NATIONS UNIES
So there I was at my first operational unit in the far east leading a varying lifestyle as the weather … ok wat does that mean .. well yes it was a varying lifestyle as somedays I was doing nothing ..n wen I mean NOTHING it even lead to making movies on my Motorola cell showing the empty crew room of sitting all alone ..basically all pilots wud be busy lifting the loads of the deprived ppl of the north east n I wud be putting my load on that poor old sofa in the crew room .. (well I guess even the spring gave up b coz of me sittin ..sometimes sleepin on it)… So there I was making movies of myself all alone in the crew room on days …and at be extremely “involved” in deciding the “entertainment” programme for the evening “theme”party …ok ok ..one of my achievement if I may call it was being the ‘entertainment Oi/c’ for this hot shot operational unit in a mere short span of 3 months …(believe me it’s a big appointment in the IAF) ….Getting back …planning parties only didn’t keep me busy there …there were also activites like making music folders (ok for the same party) …hmm …planning my leave … browsing the internet …..chatting on phone ..(remember I had a gf then) …hmm gulping tht extra small cup of tea every 2hrs hmmm.... wats missing …ohh yes of course FLYING !!!!! that’s wat I have been employed for right … well… I actually was on an identity crisis of why was I getting paid for… anyways …who would nt mind getting paid the 6th pay commission scale n actually be in a situation wer he wonders why is he getting paid for….
Well!!! Let me not mislead u any more ..this happiness of mine was short lived as the wise say “it’s a wheel of life…n change is the inevitable way of life” …( is there a quote like this??) my operational flying finally started ( ok tht has failing twice in my proficiency exams … having attitude problems n ego tassels with my superiors …n of course being branded as a “bhand” tht means a ‘entertainer’ or maybe ‘asshole’ ) and no time I was one of those ppl I described earlier ..i was one of them liftin the ‘load’… anyways this was the time I was all steady with neha…remember her right …. We had our love story extended so far that we actually were engaged ..ok ok tht involves a hellva of ego clashes ….. discussions or maybe arguments on the smallest of the details on this planet … there wasn’t a topic in this universe we had not had our disagreement on …anyways we till carried on … we even fought once on wat priety zinta wore in a freaking song …. Anyways we sure did carry on … it’s the ‘spark’ as romantic novelist s say tht kept us together I guess… I loved the fact tht she didn’t care to hoots weather I was a pilot or a peon in the airforce for that matter as I always love to say .. it’s the airforce that got us together but it’s the airforce that was gonna be the biggest pain in the ass in our intentions of staying together… anyways .. n as far I m concerned ..i still have no damn idea as too wat is she employed to do ..all I know is NEHA IS AN INVESTMENT BANKER … wow …tht atleast sounds great… But one of the biggest questions that was on every damn persons mind who knew aour unusal relationship was…HOW R U GONNA MANGE AFTER MARRIAGE? Ok now …I still don’t know watt ht ‘manage’ means ..n except me everyone seems to be bothered about it ..so much so tht my gather in law has to open all his conversations wit me wit this Unanswerable …thoughtful….. taunting(maybe) question … N get get answered wit a witty answer like.. ‘hmm …lets c … IT ALL DEPENDS ON HER’ … now thts a confusing answer for a taunting question ..haha… anyways my instructor once said ..if u cant convince someone …confuse them….n well I was taking his advice seriously… But u forgot one thing …SHE wud be seating rite there staring at me wit those man eating eyes … n I knew my evening was done wit just CONVINCING her on wat I meant to say … ( well wat did I mean to say anyways)
As we neared our D day … it was time we took the most convincing decision … ok I wud ask for a posting to Mumbai ..if I get it allz is wellzz… n if not ..i stay away from her ..Ok ..now this was a stone hearted decision especially for ME ..yes ME ..i have no idea why I had convinced myself tht ill definitely be OK ..or maybe GREAT living a forced bachlear ( believe me it has its own advantages) …anyways but I had to make Mumbai happen for me .. it was one in a million maybe chances that I wud have gone thr…. N guess wat I did get posted to Mumbai ..n that too 2 months before the D day … life couldnot have be better for me …
I was going to Mumabi… getting married to the girl of my dreams … I even was ok with tht preity zinta dress also I guess.. guess wat I was getting to fly too…. Luguage all packed moving out on Sunday …wen on the fateful Wednesday …the elite select list of the personnel selected for the United missions to Congo (Africa) comes out …Flt Lt shounak is among the so called l
ucky basterds selected to go to Africa in june… wait….. JUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!