Unshackled...

Well... my earnest apologies to start with... for not updating my blog regularly... to be honest... there was no particular reason for it... neither was I overtly busy... nor had I been away from home for a long period of time, as was the case earlier... frankly speaking it was pure laziness on my part for not writing and not updating my blog... trust me; this would have been the last thing on my mind... but somehow on some occasions I do enjoy showering myself with some royal treatment... as I did during these two months of hibernation...

A lot has happened during this two and half month period... somethings which were significant... infact very significant... which could have an impact on the times to come... and not just restricted to time... but even lives... and not one... but many...

I would just like to roll you over the events that took place during my self-imposed hibernation... one by one... probably only one atleast in this piece of writing...

It was 19th September... a very innocuous day... I was just sitting in my office... and suddenly my phone bell rang... waking me up from my siesta after lunch... it was a call from what would later turn out to be my future employer... it was a call from one of the biggest organizations operating in the Indian landscape... it was a call from the revered Times Of India Group... the Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd... asking me to drop into their office and collect my offer letter... I was just left dumb stuck... I just could not believe my luck... how it had changed in a matter of seconds... they (TOI) had initially asked me to turn up the next morning for collecting my "Love Letter"... but I could not resist the temptation and just could not hold myself back and requested if I could come to their office and collect the letter right away... a request which they gleefully accepted... the time was set for 5'o clock in the evening...

I was visibly ecstatic... and I straightaway headed home to groom myself up for the occasion... I shaved... I ironed a new set of clothes... and I also applied a lot of perfume to make sure that I don't let the chance slip out of my hand like sand... and I made sure that I reached the venue before the specified time and do not give my would be future employers any chance for complaint... I reached the office fully geared up for any thing that might come flying my way... I hesitantly entered the (would be) new office and signed on the visitor sheet... and then I approached the well laid out reception area and introduced my self confidentially and asked for the concerned person... upon which the lady at the reception picked up the receiver of the phone and very quietly spoke with someone on the other end... and upon completion of the call I was respectfully asked to wait... the wait never seemed to end and after waiting for some 20 minutes... I was directed to meet the Branch Head of the Chandigarh unit.. which initially spawned quite a few butterflies down my stomach... but then I handled the whole interview very gracefully at the end of which I was rewarded with a offer letter from the organization... I was very elated to read that and gleefully signed on the xeroxed copy of the sheet and handed them back... which clearly stated that, 27th September 2006 would mark the beginning of a new chapter in my life...

My joy knew no bounds... and Airtel helped me spread the message around, taking it to all shores of Chandigarh and the adjoining areas... there were also frantic phone calls pouring in... congratulatory messages being received... it seemed as if I have had won the Olympic Gold medal... in the end then I along with one of my very good friends decided to celebrate the occasion with a nice dinner... and we chose HM Salad Bar as the fortunate destination...

So this was the origin of all the action during these two odd months... thus carrying you all forwad from where I left you... I have a tendency to underplay events... in some cases it is good... but in some other it can create minor and major problems as well... anyways... this is the first part of a series of many still to aired episodes on www.blogspot.com... so keep looking for this space again in a couple of days time and keep your fingers crossed... Good-bye till then...