That was a disastrous start for my formal
interview in Sweden. This is my first time, I'm attending for an interview. I
was dressed up in all formal. Everything is set to go according to my plan. I
had already prepared my stay for the night, upon that I have prepared my lunch,
had my tooth paste packed, charged my mobile upto 100%. I even shaved the night
before my travel to avoid the time collapse. Everything went fine, until I
finished my breakfast. Then there started a rain which seems to change my plans
for the jacket which I'm supposed to wear for my travel. The rain was really
deceiving my mental status to choose between the jackets. I had planned to wear a dark green jacket for the travel, but due to the rain I had rain jacket as an alternative.
My plan was to leave the house by 7:30 am, as I have to walk to catch the train.
The rain was very tricky, it started pouring for a second and I had to choose
my raincoat for my journey. A second thought hit as the clock strikes 7:31. The drizzling of the rain stopped and suddenly I had to switch over to my old plan. I sensed the
lateness with my plan as the clock started ticking. I have to rush out to my house
to catch the train. The moment I realized, as I walked out of my apartment,
the story of my travel changed all in a sudden. Yes! I left my mobile in the rain jacket which I
chose at my second thought. That was a stupid mistake which I haven’t done in my life. The problem is not only I’ll be out of
communication to the outer world, but also I can’t even have communication to
enter into my apartment, due to the lock system. I didn’t have keys to enter
into my apartment, as keys got struck up with my room mates, who sleep inside. I didn’t have my laptop
with me or any public or public services to contact them.
I shouted in vain, calling for my roommate's
name, but nothing I received expect a second thought of cancelling the journey.
I barely waited for 4-5 minutes just by shouting, the bad thing is I couldn’t
even hold the attention of my neighbours. Luckily I had my nokia phone in my bag,
where it had a message of my ticket. The
last shout of mine, which was heard by a dog. Hope it understands my sitaution, but still do anything other than to bark. Earlier I had even had a hope of reaching the
railway station, by the bicycle once when I get in the apartment, but all ended in a vain. I made a decision to travel thinking of traditional
travel. "No mobile, No map and most importantly no communication". I assumed that it’s more like an era where the technology even
existed. As the blood gushed into my vein, I started to stride across the road. I started walking with my fastest pace, having my creditless mobile on my
hand to keep up with the time. I even had a thought of having a lift from a
guy, but my heart didn’t pave way for it. I had an attitude that,
" I should go for it". I thought of the money which I spent for my ticket. I thought about the interview which was set
for me at Stockholm. I literally ran to cope up with the time. I
ran, I ran, I ran, I sensed the situation, that I could make it as I reached
more than half away. That was a moment where the rain could strike any moment from
those dark clouds. I had reached the train station even 10 minutes earlier, before my departure. I
slowed down a bit and removed the jacket to let me cool down for a while, as I
strided. I came into the train refreshed myself for a minute in the washroom, still
I had the tempo running in my body.
I started my journey without any phone contacts, without any address details of the
venue. I just had my old reading of the maps in my mind. My dreams of checking
in at places through mobile have been collapsed, but the
hope of having a good interview, with the experience, made me to push through.
