I have been dreading the day I write this post: Mostly because its the fear of the unknown. Now I dont scare easily, but not knowing whats next is pretty intimidating!
I see my dad in front of me taking calls from many a family member who couldnt make it to last night's get-together, and my mom in the next room making sure everything is packed for the 100th time despite atleast 1 item not being packed- My laptop :D
Cutting to the chase, I am leaving home for Rice University today although my flight is on the night of August 14th from Mumbai! Maybe because I spent my days getting a Bachelor degree as a Dayscholar, people seem to think i will have problems adjusting to my new life taking care of myself properly. I have my doubts, and my stint at IISc all alone earned that argument some brownie points. Nevertheless, I need to call up loads of guys and I have about 6 hours for the train so I will have to make this quick!
I dont hesitate a moment to admit I will miss this place I call home:-
I will miss the surroundings and I will miss my family. I will miss talking to my friends through phone (Hurray for the internet!) and I will surely miss the monsoon here:-
I will miss having not to worry about paying the bills or cooking food and I will miss being able to sloth 24x7 if I wish to: End of list!
Many a people shall be expecting a sentimental post here but that was as senti as I can get: I suppose I am making up now for being a cry-baby in my early years but I rarely get emotional so dont blame me. All I can say is I am not nervous, I am not excited and though it may just be the calm before the storm and I will find out for sure the moment I step onto the Runway, I am looking forward to this next chapter of my life. Might as well take it positively for no one forced me to take it up: I gave up a ~8 LPA job for this hehe..
To all my friends and family: Thanks for all the wishes and blessings, please stay in touch. I doubt I will get a chance to update this blog until I am well settled into my apartment with my apartment mate, John Connelly, who happens to be a 2nd year MS (Statistics) student and arrives Aug 22nd making me King of the Manor, ie, Apartment 139 for a week.
My flight leaves Indian shores on the eve of Independence day and coupled with Swine Flu fever (In more ways than one!), there will be some tight security at the airport. If all goes well, I shall arrive at Newark Airport, New Jersey at 5:30 am US eastern time and arrive at Houston at 11:30 am. A senior, Chinmay Hegde, is due to pick me up there to take me to Rice. So until next time, wish me luck and I will see you all soon.
Funny how from places I have no friends in, there are guys online right now reading this post: Shows the power of google and key-words I guess..
Arati also leaves tonight, and arrives in Michigan tomorrow evening. Hope she has a great journey but right now the only words I want to hear are:-
2 comments:
Cool dude. Lets see how quickly u get back to blogging there :)
I guess that'll mean you have settled there!!!
Got net already, but need to write up the posts!
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