Archive for May, 2007

Travel from Boston to Bangalore

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

I wanted to spend the last 20$ in my pocket to worth its salt at the Airport. I had two choices.To pick up some gift at duty free shop ( I need to find out why do they call so ) or pick up a book for the flight journey.After ...

Trip to White Mountains

Monday, May 28th, 2007



This one for my folks at home

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Best time to be in US is May - Nov. Sun will be out. Spring green is a treat.This afternoon at Westford Regency, Company All Hands Meet.I was lost today again while looking out for the hotel. Thankfully, understanding of a bit of road map helped me locate myself

Proud Moment

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

This is quite a news to share.I have nearly begged-borrowed and stolen.Laptop. I finally own a personal laptop. This is the most prized thing I have ever gifted myself. Proud moment as I unveiled the box from Dell y'day. Dell Latitude D620It's a wait of nearly two years from the ...

United States of Simple Geography

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Kids here in US got no difficulty in drawing state's sketch in geography classes.Look at them. More or less most of them have a regualr geometrical shape. Squares and rectangles. Was there some rational in keeping their shapes simple ?

Two Movies. Three similarities

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

Two movies since I came here. Three similarities.- Watched both of them on the day of the release.- Both are sequels # 3- Both were disappointingSpiderMan-3 and Shrek-3

Lost+Found

Monday, May 14th, 2007

This is the satelite image of the route we take from Hotel to reach Office.Google Maps comes very handy if you are new to US and do not know how to drive around. You just have to trust and blindly ( with open eyes) follow the instructions. You make one ...

Boston Weekend

Sunday, May 13th, 2007

Have seen just two cities in my short visit. So I pick Boston of the two, leaving NewYork at the second spot. City is pretty. People are warm and the city walks.This is my first experience with travelling in commuter train in US. Took a commuter train from Billerica to ...

Drive Taste

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

I must post this before this moment fades away. I drove down from my office to the Hotel using one of the busiest national highways 495. It must be some 20 kms drive. I must congratulate myself for the dare. I never drove in the busy streets of Bangalore. But ...

the world has a rule

Friday, May 11th, 2007

Visited Market Basket this evening. It is like wal-mart to the locals.Eaters. More Eaters. Big Eaters are these Americans. Of the 100 odd shoppers I saw this evening, 90 of them are obese. That's 90%. From chote chote Kids to aged. I never cared about the obesity stats of america ...