Blogs from Texas, United States, North America

Went to UTD by DART bus. The bus driver was bit scared whether I will buy a ticket! When I got into the bus, he said 'how are you...enjoy your trip'. It is written in the DART website that the driver will not have change and therefore IF we want to buy ticket we need to give exact change. Why unnecessarily troubling the driver and give him the additional work of issuing a ticket! Bus no 883 towards railway station had mostly students and couple of old people. It appears everyone carries some sort of monthly pass so no one buys/checks for tickets. While waiting for the return trip, I saw the bus coming in the opp direction practically empty and the driver started eating his lunch. It appears drivers take 5-10 mins break in each ... read more

Did not go to Tom Thumb. At 745 Bryant dropped us at the new place (http://www.thepradera.com/). V setup the tv etc and had to wait till 11 for the cable people to come and give the connection. I walked back to UTD in 30 mins. In the evening shifted everything in Bryant / Madhu's car. M left after dinner. I walked to Tom Thumb (another one which is .5 miles away) in 10 mins and bought fruits.... read more

Today I took my hard-earned babysitting cash and went to the mall on a search to find the "perfect" outfits for my trip. I spent three hours at the mall, and I suddenly came to the horrible realization that there was no way in hell I was going to fit EVERYTHING I need into one suitcase. Clothes, shoes, bath stuff, towels, a sheet set, jewelry, my laptop, and hair products all in one suitcase?! I'm only five short days away from my trip, and I now have one more thing to add to my list of worries. How much money should I be bringing? How will I find the energy to take three different flights over a two day time period to get to San Sebastian? What if I lose something important like my passport? What ... read more

This morning for a change went to Sprouts, opposte to Tom Thumb. Rajesh had suggested this place. It was smaller, but better. Wish we had gone there earlier. Viswam started his work at the lab. Jacob picked us up at 5.30 and went to his house for dinner. Madhu joined us at 6.30. After dinner went to Viswam's new apt. Bryant's father had come and they were moving his things to the new apt. They had already brought in one load and we helped them unload that and then went back to the apt. and helped with one more load too.... read more

So here we go... My first attempt at blogging. I leave for France in 4 days you guys... what??? I'm sure I'll get no sleep Thursday night just thinking about all the things I could possibly forget. I finally bought a quick phrases book for France, Germany, and Italy yesterday, and I successfully sang the German version of Happy Birthday to my roommate. So I'm basically fluent. But in all reality I'm scared to death of getting lost at the train station and not knowing how to talk to anyone. So for anyone who might actually decide to read this, I'll just give a quick summary of what you can expect over the next several weeks. For starters I'll be taking International Finance and International Business at the Universite de Strasbourg in none other than Strasbourg, ... read more

Evening my Nathan56 friend PK Joseph came and picked up the three of us and went to his house in Las Colinas, a beautiful residential area. Viswam installed 56 in his computer so that he also can host the game from now on. Then we went to Olive Garden - Italian restaurant in Addison for dinner. Got dropped near Addison Circle. M brought us back and had dinner and went back.... read more

We drove from Rowlett, Tx. to Mckinney, Tx. this morning, checked into our hotel room and got rested for Dale's graduation party. Got to meet her family and got to spend some time with my son. The party was really great, held at her father's home, beautiful setting! The margaritas were REALLY good. Got to watch "I'll have another" win the Preakness, he beat Bodemiester by a neck....great race, only wished I had made a bet!!!! Our vacation to Alaska officially starts tomorrow, we are headed north!!!... read more

Hey Everyone! This will be my official blog for my upcoming Eurotrip! Currently, I'm back home in Sugar Land and the A/C is not working on the second floor, so I'm trying to utilize every single fan in the house to cool me down. Packing is going well, just have a few little errands to run in the morning and I should be good to go. Needless to say that the euphoria of graduation still has not waned, but tomorrow I will officially shift gears and be ready to embark on hopefully the best trip I have ever been on. Let's....get...rollin'...!!!... read more