We had the CMMI L3 final findings on Friday. Something which we were anxiously waiting for! I swear the entire process was nerve wracking. I actually had dreams of my interview, the day before my actual interview. The last time such a thing happened was before an exam in college. Psshhh!..after the 2 hour one-on-8 interview and the endless cycle of finding and showing documentary evidences for various process areas, it finally came down to this moment. When the Lead Appraiser showed the Ratings slide and everything there was in Green...I heaved a deep sigh of relief! Thankfully, we got the certification! It was an awesome moment indeed. Needless to say, there were a lotta reasons to party. Firstly the certification, plus it was also my friend Mustafa's b'day and to top it all...it was friday....so we just *had* to celebrate. We headed towards EOD for some bowling action and then to Superstars to drink away the night. We stayed up there till 12:30 or so...long after the bar closed.
I had to drop a few ppl off in Noida after that. We started from Sec. 18, went to New Ashok Nagar, Sec. 52, Sec. 29 and finally Sec. 55. On the way, one of my friends (who was dropped the last) dozed off..and boy did he doze off! I reached his place and he just wouldn't wake up. I screamed out his name..shook him..even gave him a slap or two! (the first one was to wake him up..the second one was just for kicks :D ). But he would just open up his eyes for a sec and close 'em again. Poor guy..the alcohol must have really kicked in! I took out his phone and called his roomies. One had his phone switched off and the other was out someplace else. I decided to drop him off at one of my friend's place. Thankfully he picked up his phone. He told me to come to C-19 Sec. 20. From Sec. 55, I reached Sec. 20 to find almost every gate closed. I finally found an entry after roaming about a bit; but it was the A block. After randomly driving in and out I figured out where C-19 was. I called my other friend and told him that I was outside C-19. That's when he told me that it was NOT C-19 but E-19!! E-for-elephant! (I still remember this line). F***Ck!! I swear I was sooo pissed at myself! Nevertheless, after circling around a bit more, I saw a guy waiting on the road...and it was indeed him. We finally got my friend out of the car and carried him to his place. It was 2:00 am by that time and the Delhi winter cold had really kicked in! It was finally time for me to drive back home...and sadly I was fully sober after the ordeal. I was praying for zero cops on the way. Thankfully, I reached back in less than 10 minutes thanks to the empty roads and DevilDriver blaring out of my speakers. Jeez..talk about having an eventful evening!
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