26th april-3rd weekend- trip to Philadelphia

After a long boring weekend..finally comes the weekend...Ron Spanderberg....the guy who lived in another room in this house was goin to Philadelphia...he took me along and showed me around....old city by US standards....lotsa history ..so lots of tourist around....we went along all the important areas of Philly..and no ..i didnot see manoj night shyamalan's house....tht is actually on a guided tour list...a sighting of his house....can u believe it..!!..watver....walked around a lot ...came up to delaware river..this is a v important river for this region....hung around ..saw an art place..junk art i'd say coz this man creates murals out of junk.....all solid junk that one can throw away...he makes something out of it..!!!..came back to west chester by around 6 pm.....chilled out...next day was ultra boring coz i had absolutely nothing to do at home..eat ..watch movie online..sleep...repeat process.....

19th april-2nd weekend- A trip only to eat good food...shamelessly true..

...after 2 weeks of eating american food and also getting fed up of MTR ready to eat stuff..all i needed was some food i cud corelate with....went to Washington DC..left on friday nite...saw shit weekend traffic...frustrating ....u shud appreciate the americans...even when they get really frustrated..they dont get on to the blocked lanes ...nor the shoulder lanes....and not honk too.....anyway..felt awesome to catch up with my cousin....i didn't not feel like goin to sightseeing ..i just wanted to chill out with him....did so....2 peaceful days and awesome food...both him and my sis-in-law are good cooks....end result ...i had a good time.....late in the noon...we went outside.....went to a ferrari showroom...!! window shopping..as a bonus..there wa a maserati and lambhorghini showroom right there.....wat more cud i ask for ...amazingly beautiful cars.....i had a good time drooling over and over again.... sunday late in the noon....left to Philadelphia....back to boring life...I had had a v v nice time with shashikiran and sahana.....

17th april- 2nd week: Hitch Hiking again

....The buses here run in a very diff way.if you book a bus ticket in advance and u reach 5 minutes before bus leaves,its impossible to board the bus.2 hrs before departure a line begins,advance ticket or no,1st come 1st served basis.I wanted to get out of this place.I had planned to go to Washington DC..to meet ShashiKiran, my cousin....which was on fri nite.But thinking bout all the mess about tickets , i thought it best to go book tickets a day in advance..I didn't have a credit card.so all cash payments hence i had to go to the bus station in Philadelphia.i lived an hr away.So I took the city bus and reached up,bought the ticket and then while leaving from there, i thought it was convenient to have dinner and leave..went to an indian restaurant a lil distance from subway terminal.getting back was an episode in itself.I had to go to a terminal by subway and then, take a bus towards my house...by now it was already 930 pm....went to buy something ..it belonged to a bihari guy!!..he was warning me about the place...philadelphia..aka killadelphia.....to add up..the area of the bus station was higher in crime rate....it was 10 pm and no signs of a bus....in the meanwhile, the entire terminal is only filled with some not so friendly looking crowd....all look crazy and dangerous at the same time...was geting me worried ...the city bus finally turned up only to stop 9 miles before my house..!!!!.. they had rescheduled the bus route and this wouldn't go to where i needed it to go....crap....the bus driver ..a  lady driver had misguided me when i'd checked with her.....b^&*#....now i was in the middle of a highway with no signs of life....and lotsa gyaan bout crime....and 9 miles to walk!!! "no way..i'm not walking "...i said to myself.....then begins Hitch hiking part 2....there was a traffic light and cars would obviously stop....one car stopped...nice man ...he was goin close to my house....when i got close to home..then i realized he was gay!!!!! he started talking bout his boyfriend !!....holy shit..!!....i got out immediately and walked up to my house....1/2 km....he was from the weird clan of humans but atleast he was corteous enough to drop me ..he didn't harm me ...i vowed...no more hitch hiking....

16th april- 2nd week :Hitch Hiking

after that weekend action..nothing really happened during the week...... my experiences here have all been v vivid i was waiting for a bus in a bus stop...it started raining heavily....here bus stops dont have shelters...just a pole with a poster telling wat bus stops there.....didn't c a way...tried hitch hiking..one guy stopped..he did say he'll drop me to my house...when i got closer to home ..i asked him where his house was....we had passed it long ago..he came all the way jst to drop me..nice helping person....

