30th Dec to 5th Jan

As written on 30th December:

..My journey till US was amazing.. 

..Boarded frm ahd and plane was 1 hr late.. 

..Food was nice in plane.. 

..Air Hostess.. Hmm better than those in others hehe... Overall I can say I became a fan of  Emirates..

..Arrived in Houston at 3-30 pm on 30th.. And guess wat I had to wait for a super-shuttle to drop me home for about an hr or so.. It gets dark here at 5 in the evening.. Seems like days pass by so quickly.. Reached home at 7-30.. 

..Roads and environment here are so clean that u wont mind walking any distance in such environment.. 

..Walked about 3 miles on 30th.. 

..So dont tell me i am a lazy bum.. 

..Pple here are so organized.. 

..Sometimes a bit too organized.. 

..U can hear sorry and thanks about 20 times in an hr.. 

..But Road sense is amazing.. 

..If u have a car and  u driving, u have to stop at every crossroads regardless of whether there are any signals or not.. U have to stop and see if there are any cars arnd and then move ahead.. Pedestrians are god.. FIrst look for them and then u drive.. 

..Baaki regarding Food, had bhurji yest. Today had burger and juice..All homemade.

31st December

..Went to Rice village on 31st.. 

..Its a pub plus resto street was too costly if v convert it into rs V roamed about there till 10-30 night and then thought of eating smthing but houston sucks.. 

..V went to 5 diff places and all said v are closed.. 

..Houston seems to shut down at 10.. 

..Preety bad for smone like me who eats anytym.. 

..I can see only black and indians and chinese pple out here Blacks are typically feared by chinese.. 

..They roam about always in that hip hop style of dressing.. pple say thay loot chinese after 10 if they are seen roaming on street.. 

..My appt is nice.. 

1st Jan, 2009

..On 1st we went to Houston zoo.. 

..Again there was a free entry thats why.. 

..Well u d forget every animal u saw in zoo if u see houston zoo..

..And if u think only indians attack free entries, u are wrong.. V got to know today that americans are equally good at making use of free entries.. Needless to say there was a lot of scope for birdwatching ;)

..Went to BHOJAN resto at 1st night.. 

..Was costly.. But for celebrating new year it was good.. Costed 15 $ per person.. 

..Imagine dinner worth 750 Rs.. :p I have to say i ve not seen such a well made gujju food even in india..

..Em bi in india i neve use to have gujju thali.. 

..Ve seen so many places in houston already.. And on the flipside i ve not yet seen my school hehe...

..Saturday was amazing.. & of Indian students stayin arnd gathered and went to malls for groceries.. ..Den we gathered together at one place, played some cards and watched a movie together.. ..Reminded of home where v used to do the same.. 

..Slept at 3 last night and yet m awake and mailing today at 8.. 

..Today bein a sunday i think its a day for cricket.. 

..I played tennis yest.. Courts are gud.. 

..V have our university recreation center where there are courts for all games, tennis, squash,  basketball, pool, swimming pool, gym which is way above the level of any paid gym in ahd and all here is free.. ofcourse i forgot tt table.. 

..But there is no carrom so m missing it.. 

..Overall u can say there are all the facilities available just that it depends on how much and where u wanna develop.. 

..There is a lot of wastage when it comes to resources. 

..Just that US is a developed country doesnt mean that they have to waste all resources.. 

..They keep lights in all the buildings like our uni building on for 24 hrs.. 

..They keep LCDs on all night i wonder whos gonna watch it if the door is locked from outside.. But thats how they are.. 

..They even lit up football stadium when there is no match.. Imagine how much wastage floodlights can cause..

 Thats it till 5th Jan, to be continued ahead in next post :)