DEJA VU

So what if someone had said that lightning does not strike at the same time twice... I got STRUCK twice... Well, ALMOST... And it was "WELL ALMOST" both the times... It did THUNDER twice, i mean it threaten to STRIKE a bolt of lightning, twice...

It was DEJA VU all over again... And believe me, DEJA VU isnt good...

The first time, it was a series of burps... I said EXCUSE ME and carried on... (Confused? Read my previous blog !!!)... But this time, it was not so simple... There were no regular burps this time, but had there been even one, it would have been fatal...

Last time the burps where bad... this time, i didnt want them at all... It was DEJA VU all over again... Believe me, DEJA VU isnt good...

She decided to go to London to meet her folks... I saw her off at the airport... She was supposed to reach London at 5 am EST Thursday... I had just resigned myself to first "post-marraige-bachelor-siesta" when my cell gave me a early wake-up alarm... It was 4 am to be precise... It was her... Her first word was "NIKHIL"... The tone was different... I immediately sensed something was not right... I could feel the tremor, the tension in her voice... She said that her connecting flight was delayed, coz of a bomb threat in London... Caught unawares, I asked her to hold fort, till she hears something concrete... Then i tried to get some info from the net and got to know that something serious has happened...

Last time, I got to know from the net and i rushed to use the phone... This time I got to know from the phone and i rushed to use the net... It was DEJA VU all over again... Believe me, DEJA VU isnt good...

She called again... This time, I could feel that she was shaken to the core... She was almost abt to break down... I tried to console her and make sure that she gathers herself alright... Helplessness was creeping in... How much ever I wanted to help, there wasnt really much that I cud do with just a cell phone and a laptop...

Last time I could not do much with a phone and a laptop... This time too... It was DEJA VU all over again... Believe me, DEJA VU isnt good...

She waited at the airport... called me again... this time, she was composed and calm... she had secured a ticket to the manchester airport... she was to call me from Manchester, once she lands there... So, I started collecting information abt how she will reach London from Manchester... I had kept all the info ready, waiting for her to call... But that call did not come....

Last time I was wishing I cud reach my family... This time i was wishing my family could reach me... It was DEJA VU all over again... Believe me, DEJA VU isnt good...

My parents called... They were worried abt her... but they did not show it, coz they knew i was tense... But I cud make it from their voice... Last time my wife was worried abt my parents, but did not show it, coz she knew i was tense... but i cud make out from her voice...

It was DEJA VU all over again... Believe me, DEJA VU isnt good...

I was expecting the call at abt 11.30 EST... After 11.30, every passing moment was like an era... a dark era of clouds, which never seemed to end... This feeling, where you want to do a lot, but cant do anything is the worst one ever... You cant eat, cant concentrate on your work, cant think anything... I went thru that feeling for 4 long hours... those were the longest 4 hours in my life... Its like waiting on a dark cloudy night where it is thundering and still hoping that the lightning doesnt strike... twice...

Last time too bad thoughts were encroaching my mind... This time too... It was DEJA VU all over again... Believe me, DEJA VU isnt good...

Finally, after a long wait for 4 hrs, I got a call... She had managed to reach London from Paris via Manchester using 1 aeroplane, 2 trains and 1 cab... all on her own... Suddenly, the dark night was over, the clouds had vanished, the sun was out and the sunlight was helping evaporate the dew on the fresh blades of grass... All was well then... Work was interesting again... I was hungry again... I burped again... I said EXCUSE ME again... I carried on again...

It was DEJA VU all over again... Well, DEJA VU isnt that bad after all... Believe me...