Friday, September 30, 2011
Fill-in
Ahh.. It has been a while.Quite some time actually.Moving to a different place,in fact a different country,away from my family for the first time in my life.It is now like almost two months away from home.
Now I always wanted to make note of this and now that I remember : what the heck was I thinking when I decided to go for MS?Like it is the last thing that I ever thought.I still remember : I thought Ok.let me try and give GRE as it might help as it has a validity of 5 years.and then I thought Ok now that one foot is wet,I gave TOEFL and jumped into it with both my feet.And then the process of application to universities started off and things just went on.Of course landing in utah is no coincidence,I always had that special interest but that is a different story. Finally I get the admit from the university that interests you the most,the one where you feel a pull and I attend the VISA,which was indeed a great experience for some reason.I get the visa and start planning for my travel that very day.The point here is the uncertainty in me.Trust me,I never even dreamt of being here till I got my VISA.And then once you have your flight ticket you are bound to leave and then the real ,i dont know what starts.Shopping,which i really think is no big thing,seeing people off is one great experience.
Thanks to Facebook timeline,by the way I always had such a thing in my mind,no boasting,of course not the exact way,Ok.. way inferior..but I had something like that in my mind.I wanted to really really go back in time and live those moments for real.The family send off party and all my friends seeing me off at my home,about 3-4 hours before my take off.It is something that is like in my heart and will stay forever. Those moments are what I really remember and cheer me up all the time.Photographs are really one awesome invention.My next attack would be a camera and try out all crazy things with it.But let's see I have a lot of time.This is like some sort of a weird movie where you go back in time and come back to the present.That is exactly what is happening.I need to try and blog more often so that I can keep track of what all is happening.Else I , myself might have trouble reading this.
Now,people asked me ,infact I asked myself a lot of times,why MS?I had a vague answer then and I have a better answer now.If there is some sort of takeaway from this post it is that US is an awesome place and doing your Masters or even Bachelors here would be an awesomendary experience.I have seen like a month of being a student and it is something that I always wanted to relish.This is one place you need to seriously consider for higher education.It is not just the place,but the whole package of the professors,teaching,assignments,classrooms,architecture,people around,planning,transport, and any other misc thing ,all add up and make you feel a real thrill.Some of the research,professors here are really inspiring and make me look like a complete idiot which i really dont mind as there is nothing better to expect right now.I am in Salt lake city and I cant comment on what is happening elsewhere but afaiac I am having a really good time.Of course you miss a lot of things,but education and all round development is what you get here and I feel it is worth it.Now ,my answer might change after a year or so.and Am I still planning on coming back to India? I say Yes.Why? That is a different story. Getting funded and earning or yourself is another awesomendary thing to experience.It really gives me this head o toe effect and goosebumps when I think of how far I am from my loved ones and living all alone.waking up on my own,cooking on my own,washing utensils,managing my own earnings,eating out with your own earnings,make an online purchase with your debit card,buy a laptop.. all these are small things but add up and give you a wonderful feeling.You get a sense that you are out here for a purpose and no matter what you ll learn a lot.
You might say you are funded you talk all bullcrap about experience and other crap.The answer would be the same even before I got funded.The reason for this post coming out so late is that I invested all my internet time on assignments,facebook and looking for funding.Funding is a great relief but no one can take away the feel you get here.There is a lot to learn here not just academics but a lot of other stuff and I am loving my time here.I am living in the present and it is refreshing. SO this marks my first post from US,from my XPS.
AweSomenDary huh!! B-)
Now I always wanted to make note of this and now that I remember : what the heck was I thinking when I decided to go for MS?Like it is the last thing that I ever thought.I still remember : I thought Ok.let me try and give GRE as it might help as it has a validity of 5 years.and then I thought Ok now that one foot is wet,I gave TOEFL and jumped into it with both my feet.And then the process of application to universities started off and things just went on.Of course landing in utah is no coincidence,I always had that special interest but that is a different story. Finally I get the admit from the university that interests you the most,the one where you feel a pull and I attend the VISA,which was indeed a great experience for some reason.I get the visa and start planning for my travel that very day.The point here is the uncertainty in me.Trust me,I never even dreamt of being here till I got my VISA.And then once you have your flight ticket you are bound to leave and then the real ,i dont know what starts.Shopping,which i really think is no big thing,seeing people off is one great experience.
Thanks to Facebook timeline,by the way I always had such a thing in my mind,no boasting,of course not the exact way,Ok.. way inferior..but I had something like that in my mind.I wanted to really really go back in time and live those moments for real.The family send off party and all my friends seeing me off at my home,about 3-4 hours before my take off.It is something that is like in my heart and will stay forever. Those moments are what I really remember and cheer me up all the time.Photographs are really one awesome invention.My next attack would be a camera and try out all crazy things with it.But let's see I have a lot of time.This is like some sort of a weird movie where you go back in time and come back to the present.That is exactly what is happening.I need to try and blog more often so that I can keep track of what all is happening.Else I , myself might have trouble reading this.
Now,people asked me ,infact I asked myself a lot of times,why MS?I had a vague answer then and I have a better answer now.If there is some sort of takeaway from this post it is that US is an awesome place and doing your Masters or even Bachelors here would be an awesomendary experience.I have seen like a month of being a student and it is something that I always wanted to relish.This is one place you need to seriously consider for higher education.It is not just the place,but the whole package of the professors,teaching,assignments,classrooms,architecture,people around,planning,transport, and any other misc thing ,all add up and make you feel a real thrill.Some of the research,professors here are really inspiring and make me look like a complete idiot which i really dont mind as there is nothing better to expect right now.I am in Salt lake city and I cant comment on what is happening elsewhere but afaiac I am having a really good time.Of course you miss a lot of things,but education and all round development is what you get here and I feel it is worth it.Now ,my answer might change after a year or so.and Am I still planning on coming back to India? I say Yes.Why? That is a different story. Getting funded and earning or yourself is another awesomendary thing to experience.It really gives me this head o toe effect and goosebumps when I think of how far I am from my loved ones and living all alone.waking up on my own,cooking on my own,washing utensils,managing my own earnings,eating out with your own earnings,make an online purchase with your debit card,buy a laptop.. all these are small things but add up and give you a wonderful feeling.You get a sense that you are out here for a purpose and no matter what you ll learn a lot.
You might say you are funded you talk all bullcrap about experience and other crap.The answer would be the same even before I got funded.The reason for this post coming out so late is that I invested all my internet time on assignments,facebook and looking for funding.Funding is a great relief but no one can take away the feel you get here.There is a lot to learn here not just academics but a lot of other stuff and I am loving my time here.I am living in the present and it is refreshing. SO this marks my first post from US,from my XPS.
AweSomenDary huh!! B-)
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