Hi there.. Dont get confused, its about a day i spent outside away from my home.
Let me first tell you the preface to this 'day out'.
I wanted to fill an entrance exam form. The timings of the form submission was clashing with the office timings. Hence, i decided that i will fill the form online. I prepared everything needed, like Demand Draft, a passport size photo etc. I even filled the form. At the time of pressing the 'submit' button, i dont know what happened with my dear friend 'computer', the page got refreshed. and i didnt get the page of which i needed to take printout. It is said that luck is like toilet paper, it runs out when u need it the most. This was one of that time. I tried to submit form once again, but the site gave an error saying this DD is already registered, cant proceed. This thing got onto my nerves and it pressed my panic button. I called home and told my big bro to make new DD, but luck had already run out (dont remember toilet paper, remember the meaning of the saying) This time the DD was not properly made. Bang... One more shock given by my luck.
I had no other option but to go to the center, pay the cash and take new form (to be filled manually... [:(] ) Again same thing, office timing clash, hence i decided i will go on saturday. To go that center, i have to go one main bus stand then from there i have to catch another bus. I dont know what had i done bad with my luck, but this time there was a li'l more.. I reached main bus stand (approx an hour away from my home) and just to be sure, i called to the office of the form filling center. Bang... The center was closed on the saturday. But, i thanked god for making me call there first, otherwise i would have reached there at the center to see the closed shutter.
Now that my luck denied me entry to the form submission center on saturday, i decided to trade with the luck once more. This time on a office holiday. Deciding this, i spent rest of the saturday roaming around.
Thankfully, tuesday was my office holiday. That day morning i called up the center and checked. To my surprise, it was gonna be open that day, that too from morning 9 to evening 5:30. Full office timing... Thinking that at least today my work will be finished, i got ready as early as possible. Went to main bus stand, another problem! I didnt know which bus goes to that center. This always happens with me, i leave home to go somewhere, but i dont know which bus to take, how to go etc. These are the times when you know the importance of a friend who knows all the routes and numbers of the buses. I quickly called up a friend and asked which bus to take. He told me to take one bus (Dont remember the bus number now. Will ask him once again if i need to go again...) Finally i reached the destination stop.
Now as the trend goes, this center also has a huge campus. I dont why, but all the big institutes like to possess a gr8 big campus. It took me about 20-25 minutes to search for the gate to enter the institute. And as the other trend goes, the people walking around also dont know the entrance. When they say that they dont know it, i feel like i am waling in a harry potter story searching for a building whose entrance is hidden magically. Anyway i found one small entrance and doubting whether i will leave from same entrance, i entered the center. Now it was the time to look for the exact location of the form submission building. Again my treasure hunt began, but i had one more guy with me on the way. He asked me, looking at the small back pack i was carrying, is it ok to fold your form? I said i dont know, i am yet to get the form. At this, the boy stunned me by saying that they stopped distributing on friday only. From a distance i heard 'Bang...' (Luck waala) Confused, i called my friend who filled the form in some other institute on saturday, he said, bro dont worry that was last day of filling form online. I sighed in relief and booed my luck for the false bang.
After some 10 minutes of the treausure hunt i got the building i wanted to enter. I went in and had to come out within 10 mins. At the form counter they told us to go to a bank in campus and get a DD of 1000/- Ah, another treasure hunt... I went in direction shown by the security guard. In the first bank, standing in long queue, i asked the person just ahead of me, how much time will it take to get the DD. He said. cant you look at the queue? It will definitely take another 2-3 hrs. I was not a mood to waste that much time, so i just came out and searched for the second bank. It was just 5 minutes walk from this first bank, but still all the people seemed to like this bank, coz the second bank was deserted and i finished my work there in about 15 mins. Then afterwards while leaving the campus, i saw the guy standing in front of me in line going towards the building to buy the form...
After i got the DD form bank, i went back to form submission center, bought the form and started filling it. Then it struck to my mind, i had forgot the pencil. And it is needed for filling some sections of the form. This time, i asked for help from the person seating right next to me. In return of his favour, i helped him in getting glue from other person. And to conclude this favouring business, he then gave me a lift till one of the mall i wanted to go to. I thought this was the end of my adventure for the day. I roamed in the mall, bought gift for my friend and left. Then from there i caught a bus, came to same main bus stand, caught another bus to my home. After boarding the second bus, i relized that i had to buy few things, those my roomies had told me to. Cursing myself, i got down at the Big Bazaar, but Bangs of my luck were still remaining. For the first time in my life, i saw the shopping mall closed. This time cursing my luck i boarded another bus which takes me to my home. Once i got down there, i called up my room partner to tell that i didnt get the things which he wanted. Then he just told me, its ok, but bring dinner in parcel for me..
I went to nearby hotel and ordered what he had told me to. There after thinking of the bill, i remembered that because of the complete day's adventure, i didnt have a penny in my wallet. I told the hotel manager politely that go ahead with the order i will just go and take money from ATM right across the road. He said, he wont. What if i dont come back? Feeling a li'l offended, i argued, i m just going across the road, you can keep an eye on me if you want. To my this answer, he just smiled. 'Why do some people are in such a good leg-pulling mood when you are damn tired and in a shitty mood?' I thought...
