Of Geographical Escalations!

So now that I am in Cleveland, I am faced with a typical question. 'So where did you move from' I reply 'Omaha, Nebraska' Invitating few stares and few sympathies... 'I am sure you are in much better place NOW' Wonder what exactly denotes 'better' [but let me get at it sometime later]:P 'So where exactly is Omaha"? I feel like saying "Go to goggle.com and SEARCH. Better still take a look at the map of USA and you would know where even Vermont, Maine and Alaska are!!!! But being me...I reply 'If you look at the map of USA, you shall find that Nebraska is right in the middle. The 'Heartland of America'!!! Ohhh Ok!!! The few who even have an idea of geography, retort 'What did you do in Nebraska, apart from eating corns"? Whoosh!!! well, how opinionated can one be! Quite coyly I reply "Ya! trying to get my PhD' you see..'I have better things to do' "So have you experienced snow before?" Omaha is just 12 hours by road from Cleveland, you see..so the geographical conditions are not going to differ that much:P "Alright!! I thought it is some kind of a desert" NOW! someone indeeed can get on your nerves right? To scare me further, wait until winter hits you in Cleveland! Ever since, I disclosed my future 'home' to people, I have been persistently hearing about the cold winters. Cleveland is located on the Lake Erie..[one of the great lakes] So there is some phenomenon called as 'Lake effect' And let me not get into the details of it..but the end result is heaps and heaps of snow that falls and STAYS! for as long as winter lasts!! NOW, having started from rock bottom of the country, Lousiana (which is way down in the south), life took me to right in the middle of the country (Nebraska ) and now to somewhere on the top (Cleveland).!!I hope now I dont land up way up..that is Alaska:P Hahah!! if only we could correlate geographical escalations to academic escalations:( In life, sometimes, I hit the rockbottom, sometimes on the top..but I am contended staying in the middle..Thats why, Nebraska will always remain in my heart (right in the middle)!! :)

Nayee hai manzilen..naye hain raaste!

They say, when life offers you lemons, make lemonade! Guess, my life is offering me lemons of all sizes.. Some sweet and some sour;) Anyway, instead of beating around the bush..let me get around the topic. So, I wanted to say..Err! Don’t remember.. I just wanted to say ‘hi’ to all those people Who remembered that I existed Whose association was not limited ONLY to my blogs Who checked on me even though my blog lay dead for months To all those who will stop by this place eventhough the last post was made nearly 6 months back To all those who asked me ‘Don’t you care about your blog?Its dying’ And finally, to all those who have been there for me in what I would say one of the toughest phases of a PhD students life! For all those, who don’t fall into any of the categories above—err!! Raysofsun comes from a brand new place..Cleveland, Ohio! [ab kab kaise aur kahan, yeh batane ke liye bahut kuch rewind karna padega]:P With this, I mark my entry into blogosphere and give your memory cells a tickle to refresh it:) !!!HAPPY INDEPENDANCE DAY EVERYONE!!!! And if you happen to post comments on this blog, I only have to say 'I love you'..coz you never gave up on me:)