Blues of Freshly admitted Graduate Student

 

   I, Hrudhi Chelmeda an amateur blogger penned down my experiences about my early month survival in USA, the moment I decided to pursue masters having left behind a fun filled, self contained job in India.

Weather takes it all:

         Cold cold cold!!! Fighting to protect every inch of body from exposure,the EVERY nth second, do I really need to study here??  'Ee manchullo' song interests me no longer!!!

Exaggerating Ambience:

                 Here I'm struggling hard to select the courses I should enroll into my first semester and my fellow mates started liking desiOPT on Facebook!! Omgg I just arrived, so did they, and I never knew what is an OPT..!! Am I alive in this competetive race??

Everyday Battle:

                   What to cook?? How to cook??...okkk, I somehow cooked. Next day knocks again,what to cook???Daal-aalu-capsicum-egg-curd-daal..!! Freakk, what are Malai Koftas, Dosas, Masala Kulchas, Gujarathi Koftas, Paneer Butter Masala?? I forgot they ever existed...!!

Post Graduation scenario Worries: 

               OKAY,am taking classes, putting efforts, will these DIVERSE subjects ever shape me as fruitful final product to be industry ready?? Intel, Qualcomm, AMD will you still remain as distant dream...??

The Assistantship:

       Professor assigns hundred journals to be read in ten days and conveys me to come up with NEW IDEAS!! I appreciate my professor's faith in believing me as a 'chitti' robot...am gonna scan the papers into my brain just by touching them..!! 3D technology you know...!!

Me and My Grooming:

            Gone are those fancy days where Jawed Habeeb used to give me monthly dose of hair spa,nail trim..!! Fishhhh, I just realised dat I havent bathed since 3 days..!!!

Daily dose of Classroom: 

     What is he teaching?? Heard it somewhere...Read it somewhere....I applied it in my national paper participation during Graduation!!.. But where??? Ohhhhh, now i became Gajini..!! Zeros over zeros in quizes just as an egg a day keeps you healthy!! Assignments, ouch!! How to start? Where to start? Thought I could finish in an hour, yet took a day!! Goshhhh, was it really tough or am I The Great Grand Donkey???

Personal Space:

          

            Room to school - school to room..!! Freakkk, am I really in America?? May be am dreaming...!! Now, when will I STOP converting dollars into rupees and STOP making endless calculations in diary, infact setting up a new diary to frame up finances!! Oops, I once used to pen down thoughts, now I open diary only to calculate my expenses!!!!

Wierd Things:

           

         I opend FB, every status coined terms like Heart Attack, Hasey toh Phasey, Paisa..!! What are these??? GOOGLED, omggg these are tollywood bollywood releases, when on earth I became clueless about box office releases??

Personal Fantasies:

          Thought the independency would allow me to live my fantasy of taming a kitty!! Oh yes, am at great leisure here with a chef appointed at room and a personal assistant to complete my projects and assignments,and all I only have to do is to change diaphers for my kitty!!

Am I Alive???

       When I decided to devote myself to music, just realised that it was two months past did my favourite artist lana del rey made her new release!! When I madly felt the need of watching my favourite sitcom HIMYM, was all excited to watch season 8 and freakkkk i found dat season 9 is out too...!! Maddd, how quick I am at updating myself...I love my speed!!

The Alarms:

      Setting multiple alarms, not to wake up, but to remind myself to call Family in India...!! Juggling between wake up alarms and india calling alarms, where do I fit an extra alarm to make time to call my childhood best friends..??

Hobby Time:

            Creating wall decors, the evening guitar strum, making arts, cute DIY's, pot paintings got replaced with watching science videos, learning techie softwares, taking time for laundry, creating a Linkedin acount, cutting nails and some other blaaah blaah- blee blee -bloo bloo...

Social Life:

            When in America, all it needs to socialize,socialize and just socialize!! would someone teach me how to start it out? Do i really need to knock every random door and ask for?? Everyone says HI , smiles and then BYE!! Uffff.... would anyone mind to cook chicken dish for me, accompany me to wallmart in carrying my heavy stuff!!

Longterm Goals:

            When everyday seems to be equally slothy and a battle to be won, WHEN will I shape myself to see  as a TED speaker years down the lane?? WHEN will my book be published?? for  Every single day across the globe, one child prodigy is evolving!! Now I'm supposed to compete with kids too to live my lifetime dreams!! Please God save me...

Travelling:

           I thought the moment I land i'l hit off Disney Land, The Casinos, The Beaches and the mighty Niagaras..!! After a month I could realize that these would be possible only after earning a fulltime, Either wise, financial stability and time  accountability are taken into considerations...

After above thoughts, I felt :

Frustrated

Tensed

Fearful

Nervous

Drilled

Trolled

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 Then, I  just begun playing 'Ant Smasher'

After an hour play, I got the confidence that I could smash off my above complaints as easily as that of smashing ants, Infact my views were never so serious to be worried and are least likely to be considered....

"Set everything right with a simple SMILE"