Life is to Enjoy

Last Saturday was the first weekend outing (oor sutha kelambittan da) in US. I went, or rather, we a group of Infoscions in Pittsburgh went on drive to Baltimore. There is an aquarium and Murugan temple there. The aquarium was very big and world class. But the only problem for me was I wasnt interested in such things :-(. Anyway, sitting idle at home is worser than visiting such places. Hence no regrets. There was a dolphin show in the aquarium and it shattered all the hopes i had over it. It wasnt good at all, to be frank it was pathetic. Murugan Temple visit was a good relief. It was a medium size temple and had Lord Shiva, Amman and Vinayagar also. The temple was free and we had a great darshan. Got a banana as prasadam. Pleasure was what I felt when I sat in the car. The roads are amazing and considering that we travelled 8+ hours totally, there was no feeling of getting tired. Superb outing. Will last for long in my mind as it was my first outing in a foreign country. Oh yeah... I...

Queues is what you find everywhere here. No crossing/intruding in the queue is done. If at all you do, the looks of the people will make you feel guily! Always ladies are given preference especially when entering lifts or entering a hall thru the door (I really wonder why? In what way they are superior/inferior?) Independent working style is dominant here. You find people come in as early as 5 AM and leave as early as 2 PM and also people coming in at 12 noon and leaving by 9. There are a lot more which I cant post... u can mail me and get such updates... I know many of you would have got the clue ;-)

At last the day has arrived. I got my laptop. I am living normal life now in US. So continuing here with my series.... The public transport in this part of US is absolutely excellent (I heard a lot of complaint from my US friends that they dont have public tranport in their part of US). We have buses and subway trains flowing almost everytime. The maximum waiting time on peak hours (Office going hours) is 10 minutes. The buses and trains have AC and you have better seats. You cannot walk freely as you do in India. Its restricted. So one has to either use public transport or own a car. The nearest shop you could have from your resedential area is about 1.5 miles although it may vary. The home here has carpets in the floor and not a mosaic or tile. This is primarily, as I heard from my friends, for the winter season. I will update about winter here once I experience it.

I will start bugging my readers with more experience of my stay in US. This will be a 3 part series (periya mega serial director style la). Here everyone is very very helpful and everyone respects the laws and rules of the Government (or federal as they call it). Dont think that people in US are conservative or racists. Boy they help always. Not even a single time I was denied a help so far in my 6 day's life by US citizens. There is always preference for elderly people and people with disability. They always have access to all the places where normal people can go. There are special ways/outlets provided for the disabled to reach the lifts. The road rules followed here is excellent. On the signal of red, vehicles stop immediately and most importantly before the stop line. There are special places where pedestrians are given preference to the vehicles in the road. In front of my office building there is such a place. You can blind foldedly walk in that place ignoring the traffic an...

I am just telling summary of this posting in the heading itself. It is a big struggle in US without laptop. I am getting kandan (loan) from my friends as of now and waiting for the day when I will be having my laptop. Mostly its this weekend and I hope to get it soon. I already have quite a few requests from my friends (yaaru nu kekkathinga :P) to post my USA experience. I will do that once I get my laptop for sure. I have a lots to put down.

To all who have no info on my arrival, I have arrived safely to Pittsburgh, PA and there was no delay in flight timings anywhere. I wish to elaborate certain points which you may try to take up on your first flight to US. I missed these things badly. 1. Try to bring some eatables like chips, buiscuits. You never know when you are hungry as time zones are varying. of course flight personnel can help you serving but you may not like them. 2. Try to carry a water bottle always. I was waiting in Chicago for more than 3 hours and found that you have to pay for getting water. Pathetic aint it? but thats how it is. How did I manage? well, they have wash basins and water comes in that. I just drunk water in typical Indian style... 3. Try to get maximum sleep so that you can get adjusted to timezone easily. I just had a good sleep on Saturday night as soon as I reached and its really fine and active health. More tips on demand. I am not doing a free service here ;-)

I was really happy until yesterday on my trip to US. Suddenly some force has made me to feel bad on my travel. Anyways no chance to revert back now. Let me see whatever happens.

Today I went to a temple near my home where my mom had reserved to do a special Poojai today for my welfare and successful trip of mine. So the morning cricket is lost today. I had no options but to say "yes" to my mom and dad's request. Anjaneyaa... enna nallabadiya kaapathu.