Mission Laptop

Great energy. Great hopes. Great relief. It was Friday morning. Just like any other software professional I was eagerly waiting to be Friday. This Friday (20th April 2012) was very special to me because I had planned to buy a laptop. For years I have been longing to buy one. But for some reason or the other it got postponed. (Hey, that doesn't implies i am a procrastinator).

After having a quick brush and a tasty breakfast i rushed to bus stop. My mind was full of laptops and the heavy traffic on road didn't get any of my attention. Immediately after reaching office i started searching for all the major laptops and for their features. Time flew by. Even during lunch, all my thoughts were converging towards laptops. Before buying one, I have discussed with lot of friends, relatives and colleagues for their suggestion. Different people, diversified perspectives, multiple opinions. But in the end I finalized one.

At around 4 o'clock, my project manager called our team members for discussing a new project. My mind was still chasing laptops. The usual scenario started - Project aims, aspirations, deadlines, challenges, team structure, learning aspects blah blah blah. By around 5 o'clock meeting was over and I started to Great India Place (GIP) mall to buy my laptop. In Noida roads are very dusty and climate is very hot in April. As a result bike journey was tedious and since i was in pillion seat i kept my eyes closed most of the time to prevent dust particles into my eyes. The strong winds made by hair appear dry and dusty.

Inside the mall, it was a bit difficult for me to find out laptop showroom. I purchased a descent model for 32K (INR – Indian National Rupees) and a net connection for (1.25 K). It was hard to spend so many bucks, but laptops had a transition from luxury to necessity in last 8 years. Even college students find laptop as inevitable. The formalities like address proof, photos, billing etc all took nearly an hour. I roamed for some time inside the mall, looking eagerly at laptops kept for displays in other shops. By around 8.30 PM i started back to home. Took Delhi metro train from Sector-18 to Noida City Center. From there got a shared auto to Sector-62. And from there had a 2 kilometer walk and finally reached home at around 10.

Mission accomplished!!