My first sunrise in Tampa, FL

Saturday :
ehhhehehe so i got up at 7:30 which is very early as i slept very late in the night at around 1 o clock and also considering the fact that i traveled for so long .. so met the important member of this family Mr. Arun Katikala ... heheh ! and ya we kinda played around with piano ..he plays amazingly i should say i will post his pic with the piano ..promise ;) ...and then we played scramble ..a crossword game and then got online did a webcam chat with ppl at home and i bet they are soo happy seeing me .. well uncle aunty and even arun came over and said hi to all of them and then we got ready real quick and went to the pier at st Petersburg ;)

and there is an aquarium there... and they have some bful fish ...here they go ..
thats the entrance of the aquarium and even these pillars have fish inside them
it was bful to watch
and me and chaithu and arun
this is on the bay of a beach and it is very b'ful
and they have some yatches and boats which u can rent here are few ;)

hmmm looks like me ..hehehehe yaa thats me ...
and her is one more i liked this one ..
and here is the pic we took in the boat...
hmmm after that we went to cici's pizza and hogged our stomachs full
and them from there we went to a musuem
and here is a snap of all of us together
heehehe we were so tired all of us slept on the way back ... poor uncle could not as he was driving ..but it was a tiresome day .. for more pics click here
Sunday :
came back home and had dinner and slept! pretty much a pleasant day ...
we had to get up early as we had to go to church ... so slept early...but damn i was feeling so bad when i woke up ... i was sure iam gonna get fever..we went to church and it was pretty good .. .but managed myself..had some horlicks and took a tablet... and then had a short nap...
felt better after waking up ! so planned to go and shop around... i shopped like crazy .. hehehehe i know thats me i get enthu when shopping heheheh n e ways it was f un day too .. we watched the Ocean's 11 in the evening after we came back.. it was a nice movie ..i liked it .. after that we had a loooooooooongggggggggggggggg dinner.. and we were talking about a lot of things at dinner table .. and i enjoyed it .. ..well pretty much nothing else was left so went back to bed..
Monday :
Woke up a bit early..as i had to say byee to chaithu , arun and aunty...
wished chaithu goodbyee with a hug.... and also aunty and arun .. and them pretty much was in my room and was on web cam so dat ppl back home cam see me .. dad was online too so he was seeing me over the web cam ... and he gave me a compliment that i was looking pretty ;) ..
heheheh packed my luggage and it got way bit too heavy .. so packed them in two different cases and me and uncle started for the airport.. till the moment we got into the car we were thinking that 2 days went past like 2 seconds and i felt bad coming back from there ...hmm i hope i can visit them some time soon or if they cam come over and stay with us for few days hmmm i want to be a host for arun and chaithu specially and take them around INDIA... and show them places after which they dont even feel like getting back ;) :) :)
well anyways..as said all good things come to an end.. so we went to the ariport.. and i got onto my flight... it was a quick tour to Pittsburgh and then to san Francisco.. hehhe it was quick as i was sleeping all the while and sasi and adrien came to pick me up as they promised... hehe thanks guys .. came back ... met stefaine..called dad and spoke to him for lil while and then cleared the mess in my luggage and my room and then organized them properly and then wen to bed.....

27th Jan

hmmm an interesting day .,... my journey to Tampa begins today ;)
so i got up abit early ironed all my clothes but got late :( :( so asked sasi , adrien and stefaine to leave... that was the mistake i did.. i coul dnot tihnk that i wil have some luggage and that i cant carry it all by myself... iam a dumb ***... heheh lol aahhhh it was so bad ...i packed my luggage and had a tough time getting it down :( :( and the worst part is i dint not find a cab i waited there for ALMOST 20 min and oculd not figure it out how to get along to get a cab .. so i pulled and dragged all my luggage all the way up ... and all this while it was freexing out side so my hands were so cold i could not even open the door ...i went back banged my luggage and opened my LT and no charge no muchy itme too pinged hiro and asked him to book a cab for me .. and then i could not stop myself from crying :( :( ... i felt so bad that my day got messed up 1 i wasnt feeling well 2 got lil bit home sick 3 had to struggle so much hmmm well thats ok i kinda consoled myself... and then washed my face and went down to take a taxi thankfully this time i dint have much problem getting a cab ...went to office... informed everyone called for a cab to go to sfo .. and started off from there after an hour or so .. and as always i forgot something at my apartment that i had to pick up so i went to my apartment and then went to sfo got inot my flight... hmm well not a gr8 flight but was watching "the man " movie it was kinda funny and was very good .. i liked it .. and then feel alseep for a lil while ... then i got down at charlotte and then called up home ... and spoke with mom ... and then took th flight to tampa...
arrived at tampa and uncle and aunty came to the airport.. was nice to see them back ..i rem last time when they came to india aunty said "lets hope to see u in Us next time " and thats what has happend.. hmm "iam feeling lucky" now ;) well we them picked up my luggage and had a nice drive back to their home...met chaithanya but arun was sleeping ...had some nice food proper indian food .. and then watched chaithanya's school music competetion video and then pretty much slept after calling dad that i reached :D :D sprry guys no pics.. i was oto tired to take a picture all this while :) :)