13th april-1st weekend in US: Drive to Rockport Mountains

Sunday mrng began with no plan on mind..then I remembered the prius guy Steve Rinshaw..called me to a trip....called him & he came & picked me up...2 hrsdrive ..3 of us..him,me n a huge dog....a golden retriever....I thot it'd b like nandhi hills..but I was totally wrong ...this was a 750 acres land on the mountain side with a huge lake...a well equipped fullyfunctional kitchen and an atv!!!!Went on a wild drive in the atv..I drove it..!!!!Got back.....he made some lunch...I spent some time strolling around & then left frm there....this place is like kodai lake without all the commercial activity...it was v cold too...thinking of doing this evry alternate weekends...after I get my license ,he's gonna let me use his car too!!!! ....i'll love the drive though..v v green and feels amazing.....even the farm was serene and beautiful....but it'll be really scary and spooky in the nights..reminds me of the movie Blair witch project somehow..... lotsa people have warned me sufficiently about a few crazy people ..who could be termed Psychos too...but i've only come across good helpful people...

12th april '08- 1st weekend in US-Car show at Exotic Customs Inc

after landing in philadelphia Airport on 6th april, which was a sunday,12th april was officially my 1st weekend I had in US .I got up on sat mrng and thought bout wat do I really have to do... then the only big job I had was to visit the get together of a couple of exotic cars..thought i'll walk itbut then ,I got a ride in a motoguzzi!!!!..my house owner...tht was half way...then I walked a mile for my lunch in macdonald's...while Iwas sitting and watching the cars,a toyota prius (a hybrid car) pulled in...tht's a technology filled car ..so I just walked up & spoke to the owner bout the car....guy was v friendly and he spoke bout the car and then took me for a ride in it...then..he even let me drive it...awesome it felt...then he even invited me to a trip to some mountains the next day......then ,I moved on to the get together ..went on to meet Mike ...it hadn't started yet....then it all began...started seeing these really sexy cars...one after the other..fukin awesome they were......saw this really pimped out hummerh2...its got audio wrth a car!!! After this whole show was over,I got invited for lunch with Mike and his friends ...made good friends ...there was a lady who offered to show me around philadelphia main city..I live and wrk in the suburbs....the lunch later turned into drinking and ended with dinner in a sushi bar-japanese restaurant ...had a blast....

9th april- visit to Exotic Customs Inc

getting back to home meant boredom...had absolutely nothing to do after getting back home...TV ..really boring ....so i was just strolling around town.....was passing by a tinkering shop...incidentally that business is huge here...lotsa people doing big money in tinkering and painting ....i just checked with somebody about custom car builders in this locality...luckily for me ....there was one in the vicinity!!..exotic customs inc.....walked up to this place.....the owners name is Mike Snyder...v v active guy doing a real good job of selling...v interesting guy...had lots to show about his work....we quite got along well...and ended being his frend....!! he had a show ..a small gathering at his place on sat..he called me to that show to check out a few custom cars......earlier in the week..i had told my cousin Shashikiran that i'll visit his house near Washington DC......postponed by a week.....walked back having a new frend to hang out with..!!!

7th april -I got myself a neckache :cause- cars

cars and more cars.....thts wat is keeping me busy...watching them...well...i've watched them on fotos all ..till i came here......

6th april '08- A total new experience

I had attended a client interview a few weeks ago and managed to pass through and then , the words came out  from my manager .. "you have to go to US for a 3 month training" . I recollected my friend vikram say
 " reddy, for a car freak like you, US is the place ..do something , jump on some assignment and come over" and well, looks like thats what happened.

Destination- West Chester PA. Actually, I did not care where in US as long as I'd set my feet here.

..people come down to US with lotsa dreams of $ and oppurtunity....i came here to work..but, all i wanted to do was use all my days here to have as much fun as possible....well....3 months of my stay has a lots to teach me...lots about the people ...lots about the culture...and many more....I had arranged my accommodation from India itself..shared accomadation is common in US.....Don Rathmann..the guy i contacted had a house where he had a room to rent out ....he picked me up from the airport...30 mins later we reached his house in west chester...a condominium complex....

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