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  A T M 1:02 PM on May 31, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

  Travel from Boston to Bangalore 

  

  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 an hour of thinking and mulling over, when the clock was ticking close, I chose book. I traded-off The Long Tail by Chris Anderson over God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.
  
  Also happened to watch this interesting Thriller Drama – Breaking and Entering – An unusual title, casting Jude law.

   

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  A T M 12:12 AM on May 28, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

  Trip to White Mountains 

  

  

  

  

  
   
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  A T M 12:11 AM on May 25, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

  This one for my folks at home 

  

  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
   
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  A T M 1:30 AM on May 24, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

  Proud Moment 

  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 D620

  It’s a wait of nearly two years from the time I first made up my mind to buy one. For some reason it got postponed. I used to pool in all the cash and almost ready to order one, some emergency would pop up and I say “mm..Next Month ?”.

  The biggest inspirer to own one, among other reasons, must have been blog. Blogs just opened up a whole new world with an opportunity to get to know interesting people and places around the planet.

  Moreover, Web is in it’s most exciting part of the journey. How can I be left out ?

  How do I like to keep my laptop engaged ?
  - Lookup wikipedia, reader
  - Do more office work @ home
  - Weekend Movies and music
  - More Blogging
  - etc, etc

  

  I liked DHL’s delivery. With the tracking you can actually see where is your package at any time. I religiously refreshed this screen everyday to check the status.

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    Anonymous 2:19 PM on May 24, 2007 Permalink

    heyyyyyy congrats

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    Anonymous 9:12 AM on May 26, 2007 Permalink

    congrats!!!!!
    great achievement.. haha just kidding..
    its good to have laptop these days buddy…:-)

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  A T M 7:18 PM on May 20, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

  United States of Simple Geography 

  

  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 ?
   
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  A T M 4:01 AM on May 19, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

  Two Movies. Three similarities 

  

  Two movies since I came here. Three similarities.

  - Watched both of them on the day of the release.
  - Both are sequels # 3
  - Both were disappointing

  SpiderMan-3 and Shrek-3

   
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  A T M 1:09 PM on May 14, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

  Lost+Found 

  
  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 single mistake you are in trouble.

  

  That’s what happened y’day evening. I was supposed to take Exit 1 on the way to circuit city . I missed that and was terribly lost. There’s no way you can stop in the middle of the road and ask for the directions. In a way it was good that I explored the smaller streets of lowell town

  Thankfully I found my office nearby and hence I could trace the return route back to hotel. But by that time I had driven some 50 odd kms and same amount of driving experience behind.

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    lifestyle 11:22 PM on May 15, 2007 Permalink

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    Anonymous 9:02 AM on May 17, 2007 Permalink

    Check maps at Live.com , I used them ,they are great too.

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  A T M 2:22 PM on May 13, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

  Boston Weekend 

  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 Boston. I was expecting my friend to take me around the city. But when I called him, found out that he was in NewYork. So, it was a solitary adventure.
  I had no idea as to what I would be doing for one full day in a all-alone-stranger-land. Map or a city guide would have helped me. I had none.
  
  Subway. I liked them in NewYork. I went and purchased a Daily-Ticket at a orange line ( they have green, blue, yellow for each route). They cover the city so very well…I decided that I will just use their unlimited number of journey.
  
  Museum of science. I spotted it on a green line. One day won’t be enough to see all there is to see in the museum. Must watch is the Omni theater. Awesome experience of the breath taking saga of Grand Canyon.
  
  “Qwack Qwack”. Museum of science connected me to the famous DuckTour. It’s a fun ride into the History of Boston and places. Merri, the rider is the most energetic woman I have ever come across. Duck tour rolls on road and floats on the water. Very unique.
  
  MIT, Cambridge and Harvard. All in one street. What a seat of learning the Boston is. Saw all of them in their spread out campus.
  Thanks to my friend who left me all alone. I think I would a make second visit in the coming weekend on my back to India.

   
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  A T M 12:22 AM on May 12, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

  Drive Taste 

  

  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 I did not want to leave this place without some driving experience behind. We have had enough in past two weeks with no car for us to drive. Office gave away one today and I grabbed with both hands.

  It requires 200% concentration and 400% courage. Not completely flawless though. I got stare from people behind who were unrest because of the slower car. Who cares. I held my breath tight and eyes wide.

  Ufff…what a relief when I reached the hotel.

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    Ingenue 9:58 AM on May 12, 2007 Permalink

    Have you ever tried Vietnam or China? You will be stunned

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    Anonymous 3:16 PM on May 13, 2007 Permalink

    you should have go on germany motorways!

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    Anonymous 9:29 AM on May 14, 2007 Permalink

    bravo!!!

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    Anonymous 9:04 AM on May 17, 2007 Permalink

    BRAVO,BRAVO !!

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  A T M 3:05 AM on May 11, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

  the world has a rule 

  

  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 when I read in newspapers. It’s so shocking to see them in real.

  Their trollies are filled with tons and tons of junk eatables. Don’t they have a mirror ?

  I think the world has a rule. To have two extremes for everything. One end people die of hunger and malnutrition. Other end due to excessive calories.