How I have lived life and what I have learnt in the past 10 months!!!
This is about my travel during my masters in the US. Some exciting travel that happened in the fall semester. So it was almost more than a month in the states and I was very well getting in the grad life routine. Along with the work that came along in the grad life, overall it was a lot of fun. I mean with the anxiety of staying alone to managing expenses, studies, getting to know people, I was not sure how would I juggle all these and still end up having fun. I had not really thought about it much but its my tendency to get anxious about certain phases in life. Well to begin with, I was on a vacation for the first month at my uncles place in New Jersey. My stay there was so much fun that I had almost forgotten that I was going to be by myself in a matter of time. Well there were some times when I did realize that but not enough to make me anxious about it. The idea of new roommates, new place, new school, new system, new course was exciting as well as challenging sometimes.
It was day one and I had got all the furniture and it was time for me to setup my room, unpack bags and settle in. This happened and in no time the semester began and as it was the fall semester, weather was just amazing and time flew in with some evenings, I recollect I had come back home where I felt all alone. Well, only then I realized that I was not the only one to feel so as everyone was sailing in the same boat. Long nights in the library and endless discussions over homework's even on weekends was something very unusual. With so many new things happening at the same time, I was a bit anxious about handling all these things but there was no time to think. Well there were promises made before I came here and things were happening so fast that when I would get a chance to talk back home, it would sound as if I things are happening at the speed of light.
In the initial days I was a bit skeptical about being in the new country, complaining about little things how they did it differently in India and would often think that I can't stay here for a long time. Well, once classes started, there were assignments and more assignments and things to do and tasks to complete. Met new people, got to know folks from different parts of the planet, well initially just India though. Started to observe different qualities in people and picked up how things are done in this country. Well they say it, that you don't do things or take responsibilities unless your ass is on fire. That was the case with me, it seemed as if I was pushed into the middle of an ocean miles away from the shore and literally no one around to even shout for help (family and friends from India) thanks to the time difference and had to go and swim and keep swimming until I was over all the fear of drowning.
Graduate life in a school in america means there are a lot of things happening around which will keep you from thinking where you are and what you are doing. Of course there were things like, career fair and other such events which came and we had to prepare ourselves to sell ourselves to the cos. Lets talk about the other beautiful things I experienced. The weather was just splendid and refreshing. Weekends were mostly spent in the library but I made sure to carry a disc and would go and play some frisbee. There were many ice - breaker events that were organised mainly for people to know each other and make new friends. Soon, we started to make a routine in our own sweet life, where weekdays were mainly spent in classes and doing home works (in groups of course). Time was at our convenience so we would often go and explore other things in the university campus.
It was the fall season and never before I had thought I would be studying in a place as beautiful as Ann Arbor. I love photography and so I would click pictures often. There were times when I would go meet seniors and learn about their experiences of travel during their stay in the US and this always excited me. Travelling alone, something which I had only dreamt of. There were some things I was told about that I can experience in this country before I came here and one of them was the number of opportunities one gets to do different things. The whole idea of living on my own and paying for my own expenses gave me a sense of responsibility. At the same time it even gave me the freedom of doing things I like to do. I learnt new sports like squash, pool etc. There was this feeling of excitement filled in me for every new thing I'd experience and life seemed just perfect. Thrill, responsibility, anxiety, fear, beauty, friends, and so many experiences which made me learn so many things.
Travel was something I always loved and there were some amazing trips being planned for which I was waiting eagerly. Well soon enough into the semester and my parents already planned my visit back home in Dec. Well, I couldn't say no after all I was going home! Now before that I got a chance to go to New York for an interview and then I planned it so that I could go visit my cousins in New Jersey. This was all happening in the dreadful but awesome winter, which had already began and I almost forgot to mention about this. I was in New York for a day and then travelled to NJ on my own. Well, something which I have realised, there is just some feeling in figuring out your own path and that has its own excitement. It was christmas time and I was flying into New York well completing a take home exam on the flight. Guess what, that was the final exam I am talking about. Never before in my life I'd thought that I would be solving an exam on a flight to New York on my way for an interview. Life just seemed so exciting and crazy at the same time. Well the night in the hotel before the interview I was completing an exam and that was at the Conrad, New York. :P Next day, post the exam and the interview it was time to go to New Jersey and yet again click some pictures before that, this time with my Canon DSLR. I did not mention about the camera that I bought which I had always dreamt of.
Reaching New Jersey it was time to share my exciting journey in the first 4 months with them. I was already feeling the difference in me from what I was 4 months ago. Soon I flew back to Detroit and in just a matter of days I was flying back home!!!
Now there is going to be another blog about the visit back home because that in itself was a different feeling of going home on a vacation! :D
More about the winter in Ann Arbor, well I was never waiting for it but then again I was also excited to see how winter looks like! Only to know it was the most severe winter in the long time was all the more an experience to add to the overall journey.
