One good thing about paying taxes in US is that you see them being utilized. The roads are good, cops do their duty (thats bad sometimes :(..), even government officials work with speed and without bribes!!
Anyway take for example the library in Auburn Hills. The membership is free, and the library is pretty good too. There is a good collection of books and movies. Yes, i said movies!! One can find even few hindi movies. Actually they have a section of movies in foreign langauages. So we can see good movies from other languages too! You see, language is no longer a bar :)
I have seen many movies already. And the good thing is that there are hundreds of good old english movies. New movies are avaliable all over the world, but the problem comes when you have to see a classic! These movies were not available in cd stores in India. So i am lucky to be here to see them.
To list a few of them, I have seen - Dead man walking, I am Sam, The green mile, Lost in translation, Wag the dog, etc etc.
Out of these I am sam, and dead man walking are real good. Sean Penn features in both, and Susan in the latter. My advice is 'do see them!!'. I owe thanks to abhilash for initiating me into movies, and giving me the right direction ;). He has even prepared a list of movies along with ranking!! Hmmm, I am going to use that list to the max for sure :) Do let know if you need the list!
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Saturday, November 13, 2004
Searching Abhishek Jain
It all started (and ended) in my +1 at DAV college Jalandhar. Abhishek Jain used to live in a room adjacent to mine (165 if I still remember) in MC Hostel. Those were the days when i had started living on my own, and i had no idea about Abhishek too. As it happened, his reputation preceeded him!! The dude joined DAV for his commerce in +1. After that he topped DAV and university by setting records for maximum marks ever in each class!! If its amazing, then you are missing the point :)
He is three times world record holder in typewriting. After winning three times, I guess he got bored and didnt participate further (maybe wanted to give others some chance ;)..).. Not only this, he prepared hard for some 1 month for his CS exams. I used to have small chats with him. I used to get some tips from him. He was inspiring, but I was also like a chikna gharra.. All the talks used to run over me :)..
Anyway the dude said that he might pass the exam, and he was right. Only that in the process he got 3rd rank all over India!! To add to it, he wrote his IAS some years later, but was unable to beat the 3rd rank he got in CS. Anyway he matched it!!
Anyway I had chance to interact with him only in my +1. After that he did come once to college on prize distribution. We talked for a short while at that time. But that has been it since then.
I have bored many of my friends in my college (REC Trichy) about him. It all bore fruit in my final year, when one of my friend Pawan, came to me with paper in his hand, and said that Abhishek of Jalandhar has secured 3rd place in IAS. I knew that it could not be any one else!! But the papers got the facts wrong. Abhishek is not from Jalandhar, but from Gurraiyan. Anyway I have been searching about him on net from my 1st year in college, and am still continuing. I do get to read tid-bits about him in papers, but its difficult to catch hold of his email-id :(
Anyway will keep trying. Dont know how long will it take though!!
If anyone of you can help me out, obviously I will be more than happy!!
Anyway all the best (he doesnt need it ;)) to Abhishek, and congrats for your success so far :) :) :)
He is three times world record holder in typewriting. After winning three times, I guess he got bored and didnt participate further (maybe wanted to give others some chance ;)..).. Not only this, he prepared hard for some 1 month for his CS exams. I used to have small chats with him. I used to get some tips from him. He was inspiring, but I was also like a chikna gharra.. All the talks used to run over me :)..
Anyway the dude said that he might pass the exam, and he was right. Only that in the process he got 3rd rank all over India!! To add to it, he wrote his IAS some years later, but was unable to beat the 3rd rank he got in CS. Anyway he matched it!!
Anyway I had chance to interact with him only in my +1. After that he did come once to college on prize distribution. We talked for a short while at that time. But that has been it since then.
I have bored many of my friends in my college (REC Trichy) about him. It all bore fruit in my final year, when one of my friend Pawan, came to me with paper in his hand, and said that Abhishek of Jalandhar has secured 3rd place in IAS. I knew that it could not be any one else!! But the papers got the facts wrong. Abhishek is not from Jalandhar, but from Gurraiyan. Anyway I have been searching about him on net from my 1st year in college, and am still continuing. I do get to read tid-bits about him in papers, but its difficult to catch hold of his email-id :(
Anyway will keep trying. Dont know how long will it take though!!
If anyone of you can help me out, obviously I will be more than happy!!
