As
suggested by our friends in Bandra, we moved out of the apartment in Four
bungalow, Andheri and shifted back to stay at our friends, Roby and Philu's place.
We shifted
our belongings to “Sai Datta Apartment” where Robby and his family lived, and
returned the apartment to Amitha, Tarun’s wife. She was happy that we had maintained the apartment and all was well at the time of handing over.
I passed my
orals, after three attempts, on the 2nd of December 1985.
From the Mercantile
Marine Department Office, I went to Our Lady of The Holy Rosary’s church in Mahim.
At the church, I lit candles and thanked Our Lord Jesus and Our Lady for their divine help.
I was happy! A free man, to say the least.
From the
church I proceeded to the College and thanked all my teachers. Very specially,
Capt. Joseph, Capt. Rewari and Capt. Subramaniam.
When I met Capt. Rewari, he invited me to his house for dinner later that day. They all
were very happy that, finally, I had passed.
There were
so many things to do on that day.
Next in the
agenda was to go to the Air Lanka Office in Bombay
The 2nd was a Monday and I got a seat on the flight to
On completion of the reservation, I went to the Central Telegraph Office in Bombay and sent a cable to my wife informing her of my success on the exam and also of the arrival details.
There was very little money left.
In the
evening, I went to Capt. Rewari’s residence and had dinner with them.
Thereafter,
I had to celebrate with my friend Joe, who was waiting for me at home when I returned.
It was a simple celebration. Well, well, I had come the very hard way to reach the present situation.
