I couldn't extract time to blog... and as you want my blog to be updated... I thought this email, which I sent to my friends is worth blogging... Read this and you will know about my first trip to US...
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Hi,
I reached New York airport safely.
As expected, my first USA journey was really exiting. To find immigration counters, custom check-ins, baggage collection, food in the flight, every thing was really memorable.
This is how the it went:
I packed my baggage (with help of Keerthi) and reached Hyderabad airport by 3.45pm.
Checked my baggage, and spent time with my parents and friends.Got into the Kingfisher airlines (my parents waved hands and wished me a happy journey) and reached Bombay in time(6.45pm).
Waited for tranpickup and reached international airport at Bombay.
I Checked my baggage and had my immigration done.
I called my dad and waited till 12.30am for the Delta airlines announcement.
One thing I liked here is, the ladies with children are allowed to get into the flight first.
Then it was zone wise. My zone, infact our zone (including Malli who accompanied till NY) was 8.
We tried swaping our seats, so that me and Malli can sit together. But none accepted.I was in the middle row and middle seat.
It would have been a worst journey, if TV was not there.I watched two good movies "Night in the museum" and a film by Nagesh Kukunoor. Rest (Rocky, some kids movies) were not interesting and I watched them having naps in between.
Reached NY JFK airport by 6.45am. Rushed with the crowd and had my immigration and customs done.
Collected my baggage and came out of the terminal.
I didn't have change to call Bhanu. I went to a lady and asked her change for one dollar. She had no change either.
A girl came to me with smile on her face and asked me "You want to make a call?". I said "yes". She asked me the number to dial and I gave her Bhanu's number. She ran here and there for signal and at last I spoke to Bhanu. I said thanks to her. She spoke to me about her mom, who was in the same flight. Her mom came and she left the place.
Bhanu came after a while and I went to Sidhu's home.
It was a nice drive where I enjoyed watching the city (specially tall and colourful buildings)Eat nice indian food, Jeedipappu Upma as breakfast and royyalu koora for lunch (made by Sidhu)
Reached my hotel room, and cooked dinner (Maggi noodles and a big cup of coffee)Slept very early at 8.00pm and just woke to send you an update... :-)
It is a great story with a lot of learnings:
1. Learnt that to push the trolly one should press it down...
2. Learnt how immigration and customs checks happen... (I wasn't asked many questions. They didnt even verrify my originals)
3. Learning how independent people live here... really a different world.
4. Learnt how ppl use google maps to reach destinations.
My learning still continues...
B in touch with my yahoo and google account.
Back to bed,
Mohan
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Life's a big teacher. Every day you get to learn new things. The beauty of it is, you are a teacher one moment and pupil the very next.
Necessity makes you learn evrything..
No one to cook...you start cooking
No one to wash, u start washing
No one to accompany u to the movie, u start going alone...and the list goes on...
Learn things which are really useful to u in ur life and kill threads for others ;-)
Good Luck and take some time to update blog with ur experiences,
Keerthi.
Hi Mohan,
See the change....
Earlier you used to blog posts...
Now, no time to blog new things or thoughts...
you are posting past mails....
Learning to keep your blog site active and running....
Hmmm...Well, learning never ends but a life does....
Live to learn and Learn to live till you donot...
All the best and take care...
With thanks, regards and best wishes,
Kanth.
Everyone faces the same events as you had faced... But I like your wonderful way of explaination... Thats really great... I felt like I was there with you... especially when the girl asked you whether you want to make call.... just kidding... ;)....
BTW who is bhanu... sorry to ask... I really don't know...
Nice to hear that your journey was great and interesting.... If you would have got a window seat in the flight... that could have been really too interesting... Especially when you cross the timelines.... dark to light... light to dark.... I saw those two things in my journey.... that was really really wonderful for me.... I was watching the clouds.. which were under me... which I've seen facing up all the time in my life.... That was amazing for me.... Some times I see blue water under me... which looked like a sky under me..... There were some ships with lights... which I felt like stars in the sky..... Its all together new feelings... new happiness.... After watching for hours and hours... I had felt like boring... you know why... I don't have anybody to share at that time.... especially my partner.... my close friends... my dudes... my pals... whomsoever.... So finally entered US with a little lonelyness... I accept it's wonderful place.... Nice to be here for atleast some time...
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After seeing your "Mail to friends" I thought like sharing my feelings also in this blog.....
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Any way... Cool dude...
Have tonnes and tonnes of fun there....
Cheers...
AN.LA.CA.
BTW,
You dint tell us about your Jetlag feelings....? Are you feeling like missing anything? Are you feeling more happy than here(hyd)? Are you having more fun staying with one or two or few friends? How long are you going to stay there?
too many questions ;)
AN.LA.CA.
when can we expect ur next blog???
how was ur Florida trip??? hope u'll update all ur trips in ur next blog....
Nice to know abt ur travel experiences. Even had a similar kind of difficulty in pushing the trolly in India :) While going mine was a middle seat as urs but While returning I gotta window seat and enjoyed watching the clouds. Hope by now u wld have learnt to cook many more things than maggi noodles.
Try to get Laptop, Digi Cam, MP3 player or wat ever u feel like wen ur returning back. I dint get any of them wen I had been to US. But now feel that I shld have got them.
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