How my passport lost its virginity!

hey I m back.. I know its been a while that ive written any entry.. Its just that I am on my first international assignment in Bahrain so cudnt get enough time/energy to write something..but trust me there is so much to tell!!!
It all happened one fine day when I was asked to come to Bahrain to replace a senior consultant. Well I agreed to it but since this was the first trip I was making abroad, I was kinda nervous. And the country is Bahrain, a muslim country where a vegggie ( strict one at that too) might be starved to death!!! LOL
So the first thing to be done was to get my ECNR ( Emigration check not required) thing done from the emigration office in Santacruz. Well Well Well... Lemme tell u a fact abt me ....Strange happenings and me usually go together!! LOL My life has always been a sort of "Mistress of Spices" Kuch na Kuch to hota hi rehta hai....Lemme recapture the events of the fateful day when I had to get my ticket from the Gulf Air office and then procedd to get the ECNR check on my "virgin" pasport. Actually I was not supposed to go to the airport to get the Ticket. My PTA had arrived a day before and smone had to go. But being the analytical a** I am, I figured that if someone else went to get my ticket, and then I go for the ECNR check, I wont be able to reach in time ( the emigration office closes at sharp 12:30 pm ) So as I took the auto to my office, this enlightenment struck me and I decided to get the ticket myself. The Sahar International Airport in Mumbai is a mess.. the gulf air office is at the Ist floor and I was dropped on the ground floor by the auto driver ( u can go directly to the Ist floor through a flyover). I had to walk almost a kilometer in search of the gulf air office but finally I did reach there. There was a gentleman standing on the counter and he had a peculiar problem that his e-ticket was refused an ECNR check by the emigration office and me being the smart a** that I am ... I refused to accept the e-ticket issued to me and then those poor ppl issued me a paper ticket...LOLSo, there I was haapy and content..yo man.. I m cool.. so next step.. I took an auto to the ECNR office .. The office closes by 12:30 pm and i made it by 12:24 pm ...watever..once u r in the office u r in!
This was my first time in the ECNR office and the good thing would have been to have a talk with the senior director of my company before landing up there. But i thought "Mann I can handle this...!!!" So where did i f*** up?? Well, the person there asked me the first question "R u going there for a visit?" "No, I am going there for work!", I blurted out... He had a look at me and sent me to another counter which was meant for employment abroad... I went there and was again sent back to the same counter coz I was not getting employed abroad.. So, there was this big confusion... And I told the person I m just going for some work for a month or so. That was a big problem as he showed me my Visa promptly which mentioned very clearly that
It was just a vist visa, not meant for employment. Gosh!!!! I dint read it... then slowly and slowly the reality dawned on me. I should not have said that I m going for work, Instead I should have said I m on a business visit! oh shit man! It was just that I had to use different words, not that I was going for employment but what I meant by "work" was diifrent than what he had understood! Now the guy at the counter tells me to get a letter from the company about the work I m going to do there. I knew I had screwed it up royally ... I had no choice but to call the senior director who explained it to me that I had screwed it up....LOL Neways he said.. request them that u made a mistake. I did that and the person looked at me and said " I am warning you.. dont work there.." .. I said, "Absolutely...Trust me"..and voila he trusted me..LOL
to be continued....