july 31st 2006 is the day i landed in the USA with a dream like every fellow Indian of completing my Masters In Engineering.It was just one month after I had completed my final yer exams.,waited till the last day June30 th to let Deloitte know that their attractive pay package no longer excited me...and that I was all set to go to North Carolina to pursue something which my dad and I pictured few years back! This decision came after having to cross a lot of emotional obstacles but all said and done it was made....
Every day in the 5 years would have been memorable because there is always some new challenge awaiting me..I have seen different type of people.. managed different situations... tried to achieve what i always wanted to.... but something always troubles you at the back of my mind... the most important thing that I have learnt here is relationships.. and from my previous post.. its always strange to me..... I never quite understood.. but i know one thing for sure... when you are away from family, its always your friends who are the backbone and the support system and I definitely know that everyone u meet here will not fit into that group.But frankly speaking I have never understood this aspect at all.......
Anyhooo... besides that I have had some thoroghly adventurous moments with my roommates and just by myself either... School days where I would have to wake up for my 4 am campus jobs.......or whether me and my room mates had to go to the post office to collect a package with no clue where it was located... walking had become the most important activity while in school.....:D becos the luxury mode of transportation was not afordable!! :) Well,,, but it def din seem to help my physical condition.....:D but there are other factors like indiscipline eating habits at school which all changed once i moved into professional life. :)
Probably school life was the best part in the 5 years mainly because , i had some strong bonding with some of my friends there.. always knew I had people whom i could depend on emotionally as well.Not driving a car never seemed to bother my day to day activity.. When I crisis.. i always knew i could go to one of my friends shoulders and cry! :)
But work life has taken away most of this.. It has just made me independent in every way.. I am not supposed to be depended on people... Its more like go fend for urself.. but even then i know I have some people around whom I can go to for help!
Plus point of work life is money.....while in school planning trips was a big deal.. now I can plan trips .. the way I want... thats how my state count is 33 and is still increasing.. I love travelling.!!!. just pack bags.. go with my favorite ppl and visit the wildest places....Trips to all the places have been fun uptil now.. I am looking forward to more.. the most exciting is Europe. with Y( hope we can make that happen!!!) Really excited....:) So far summing up... lots of state and National parks...lots of states.. different cuisines,, favorite being(Thai and chinese..) but tried most of them.. turkish, afghani, mediterranean, ethiopian, viatnamese.,mexican ,italian, Indian,american, malaysian and Japanese so far.. so going by this ,,, you can def say I am a big foodie:D
Oh yes.. I have also realised how stayed healthy and active is really important.. FYI .. my fotos 5 yrs back and now will show that... :D I cannot believe it when I look at myself.. but I would never like to go back to that phase.... :(
My favorite park would be Grand Canyon and my 2 favorite cities would be NYC and Chicago!! :) I still have a lot of parks and cities pending and I hope to finish it before I leave the US for good!(Not sure whether it will be by choice or by force.. but will see what the destiny packet has in store for me)
I enjoy my work and that typically what keeps me going.. started with working on calibrations for diesel trucks and now I am learning more mechanical engineering stuff.. I have driven different kinds of trucks... seen different Industrial applications and actually been able to see where all my efforts lead to ... this just gives me pure satisfaction.!!!
My childhood fantasy of playing tennis is seeming to get accomplished as I have started that on a regular basis...
All in all the 5 yrs have been the given the most rewarding experiences of my life.. and I will always hope to see the brighter side of things!!!
Every day in the 5 years would have been memorable because there is always some new challenge awaiting me..I have seen different type of people.. managed different situations... tried to achieve what i always wanted to.... but something always troubles you at the back of my mind... the most important thing that I have learnt here is relationships.. and from my previous post.. its always strange to me..... I never quite understood.. but i know one thing for sure... when you are away from family, its always your friends who are the backbone and the support system and I definitely know that everyone u meet here will not fit into that group.But frankly speaking I have never understood this aspect at all.......
Anyhooo... besides that I have had some thoroghly adventurous moments with my roommates and just by myself either... School days where I would have to wake up for my 4 am campus jobs.......or whether me and my room mates had to go to the post office to collect a package with no clue where it was located... walking had become the most important activity while in school.....:D becos the luxury mode of transportation was not afordable!! :) Well,,, but it def din seem to help my physical condition.....:D but there are other factors like indiscipline eating habits at school which all changed once i moved into professional life. :)
Probably school life was the best part in the 5 years mainly because , i had some strong bonding with some of my friends there.. always knew I had people whom i could depend on emotionally as well.Not driving a car never seemed to bother my day to day activity.. When I crisis.. i always knew i could go to one of my friends shoulders and cry! :)
But work life has taken away most of this.. It has just made me independent in every way.. I am not supposed to be depended on people... Its more like go fend for urself.. but even then i know I have some people around whom I can go to for help!
Plus point of work life is money.....while in school planning trips was a big deal.. now I can plan trips .. the way I want... thats how my state count is 33 and is still increasing.. I love travelling.!!!. just pack bags.. go with my favorite ppl and visit the wildest places....Trips to all the places have been fun uptil now.. I am looking forward to more.. the most exciting is Europe. with Y( hope we can make that happen!!!) Really excited....:) So far summing up... lots of state and National parks...lots of states.. different cuisines,, favorite being(Thai and chinese..) but tried most of them.. turkish, afghani, mediterranean, ethiopian, viatnamese.,mexican ,italian, Indian,american, malaysian and Japanese so far.. so going by this ,,, you can def say I am a big foodie:D
Oh yes.. I have also realised how stayed healthy and active is really important.. FYI .. my fotos 5 yrs back and now will show that... :D I cannot believe it when I look at myself.. but I would never like to go back to that phase.... :(
My favorite park would be Grand Canyon and my 2 favorite cities would be NYC and Chicago!! :) I still have a lot of parks and cities pending and I hope to finish it before I leave the US for good!(Not sure whether it will be by choice or by force.. but will see what the destiny packet has in store for me)
I enjoy my work and that typically what keeps me going.. started with working on calibrations for diesel trucks and now I am learning more mechanical engineering stuff.. I have driven different kinds of trucks... seen different Industrial applications and actually been able to see where all my efforts lead to ... this just gives me pure satisfaction.!!!
My childhood fantasy of playing tennis is seeming to get accomplished as I have started that on a regular basis...
All in all the 5 yrs have been the given the most rewarding experiences of my life.. and I will always hope to see the brighter side of things!!!
and I completed 5 years yesterday! :) But it is so hard to sum up everything in a post.. I have had a blast these 5 years :)
ReplyDeleteNehas!! Well its difficult to sum it all up... but its just a small gist of some big things!!! :)
ReplyDeleteThe more time I spent discovering and exploring life, the more I want to move ahead and experience more adventures :)
ReplyDeletecheers to the wanderlust!!