26th Jan

Happy Republic Day


well i would have celebrated in a different way if i was in INDIA ..but what best can u do in US .. thot will wear some traditional dress.. and pin up a flag.. thats all i could have done.. but not all goes as planned u c ! i was sick : ( have fever :( hmmm just grabbed a crocin and went to office had some brk fast and took a tablet... :( i had to walk all the way long to no name cafe and get some brkfast ..well i know u might ask me what about the scooter that google has yaa it does i cant ride on it when i wear sandal's i dont know my legs hurt..:( so grabbed some brk fast i had a training in the morning that i had to catch up ! so had no other choice... once i had the brkfast i took the tablet i bgt and attended the training... but i wasnt feeling better at alll .... i could feel pain in my hands and legs and slowly i started feeling weak and had a puking sensation too so i thot it would be the best thing to go back and take some rest so informed he office and hiro dropped me back to my apartment ... hmmm i wasnt feeling better at all .. spoke for some time and slept... got up washed all my clothes in the washing machine... as i had to fly the next day for the weekend .. so it was evening very soon and good thing is i was feeling better ...Stephanie came back and was worried about me ..told her i was feeling ok .. i wanted to eat something i was very hungry ... so i went out in search of food.. yaa when i say it i feel as if iam in a desert and i need some lil water to keep myself awake and iam going out in search of water... it was like dat for me there... i went about 5 min on the road near my apartments but i could not find any food i thot i will go back but i was feeling hungry so i made up my mind to find food at n e cost .. so i went onto the elcamino road and and there was a Shanghai restrant hoping that i will find some proper veg food there .. i went inside and guess what they have something veg .. the best part is they have some rice too ..so i ordered some rice and some curry and they gave a salad along with it and here it what looked like when i served all dat in the plate after i came back

hmmm it not only looks yummy it also tastes yummy so hogged some food and guess what i got a call from INDIA ;) guess who ... aahaaa keep guessing lol lol...
well after that you all know what i do .. slept :D :D

25th Jan

Ok not all days are going to be great ! ... nor was this day ! ... so i set my alarm at 7 so that i can call home ..but i get up at 7:50 where i have to be down by 8:20 to go to office... damn! ...me! ..
well but days like this will not go bad! .. :) :) too!
got ready on time...and sasi was late : D:D but were able to reach office on time!
so i grabbed some chocos from the cafe in building 1350 and it was good ..for a change i liked it :D :D so morning started with milk and chocos ...so it gotto to be the best day .. the work went pretty well.. so how about playing some foosball???
ehehhe if u guys are wondering if i can ever play foosball.. you all are wrong ... i can play it... yaa it takes time to win the first match ! ..but i can play it thats the whole point..
and whom did I team up with .. well check it out by urself
yaaa thats sasi ..and how can u think i can win when i pair up with sasi .. come on guys be practical .
so we played against two B'ful girls!

thats sadhana and agnes.. and we lost to them ...the interesting point to note here was sadhana was also playing it for the first time ... but she was using a different strategy ..well who ever hasnt played yet this will work for you guys too .. no matter what just keep moving the rods up and down and you will end up messing the other teams plans ;) good one sandy ! :) :)
well i enjoyed the game...and thanks matt for taking the pictures... :) :) he was supporting us at the game... and was cheering us so that we will hit atleast 1 goal :( well no problem better luck next time... cant wait for the new foosball table :D :D
and time went by and it was evening ...guess what BasketBall match "Warriors Vs Mavericks"
hmm everyone was excited... and we packed up and started..i went along with nikki and her bf .. i had to pick up something from my apartment so we thot will go there first and then go to the match ! but .. "the intelligent me " couldnt figure out the way to my apartment from the office... yaa! so we ended up going round and round and then realized its too late.. and that we should go back ..and all that had to happen was police stopped us as the registration of the car expired .hmmm but we had all the papers and stuff so we could escape without a ticket being issued :D :D the happiest person about all this was nikkii ;) ..
then we finally could figure it out where the bart was and we took the bart/tram to go to the match from union city.. we reached right on time .. i mean on half time ;) ... the score was pretty close and was exciting .. we cheered all we could .. but warrior's lost .. i think they felt bad that we came a bit late and lost their heart out on the game ;) ehehheh! anyways! here are some pics of the stadium! ...it was reallly kool! kinda similar to the gacchibowli boxing stadium i went to ! :)


