Sameer has reached US

so i reached US on morning of 15 Nov. I landed on New York JFK Air Port.. where my entrance in US had to be registered with the US security department ... It is something that i was very scared of from the very start.. They usually take a long time to check non-US citizens.. and it is recommended to have a gap of atleast 4 hours before the next flight from JFK to Detroit because the time taken for checking is usually that long...but in my case, my flight was the only flight that landed on the airrport.. so i was kinda lucky as there were no long lines..i was the first one in my line..then the whole  procedure went quite smoothly, i was all clear in some 45 minutes...great!!!!...

 

but then i had nothing to do.. so i just roamed around the airport...checked my next flight terminal , got the boarding pass from there.. I didnt checked in then as there was no point going inside cause they dont let you come out once you go in..

I started feeling tired very soon.. so after having lunch , (Rice with Sweet and Sour Chicken) I slept on the bench for a while. My flight was near 2 , i started going towards my terminal near 1:20.. i thought it was a reasonable time for me to reach the GATE ..... I was wrong..

In the Airport , there is an air train that takes you from one terminal to another..There i asked the lady at duty about my terminal ..she asked me about my flight and when i told her...She exclaimed.."Hey you have already missed your flight".. Scared!!! i ran... i ran to my terminal ...reached there.. but oh there was a checking first ...a complete checking that required removal trouser belt, shoes and laptop from its bag...err..they wasted my time.. then i ran again ..at a very good speed.. but even then when i reached the gate, i was informed that my flight had been closed... I was late by minutes only..

:(

 

 

i then had to take another flight..... blah blah blah!!!!

 

 

(writing the rest of it on 29 NOV)

 

well .. i didnt get enough time to update my blog.. the story continues.. I reached to Detroit near 9. where my team welcomed me at the airport.. Then i was taken to my hotel after food... My hotel is different than the other team mates.. cause there was no vacant room in thier hotel.. so they are staying at Marriot Spring Suites and I am staying at Embassy Suites.. and i beleive my hotel is better...Its two big rooms.. and the bed room has got a real big window from where i can see the highway .. so i really enjoy seeing Amreeka from there.. :).. Detroit is a cool place.. both in terms of exclaimation and the weather conditions..  :)

 

What else... We were not allowed to have a free weekend the first weekend of my arrival... and then all of a suddent there was this four day leave of Thanks Giving in which we had a trip to NewYork..

NEWYORK

NEW YORK is a city full of people..

we visited Empire State Building. we wanted to go on top of the building but the que was two hour long so we dropped the idea.. we planned to see the Statue of Liberty but we didnt have enough time to reach to that area from where we can atleast view it.. :( .. We went to see the Rock Feller Center, its a high building and they too have an observatory on top of building to see the whole Nework.. there werent too many people in que as its a new observatory and not every one knows about it..

 

Thats it.. There is too much that i want to write.. but i cant.. i dont have time. I have to call so many people..i cant.. i dont have the calling card ..I got a prepaid mobile connection last Friday..It has not been activated yet..seems that Telecom Services are better in Pakistan...I dont think I will be getting my own car soon cause i am a bit afraid of driving here...besides i havent driven automatic cars before..but i guess that shouldnt be a much problem.. The only problem is to shift to the left handside driving ...and the new kinda traffic signals/rules...

I havent enjoyed much healthy time here.. I have been coughing for so many days...My sleep is not proper yet.. I am still underslept..

 

People are really nice here...you usually find strangers greeting you and giving you a smile.. Most of the people happen to have a sense of humor.. a very well developed sense of humour... They are friendly and cooperative..  

In few days , i dont think i will have any time for internet... even right now i am typing this all because Informatica (software that i work on) crashed and it locked the mapping that i was working on .. Somebody is trying to get it fixed.. and i am making use of the time to write...

Sameer goes to US Part 2.(On flight : Dubai to NewYork - date:15 November Time: i dont know)

I am on my flight to New York.. (uff!! i am so happy to write it).. its a 14 hours + flight .. I have never ever had such a long travel before..not even a land travel..

I guess i didnt write much about the reason of my travel in the part 1 of this post.. here it goes: I am working on a project for an american company DAIMLER CHRSYLER FINANCIAL SERVICES. Its a financial services provider of a car manufacturing company.. It was/is because of this project that my online life is not active for a long time. Since August , I am continuosly busy..but oh thank God (IIE) , atleast i was called onsite .....  From a pessimist point of view, this is not very great, cause i had been working like a donkey offsite till now.. (even my weekends and legal holidays were on) .. and now that there is rest on the offsite team and the work load focus has shifted to the onsite team, i have been called onsite..the onsite team has already started working on weekends from now on.. Its going to be a difficult job i tell you...I am seriously expecting that i will fall ill soon..But from an optimist point of view , HEY MAN!! i am going to America ...  i dont care what they make me do there.. :)

[If you think that the words Pessimist and Optimist have been wrongly placed, then sorry.. I know the meaning of both but i am not always sure which means what..so kindly make that adjustment yourself for your 'READING PLEASURE']

 

In recent past, a few things happened which i missed to blog, thanks to the my project... Let me just recall..

