The 2nd Sunday of February 2006, this incident happened and am too lazy to find out the exact date of the past. Anyways, Past is past !!

Imagine there is only 1 block in abilash, say A block with 4 floors. This should surmise the Norwich Union Westelgate office i work from. On a sunday evening, i came to take some work papers home and mail a few people. Around 6.20 pm i went out of my 1st floor to drink water around 6.20 pm i went out of my 1st floor to drink water (Errr..and visit the Afghan territory as well!) and came back and swiped my card to enter my floor. That the card didn't work shocked me, my mobile was inside, on my desk and the building has no lift. There was no phone anywhere, it was just a very small corridor, i ran up and down the stairs to see if any trace od human's around. Thinking as to how adventurous and pathetic it would it be if i had to stay there till morning . I was wondering as to what will i do? will i get sleep or will i become a lil mad in those few hours of solitude!! Reminds of 'the count of monte cristo' book where a guy spent years in prison and the tactics he used to keep him sane all throgh and i was busy walking through all his techniques and considering which one to choose!! My thoughts were driving me such frantic. i paused .. slowed. my pace.. calmed my senses.. and thought for the 1st time .. in the few minutes after the incident happened. It struck me that there would be a phone in the security desk near the exit gate downstairs and i went there and didn't whom to call as u cannot make any outgoing calls until i saw the note in bold letters ' if access card does not work, pls call ********** number! A guy came. i was wondering if he will scold.. me .. it was surprise.. tat he was very friendly and i told him that i was pressuming tat i have access till 8 pm in the weekends too. He only gave a smile and said not to worry. i was reassured.. i picked my things.. and ran from the office.. without wanting to turn back.. and on monday ,.. morning .. i was relieved .. to see people around !!! I also had this feeling they and I have already been locked inside the walls of an office :-))) !!! Atleast i would not have to fret about the lack of company!!

'Every Indian wants to go back home’ these words mentioned by a colleague in his official leaving drink party, urged to open my pen and write till I think I can stop, to put it in a quintessential tone, I wanted to recount my experience. Tis quite a common theme but with my unique touch. I realised that how much I had learnt in a short span of three months and this being my first step in a foreign country. A flake of snow, a droplet of rain, a whiff of wind and a sneak of the sun. Seeing it all in a single day seemed like a torrent of discounted climate! English weather that’s what it is! Nothing less than surprising for me who's been used to get baked in the sun nevertheless soaked up in a salty sweat!

At this time of leaving, mind is jammed with so many thoughts that writing a note like professional and personal experiences would turn lousy if i mind is not inclined towards it. It would lack that passion where i'll given a chance sulk about this and that!
And its 8.02 pm now and my bionic memory says that the Norwich Union secure access card time reads 7.50 pm! I don't have access after 8 pm and i need to rush out (the severe the winter is the longer time it takes to put on layers of winter clothing than packing my bag and tidying a bit my workplace!) This is the first time i came across an access card reader to display the time or perhaps it is novel only to me or as i gather from my stay here - being punctual and working according to the clock comes naturally to the britons, also an attempt to mention that i had attented the 'working across cultures - Emphasis on UK culture' session conducted by TCS HR-UK. There is so much to do. With my travel plans becoming far more capricious than the weather! I started to a little shopping here and there for my friends and relatives. And i still haven't got anything concrete for my mum, dad and sis! Still tying the loose ends in the project, have a lot of books to return in the library, settle household bills, withdrawing those valuable pounds! from the bank in case anything is left at the end of my shopping! Despite all these works i still read the first few pages of the Tom Peters's book 'Re-Imagine'. Need to read the following books that i aimed at finishing here The rise and fall of strategy planning by Henry Mintzberg Good to great by James Collins I've been reading 3 books simultaneously, Think, Re-image and The money changers by Arthur Hailey and show no sign of finishing. Will have to hunt for these books and finish them sometime.
The Easter eggs, i was assuming that they were real 'eggs' and was surprised to find them to be 'egg headed' chocolates! But i liked that packaging or branding. I was tempted to buy one of them but with their massive size; they would be eliminated in the 1st round itself of my privileged to go into my 30 kgs capacity suitcase.
This is the last piece of writing i wanted to pen from Norwich. I feel happy to go back yet i also have started this feeling of, Oh should things change now; having been settled in the cosy nestle of this calm town and i can brush that away in sometime. My cousin sister Swetha is travelling to U.S this Saturday and it is pity that i can't see her. She is asking me to come and see her at Charles de Gaule Paris, that being her transit airport. I retorted atleast let's say a hi to each other in mid air! I am more than curious to see the air roads, clouds and the air traffic by peeping out of an half opened aeroplane window!!!

Adios UK and Rendezvous India