memories

I still hang onto to my school college memories..and I have blogged about a few already.

Today thanks to orkut i met a girl from school and this rekindled my nostalgia.

I joined st.michaels for my 9th standard and the school proved to be a revelation. The teachers were real friendly and always encouraged us in sports & culturals. Before Michaels I was a nobody but after studying there I learnt a lot about myself.

There were so many funny incidents that happened there...

for instance .. the class girls were teasing me bout something so counter attack them I said something bout trial and error... he he he the subject was about girl friends.. so i told them well u are all m friends too and that I was trying out the trial and error method with them... from then on i used to call them trials ( if a stranger reads this they might get a wrong idea.. so just to clear the air the entire thing was meant to be fun..i am no adonis..i am just an ordinary guy...)..

& guess what it was one of these friends who I called as trials contacted me via orkut .. & she is happily married :)...

ahh school life was indeed beautiful..

Once during english class when my sir had not come , me and another girl started fighting i.e arguing..suddenly he came in and blurted out "do all this in your house" & both of us started laughing...

All this talk about girls also reminded me of my college buddy Tom.

I offered a ride on my bike to him and on the way he saw some guy taking a beautiful girl for a ride...then he commented to me " Dude you shud also take such a girl on your bike".. & I screamed at him .. dei unnaku lift kuduthen paaru enna seruppala adikanum ;-)

things that caught my attention

In the course of my stay in the USA i am sure i will come across many more surprises.
I am just listing a few now:

1) I saw a catchy ad in the newspaper saying in big letters "90 Dollars only" & below it "Divorce", the ad was for a divorce lawyer. I hope such ads will not be appearing in India.


2) During a meeting , I was just chatting with my clients when the talk turned towards the use of meth ( crystal meth : a drug) by college kids..a 29 year old guy told us that he advised his kid sister who was going to college that she could try Sex, booze and even cocaine BUT definitely not Meth as Meth wud ruin the person.
Good advice !!!
Initially i was struck by this elder brother's advice ..i mean come on how many times have you heard someone advice his/her sister that she can have sex but not drugs :-)

3) Here the consumers are truly the king..for instance in Wells Fargo Bank the lady at the counter advised me to take the money order from the post office as it would be only 50 ccents while it wud cost 5 dollars at the bank.
This would not have happened in India :-(

Working in the USA will certainly benefit me in a lot of ways.. I am experiencing and learning a lot of things.