Saturday, October 24, 2009

The visa...

Last week witnessed a rather interesting trip. We (me and dad) started from Calcutta on Monday, 22nd June, and came back on Saturday, 27th June. Till 22nd evening, nothing was decided as to where we shall be staying for that day. And till 25th night, we didn’t know we will be home in less than 48 hours. Add to it the experiences of bathing in near-boiling water for a week, worst summer in Delhi (in terms of temperature, water shortage, and power crisis), a young man’s first visit to the US embassy, and a Delhi-Kolkata flight that departs from the international terminal and arrives at the international terminal. I don’t think I am going to forget it too soon.

No chemistry students this year are getting visa at one go. I hoped against hope to be an exception, but luck had other plans for me. While waiting for my turn at the counter, I found this cute-looking girl waiting in the next counter. No harm there, but I still don’t know what made her smile at me (that too a rather sweetly) and wish me luck. Now come on people, there is an upper limit to how much good can happen to you on a given day. With that she exhausted my quota of good luck for the day. Had a rather long chat with the visa officer, and ended up with the pink slip.

1 comment:

  1. thats called karma chitrak...sometimes you have all the good luck without yours knowing its coming..you just have to cash in jeta you obviously didnt!

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