thats the stadium!
and thats the team in the stadium!
thats nikki and her bf. hi guys! :) :) looking good together ;)
and the entire gang that went to watch the match
came back .. and did the best thing i could have done at that time! :D :D slept..offf....

24th Jan

Yuppie! i woke up so much energy .. hmm why ??? might be had a good sleep... i was getting ready and when i went to open my wadrobe ..bang..! it wasnt opening up! the doors were out of its slider...and was difficult to open them up ! i called over stefaine but she couldltn do it too ... i made up my mind that i WILL open it at any cost even if it brks open so tried my best to get the doors back tot he slider..and thankfully ... i was able to .. :) :)

yuppie i got ready and we had thebrk fast at the no name cafe... and ....then went to the OTE building ... day went by pretty much on a good note... and i wanted to go out somewher rather than just come back to apartment directly... so me and kency thought we will go out and do some shopping... then called up home spoke with everyone at home... and mom is going out with her friends on a small tour .. Love u mommaa! will miss ya ( i will call u even though ) ... and that was pretty much it at the office.
sasi descided ot take some clicks thru the office here so here they r!
they all r playing FoosBall ! in the game room :) :)
the MV_OTE team rocks .... hehehe ! by da way we are going to watch the NBA match tomm yuuuhhuu! its gonna be fun look for more pics in this space :) :)
thats the common mode of transportaion in the google capmus here! :) :) you will love to ride them ..:) :)
And thats Matt and he is getting married this week end so the team gave him the gift that he is holding in his hand... well the gift is "A picture of a cup and plate " heheh lol ! :) :) but he liked it !
Happy Married Life Matt! :) :)
and thats our own man of the masses :D :D Mathew Lewis!
and for everyoen who missed me here u go ! "thats me" ... if u all are wondering why the picture isnt come dat well it is not me but it is sasi coz he took the picture lol
.. ppl here are almost like the hyd team and somehow i got lucky on that note... :) :) thanks to nikki! my buddy ! for this Qrtr... :) :) lookign frwd to have a gr8 qrtr ! .. and then comes evening ...so we got into andy's car went to building 43 grabbed some food ..(for kency) ... i dint find my kinda food there... so we came back and went around ...

after a lil bit of adventures.... reached albertsons and found some india canned/packed food ...so i jumped with joy and grabbed them ... from there we went to deediji ... and then bgt some more food stufff to check out if they r good...we came back to the apartment as i forgot my CC and cant shop witohut it ! :) :)
so ... thot it was time for a picture... so here is kency :) :) munching away gulab jamun's made by sadhana and her mom :) : ) thanks sadhana! that was very sweet ! not only the gulab jamuns but also u :) :)

and here's kency pouncing on them :D :Damd thats stefanie from dublin and my roomie! :) :) she left after a while to go aorund the city along with adrien!
thats me and kency with the lava lamp...hey kency thanks again for you are there :) :) when in need!

yuppie thats me again! ... hmmm let me stand !
hehehe ! it was worth lookign at kency when she was taking the pictures! :) :) she was trying hard to get the right postion :) :) was fun time! with her ! ...and she left after we managed to find out what is the phone number of my apartment ... :) :) :) :) after a lil bit of struggle! thanks to david too! for helping us out :) after kency left... i baked/biled the food i bgt and this is what the first one looked like ... hehehhehhe

there is only lil bit of rice... and so i was hungry ..so i baked the other one too and at that is vegetable biryani :) :) yuppie! here it is !


thanks a lot kency ! :) :) i owe u a proper treat for all this..! will cook a very special dish for you some day ! :) :)
and stefaine came back and even she liked the food.! i called over sasi too but he is as always acting off so he dint! ;) n e ways! a good gr8 day it was so late... by the time i was done with food ..it was 11:30 ... so descided to go to bed...and bang into dreams... shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh good night !

