First Journey to Firang Land :)

1st Sep ‘06
Mumbai – Heathrow: 782H BMI
Heathrow – Belfast City: 82S BMI

I will start from Mumbai Sahar Airport. It was really painful to depart from my parents, last time I felt so was when they left me in boarding school around 10yrs ago. I just held my tears not to let mummy notice it else she would stated pouring. One thing I regret is not been able to meet Sarvee and Saurabh properly, though Saurabh will never forget that night in platform :P
I stood in my very long queue to BMI chech-in counter. While standing I saw Classic Regular carton but my morale stopped me to regret it later, cigarettes out here are very expensive, but baaki sab nahi mile to chalega but suttee ke bina nahin rahega :D, and here I found my new love in Benson & Hedges. After 2hrs I managed to check-in after paying 11k for my extra luggage!!
Everyone was asking me about my first Airbus experience, I should say it was bad. I would protest to limit the age of airhostess to 30. I think one doesn’t expect the Airbus seats to be small as Jet Airways ones’.
I changed my flight at London Airport, its so huge that it took my 20 min to reach check-in counter by walking on conveyer belt. I managed to enter the flight. They didn’t serve anything and I paid £3 for a 60pence sandwich.
I reached safely at Belfast City and enjoyed ogling at Irish samples in the flight. But when bad time comes it doesn’t pass away easily. I waited to collect my baggage and found that it hasn’t arrived yet and airport people don’t know when can I expect to have it. And I said to myself Welcome to Belfast.
I went to my apartment and then to office in Audi :P. My HR Manager, Paul, invited us to his farewell party. We along with Paul were flocked with Irish gals, Irish gals are crazy, free spirits and yes beautiful. They know how to groom themselves, even kids are always well dressed up with make-up kit in their school bag!!
Everyone was supposed to pay for themselves in the party, we don’t have such kindda party in India. A new person in a new country is not expected to pay for his first drink but I think for the second he has to :(( I was ready for the second culture shock of my life, first was in B’lore where I saw gals wearing revealing clothes and hobnobbing.
Meanwhile I got a call from Airport that my baggage has arrived. But jiski kismet khoti ho who kya kar sakta hai. If my baggage would have been delayed by another 3hrs then I would have received Rs4500 from insurance company.
Temperature was around 20 degrees and it was like heat wave for people out here. I went to bed early after having good kick from Irish beers.
So, I managed to reach Belfast without worries though with lot of hassles. Still thinking was something not allowing me to leave India, many know why am I thinking so.
After a month missing India :*