life on the 30th floor...

"in the ides of may i flew out of my clan,
exploring new lands was my gameplan,
but left behind were my memories in the great homeland,
experiences imprinted in immortal sand"...

blogs title inspired by location of office in world financial center
time of day: afternoon in new york....past midnight in india
mood of the day: reflective, thoughtful, philosophical...

well its been 2 weeks for me here in the big apple and its high time i put down my coherent thoughts together...
the great part about coming to work every morning is the ferry ride we get to take across the Hudson River....
as a kid..and even during MBA i used to wish for a job that would compel me to get out of bed every morning and rush to office...well in a way the wish has surely come true...the experience of the wind blowing around you as u climb to the open deck on the ferry with the manhattan skyline laid out before u like a neat breakfast platter is something that i cannot ever forget...and ofcourse if i ever go to work in any other location i shall forever end up comparing this to it and never find things up to the mark..so dear god keep me in this utopian state if u can!!

"devon and blakeleys salads are my lunch,
doing things productive as grilled chicken i munch,
the thousand island dressing makes things all the more sweet,
giving me energy to willingly greet,
all and sundry who come my way,
thus passes my eventful day...
in the office on the 30th floor...when god closes a window he sure does open a door!"

NY Ahoy!

Wonder of wonders I find myself in New York city..call it a large stroke of luck or what u will but i actually am in the big Apple...and cant stop gloating about it! :)
maybe it is the kiddish wonder of my first visit to the States or just the thrill of having made it this far...i dont know but yes i sure am feeling euphoric....
now to begin at the beginning..the first feeling of excitement started with me getting the US visa...after an uneventful, though much hyped and feared interview at the US embassy in Chanakyapuri...from then on there was literally no looking back, as tickets were booked, suitcases packed, woollens bought, relatives informed and hajaar admin formalities completed...
finally on the night of 11th may the Baleno drove into the nizammudin mess to pick me up for the airport....and after bidding my goodbyes i was soon into the Lufthansa flight..LH761 to Frankfurt...and i was travelling business class mind you!...from there i changed into the LH 400 which flew into JFK on the morning of the 12th...and an awesome welcome awaited me as i went past customs and immigration at lightning speed to find my Utog cab awaiting me at the arrivals exit. the cab driver turned out to be from sadda Punjab and very affectionately pointed out the sights and sounds of NYC as we passed. He explained how the city was split into 5 boroughs bronx, brooklyn, queens, manhattan and staten island...and how his brother-in-law's cousins nephew works for xyzee company which is a big name in the US...etc..so had a good time chatting him on the ways of the big bad world of New york...
ok rite now there is really loads to write...and even more to experience and discover...so i think i will stop here and continue when i have more energy..have to unpack and stuff bfore i go off into dreamland...so gnite and good luck! :)