Weird Day

This was 2 weeks back. It was long weekend so decided to go to Chicago. Last moment decision (how typical of me) so it had to be expensive. Had to shell out $60(but its fine atleast will get to spend sometime in chicago). Had booked greyhound bus. It was around 5 o'clock in the morning. A friend woke me up and well I woke others up and we got ready.

Went to the bus stop early and waited for almost half an hour, now it was due time but the bus hasn't come yet..............very confused as to why bus has not come. Then somebody informs us that bus stop has changed and we go running to the new bus stop but alas we had missed the bus. I was feeling like hell. First time I had ever missed a bus "horrible feeling" trust me (esp when u spent $60). First reaction started cursing this new place (I know that's not fair but u somehow dont want to like this country bcoz its not INDIA). Nothing much could be done. Possible solution: Wait for the next bus which was in the evening :( and u are not totally sure if you will be allowed to sit
1) Because u had ticket for morning bus 2)Since its long weekend the bus might be full.
But obviously we were gonna turn up this time to the right bus stop in the evening to try out our luck.

I was totally disappointed and miserable. On our way back my friend who had woken me up, I guess took some pity on my condition and we decided to go for a walk instead of going back home. So rest headed back home while we went somewhere near university side.(The main reason for this walk was that we needed some milk to make chai :)).

It was first match of the season so many people were in their fancy dress and huge lines were there in front of the bars(which were not opened as yet). Never seen anything like this at purdue. Liked the enthu of crowd and was feeling much better now. We went to the 2 indian stores nearby but hello who is open at 5.30 in the morn. So obviously could not get any milk.
Then went to his house to get the milk then came back and made some chai. It was 6.30 by now and my housemates were sleeping(I was like how can they come back and go to sleep they had just missed a bus but obviously they were handling situation better than me). Then we made some chai :) and I was feeling much much better now.

Well so much for the morn....................then again another frnd came in, well he was also pretty much surprised to find us at home. Again I went with him to downtown to check if greyhound bus service office was there but again I stay in a village so no office here. Had to wait till evening. A long wait.......................................................

Then atlast in the evening we got the bus there were around 15 to 20 people who had missed the bus in the morn. We were allowed in the bus so was a bit relaxed. And the journey to chicago began. The bus was full of blackies and this lady was shouting on top of her voice. She started speaking to me some random stuff I was fine wid it but got boring and she was getting bit scary too(I mean a bit aggressive kind off) so decided to ignore her now. Except for that weirdo nothing great in the bus.

Bus arrived Chicago it was 9 at night and my cousin had come to pick me up. The greyhound bus stop is in the centre of Chicago. He showed us around at night. This was the best part about missing the bus. Chicago at night was simply amazing. Tall buildings kissing the skies. Lights all around making the scene prettier. The water front (which is somewhat like marine drive). It was awesome.

By the time he took us to have dinner it was 10 I guess. We went to this pakistani restaurant. It was mainly bcoz he wanted to have non-veg and one of my friends also eats non-veg, so here we were. Not many veggie options here but thats fine. And I dunno what but suddenly I decided to try out something new. I went ahead and had fish for the first time. Being veggie this was the first time I had non-veg. After 20 years of my life suddenly I try something new. Result: Fish was good but nothing unique. I felt nothing after I had it. Dunno why I was so apprehensive of having non veg before. I realised its never to late to new try out new things. You just need to be open regarding it.

Then we went back home And thus the day ended.

What a day! my feeling took a complete 180 degree turn over the whole day. But as they say All is well that ends well, it was a pretty ending to a terrible day :). What a weird day.

A new begining...............is it?

This post was long due but again because of my laziness.......................I simply couldn't set myself up for writing.

Newayz thanks to this boring day I find myself writing this post. It's been 40 days today as I set foot on this country UNITED STATES.....................
Few years back I would not even dream about coming here for studying my Master's 2 reasons for this-
1. I did not want to leave INDIA

2. I hated computers (that was 4 years back when I got admitted for computer engineering now things have changed, obviously I love them.......... that's another story :))

Not diverting from the topic................. I still cannot believe I am in this country........... I feel guilty for saying this but I am starting to like this country too.

I remember the goodbyes at the Ahmedabad airport the wet eyes of my parents still make me nostalgic(Thank goodness nobody cried). The long wait in Mumbai for 10 hours and the chats I had with my friend for most of that time on mobile. It was sweet of everyone to keep me entertained............THANKS PEOPLE LOVE YA VERY MUCH.

And then after a long journey of 14hours I was finally here NEW YORK my entry port in this country................. I thought I should be excited but somehow there was no excitement.............. Then came the thing I was waiting for a long time A STAMP ON MY PASSPORT and the joy it gave me was ..................... immense. (Funny isn't it that small things give you more pleasure than bigger picture).

I was in United States............new country...........new culture................new people.............new friends.......................new experiences.....................

A NEW BEGINING.......................(on second thoughts).............is it?