..."four giggles and a bhai (part 2)"...

... i am not sure what is the 'good' time to write a blog post!... or rather what are the factors that translate an ordinary, non exciting, bland blog post to oh-my-god-this-is-so-freaking-good stuff!... i am not sure about that... so what do i do? i just go ahead and start typing... rather punching on the keyboard... random thoughts as and when they connect with each other...

... i was on phone with an old school friend... he was trying to reach me and i missed his call then i called back and he was in some meeting and then he called and i was driving and then i called and he missed the call!... and to top it all... i later kinda forgot to make a follow through... and then he called just now... i could hear the 'hum' of the local train he was in while returning back to his place from office... and with the usual hi and hello and kaisa hai and job kaisi hai and stuff... (i forgot to ask about his wife though!! :-| )... my phone battery died... in fact it's been on the death bed since long...

... the real shocker came this morning when my phone would shut down switch off immediately after switching back on! ... i sent an SOS sms to those who might try to get in touch with me and then still kept this old relic with me... i have been using this phone since 2007... and this is one of the most basic ones... and what pissed me off that the battery played this prank on a monday morning!... i mean... i took leave on friday and saturday and sunday was my weekly off... and in these three days of extended holiday it was working just fine!... the old mugger decided to 'die' on a monday morning! ... what the eff!!...

... oh! u might be wondering why i took leave on friday AND saturday clubbing it with my weekly off sunday... u r not wondering? well... anyway!... you see... we get these Special leaves... just a fancy name for the casual leaves... and since these cannot be 'accumulated' after the calender year... we are 'forced' to use them... and i had ten of such leaves in my account... so bang! i applied for the two day leave and made it an extended holiday! ...

... now this was before i received the call from NikkiZ... it was on thursday afternoon... and she said that she was in town... and this was not any ordinary thursday we are talking about... there was some electricity in the air... and may i say some strange excitement... not the oh-this-is-going-to-be-fun kind of excitement... mebbe it was uneasiness ... everyone was hooked on some kind of news dispensing medium... and the afternoon was getting hotter already... the verdict of the Ayodhya 'dispute' was to be made public and the city was getting close to a complete shut-down...

... and combination of some work 'issues' with the excitement of my weekend and her phone call drove out the very thought of the court verdict from my mind... so while we were planning the time of rendezvous and trip down to the MG road for 'shopping' on the phone, the weird look from my colleague (and a friend) made me wonder what's wrong with him!... after i said the last 'okay' and disconnected the call, he made me realized that it was the 'verdict day' and travel to city is not advised... well... atleast i can visit to Sayaji... so i thought...

... and then came the email from the APAC that the HNJ teams can leave early and in any case i was leaving early... so i drove back to my room... on the way to get a glimpse of the car washing facility and it was closed... i could sense the eerie silence on the roads and the thin traffic and blazing sun and not-so-clean car!!! ...

... and just now i realized it's late and i guess i need another part to complete this story ... so keep commenting and keep reading and keep encouraging! :-)