Sunday, December 30, 2007

ORDEAL OF PURCHASING A CAR

Bhagwan ko yaad kar ke yeh post likne chala hoon, kahi woh naraaz ho gaye toh double bonanaza ke saath na mila gaye... anyways i believe what ever is inevitable shall have non mercy..
This begins the day my big brother called up to say that he has made up his mind to purchase Maruti Alto after giving due comsiderations for over a year now and then the game begins...
Rates speculated to increase by next year which was 12 days thence, have to find a suitable dealer who could give the best deal anywhere in India though CSD( Canteen Store Deptt.) where either i could go or my Big brother could reach.. And guess what it worked out to be Jallandhar depot and chandigarh dealer.. Now the next thing was to take a loan of the amount specified by the dealer and no where were the 10-15 daysgone to apply for it and get the money through the limited military means.. Well then ALMIGHTY said "TATHASTU" and from nowhere came a praposal to give me a cheque of an amount little less in just three days.. WOW.. now after a lilltle running around i got the cheque and got it deposited..
Now the next phase starts when after three days of depositing the cheque i planned to go, after asking for two days leave to go to the depot(which is the most difficult task in fauj) after getting the draft made.. 0900 i left for bank to get the draft made nad guess what murphy tells " kAHAN BACCH KAR JA RAHE HO" the cheque was not encashed into my account and will be done after 1200.. 1245 still in bank and draft being processed.. 1330 i get the draft and i rush for jallandhar which is three hrs away and depot closes at 1630.. now the bus service and MURPHY laughs again.. into the bus and meanwhile try to get in touch with my friend to intimate my arrival and MURPHY again laughs , got the no had some conversation and then line went dead.. few more tries after every 10-15 minutes.. phone ringing and no pick ups till 2200 at night when MURPHY had already said CHALO CHORTHE HAI TUMHE.. anyways coming back to the bus with MURPHY'S smile still on, it took me more than i could have expected for a three hour journey and i reached 1800, so now no pick ups from my friend and me in a place where i had no basera i strolled in the town with the sun having left me to meet the next day i walked into an army mess tried a few nos and to my very expecation reply was"SORRY SON BUT LET ME TRY"... and the nearest and most reliable option was Air Force atation but was 45-50 min away and the way was still to be found..
Then came the Angel to my succour "THE TRY WAS SUCCESSFUL" and i had a roof to sleep under, so then went along the night with peanuts as my dinner (though the plan was to have something better with my friend)..
Next say morning 0830 left for the depot to be opened at 0915 and then came MURPHY 1115 and me still with the papers to be submitted... 1200 finally am done and leave for chandigarh to collect the CAR.. catch a bus and wrongly belieced to reach by 1400, so THE SMILE WAS STILL ON.. 1600 i reach the dealer's place and a promised time of 2 - 3 hrs before the car is delivered is assured.. AND MURPHY again SMILES.. my old classmate wished to meet me at ambala in next 1 - 2 hrs and wanted to stay for the night so few calls and room is arranged.. now its 1800 my classmates reaches my place along with her mother in law and me somewhere oblivious of the time am going to take.. few minutes and i get a call from my classmate"YAAR NO WATER IN YOUR ROOM AS MOTOR BROKEN DOWN" and i say why am i not there... few more calls and my dear colleague a noble doc helps them.. 2030 and finally after lots of gospels spread around by me i get the car and i rush home MURPHY STILL NOT READY TO LEAVE and i get lost on the way back.. how to get out of chandigarh and i reach same place after some turns and i just say THANK GOD I KNOW AM LOST else i would never have known and the night would have been even longer..
Finally 2200 and i reach the room where my classmate is staying and a rishwat of mithai and fruit and nut in addition to asking apology by getting blessing after touching the feet i survive for the wait of 4 hrs for her and follows a peaceful meal and a peaceful night only to find in the morning that her car's tyre is flat...

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

BEBO

Well this is the next edition towards saying things which i have given a little thought, thats Kareena Kapoor, i am some how loving this creation of God, not because her acting impresses me or her figure is such that i keep imagining the rest of her. The only reason of falling in LOVE with her is her being GEET, and its this character played by her in JAB WE MET that has stirred me and given me certain issues to think about. BEBO( I love this name and also it belongs to Kareena so GEET or BEBO means one and the same to me) has played the character so well and the good things which emerged from the movie has made me think and put some of them down.
The way SHE has been brave enough, naughty enough, later sensible enough that the whole amalgamation of these attributes made her a special one for me. Also her inspirations to Shahid inspite of her not been there in his life, mere the way of life which BEBO teaches him does wonders for him. And thats what excatly i am trying to get at INSPIRATION, not many people in life inspire others like so and particular thing makes me FALL for BEBO.
This is for all those people like Shahid meeting people like GEET/BEBO and getting inspired by them. Am sure we all have such people in our lives who have affected our lives in a similar fashion, however small their contribution might be. So for once we can close our eyes and thank them as i have done right now. It makes me feel they are somewhere near telling me how much they care for me and this is just a peanut effort from me to tell i do the same....