The Lonesome Road

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Main Square, originally uploaded by shadowfall.

Well, as can be seen, it’s a really long time since I last posted. For the moment, let us not blame this on my inherent laziness, but on the hectic lifestlye that came into play after I got a visa.

Packing when you are leaving the country is a pain in the proverbial place. Those of you who have packed your bags and left home for hostels - you know part of what it’s like. It gets far, far worse when you have to take it to the next step. Lists are made, discarded and reordered. Tempers flare a lot! Well, but it all got done and when I got here I didn’t find anything major (namely my clothes ) missing. So I was a happy person.

Funny thing was I landed here, got home (well, the place I was staying) and then rushed off immediately to Manhattan - all within two hours of touching down. Now I am essentially from Bombay(Mumbai) - even so it took me a couple of minutes to let New York sink into me. But it’s an awesome place. Really hard (but not impossible) even for a person with a non-existant sense of direction to get lost in. I try - but so far haven’t succeeded. Smart fellow who named the streets.

Long Island is a fun place. Everything is at least ten minutes away - by walk. Oh yes, us international students cannot really afford to buy cars immediately after turning up. Long Island is mainly a residential area and *everyone* has a car. I’m telling you - we get strange looks when we are struggling back with a week-load of groceries. But the upshot is I get a lot of exercise - whether I want it or not.

The good thing about public transport here is that there are schedules - and that the vehicles adhrere to the schedule. Unfortunately for people still living in IST (Indian Stretchable Time), a five minute late entry at the bus stop implies a half hour wait fir the next bus. Most learn quickly

Well, college registration and all done. A Masters is way different from the undergrad system of things - and a whole load more fun. So far at least. Most lectures are treated as discussions - especially in the networking class, where a simple question can become the focus of a major discussion.

What else.. been spending my weekends seeing New York, Jersey and Boston. I’m waiting for the season to turn and for the Fall colors to light up the season in red and gold.

Till next time!

PS : The photo is a shot of my college. It’s a central area for the Engineering section and most of our lecs take place in the buildings around it.