Visa Woes and Wows !!

So, after a long tense 2 weeks, I finally figured out that I need to apply for the Visa at the French Consulate in Pondicherry. This is what it was like :

Migration Dept in Paris : Please apply for the Visa in Pondicherry, we've approved and sent your file there.
Consulate in Pondicherry : Huh, what? You live in Bangalore, please go to Mumbai.
Me : But my file has been sent to you !
CP : We cant find your file here, sorry! Please check if it's in Mumbai
Me : What the.... !!
Consulate in Mumbai : File? What file?
Me : Oh damn !
CP : Hey, come over to Pondicherry any weekday between 8am and 11am, we'll give you the Visa !
Me : Oh good, can I take an appointment?
CP : Call the help desk in Chennai and fix one.
Helpdesk : But you live in Bangalore, you have to go to Mumbai.
Me : Damn it, the Visa officer has asked me to come to Pondi, can you gimme an appointment, for goodness sake?
HD : uhhh... Call in 5 min, we'll get back to you.
(5 min later)
Oh, Pondicherry doesnt have your file. Please go to Mumbai.
Me : What????????????????
CP: Yeah, I've seen your file, but i cant seem to locate it now. Why dont you come over anyway, and I'l give you the Visa, I dont care about the file !
Me : %!&~?%&*!%

2 days later, i landed up in Pondicherry. I waited 2 mins in a queue, submitted my application, with my heart in my mouth. I kept thinking the lady at the counter will throw my application back at me for some odd reason (thanks to the mess mentioned above). But she entered my passport number into the system, and voila!! All my details popped up, and afterall, my file WAS there !!
I waited another 5 mins in the queue that same evening, and I was a happy man when i opened the passport that she returned to me, and saw my visa stamped on it!!

Wow !!

August 12th it will be... Early that morning, at 2:05 am, I will board Air France AF 191 from Bangalore to Paris !