100 already!

It's been 100 days since I left my home of 12 years and came to College Station - Texas for my Masters program. I would be lying if I said that it has been a joy ride till now. In fact, this experience has just been the opposite of that. Having been spoon fed with almost everything from my food to my clothes, I found (still am) it difficult to do things on my own.Life here in the US has given me a lot of firsts thus far. Whether it be doing my own laundry or cooking my own food or making my bed, I've been learning to do things and it's fun in a way. What I love here is the people and how they talk to people whom they don't even know. There is this smile and warmth in each and every American I have spoken to/made eye contact with till now.But what I do miss is the hustle and bustle of Chennai, my amma's pongal vada, my brother falling on me and waking me up in the morning and most importantly, I didn't have to worry about a family plan nor worrying about cycling on the wrong side of the road. But as with everybody else, I am getting used to this. The best part is, I am beginning to love it.Thanks to the wonderful(pun intended) group of people I have around me, I have learnt how to effectively use my time on FaceBook and twitter and more interestingly, I am sure that, by the end of the program, whether or not I get a MS-MIS degree, I would pass out with a Doctorate degree in Splicd usage :PSlowly but steadily, I am also learning to forget the math involved in spending a dollar on the food vending machine in School(I used to be like - $2 for a bag of chips??That is like 100 rupees *shock*) But now, I have realized that, U JUST NEED TO FORGET THE MATH TO HAVE A SANE LIFE :DI can't say I am fully used to the life here, whether it be running to college right from my bed or doing those weekly assignments in the college library(first time I am using a library for activities other than sleeping, mind it) or accepting the fact that I have to eat what me and my room mates cook...but I am sure I'll survive ;-)Thank you College Station - the place which I have fondly begun calling  'My Home', for providing me with so many memories already. I love you!Cheers,Karthik Venkatachalapathi