21 Things tu muse about..

Top 21 things an Indian does after returning to India from "US". Good One!
21. Tries to use credit card in road side hotel.
20. Drinks and carries mineral water and always speaks of health conscious.
19. Sprays duo such so that he doesn't need to take bath.
18. Sneezes and says 'Excuse me'.
17. Says "Hey" instead of "Hi".
says "Yogurt" instead says "Curds". S
ays "Cab" instead of "Taxi".
Says "Candy" instead of "Chocolate".
Says "Cookie" instead of "Biscuit".
Says "Free Way" instead of "Highway".
Says "got to go" instead of "Have to go".
Says "Oh" instead of "Zero", (for 704, says Seven Oh Four Instead of Seven Zero Four)

16. Doesn't forget to crib about air pollution. Keeps cribbingevery time he steps out.
15. Says all the distances in Miles (Not in Kilo Meters), andcounts in Millions. (Not in Lakhs)14. Tries to figure all the prices in Dollars as far aspossible(but deep down the heart multiplies by 43 times).
13. Tries to see the % of fat on the cover of a milk pocket.
12. When need to say Z (zed), never says Z (Zed), repeats "Zee"several times, if the other person unable to get, then says X, YZee(but never says Zed)
11. Writes date as MM/DD/YYYY, on watching traditional DD/MM/YYYY,says "Oh! British Style!!!!"
10. Makes fun of Indian Standard Time and Indian Road Conditions.
9. Even after 2 months, complaints about "Jet Lag".
8. Avoids eating more chili (hot) stuff.
7. Tries to drink "Diet Coke", instead of Normal Coke.
6. Tries to complain about any thing in India as if he isexperiencing it for the first time.
5. Pronounces "schedule" as "skejule", and "module" as "mojule".
4. Looks speciously towards Hotel/Dhaba food. Few more important
3. From the luggage bag, does not remove the stickers of Airwaysby which he traveled back to India, even after 4 months of arrival.
2. Takes the cabin luggage bag to short visits in India, tries toroll the bag on Indian Roads.

Ultimate one1.

Tries to begin conversation with "In US ...." or "When I wasin US..."

Beware! :-)

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Kaahe Re....

'Deep within the self is the light of God. It radiates throughout the expanse of his creation. Through the Guru's teaching, the darkness of spiritual ignorance is dispelled. The heart lotus flower blossoms forth and eternal peace is obtained, as one's light merges into the supreme light.'
Guru Amar Das, Majh, pg. 126, SGGS.

Kahae Re Bun Khojan Jaee:
Why do you go looking for Him in the forest? Although He is unattached, He dwells everywhere. He is always with you as your companion. Like the fragrance which remains in the flower, and like the reflection in the mirror,the Lord dwells deep within; search for Him within your own heart, O Friend. Outside and inside, know that there is only the One Lord; the Guru has imparted this wisdom to me. O servant Nanak, without knowing one's own self, the moss of doubt (Illusion of being separate from God and fellow beings) is not removed.
Dhanasaree, Ninth Mehl,

Kissa kuch ek unknown smiles ka...

So, it’s back to the university life once again. I have found some changes in my attitude to campus life… Hey I have started liking it, actually. I wanted to work in the corporate sphere for a while… and it was a just a welcome break.

I have some unfinished business to take care of here so let’s work on that now. Luckily I have my own room in library... an individual study carrel... which allows you to work without distraction.. but me being me will seek distraction of the virtual world. Loosing track of time. But considering the number of extra hours I put in it still is a better bargain..

Another thing, I got a wonderful desktop in my office.. 64 bit 3 gb and all that.. it’s the server pc.. apni research taan ghait hai.. te hun.. fir research progress n deadlines mandraana shuru ho gayeena.. so as a result, I have started spending my days and work till late nights in my office.

On my homebound journey in the campus shuttle one night. I sat beside 2 dark girls… and well they seemed to be in a vehement discussion. I couldn’t help but hear.. as my ears don’t have the power to automatically shut off sound when I hear it and that to when its loud. I found their topic of discussion very mundane and superficial at the start. One of the girls was expressing her frustration as she felt that she was being treated in a racial discriminatory way by the students (read guys) as when ever she would walk by an American or an Indian they would return her smile.. but the ABCA’s( American born confused Americans.. he he..no offense..) esp African American guys would not return the similar courtesy. This was unfair and unjust.. and all the guys were doing that 90% of the African American population did that to her and she was labeling the whole lot in that general behavior. Her friend was trying to convince her that yes, agreed some guys don’t smile back and show indifference but that doesn’t mean the whole population is bad.. there are those who do return this  courtesy.

Ok, now since this never ending discussion was loud and I started developing some sort of headache, my initial thoughts started from… well so what??  What do you care??

Does it matter so much?? Girl get a grip, what are your priorities?? … later on.. I realized… well come to think of it… what about the desis Vs the ABCD’s in the US … what about them? You ask.. aren’t we the same way.. segregating… .. isn’t it true that the desis avoid the ABCD’s.. the ABCD’s tend to stay among themselves though both desis and ABCD’s will have cross cultural friends, but rarely have I seen a close friendship among desi’s and ABCD’s.. a matter of smiles and keeping their distance and identities.. he he

I don’t know where their discussion would have ended cuz I reached my stop and got off the shuttle and went hope… blissful sleep!

But I still don’t care… as my priorities in life are far more important to me than this mundane happenings and occurrences… even if these things are there, I tend to not get futile discussions of this sort, but find other type of futile discussions all the same..:)

Keep a smile on your face today, for you may never know who may be falling in love with your smile! J

Time to Kill vs No time at all..

Sat Sri Akal Ji,

Have ever experienced the shortage of time to accomplish the tasks? And then one day, all of a sudden if everything comes to a stop… what would you do?

I am on my way back and without any prior notice or compensation; continental airlines have canceled my flight. I have been put on standby for 6:00 pm departure please note its 12:10 pm I reached Houston Airport. I am confirmed for next morning 6:00am departure. There is slim chance of getting on that one. The next one on standby is 9:10 pm.. confirmed for 6:00am the next morning. One whole day in Houston airport.. hmm = Time to kill L or J .. well its beautiful outside.. same as any coastal area.. Rain n thunderstorm.. so the wonderful idea burst I had of visiting the city .. got dropped as some good sense prevailed. I don’t know anyone in Houston and how do I kill time?

An interesting co incidence, I would call it… I had got stuck the same way in Phoenix airport too.. but it was only 3 hrs.. but this time the forecast looks like 12 hrs.  and being me I did manage to survive the last time and actually I do have some interesting ideas to try out today.. one of them being.. put in practice right this moment. Luckily, I found a very quiet corner this time so I hopefully will be able to come out with some ideas to entertain myself in a productive way. Being the phone addict that I prefer to be given a chance, however as ppl are unreachable due to various reasons I have to look for other ways to keep myself occupied. I need to get some paperwork started and as long as the charge lasts. I will try to get things done. So hopefully, I will be pleasantly occupied for the rest of my stay here. Happy in Houston.

Best Regards,

Nimrat