Monday, February 25, 2008

The second month in amru land

So I survived the first month...through numerous slumbers, phone calls, gtalk conversations, grocery shopping and getting used to the awful cold..

I think i will be 200 pounds by the time i leave from this country.

I just hope the above doesnt come true please deliver us from evil (aroma of cakes, ice creams, packed food, lazy winters, jumbo cokes, jumbo everything, cheap junk food).

Amen.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Animation movies

The greatest achievement in being vella is that I watched all (almost, well no one is testing for accuracy here!) the latest animation movies...the simpsons, ratataoiulle(watever, dunno dont care about the spelling, never did), futurenama, meet the robinsons, the bee, cindrella (ok dont kill me for it), happy feet (very long movie with a pathetic ending), about all the possible chip and dale cartoons uploaded on you tube......

Hello? Am i losing the audience? Well, sigh...i should make an animation feature on this one.

Friday, February 1, 2008

One Week completed..

..In Uncle Sam's land.. I seem to have visited a decent number of places for a first time visitor- Walmart, Target store (3 times), Macy's, Patel's, and of course the fitness center!

I miss paapad...sigh.. I absolutely am amazed by the number of people in the gym- i have never seen so many people together in one place in the whole of minneapolis downtown!

So well, that is to say that unlike what most of us think- everyone in amreeca is not fat and obese (which gives me less company than i thought i would have!). I do not miss office at all..which is strange considering that 90% of my life in Hyd was spent in the office (or maybe thats why i dont miss it!)

I have already started liking the cold..and am experimenting with doing with fewer layers each time i use the skyway... I miss reading do rupaiya ka newspaper- the newspapers that come here for free are so crappy-they are worse than dainik jagran...and the normal ones at like $1.75 to $2...hardly worth it..besides no one delivers newspapers at the apartment which is totally insane! or maybe i will have to hunt around a bit for that..

Baaki, I am overall a little awed and amazed at this country- its got so much and thats becoz they have a govt which functions...i really dont know if i will be as proud an Indian when I return as when I came back!