Well, if things have to screw up, no matter what you do, they are going to screw up...
It so happened that I didn't get a berth under VIP quota.. When the charts were prepared I was on WL1. Still, I was so determined to go home, that I thought I will catch the train and later beg the TT to give me some place to sit or maybe get my ticket upgraded or downgraded. My cab came on time and I reached Bandra station an hour before the scheduled departure. And as soon as I got down, my dad calls me and tells me that I am ticket-less! One hour for the train to depart and I was ticket-less!!! The thing was, since it was an e-ticket and not confirmed, it became invalid and I was ticket-less.. I hit the panic button again! Then dad told me that he has spoken to a few people and they will get me fresh tickets made and something will workout. And told me that I should go to some superintendent's office. So, I take my luggage and start walking towards the office when I get two more calls. And then was directed to Station Master's office. I somehow manage to reach there. The SM takes a look at me, and the first thing he does is gives me water to drink and calms me down. Then he explains me the whole thing that he has sent someone to get fresh tickets made, and I will be getting a berth from here to Vadodara and then from there a different berth to Jodhpur under VIP quota. And then someone gets my freshly booked tickets, I pay him the money, the SM makes a few calls and gives my PNR number to the central railway, I thank the SM and leave for platform no 3 where the train is waiting. On the way I make a few calls and thank all the people involved in changing my status form being ticket-less to 'two half tickets' and helping me reach home safely. And at 2.30pm I board the train, and finally start my journey home.
I reached home the next day in the morning. Again ate a lot and to the extent that my stomach started paining in the night..:D :D But what the heck, I am finally home and super happy.. :D
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