arrival!!!!

yeah......arrived after flying back into time in new york at 4.35 am!!! and the immigrtaion ppl were already up....all clean shaven and energitic........man oh man.......the immigration stuff went pretty easy...got a "BEST OF LUCK SON" wish from a officer who was shocked to know that i am 23 and not 45 and also the differnece b/w my current look and the one in the passport!!!!

then went on and collected my bags....again the guys opened up the bags....this time they did not scatter anything....told them i was carrying sweeets that me mum had perpared for me and well that was done!!!

had to wait until 9.30 in NY itself for the next flight...man oh man..without a single dollar in my pocket..it was fun...tryin to encash my traveller's cheques..............that was baaaad...no one early in the morning has that much change in their cash registers....dang!!!

i thought of buying a camera...just to get some change......and the store policy said....no change of more than 20 dollars would be given for a traveller's cheque......good god!!! just walked out.....got some indian currency encashed..and well thank God had something finally to eat.....

spent some time talkin to a nice couple....and finally got into the plane..!!!! 6hr journey...with well...uppittu and bonda as my afternoon lunch!!! along with fruit and yogurt...........ha ha ha wooooooooweeee!! eeyup...strange things can happen when u are flying :)

okie....arrived in san diego...and got into a cab......
the cab driver..the most friendliest man u can meet in san diego......
hey man....i owe you for your help..thanks a lot bro.....

he took me to a moneytree office...cashed my traveller's cheques and then went to my hotel.....
now the drive to the hotel was awesome!!! man oh man...zooming at 100 was theeeee ride i wanted...

it also was raining lightly..........first rain in a month or so i guess...and it rained on the day i arrived!!!

just showered and went around looking for groceries....bought some at a petrol bunk...most of the places were closed on that saturday.......and walked back.......
just ate some bananas and bread with butter and jam......and slept like a log.......

SUNDAY!!!
got up....got ready....ma and pa called up...talked to them over the phone and well....it felt good talkin to them.....went around the place and located my office...

the place is like a desert man.........on a sunday especially.......