Saturday, March 31, 2012

Chasing through Changi

I was off to Indonesia for work.
It was interesting work and clients were happy with our work.

Anyways that is not the point of discussions for the post. It is about an interesting incident that happened at Changi airport.
8:05 pm : I had a flight back to Hyderabad from Singapore which got delayed to 9:05.
8:20 pm: I was at business lounge (yes!! i had business class booking) and was reading Stieg Larsson's book "The girl with the golden tattoo" (Awesome book) and completely lost track of time and realized I had a flight to catch.
I started walking towards my departure gate.
8:30 pm: Half way to the departure gate, there was a feeling as if i forgot something. I checked through my bag (This stupid dell bag, can hold nothing in it and makes my shoulder sore due to side on design) and realized i forgot my camera. Then i started literally running through the airport almost crashing onto a trolley and reached the lounge.
8:40 pm: Thankfully they had my camera, which they gave back to me after inquiring about the model. As i was packing it back into my bag i had a shock! i could not find my passport. I went back to the lost and found section they almost gave me a glance as if i was a kid who keeps loosing his pencils.
8:45 pm: I was rushing all through the lounge to all the places i have been to check if i have left my passport. But i could not find my passport anywhere. Then i almost thought i had to spend a night at the airport.
Then i explored my options, without passport they might even deport me in Singapore for lack of passport and also i will have to go through the trouble to get the renewed passport.
I wanted to give it one last try, to check my trail from the departure gate to the lounge.
8:55 pm: I was again running across also checking if i have dropped my passport anywhere. I was certain that if there was any one who saw me running twice could feel that i am either a mad guy or a con who is escaping the police. And to my surprise i found my passport on the chair where i checked my bag. I thanked my fortunes for my luck.

9:10 pm: I am in my seat panting but made it. I realised that i need to exercise to improve my stamina.


P:S : I have decided to post something on a regular basis, but might not be a full post but with few lines on what i think is important. Inspired from sumanth.