New York Nagaram...

Whenever i heard this super hit piece by my favourite musician, A R Rahman, my thoughts were unknowingly catapulted to my internship due in NY this summer.I used to be excited about the whole experience, overwhelmed at times. Made a million impressions in my mind about the place and kept guessing what the Big Apple would be like. U think NY, U think times square, the Liberty, Empire state building,Madam Tussads etc. I told myself "cover all this in 1 week and then move on to the neighbouring places." One can always build a castle, a castle of dreams and thoughts, as it does not cost u dollars! Trust me everything else in this city does. :)
Its been 6 weeks and ya, its almost over!! Landed in the US on April 7th . Have gained a wealth of experience and learnt what life in a huge city is like. Also got a peep into the famous financial work life of this city.Man, people WORK here, and ya they get PAID too!:)
A brief stint on my life so far. The First fortnight was spent on finding a suitable abode before the travelling was planned. On the contrary, I travelled a lot to find a suitable abode. Works been good, challenging and interesting to say the least. I commute 4hrs a day to office. Food has been a problem, any veggie outside India would CAM( agree- for the benefit of non-IIMCians). But more importantly, I've become a Huge believer in a new religion! Ya, I am still Hindu but MURPHY is GOD. I 've personally experienced all possible forms of Muphy's laws in the last month or so. When u r late, the trains on time! Remember, the converse is also true! Keep the jacket at home, it RAINS! Ur fone runs out of battery, just when u need to make a call and whats worse, when u have to reach on time, u catch the wrong train. Seen it all, Done it all!! :)
I have had my moments in NY too, did mountain biking; went to a Casino twice and made money each time. Quite a CV point should i say :) The Manhattan skyscrapers and the Times square were sights which i ll carry back to Joka. Its been fun!I thought NY, but never went to the Liberty, Empire state building,Madam Tussuad's. Hope to do it in the next fortnight. But when i almost forced the gang here to watch a Hindi movie, sat thru' it even after knowing its gonna be sad and then crappy food from an Indian restaurant, i knew i was missing India and everyone there. Now i don't listen to new york nagaram anymore, i prefer to go to bed with "yeh jo des he tera.... " another masterpiece by the Man himself, AR Rahman. Boy he is a genius!