Ich habe ein Haus!

After fifteen days of sleeping in a sleeping bag at my hosts place and after nearly having lost my backbone (Note: For people who never studied metaphors in class; a backbone represents a feeling of self-respect) - I eventually managed to find an abode for myself.

Life can be pretty hard at times. I suddenly found myself in a totally foreign place - totally befret of other students from my country - searching for an apartment. I did not have the slightest idea wether I could find room mates to stay with me at the new found place. The problem was that I was here too early.

After making a number of calls to family and friends, raking up advice and after having spent precious moments of my life nearly making wrong decisions. I finally dropped the coin and booked a place. And after that things started working out all by themselves. I got just the kind of room mates I needed and I finally settled down.

I felt good that things had worked out the way I wished they had. I was lucky that I had time on my side - a lot of other students won't have that privilige. But the most important thing that happened with me was that - with every near wrong decision I took; I learnt a lot more about myself. What kind of a person I was and what I really wanted.

I believe that the whole world is not without but within you, the way you percieve things around you is a reflection of not how things are, but how you want them to be. We never learn anything that is not ourselves. A happy individual is the one who knows himself the best.

Maybe you don't understand what I'm saying. Maybe I dont either. Maybe it's time for another beer.....

Black Granite, Gen Lee and Obe van Kanobe?

Went out with Rohan and Sonal to 'Stone Mountain'. We were kinda late and so could not see the imposing figures of Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson mounted on horses. Hell! Did the south not lose the Civil war against the Yankees? Stonewall mountain was carved to commemorate the heroes of the south, post-civil war. But I personaly think it is an imitation of mount Rushmore.

Mihir says that Jefferson Davis' nose on the mountain is about 6feet long. Quite possible....but I did not get to analyse all that in the dark. We were just in time for the laser show at 9:30pm (EST), it was a really nice experience. I've been told that this laser show is the biggest in the south east (I wonder if there is really anything worthwhile in the southeast except Georgia). Nevertheless, after having heard a lot of patriotic music, and seen a lot of laser motion; finally it was time to move on. I'd have loved to see the Museum there, but it would have to be some other time.

As I saw all these Americans sitting on the grass, watching the show and doing a lot of other (and sometime pleasureable) things; I realised that these people have not a great history as Indians do; but have a lot of regional pride. I wonder why?

Georgia Burning

Turned up in Atlnata on the 7th July, Rohit Uncle Picked me up and posted me at his Place. Met Mihir, Kalyani and Vrashu Tai after a really long time.

The Saxenas took me out for a Cincinati Reds vs Atlanta Braves' Baseball match at the Turner Stadium in Downtown. Had a great all in all Americal Experience with the crowds cheering and hurling Miller Light Beer Bottles on the Players. It's a lot more fun to catch a match on the Stadium. The Braves as always won the match much to the enthusiasm of the supporters on the home front (I don't guess there were any other supporters there).

Constantly adressed by Rohit Uncle and Mihir, I finally figured out what was going on while the game was in its 9th inning. Basically what I figured out was this.

1. When you hit the ball you have to run.
2. You can run to one base and stop, provided the other player doesn't ball you at the base.
3. A home run gets you one run + a single run for all the players on your team at the bases.
3. When you leave the bating position to go for a base, someone has to come there.
4. When you run all the bases, you score a run.
5. An inning is made up of three players.
6. Four Balls and you walk to one base.
7. An out is an out, three outs and you lose an inning.
8. Three strikes and you are out.
9. All players function independantly of each other.
10. Baseball rocks.

Thats all for now, see you later.