Anyway all the best (he doesnt need it ;)) to Abhishek, and congrats for your success so far :) :) :)
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
travelling via mails
reached detroit safe and sound on 31st :)..
the journey was quite nice... there was no problem.. and some of u
might be knowing that 31st was my bday.. wut u didnt know??? how bad
of u ppl ;)
anyway the route was bangalore - delhi (met parents) - paris (!!) -
atlanta - detroit..
all this made my bday the longest ever!! yes it lasted for 33.5
hours!! and on my bday i was roaming all over the world.. wut more cud
one ask for?!!
more about journey - i started my journey from blore in indian airlines (airbus A 320).. the flight was ok but for 5 mins before landing.. my eye started paining all of a sudden. the pain was just sever.. learnt that it might happen if the flight loses altitude suddenly..
anyway from delhi i caught air france flight (airbus A 340).. this was just great.. the seats were very comfortable.. each seat had a screen of its own.. so i had choice to watch one of the 14 channels available.. mostly all were movies..
the duration of flight was some 9 hours.. reached PAris at morning 5.. didnt do much there.. had talks with a fellow traveller Gunjan.. she is from patiala and works in delhi.. her flight was at 12, and mine was at 1... so just passed time by roaming around the airport (its very very big).. the architecture is like this - a central dome, and many satelliets around it.. it was nice experience..
from paris i got into delta airlines at 12.55.. the flight was boeing 767... it was just ok.. not that great, but not bad too.. i got special asian veg food (as my ticket requested).. that was nice :)
here the flight duration was again around 9 hours.. reached atlanta at around 5pm.. had to show my docs there.. got immigration clearance, custom clearance.. checked in my baggage again.. and then got into delta airlines for detroit.. the flight departed a bit late, so reached detroit at around 10.30...
got a cab, and reached my place at around 11.30.. the cab driver was a bangladeshi, so he started talking to me in hindi, and gave me some info abt the places we were crossing :)
that was my journey!! jet-lag is still there, but its quite mild now.. should be finished by the coming monday completely.. there has been forecast for snowfall for this friday.. lets see what happens.. but anyway there is no escaping..!!
its taking some time to settle down.. as of now i just have to do so
many things and learn too.. but once i settle down i can enjoy more
and more :)
the roads etc here are quite good.. one can easily touch 120 and never
even know!!
other things like gym, and swimming pool etc are also free... but i am
yet to avail the benefits :)
i must tell abt the crysler building too.. its just huge!! i am not
sure abt the veracity, but its said that it is the largest building
after Pentagon!! and believe me when i say that the length of the
building is abt .75 km!!!
and its beautiful too!!! has escalators at each level...
the journey was quite nice... there was no problem.. and some of u
might be knowing that 31st was my bday.. wut u didnt know??? how bad
of u ppl ;)
anyway the route was bangalore - delhi (met parents) - paris (!!) -
atlanta - detroit..
all this made my bday the longest ever!! yes it lasted for 33.5
hours!! and on my bday i was roaming all over the world.. wut more cud
one ask for?!!
more about journey - i started my journey from blore in indian airlines (airbus A 320).. the flight was ok but for 5 mins before landing.. my eye started paining all of a sudden. the pain was just sever.. learnt that it might happen if the flight loses altitude suddenly..
anyway from delhi i caught air france flight (airbus A 340).. this was just great.. the seats were very comfortable.. each seat had a screen of its own.. so i had choice to watch one of the 14 channels available.. mostly all were movies..
the duration of flight was some 9 hours.. reached PAris at morning 5.. didnt do much there.. had talks with a fellow traveller Gunjan.. she is from patiala and works in delhi.. her flight was at 12, and mine was at 1... so just passed time by roaming around the airport (its very very big).. the architecture is like this - a central dome, and many satelliets around it.. it was nice experience..
from paris i got into delta airlines at 12.55.. the flight was boeing 767... it was just ok.. not that great, but not bad too.. i got special asian veg food (as my ticket requested).. that was nice :)
here the flight duration was again around 9 hours.. reached atlanta at around 5pm.. had to show my docs there.. got immigration clearance, custom clearance.. checked in my baggage again.. and then got into delta airlines for detroit.. the flight departed a bit late, so reached detroit at around 10.30...
got a cab, and reached my place at around 11.30.. the cab driver was a bangladeshi, so he started talking to me in hindi, and gave me some info abt the places we were crossing :)
that was my journey!! jet-lag is still there, but its quite mild now.. should be finished by the coming monday completely.. there has been forecast for snowfall for this friday.. lets see what happens.. but anyway there is no escaping..!!
its taking some time to settle down.. as of now i just have to do so
many things and learn too.. but once i settle down i can enjoy more
and more :)
the roads etc here are quite good.. one can easily touch 120 and never
even know!!
other things like gym, and swimming pool etc are also free... but i am
yet to avail the benefits :)
i must tell abt the crysler building too.. its just huge!! i am not
sure abt the veracity, but its said that it is the largest building
after Pentagon!! and believe me when i say that the length of the
building is abt .75 km!!!
and its beautiful too!!! has escalators at each level...
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