India to USA-Part 2

Pre-requisite: India to USA-Part 2 (Its a continuation, i Promise there wont be dependency from next time ;) )

Now then i reached b'lore. The next few days were a little hard. People close to me didnt know that i went for a stamping and i couldnt explain to them that it happened so quickly that i couldnt tell anyone. Anyway, things came to normal (Some people telling themselves... whatever... I know of a few... I am sure you were one of them.. Gotcha ;) ).

Finally!! the shopping spree started, God know why people shop so much (Well that is something that i have not found an answer for :) ). With shopping another thing started as well the treat spree. I just had time for one.. It was with some of my closest friends (Literally Chadi dost, guys who i grew up with, guys who mean a lot to me :) ). Bharath, Nikki, Sumesh, Chethan, Sathish, Praveen, Soma, Ashwini (She is slightly new to the team, well i guess this circle is going to get big ;) in couple of years time). We went to Amar Court (Not sure on the spelling, Boy was it expensive ;) ). As per the tradition we started off with a few drink, i took on 2 Vodka's (60ML vodka, 200ML Sprite), well this was my second time, the company made me take 2 :)... Was fun. Never liked vodka since then (Its served too strong here ;) ). The bill was fat (so big that the hunters became the hunted, didnt understand, the people in the treat had to pay 2K Rs ;) ).

Back to shopping, I had to meet 2 (actually 3 one of whom was in Germany (Well his name is Giri, had to put it in.. Reader's Request ;) ) already) more guys who meant a lot to me. One who is partly responsible of me doing well in engineering (No, i didnt copy in the exam from him ;) ). First time i felt that if you are with a guy who studies hard you tend to study too (Atleast hardly ;) ). Met Ravi and Santhosh (Remember the 2 guys) in Garuda mall (We had become so close that we used to call each other each day for 3 months after getting off college. :) ). I had to buy a few things so all the 3 of us went to marathahalli, brought a Nike Slippers, a suitcase (Each time i did this i would update my shopping bills, i remember it was 17K already ). Then we went to MK Ahmed Bazaar. Santhosh is a pro in food stuff so he suggested a few ready to stuff from MTR (I had not prepared Rice ever so, this was a survival trick ;) ).

Never thought that would be last time that i would see them before getting to US. Thatz what happened though, miss them a lot now... Dont know why :(.. There were a fews guys that i couldnt meet too, that was much more disappointing.. Would have loved to hug everyone and say bah bye ;).

That week was one of the most hectic weeks of my life.. Getting tickets booked was the other part of the pain ;). Now i would fast forward a little and come to the last 2 days before i left ;).

Sept 27th : One day before i left, sitting in office getting ready with things, understanding the project, understanding the client.. Started wondering then "Iddu yella bekkagitha antha" (Whether i wanted all this ;) ). Well the answer then was "Yes, Givmme more" Now i say "Oh man!! what have i got myself into ;)". I remember that night... All that i could think of is "Oh man i cant sleep on this bed for a while now, how bad is that :(, to make it worse, i used to see my mom i> Worried Missing me (Already), but well that's life right, like the birds you cant stay in the nest for long..

Sept 28Th: A day when i met a few friends, one of whom was Sanjana, a best friend of mine (When it comes to girls :))someone who i could talk about anything serious. She presented me a nice blue kurta, which i wore for one of the office functions. Felt nice. Next met Swaroop, considering he was traveling too on the same day :) he was busy too, caught up with him after a struggle ;). Next came Mythili, another close friend of fine.. who knew exactly what to present me.. Fruit and Nut and a greeting card. Look at it each time i am a little down, feels nice. Cant forget that day, had a bad tummy, had to fly the next day, didn't get a min of sleep, couldn't think of anything except my home, my parents, my room, toilet (Oh man i am serious that was something that i was thinking about :) )... Sheesh!!!

Finally the day arrived. I had a 6:30 flight to catch. My bags were weighed 20 times at least :). Then comes in Bharath and Nikki... Help me pick my bags and i got a drive from my dad... It had been i while since i saw him drive. Mom and dad in front me at back, looking at the lovely streets of Bangalore, Inner ring road. Was remembering a Friend who liked this stretch of road a lot... I knew why ;).

Well, Time to say good bye for now.. Will be back soon with more. Flight happenings and arrival at USA next :)