Finally an amusing incident

Well I had a what u would call an introspective entry into bangalore. And yes, my poor arse did protest for a few days and vowed never to accompany on another bus trip unless it was in a Volvo A/C bus.

Had this post been put up earlier u would all have heard me lamenting about nothing interesting happening to me as yet. Well today I was finally able to understand why the chinese call it a curse to live in interesting times.

The bus had dropped us at the IISc campus at 9 in the morning and me being the net savvy fellow that I am rushed to the SERC (dont know the full form....nust be something dumb...IISc is full of dumb support staff) to check my mail. Now this place is actually one in a million. It boasts of parallel super-somputing center but basic computer facilities suck here. And what is their excuse for this......we are an academic institute u dont need all these distractions.
Anyways gettting back to the description....the net service here is slower than what is provided in jhumritalayya or in timbuktu...and u got to go terminal hopping to find out which computer will connect to the net. In this process I happened to leave my mobile in one such cubicle. Some good samaritan happened to find it and instead of asking around in the lab he proceeds to call any one on my mobile in the hope of finding the owner. Finally after diminishing the bill by 20 rupees he gets to my sis who is in mumbai at the moment. All this happens while I was mailing some mails and chatting with a friend on mine who I'd met after quite some time(10 days). The samaritan then proceeded to the classroom where my lectures were being conducted in the hope of returning me my lost mobile. He only ended up in announcing to the whole class that yours truly had bunked the lecture.

Well after handing the handset to my room mate our second hero left the stage. Unluckily it didnt end for me there. My sis decided to call me up on my mobile at that instant to tell me my mobile had been found....smart gal...wonder who she gets her genes from....and our hero who returned it had switched on the tone. As u can guess a loud cacophony burst out in the middle of class interrupting the prof who was in between sprints across the dias( yes he does sprint across the dias). And my two friends who had taken the task of safe-keeping my mobile for me turned out to be real techno savvy. They didnt know how to turn off the mobile. Finally after goin thru quiet a few hands it was shut off.

All during this time I was blissfully unaware what my mobile was putting the class through. It became interesting for me later. I left the lab intending to get the second lecture and while walking back(it takes 15 mins from SERC to the physics dept.......too far a walk I say) realised that my mobile was missing. Ambling back thinking that I'd find it where I'd left it I got back to the computer room only to find nothing there. This was followed by me running up down mimicking a headless chicken looking for mobile. And the funny thing was that I didnt know my mobile number, or else I could have called and found it. Now now dont laugh. I finally ended up a crudely writing lost item notice and posting it and then sitting outside class waiting for everyone to leave.

And I've spent rest of the day informing the rest of the class that I have found my mobile and its safe with me. Thankfully I have'nt yet met the professor who was taking the class. dont think I could handle him inquiring abt the mobile too.

damn I hate such incidents. They always put u on the map...especially when u want to stay hidden. Anyways I've finally come to an end . Hope u all enjoyed the narration. And if u all got bored well....what can I say...

Anyways I'll stop for now....do keep dropping in leaving ur comments. happy blogging till then

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