T|A|S|T|E: WAY BACK HOME

PART 3.

Now we were "thrown out" of the AFSB at 8pm.

My flight was due at 9 pm the next evening from Bangalore. I went to the mysore bus station to enquire about the bus schedule.. They had buses all the time but then i wud had to search for a hotel in bangalore at 2am . i talked to my father , he said "learn to manage things on ur own, what if the air forces guys didnt let u stay for night .. u r big enough to take care of ur self".. He then asked me to take a hotel near the bus station only and stay in mysore for the night. I dont kno why papa spoke that way, but i felt a bit more confident then. I then talked to my major bhaiya.. He congratulated me for clearing the SSB and told me whats gonna be next. He told next was a 3 yrs training at NDA followed by an yr training at hyderabad at air force academy for "specialization". That ws the first time i heard about NDA :P . .So i got a room for some 400rs, locked all my laguage in the room , picked up my phone book and went down to a STD booth. I called 2-3 of my frnds .. told them i ws selected. they obviously congratulated me and felt happy about me :) .. Then i called home again. I told papa i had got a rum n i ws safe and sound.. papa adviced me that i cud have got a cheaper rum. then it ws mom next on the phone .. She blessed me for my results and ws really delighted. suddenly while talking to her my voice went weak.. when she obviuosly noted the change, asked me what ws it... I CRIED... n said "aapki yaad aa rhi hai" . she too went emotional but calmed me .. that time every1 of my five other family members were crying in diff corners overwhelmed with my success.. (which i got to kno when i returned back home) . my voice ws heavy now coz of crying and i cudnt see things properly coz of the recent tears.. (later at home , maa said that i got hopeless coz of papa's "advice" earlier .. and said to papa "ye bhi to baccha hi hai abi") .. i dont kno whether she ws right or not.. . probably yes... probably no..

Then I called a few more frnds.. one of them said in a sarcastic and friendly way" hw come u got selected" :P .. i said " bastard i worked hard for it... i kno im smthing .. and i have achieved something .. i have achieved success on my on capabilities .. " this encouraging speech of my mine latter became his inspiration to do more better in his JEE prep which he told me later when i returned.. i said probably it ws beacuse of the tear shedding 5 mins ago .Then i called the girl i liked. and had a chat for about 5 mins... I paid some 80rs that day for all the calls i had made :D .. Then i went back to my rum and slept.

The next morning i planned to reach bangalore around 12 and with approx 7hrs in hand i wud visit a few places there. I boarded the bus at 9 am after a good south indian breakfast and a lassi at a big restaurant at bus station. To my delight , a frnd from SSB ws on the same bus , but he wsnt shortlistd .. he congratulated me.. I then sat next to him for the trip in the volvo. i asked him where did he stayed the last night . he said in a nearby hotel rum with 200rs rent and a tv set too..and i thot why dads are always right. :P time went by fast in the bus looking at the roads of mysore and nice rows of trees. And i reached bangalre at 12 . His flight ws scheduled at 7 .so we planned to roam together.. When we were going frm the bus station to the railway station, my frnd pointed to a few sex workers standing in the subway. That ws first i saw "them" .. we moved on. We two kept our laguage in railway station cloak rum.. and hired an auto to get us to Isckon temple. The auto wala charged us some extra money so i ran into a mouth fight with him.. I abused him calling "sister fucker" :P , he got annoyed , i said i will call the police and complain about u.. Then i looked around and cudnt find a single police man but around 4-5 other auto walas. :P .. then obviously we paid the money he asked and moved on :P .. then we enterd the temple .there , they had an offer, we pay 150rs and get special quick line entry and a book worth rs 100 and prasad too.. we thot to cut costs n queued in the general line. the temple's architect ws heavenly. went we entered the main hall after spending some time in the queue , they had the 150rs scheme still valid. so now we got it :P ..( stupid isnt it).. after the 'darshan' we went to the book area where i got a "bhagwad gita" in hindi for my mom.. :) . we then took the prasad and saw a movie on lord krishna which they screen in there luxurious 20 ppl capacity wala movie hall.. then we saw the exhibition area .. everything ws just too "awesome n expensive" :P .. After clicking a few pics at the temple, we went in search of a good restaurant to eat. We found a restaurant which said good punjabi food. We got in n ordered food.. it ws awful.. , it ws around 4 so with not much idea about the city n unfriendly auto drivers :P we planned to reach the airport itself. So after the meal , we had to walk long to find an auto to the railway station to pick up our luggage.Then we reached the airport at 5pm.. so i had to wait now for almost 4 hrs for my flight.. my frnd's flight got delayed to 11pm , but mine on schedule.. :D

Kingfisher's air hostesses weren't that gud as talked about... ;) .. i watched the city from top and recorded a clip until a passenger behind me interrupted not to do so, till then i ws finished :P . i tuk my dinner n apple juice and watched 'dhol' movie for the rest of the trip. The flight landed at delhi domestic airport n all five of them; papa, mummy, badi behen, choti behen, n chota bhai were waiting for me with a bouquet in hand. :D . I ws wearing formals that time n it felt great. :) thats an inexpressible feeling of the moment.. i touched the feets of my parents, received a warm hug from each one of them turn by turn :) .. on the "way back home" i told them the stories of the past seven days and showed them some pics.