Leela ohh Leela…High-5!!

Must hand it over to the guys who had this layout planned and executed in such exquisite craftsmanship - am talking about the Leela Palace – THE Leela Palace. Surely, there can’t be another one like this. The place is a maze. Agreed, my road sense and sense of direction is far below average, but with all due credit to the little sense left in me, Leela Palace made me surpass myself! Already late for a meeting scheduled at 6pm, braving the rains and bad roads and even worse traffic, we reached the venue at 6.15pm.. and then began the search. No, we were very confident as we walked to the centre of the building, totally ignoring the signboard which said ‘Parking’ (we should have walked down that path where cars treaded, which we realized a little later) and found ourselves in a very very well lit lobby with shops all around us and music floating from far below. We were to go to the lounge on the 5th floor and pronto, we got into the elevator and lo!, we find that we could choose between Level A, Level B, Level C, Mezzanine, Lobby!! 5th floor, you said, sorry, we were in the wrong place we thought but what the heck, went up to the top floor just to check, I have no idea why, and then came down to where we set off from. Now, we start searching for someone who can throw light on the 5th floor – found a Gorkha gentleman who told us we had to be taking the way down ‘Parking’.. so off we went – and you should remember that it is still raining, certainly not what you want when you are to meet a Client who must already be thinking where our sense of time is, forget the road sense!!. And now, we found ourselves in the ‘Galleria’ and off we rushed in to the elevator, were very relieved to see ‘5’.. but then, what do we find in ‘5’ – The Huawei Technologies!!! Seriously, what was wrong with the world? With us? Then again, down we went, got out of the Galleria, called up dear Client who said we had to keep coming out of the door through galleria, which needless to say had to be dimly lit – it’s the 7-star effect, the greater the stars, the dimmer the lighting gets, you should observe. So then we straddled in and out of few dimly lit corridors and doors and found ourselves in front of another elevator, which sure had a ‘5’ and finally reached what resembled a lounge. Of course, from then on, it’s the same routine – 2 over-dressed young beavers started very anxiously enquiring what you might want today and before you could finish pronouncing the full name of the Client start asking you to walk right through (here, the lighting was better) and comfortably seat yourself, point towards your Client and say ‘is that the gentleman you’re looking for’.Phew! Leela ohh Leela!! Finally.. only 12-15 minutes was spent in locating ‘5’.