Found a house....

Finally….. After a month long search for a roof for us in the most romantic city of the world, we finally found our romance. My closed ones (don’t ask who!!!) have always accused me for making a BIG DEAL out of everything…. Be it my CAT examination, my admission into MDI, all the visa applications (sleepless nights worrying about possibilities of rehection), internship hunt, house hunt and almost everything.

My house hunt gained a significant publicity all over in the office where I work. But publicity failed to convert into any useful help. Internet was my only tool which I used to maximum. However, the problem of our short stay in this Sarkozy country made the job difficult. Plus love of French people for their voice mails (next to their language) added to this frustration. But sometimes even if all the circumstances are against you, there is a faith that someone somewhere is playing a game with you but he (she-depends upon your faith) will not let anything wrong happen to you. Perhaps this is why I told mom to parcel a Lord Ganesha and Ma Saraswati idols to keep with me. Personally I also believe that Lord is always with us and inside us but idol gives you that extra faith which helps you survive through the tough times. May not be true for others but faith and belief are always subjective.

Today at the lunch table, Thierry (my French colleague, 9 years in Capgemini, karate player and very jovial) asked about my apartment. The positive reply after a looooong time gave him another reason to be happy but the statement that followed it made me go to the height of annoyance. Thierry - “So, you found a house for yourself?” Me - “Yes” Thierry - “That’s great”. Me - “yeah, after a month long hunt……….finally”. Thierry – “Month long??? That’s really quick!!!” Me – absolutely dumb thinking of what to reply…… Perhaps he needs to go to some foreign country where it’s the time when people are coming back from holidays; all the hostels are booked; he just needs the house for 4 months; no landlord is willing to rent for less then 6 months and those are only 10% of the landlords who have advertised on the city apartments listing sites while the rest all are on their voicemails.

Perhaps one month was more then a century for me since I had a ready made house for 21 years and the “honeymoon” experience of finding a house in London in just 3 days. But like it said, “ANT BHALA TO SAB BHALA”.