This is about my travel during my masters in the US. Some exciting travel that happened in the fall semester. So it was almost more than a month in the states and I was very well getting in the grad life routine. Along with the work that came along in the grad life, overall it was a lot of fun. I mean with the anxiety of staying alone to managing expenses, studies, getting to know people, I was not sure how would I juggle all these and still end up having fun. I had not really thought about it much but its my tendency to get anxious about certain phases in life. Well to begin with, I was on a vacation for the first month at my uncles place in New Jersey. My stay there was so much fun that I had almost forgotten that I was going to be by myself in a matter of time. Well there were some times when I did realize that but not enough to make me anxious about it. The idea of new roommates, new place, new school, new system, new course was exciting as well as challenging sometimes.
It was day one and I had got all the furniture and it was time for me to setup my room, unpack bags and settle in. This happened and in no time the semester began and as it was the fall semester, weather was just amazing and time flew in with some evenings, I recollect I had come back home where I felt all alone. Well, only then I realized that I was not the only one to feel so as everyone was sailing in the same boat. Long nights in the library and endless discussions over homework's even on weekends was something very unusual. With so many new things happening at the same time, I was a bit anxious about handling all these things but there was no time to think. Well there were promises made before I came here and things were happening so fast that when I would get a chance to talk back home, it would sound as if I things are happening at the speed of light.
In the initial days I was a bit skeptical about being in the new country, complaining about little things how they did it differently in India and would often think that I can't stay here for a long time. Well, once classes started, there were assignments and more assignments and things to do and tasks to complete. Met new people, got to know folks from different parts of the planet, well initially just India though. Started to observe different qualities in people and picked up how things are done in this country. Well they say it, that you don't do things or take responsibilities unless your ass is on fire. That was the case with me, it seemed as if I was pushed into the middle of an ocean miles away from the shore and literally no one around to even shout for help (family and friends from India) thanks to the time difference and had to go and swim and keep swimming until I was over all the fear of drowning.
Graduate life in a school in america means there are a lot of things happening around which will keep you from thinking where you are and what you are doing. Of course there were things like, career fair and other such events which came and we had to prepare ourselves to sell ourselves to the cos. Lets talk about the other beautiful things I experienced. The weather was just splendid and refreshing. Weekends were mostly spent in the library but I made sure to carry a disc and would go and play some frisbee. There were many ice - breaker events that were organised mainly for people to know each other and make new friends. Soon, we started to make a routine in our own sweet life, where weekdays were mainly spent in classes and doing home works (in groups of course). Time was at our convenience so we would often go and explore other things in the university campus.
It was the fall season and never before I had thought I would be studying in a place as beautiful as Ann Arbor. I love photography and so I would click pictures often. There were times when I would go meet seniors and learn about their experiences of travel during their stay in the US and this always excited me. Travelling alone, something which I had only dreamt of. There were some things I was told about that I can experience in this country before I came here and one of them was the number of opportunities one gets to do different things. The whole idea of living on my own and paying for my own expenses gave me a sense of responsibility. At the same time it even gave me the freedom of doing things I like to do. I learnt new sports like squash, pool etc. There was this feeling of excitement filled in me for every new thing I'd experience and life seemed just perfect. Thrill, responsibility, anxiety, fear, beauty, friends, and so many experiences which made me learn so many things.
Travel was something I always loved and there were some amazing trips being planned for which I was waiting eagerly. Well soon enough into the semester and my parents already planned my visit back home in Dec. Well, I couldn't say no after all I was going home! Now before that I got a chance to go to New York for an interview and then I planned it so that I could go visit my cousins in New Jersey. This was all happening in the dreadful but awesome winter, which had already began and I almost forgot to mention about this. I was in New York for a day and then travelled to NJ on my own. Well, something which I have realised, there is just some feeling in figuring out your own path and that has its own excitement. It was christmas time and I was flying into New York well completing a take home exam on the flight. Guess what, that was the final exam I am talking about. Never before in my life I'd thought that I would be solving an exam on a flight to New York on my way for an interview. Life just seemed so exciting and crazy at the same time. Well the night in the hotel before the interview I was completing an exam and that was at the Conrad, New York. :P Next day, post the exam and the interview it was time to go to New Jersey and yet again click some pictures before that, this time with my Canon DSLR. I did not mention about the camera that I bought which I had always dreamt of.
Reaching New Jersey it was time to share my exciting journey in the first 4 months with them. I was already feeling the difference in me from what I was 4 months ago. Soon I flew back to Detroit and in just a matter of days I was flying back home!!!
Now there is going to be another blog about the visit back home because that in itself was a different feeling of going home on a vacation! :D
More about the winter in Ann Arbor, well I was never waiting for it but then again I was also excited to see how winter looks like! Only to know it was the most severe winter in the long time was all the more an experience to add to the overall journey.
