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ummmmm……..im a international grad engineering student out here at the east coast, unhappy with my not so imperfect life. just wanting to gush out a few impulsive vibes and find more meaning ………………
my life full of ……………………. (blanks) …….which i would like to fill, eventually
Hey! I saw you on CBC’s board and read a bit of your blog. Really cool stuff…it can be really hard coming to any new country and learning things.
My boy is in Andhra right now
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Oh well, just wanted to say good luck and I liked reading what you had to say on the other blog. The authors didn’t care too much for me! HAHA!
Well 6mile, thanks for your comment! Actually my parents cut me off when I was 17 so I managed to fund everything myself. There is a big misconception out there that foreign travel is extremely expensive. Also, I am willing to sleep and live basically anywhere, any place as long as I am abroad!
Check out Rolf Potts book Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel (Paperback). You will see that long- term travel is possible for people on a limited income (like me)!
I was an international student in India and know full-well how rewarding and challenging that kind of experience can be. For me the hardest part was coming home. “Reverse culture shock” they call it… My advice, just keep plugging and, if you believe, asking God for guidance. Even if you don’t believe, what harm would it do?
Thanks for dropping by my site.
Hi Earthpages.ca.. think I’ll just call you EP. But I was going to comment that that is EXACTLY what my CS describes. He is from India, but an international student here in the US. When he went home to visit for 2 months, and came back, he told me that this is his home now..that India is a great place to visit, but he just doesn’t want to go back there to live anymore..that he has become too Americanized. He especially doesn’t approve of the no indoor plumbing. I am surprised that India hasn’t moved into outhouses as we here in the US had until about 50 years ago. I know some areas that DO still use those because plumbing is unavailable. And like you, a prayer can’t hurt anyway
Ara… I actually had cold water plumbing and flush toilet which was living pretty high for student standards. The ‘foreign students’ were placed in a VIP Guest House. It wasn’t much by Cdn. standards but it was clean and bright. No TV for two years though. Nor computer (they were just catching on back then) nor phone. Because it was still pre-internet all the Indian students sent charming little letters to each other through the post. I can’t remember what they were called, it was so long ago. But there was a special name for these self-sticking, one page letter/envelopes…
A great experience but coming back to this wired world was a shock, indeed! Nowadays I don’t like being away from the internet for too long… Funny how things change.
Hey, i will be tracking ur blog man
……….. i am planing for my MS in Mech (Design) fall 2009………
Though it is one year down the line, but i have started to feel that it will be difficult for me (culture and environment wise)…….. let us see how does it works out………
Part of your ans lies in which part of the country you plan to go to, bigger cities tend to be more liberal I guess. You will find a ton of Indians in any university, so culture wise you can choose to be almost totally isolated. On the other hand if you want to explore American culture, you will have to chart your own way, for some guys its as easy as snapping theyre fingers and becoming american for others its not.
Hey 6mile, you got your wish over at my blog.
Sorry for all the other classy stuff going on here
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(clarification, just one, recent classy comment in particular.)