Ek Khwab

I always believed in helping others ( also trying to that with this blog ) but lately loads of guidance and help from fellow bloggers, friends, Doctors across the world was a real eye opener.

Just when I thought this is one amazing helpful globe we have, we came across Monika ,Ritesh & Manju. Manju was not feeling well but still she was very helpful in whatever information I got from her.

This all started from Orkut, I have been sending mails to various organisations, samajas, trust etc etc just for some guidance in UK. This was our first visit and we wanted some phone no or name with us whom we could call if we needed anything.

I even traced down a Jain Samaj in Chelmsford / Essex, but was very disappointed that I did not hear anything from them. Probably they though I was looking for some aid, but I did not want anything from them.

During all this searching I came across one Community in Orkut, and again shooted mails to them, I got response from two of them, Manju & Monika. They were very helpful in giving the local info, the taxi cost, the hotels & stores nearby, the phones, etc etc, co-incidentally they also worked in the same Broomfield Hospital. No matter how much you google, nothing can replace a local person’s practical street knowledge.

23rd when we landed & I had my silly moment ( will write about that later ) seeing that Geet was asleep both me & geet were deep in sleep in two corners of the pretty large sofas, we were so tired and the Jetlag n all. In deep sleep I received a call on my Local UK Sim Card. It was Ritesh, I had never heard this name before so was confused, he later told that he was Monika’s Husband. They greeted and we spoke and later he asked if it was Ok to visit us. Ok? we are always glad when someone visit us, and someone visiting us in Chelmsford, nothing better

But again we both went to sleep, another call made us realise that have actually come to visit, a quick fix cleaning of the flat and we invited them, They had Drinking Water, Juice, Milk and something else. It was very nice to meet them, they both work in recovery section in the Hospital. They met Geet and we were more than relieved that we had someone to call for help if we needed any.

Geet was taken care by Monika after the Surgery, the first one to see her open her eyes.

Next few days they got us home cooked foods to the Hospital, Parathas, Roti, etc, another 4 cans of water, juices, Toys & Gifts for Geet, their Phone calling card, their spare Sim card and even dropped & picked us up to the Hospital. We were just overwhelmed and sometimes even embarrassed with the hospitality shown by them. It was a pity that we could not meet Rithika, but we shall see them next time around.

They would always say that if there is anything there we just have to call them and they would come, that I think was the best thing they could give us, a sense of support in an alien land.

There were few more like Mr. Kannan who came all the way from London to meet us and again as I said earlier Manju who could not meet us as they were suffering some infection but promised to meet us next time they come.

Thank You guys, thank you for all the support