Deported

Deported!

Jan 4th ’09
The day, I was with my beloved ones after a long time. I can still remember my parting scene with all my adored ones standing with mum faces, heavy thoughts and waving right for me.

04:00
I was in a deep thought, why I am doing this? I wanted to be roaming this way long back. But I am sure I did not expect in this late part of my life. Yet a travel is needed. Ok stop! I am here.

I was in my Lee dark blue jeans with well finished fade. A slightly silky, maroon major and grey minor stripped Basics shirt tucked in. I had a ivory color over jacket and a belt bag with shoes. I had two checking luggage of 23kgs and a cabin baggage of 8kgs.

I had no-idea on when to start for the airport. We thought of leaving at 02:00 to catch the steel bird at 04:00. But later came to know that people come here before 4 hrs to complete the red tape!!

I took my mobile with me so that I can talk to my dear ones during the time of wait. Cleared the weight check and stood in queue for customs. My Custom clearance for laptop went in check-in baggage.

Oh! No the customs guys are near me!!

Half an hour went off in anxiety. I was thinking, if this laptop was asked questions and if they are not ready to see the check-in baggage for the clearance letter, I may have to leave this with the officers, I did not want to throw this new dell XPS.
At the Immigration!

The Immigration questioned about the project and purpose. The customs were through off without a problem. Hoof! That was close. But still may have surprises at the port of entry for customs again. But then I thought I will have my Check-in baggage. Clear as of now!
I had about an hour and a half to fly! I thought I will call my dad. I had lots to discuss with him. I had lots of un-answered questions posted to him for which I needed answers.

Dialed!!

Spoke the usual dialogues. I had a chat about all others and departing entities. Thought a lot to speak but had only breaths left.

Spoke with my dear Mom!!
Here again nothing much. I wanted to speak a lot, but what to speak? Just thinking, why mind readers can’t be invented to make my mind understandable to others?
Remembered my sweet sis!!! After now, who will hear my blabbers and mischief’s?

Huge queue in the first floor!! Thinking and standing in the queue mind was fully occupied but none streamlined.After a full body scan for the security, I finally came to the waiting lounge. Still had an hour and plus more time. I sat on a comfortable chair in the middle row. High above me was the information display screen. Huge LCD Samsung!

I was eagerly examining the life style of the people around me and oops! I dozed off!!

@03:50
Ten minutes before my take off! Intuition made me wake up and on my toes I to rushed to the gate of the tower entrance to the steel bird!

I was in my final checks on security. This time the check was manual. The airline security started checking my cabin baggage. He carefully examined the golden brown color bag with golden color zip! What a flashy combination!! He checked it in all parts, including my laptop.
He then had a quick check on my clothing, even removed the shoes to check. Security at the needed time after the Mumbai attacks!!

In the next two minute I was entering a huge tunnel which leads me to the stomach of steel bird! Now I can see its wings bearing the huge heavy Rolls Royce motor. The engine was on the majority of the passengers were settled in their respective seats. I was the one among the late comers to the aeroplane!

Very late in fact it took me this much time of my total life to board my first flight! It was an British airways all the stewards and the air hostesses neatly dresses in the brand color of blue white and red.

I searched for my seat, which was a corner seat I had demanded for this during my baggage check before immigration. After a quick search and behind two compartments after the business class and thus I found my seat. I saw a couple sitting in the aisle side of the row, the lady offered me a seat on the corner of aisle but I rejected the offer without even a second thought because I thought of taking a good view from the window during the travel. This decision made me repent later.

The rotors were in full throttle and the plane was initiating its action. I found a small kit in my place to comfort my travel. It was a sheet spread, tooth brush, head phones, eye cover and some miscellaneous stuff. The co-passenger guy has already taken my magazines and the instructions to operate the in-flight entertainment! Damn!! This guy and his lady were white and English. I came to know they were Americans during my later time of travel. They were discussing something and I was silent. I tried opening the window but it was pitch dark outside!

The stewards gave the safety instructions and the pilot gave a welcome speech over the microphone about the travel. I buckled my seat belt and was set for the whiz!
Here it started! The enormous engine shifted its throttle and the plane jerked to motion, carefully gained momentum. This thrust increased with the velocity and the plane lifted after a drive in the runway. Now the pressure was high and had the same feeling when a giant wheel takes off and picks up speed. Here goes my first lift above the ground.

I was curiously inspecting my seat which had controls for channel change for the entertainment display; side arm rest had the audio jack for headphones. It had controls for games and looked like a attached remote control over the arm rest I went in a round of channel surfing and feature analysis of the system. This had menus for games, movies and maps and info. The maps and information menu was fully functional and it had the details of the coordinates of the flight journey, speed, current location, current city upon travel, the corresponding local time and other information. Many of this information were graphical over a dynamic map route.

The game menu was disabled and the movie menu was all blank in all the channels. Now at this time I was very tired, due to the long shopping over the day and a no-dinner sleepless night! I saw my co passengers they were already half asleep. I closed my eyes and instantly got into sleep. A deep sleep in fact, without realizing the environment and the speed I fell fast asleep in the air-conditioned flight.

Fast asleep!

As I was sleeping, the steel bird was dragging me far away from my dear people, home, and country, deporting me to a heterogeneous hemisphere!!