Hello USA

As the title clearly conveys, you all know where I am. But what you don't know is how much fun I'm having out here. That's the reason I wasn't able to post anything on my blog for the past couple of weeks. My college adventure is on its way even though it's a long way for classes to commence. I've taken part in the Seattle Challenge, Community Barbecue and whatnot. All these activities have helped me meet some amazing people from Germany, Sweden, Armenia, China and other parts of the world.

To state succinctly, it's a home away from home. It feels great to be here.

Excitement At Its Very Best

Okay I'm just gonna say it now. I am frigging excited for the new world that awaits me in less than 3 days :) And as it happens, when there's a big change waiting right round the corner, the seconds turn into minutes, minutes into hours and hours into....well you know. Not a minute passes when I don't calculate the countdown. The anxiety has taken an exponential rise to oblivion. LOL

There has been a series of dinners and get-together functions during the past week which summed up together, was exhilarating. A lot of farewells have also gone down the way either in person or through phones. The whole experience has been illuminating 'cause it has never happened before. Well that much goes for the activity outside of my house.

As far as the inside is concerned, it's bustling with activity and drama. Chaos has broken out here. But we have made some progress. Packing is finally done with luggage stashed away in a separate room ready to be tossed into the car when we leave. All my credentials are in one place which I had been thinking to do since like.....forever but was able to accomplish it in a little above two hours when the pressure was on. Due to all this, my book reading has come to a sort of standstill. Even though I do read, it's not the usual pace. Well anything for the big journey. Haha

Before I sign off, I would like to bid farewell (the first formal goodbye from my side :P) to all my comrades (:P) for their friendship and for being with me....I guess 24/7. I am gonna miss you all a lot. For now, that's all I can think of. Lol

College, here I come.

Confusion is an often too subtle sign of paranoia

I know it's just been a week since my last post but I am already trashed under stress because off all the activity that's been going around the house. Mum's been tossing some stuff into the suitcase in one room, dad's been talking about some going-away party for me in the other room and what the hell am I doing? I am sitting in my room trying to get a hold of what's going on which of course I haven't been able to do so far.

But that doesn't mean I'm not trying fellas!

As I don't have much to do while everyone else is busy doing what I ought to do (lol), I am rushing through some of the books that can't be stashed safely into my suitcase. Have read some widely-acclaimed books in the past week such as Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, The Fourth Estate and The Inheritors.

Midst all this topsy-turviness, my laptop crashed somehow (well actually it was the charging adapter). The adapter is refusing to let through the 220 volts needed to charge the damn thing. So I have to spare sometime to get a new one, the thought of which is almost crucifying me. It'd be the third adapter in under four months.

One word. Shit.

Well I totally forgot to mention that I got a new external hard drive.It's a Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra-portable Drive 1 TB. The best thing about it is it's USB 3.0 compatible which really helps. Anyone else looking for a kick-ass portable drive, this is it.

I thought of a video but then settled with a snap :)

The lucky dot on the surface. Lol

To remind all of you, ETD for college is 13 days

And to upgrade your general knowledge, the title for this post is a random quotation by Anne Austin.

That's all for now.

Till the next post,

Adios.

Grandmas! You can never get enough of ‘em!

Hey people! I expect you all have been in excellent spirits. I can at least say that I have been so with some occasional downers. As you would have previously read, I would be moving to USA in early September and thus, have a lot of people to bid goodbye. Well this wasn’t something which I had thought of just after booking my ticket to be honest. It actually came to my mind when I visited my grandma earlier this week.

It was a wonderful one-week sojourn. I mean it had its shortcomings but still, was worth cherishing.

One of the best things about my grandma is that she cooks awesome food. Wait! Not awesome. Awesome Possum guys! Almost every day I got some traditionally cooked vegetable (of which I had no clue) and it turned out to be a connoisseur’s treat. The unknown, however, delicious treats still catch me unawares. Also grandma’s place had this collection of old editions of some kickass books. I found some masterpieces dated older than the 1970s. 

All of the above mentioned pros made up for the technological rehab I experienced during my stay. You must be wondering what the rehab was about. No Wi-Fi access. I wouldn’t go as far as to say that I didn’t have my laptop or phone but still it was a fuss. 

All these aesthetic factors apart, the best thing that made this endeavor worth sharing was………my grandma. For me, she is this guardian angel who looks out for everyone.

To be succinct, I love my grandma.

I am sure all of you have felt the same at some point of time. 

Thanks for reading my thoughts. I trust they were worth reading.

Until next time, this is Twoccer signing off.
Despedida

The Final Breakthrough

Hola people, I hope you’re doing awesome.

I got to tell you that this is the first time I feel like blogging on and on. To be frank, all my previous posts were done out of an urge to sustain a continuity in the archives. You can yourself observe that most of my posts are a month apart or at least a fortnight apart.

Why do I feel this way?

You’ll know it in a moment.

It was the 14^th of July ’11 when I was scheduled to meet my uncle. Dad and I started for the place in the morning. My uncle had been busy with his last chores as his whole family was moving to USA later this month. Both parties were finally able to convene in the evening with exhaustion visible on all our faces. I guess you’d be wondering as to why there was such a need for a conference. Don’t start biting your nails guys! I was myself in such a semi-state. But I had concluded that this was my first critical talk about college, mind you. Finally my uncle sets in the initiative and the talks begin. To sum all of it in a couple of sentences, we discussed three focal things - my commitment to college, the whole financial stuff and housing. There was no room for error on anyone’s part and I am happy that I played out my role without reserve. It was a no-nonsense 15-minute session. After all this ended, we dropped off my uncle to the airport whence he left for home.

Well I was happy about all of it but it still wasn’t reason enough for me to be ecstatic. Two days later, a mail comes from my uncle giving the probable dates for my arrival in USA as he would be the one who would receive me at the airport. I forwarded the dates to dad so that he could finally book my ticket. And voila! My air ticket was finally booked for 4^th September ’11. I know all of this had to follow course after I had got my visa but still it felt great to hold the e-ticket hard-copy in my hands. What did all of it mean? It signaled that I had to start gearing up for college.

I can’t comment about anyone else but I know for a fact that I was on cloud nine.

After a millennium, I was finally going to USA for four long years. How does that feel for a start? :)

I am raring to go to meet all my UW friends in September. See you guys!

I hope this post made for joyful reading as it was certainly fun writing.

For now, this is Twoccer signing off!

Despedida.