I was traveling home from my office. My office is situated quite far away, and it actually takes around two hours to get home from there. I was traveling with my two colleagues, Vasifah and Nafis, and we were supposed to take our traditional route. We started off the journey, and after some time, we arrived at the expressway. This is a very fast lane where the traffic is less, and if you take the expressway, you can reach your destination quickly. Although there is a toll, we always try to take the expressway because it reduces our travel time. However, when we arrived at the expressway, we saw that it was closed due to maintenance. I had to reach home early because there was a football match between two of my favorite teams, Manchester United and Barcelona. One of my other colleagues, Vasifah, is also an avid football fan, so we needed to get there early. But since the expressway was closed, we were all feeling a bit anxious and confused about what to do next. We tried to divert to another route, which actually takes a bit longer, but at that time, we used Google Maps and found that the route was hopefully clear, so we decided to go that way. Unfortunately, luck was not on our side again, as that route was also closed. I don't know why, but Google Maps did not update to show that the route was closed, which made us even more frustrated. I had been driving for almost an hour, and the match was starting in around 30 minutes, so we were all wondering what we could do. Then I remembered I have a friend in the military, so I called him, and he gave us a pass to go through a restricted area, which was the military base. So we went through the military base.
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