And I thought this internship was going to be fun ..
It starts in the morning at 6/6:30 ...
then waking dpc up at 6:40 (with a pay of $2/day :D)
getting ready for office
cooking breakfast for all three !!! ( without pay :(( )
riding almost a mile of steep uphill terrain on a bike (with a helmet) .. really really tough :(( )
oh .. did I forget to mention the chilly air :(
then park your bikes at first level underground .. then help dpc figure out how to lock his bicycle (without pay again !!)
get back up to the office and start the comp
check 5 mail accounts and orkut account :D .. spending almost an hour on that ..
then getting down to work ..
of course with a break every 30 minutes or so ... to get up and go to the restroom and then get any sort of soft drink you could want/imagine/hate ... somehow 'Wilcox Reduced Fat Chocolate Milk', 'Caffeine-free Diet Coke' and 'good, old water' are my current favourites
wait for the clock to reach 12 o' ... head for lunch .. have loads of fries (which I think comes free .. haven't figured out the billing yet) .. with a slice of pizza .. some salad .. and anything to drink
back to office .. doze for sometime (of course, not officially)
then meet with one of my mentors (almost daily :) .. I love the attention)
discuss .. proudly flaunt my ignorance .. today came to know that we have #ifdef in C .. was quite embarrassing (red-faced smiley)
wait for the clock to be 5:30/6/6:30
take the long trip back home .. (only a 1.5 miles at max ... ) but I think its long .. so I guess it is
on the way, go to this awesome store SAFEWAY ... they have the most delicious varieties of food at reasonable prices (how I wish there was a Walmart around)
anyways .. reach home with the sun almost turning in as well (about 8:30/9)
often cook for the three of us again (without pay AGAIN !!!)
and before you know it .. its tomorrow morning :)
About work :
Well .. we were told on our first day .. that this is most probably classified information :P .. so not taking the risk :)
Achievements thus far :
Transforming dpc into a man (who can cook (strictly under my supervision))
Cooking maggi with aplomb .. frying eggs and chicken with consummate ease
Working the least of the three (in academic matters only) .. of course, thats the way it should be :)
Working the most inside the house :(( .. must not forget that my roommates are getting filthy rich .. earning more than $150 a day .. so should think of charging them soon.
About other experiences .. some other time .. gotta help venu buy a laptop .. and then play a TT game :)
P.S. : I never thought I would feel this way. But someone had said sometime back that probably the thing you miss the most in the US is the Indian people around. I completely agree !!
Though both my mentors are Indians, both my roommates are Indians, the passenger by my side on the flight from Delhi to Chicago was an Indian (an IIT-Kgp alumnus from 1956 .. now a US citizen), the taxi-driver from SeaTac to our apartment was an Indian ........
so many Indians around .. but you cant help miss the people back home ... and the best part is it feels nice to miss them .. feels like a nice thing to do :)
Just wanted to put up a post tonight ..
will post soon again.
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Well doesnt sound like a bad life after all =)
waise u are not the only one going thru the same monotonous life..but atleast you hav english speaking people arnd you and hav english channels..dont hav to watch english movies which hav been translated to german and only having CNN and BBC as ur television companions...and most of all atleast got 2 indians and tht too frm the same class as ur roomie!!!!
man wht the fuck are u crying for !!!
"how to lock his bicycle"
he could not do it either..had to leave it unlocked actually.
"often cook for the three of us again"
shameless lie.
"the best part is it feels nice to miss them"
what a shame!! this is absolute crap.
expecting better posts from you than this mostly nonsense.
the good things he has done so far..
1.forcing me to buy a lifetime :-) supply of maggi at Delhi
2.yeah ..wake up call @ 90 Rs/day
3.buying icecream sandwich packs at Safeway..they do taste good.
aah finally u put up something..but with a daily diet like that, ur gonna become a sumo wrestler..watch ur weight nahin to uska kya hoga..aur dpc ka masto type le liya hehe, seems like ur his nurse or something, even though he begs to differ..
dude ... fron trails of redmond ... go to ms bldg 30/31 .. which is v near ... n take the MS shuttle to 112/113 ..
n for food .. you can go to mayuri ... again take advantage of the shuttle ... i think u ll need to go to bldg 28/40 ... n then walk ... its v near from there !!
and cut me a $1000 cheque for the sane advice :D
-KK
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