My Family Life:

 My sister had a very major life/death operation...Doctors who operated her said they would not have been able to save her had she been half an hour late.. it all happened on her Eid Days in Ireland.. She is fine now .. is resting now..not as much as my mother and I want her to .. I just hope she will heal and recover soon..

Personally i feel my bonds with my family is getting stronger now....Its a new change... Its a new me.... I just dont feel very good to see my parents' condition now...The fact that they are old is very apparent now..They too have realized this and thats why they are urging me to get married soon.. but now with my sister's recent condition they have once again forgot about my marriage plans.. :)

Anyways, i have also started feeling very social.. I am very excited on my travel ,  but i am also feeling bad for missing a few things like seeing my sister this december when she will come to Pakistan, Missing a good friend's wedding this weekend, missing meeting my very good friend and an ex-mentor who will come from France to Pakistan for a few days, missing the new-hire party at my office for which the office people have already collected money from me :(..

 

My Psychic Life:

My Psychic life is improving now.. Finally i have started picking words what the other peoples are about to say..It doesnt happen all the time..The frequency is once a week ..but the point is that it has started happening ..now when i am not meditating any more.... Oh! and I had a dream in which i saw myself present in US ..this dream was out of blue.. i mean there were no chances of me going to US  .. and exactly that same day my tech lead told me there are chances that i will be flying to US.

 

My Princess Life:

Princess has started behaving better now.. I had no problem in Ramzan .. but just last week , the generator belt was broken.. I have now posted a FOR SALE notice on it and after my return from US, i will be selling it through newspapers ads.. I was definately going to give this ad on this sunday's JANG.. but i could not do it because of this suddent travel. Oh, and i found the problem atlast.. It wasnt the car all this time.. it was the mechanic..

 

Office and Travel Arrangements:

There have been too much work in office..There was no official leave for me to prepare for my travel. I was assigned work as if i was not to do any travel preparations at all. It was really troublesome getting my International Driving License, and a air breaker jacket and other important travel arrangements.. The most difficult thing was to get things done from Office.... I had to inform a few people at office about my travel and had to ask them to permit me a few things like increase in credit card limit, travel advance money etc. etc. but things went at a pace slower than my expectation..I hope i will receive all the approvals and the money soon..

Back to the present:

The plane shakes like shakira every now and then.. but its a comfortable flight.. An Emirates flight it is..Had heard so much about it..Food was good..I dont know why arent there any AEROPLANE FOOD restaurants in the world.. I watched ICE AGE 2 .. didnt enjoy it very much as I was not feeling very well.. but its a good movie.. I would have enjoyed it more had i been fine.. I am sleepless for past few days...I just hope my sleeplessness and my happiness of going to America ---Comibined, they wont trigger any thing.. I just hope my depression will remain in control.. though i wont mind getting slightly maniac :) ..trust me...Its a great feeling when you are a maniac..:) ... Oh..i just saw the map of the flight, and they showed Tampere in the map.. Bodz!!! I just passed your area!!..and hey man!! i am really sorry for not being able to socialize much with you..

 I am losing the sense of time and space.. what is the time here..what is the time in Pakistan..is it night outside..i dont know much..Will be writing something on my pocket notebook ..

The laptop battery is going down.. so me goes ..

And yeah!! i have decided that i will write my blogs in a single go..  the WRITER inside me doesnt let me post things without a million reviews and tweaking... but i am tired of so much reviewing of text.. So now you are going to read my raw thoughts..

This is my first post through Windows Live Writer.. Lets see how it appears on my blog...

Sameer goes to US

I am on karachi Airport ..waiting for my flight to DUBAI.. will be going to New York from Dubai and then from New York to Detriot , Michigan....


YAHOO!!!!

I am so excited about it..

They told me 5 days ago that i have to reach US on 16 Nov. Happy i was but travelling has always been a tensed thing to me..and international travel.. come on man thats a MEGA tension..

so since 9 Nov, i have not been able to sleep properly either because of some stupid sleeping arrangements + happiness. The first night i kept thinking of US... was completely unable to sleep.. I am still somewhat suffering from the sleep loss.. You know , i do crazy thing when my sleep is not complete... I always have to take GOOD care of my sleep wake cycle.... and i never manage to do it.. :)

Past months were very busy.. Too much work.. Too much work... i , at last, had started missing my life.. was kinda bored of my work routine too... was kinda frustrated because of that one irritating person of my project team who works a lot more than me in the same time.. Living with extra efficient people is not new to me.. I have tolerated many of them in GIKI.. i still remember people who used to study double than me in half the time i used to study .. (that multplies their efficiency with 4).. but this guy, this irritating guy I am talking about .... does not irritate me with his efficiency but with his talk...he talks, and talks and talks..and i really thank Gid whenever he leaves...

Shit.. i have to catch my fligh...