Charlie Chiang's & Breakers Sky Lounge

I went to Charlie Chiang's at Worldgate for lunch & to Breakers Sky Lounge at Herndon Clock Tower (yeah, same place where the racial profiling stuff happened, read here for details) for dinner. I like Charlie Chaing, they have some Asian-Fusion food includinf some nice Korean, Mangolian, Chinese, Thai etc kind afood. There lunch buffet is like $12 which is fine. The food options are good but they have no decent desserts. Just the lame jelly which I don't like. Breakers is not known for great food, it's a sports bar/lounge afterall. I tried quesadilla (pronounced as 'kussediaa' or /ˌkeɪsəˈdiː.ə/), it was okay. I saw that bartender again & he apologised for that day (the card thing!!). I said it's okay as long as it was not for the wrong reasons!! He said too many young guys come here & he has to be over careful sometimes. I accept his apologies and wul djust take it is a compliment that I look really young (legal age to drink in a bar in US is 21). So that was my day, fooding & fun outside.... Bye!!!

First lecture/class of College in US

I had my first lecture/class for my MS course today (Saturday, 01/09 actually. So it is technically yesterday but I am still up tonight!!). How was it?? Ummmm.. let's see. Turns out there is no public conveyence on weekends in the area where I live in Herndon. Only one bus runs i.e. Fairfax connector 950, and I am not on there route. What do they expect? That no one dares to go anywhere on the weekends in my area? Or we can work on weekdays but just sit at home in wekeends, unless I have a car or enough money to take a cab/taxi? I don't know... Again, my friends came to my rescure and my dear friend Harish picked/dropped me for today. So... I need a car or need to change the place. Considering the fact that I found this place after so much trouble & pain (everything I do is a lot of pain & effort ofcourse!!), I'll try to stick to the place for now and look for a Car. That's the dilemna of living in US, you NEED a CAR. You can only survive without a car in Big Cities, like New York or Boston or Chicago or maybe DC. That too only if you have to travel or commute inside the city. As soon as you step out side the city you are lost...

Well.. the first class was fine actually. No ragging for sure, that's an Indian thing it seems.Bad thing is I won't get to rag my juniors as well. The classrooms were usual and our first class was actually in the library. The young professor introduced us to hismelf and the course. He just took 1 hour out of 4 hours allocated to him so we got free early. There was only half attendance which was surprising but cool. He said that he'll usually take 2 hour classes only & I am happy about that too. Nothing special again though. Just a cool day... Take Care!!

Found a place & moved

After my huge efforts (everything I do is considered a HUGE effort afterall) for searching a place to live in VA, I finally found a place here in Herndon and moved. Rent is $410 with all utilities (water, electricity etc are considered as utilities). Found this place on Craigslist, whcih is a townhouse (basically an individual house, not an apartment) with 3 bedrooms & I'll have one of the bedrooms. Bathroom, Kitchen, Dining room, Living Room etc is shared between the three housemates. Just moved tonight, lets see how it goes....