Update from Austin
A lot has happenned since last post. My life has gotten into Run-the-Business mode from Change-the-Business. Things are getting stabilised - Home / office... no change in any relationship is taking things towards maturity. How good/bad is it? - I have not sat down to review in detail. Does it all smell of complacency? partly yes. Right now, it is about experiencing a calm but busy life. It is worth feeling once in a while.
The big new thing that happenned recently is that I am on an official trip to Austin (Texas) for 4 weeks - A chance to get flavour of the States first hand. It has been a week here and so far it has been good.
Some entirely new experiences would be - A fully AUTOMATED bright red CAR that I drive everyday :); big, fast and long roads - so big & fast that nobody has to overtake and so long that nobody bothers to walk; vertically challenged buildings - most of the buildings have only ground floor - even in primary shopping areas; huge parking space - have not found any trouble with parking before any shopping complex; No honking drive - I have driven more than 200 miles and have not been honked at yet - it's an achievement though ;-) ; Music tastes so different in the car here - in absence of honking; a good morning culture - people keep saying good morning to each other all the time - even to people they do not know and do not bother to know - and somehow it is only in mornings... weird; huge variety - can you believe that walmart has more than 15 different kind of salts - with different composition and use!!; you do not give your credit card to anyone - you swipe it yourself when making purchase - so secure and good; self-service gas stations - you have to fill petrol in your car yourself and make automated payment; cost of living is not too different from India - days are not far when you can earn in India and spend in the states;
Please ignore the huge assumptions and generalizations I have made above. But you get the idea - right?
So far so good. Let's see how rest of the trip goes.
The big new thing that happenned recently is that I am on an official trip to Austin (Texas) for 4 weeks - A chance to get flavour of the States first hand. It has been a week here and so far it has been good.
Some entirely new experiences would be - A fully AUTOMATED bright red CAR that I drive everyday :); big, fast and long roads - so big & fast that nobody has to overtake and so long that nobody bothers to walk; vertically challenged buildings - most of the buildings have only ground floor - even in primary shopping areas; huge parking space - have not found any trouble with parking before any shopping complex; No honking drive - I have driven more than 200 miles and have not been honked at yet - it's an achievement though ;-) ; Music tastes so different in the car here - in absence of honking; a good morning culture - people keep saying good morning to each other all the time - even to people they do not know and do not bother to know - and somehow it is only in mornings... weird; huge variety - can you believe that walmart has more than 15 different kind of salts - with different composition and use!!; you do not give your credit card to anyone - you swipe it yourself when making purchase - so secure and good; self-service gas stations - you have to fill petrol in your car yourself and make automated payment; cost of living is not too different from India - days are not far when you can earn in India and spend in the states;
Please ignore the huge assumptions and generalizations I have made above. But you get the idea - right?
So far so good. Let's see how rest of the trip goes.
posted by VKG | 2:36 AM
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