23rd Jan

Wasnt a very interesting one ....all i did was got up! went to office hogged some food ... wroked..all day the work wa interesting this time ... and then back to the apartment ... sashi and adrien went to wallmart... i was just back and was listenign to some music watched friends...for soemtime ...and then ...slept.. kinda boring day ! naa! but couldnt help.. :) :)

22nd Jan

So the previous night plans all went in vain as we got up late point one ...1 it wasnt sunny and was very cloudy so we thot we will go late...2 and 3rd is one of the person dropped out in the last min... but me and dipya wanted to go ...but i had to shift to my aprtment ..so i had ot rush too ...
i checked into my apartment by around 12.... and stefaine and adrien actually were planning to go out ...and so as i dint have much to do i thot i willl join them ... we went to Stanford University and from there to the half moon bay beaches through the mountains a.. it was very B'ful and pleasent .. and then we drove all the way to santa cruz and them back to the apartment ... it was a fun tiring ride... was hungry ...but dint really wanted to hog sometihng ...so i just ovened (my creation) some popcorn and ate em while i was playing some pretty loud music and while i was cleaing my luggage ....yaa sounds funny but i just dumped things when i moved to MV... so was sorting things out ... and once all was done ...slept well and had sweetdreams...thanks to everyone who wished me sweetdreams ;) ;) ... (i was eating a lot of sweets in my dream actually...) hmmm picstures??? ok here they come ..
thats me at the Stanford University tower...
and thats the half moon bay ......:) :)
c yaa babbyeeeeeeeeeeeeee

21st Jan

hmmm started a bit late than ususal ... as it was a saturday i thot .. lemme try making things a bit slow ... i was chatting with friends online ...and i was also updating my blog whch i havent been lately ... well anyways ...chloe called up and said she will be late...so i slowed down things even more... had a nice warm shower...and by the time i was ready choe was here ...so we went out exploring the stores....hmmmi dint like the clothes...somehow ..not my type.and there is a very BIG sale that was goin gon but couldnt find anything thats interesting ... this place is amazing.... and also the people... i liked .. well we hogged somethng at a small fastfood center...and then back on the roads.... after a while i had to come back to the hotel..and even chloe had to go ...it was fun going to San Fransisco .... ... wished her byee and walked back to the hotel...and was checkign other stufff on my way back .... i was back to the hotel by 6...so i called up home and spoke with mom ...dad and bro ... woke all of em from sleep ... and came back and was chatting with them.... sujatha aunty called up ..it was nice talking with her .. it has been alooong time and felt good... i just cant wait to get there.... it is going to be fun ... and my bro was online ....so was chatting with my family too...spoke with mom , dad and bro over google talk ... and then ..i was getting bored so i thot i will take some pics ..
here they r
you cant get more than that :D :D
. dipya came back from her siteseeing .. she bgt some biryani ...i HOGGED it ... it was really good..and my stomach was full..we had some pans to go around the city... so we thot we will get up at 5 and i was back into the bed ...

20th Jan ....

Started offf dull ... hmm reason ... i dont know ...
went to office.... got a bit late....
had a meeting with nikki yanet and lella... on a project and it was almost afternoon ...
and the entire OTE team had a lunch together so had lunch with everyone ...had a tour of the campus .. that was a good one to see the place...and then soon after the lunch we had general meeitng and then ... TGIF ... hmmm i dint do there... had a lots of notes that i had to make ...
and so was wasting time on system.... chloe came over and asked if iam free on saturday ...so we thot we will meet up and shop in and around downtonw SF... as she stays close by and kency said she will take me out in the evening on friday ...so was waiting for her... and
we wnet in her car.... hey guys by the ways she can drive and here is the proof...
hehehhe we went to south indian restrant and went to wallmart from there... so shop around ... i just bgt some stuff.. for myself and my brother.... hmmm we dint get much time to spend there but was good... she dropped me back ...after a real NICE drive ....
i highlighted NICE coz ... we weny round round round ...hehheh kiidng the ride was fun ..
thanks kency....
came back and slept.... all dat i could do ..

19th Jan

Hey Laddu Happy Birthday ra.....

Got up a bit late…rushed myself to get ready and we reached down and everyonbe else were waiting for us…. We went to the google plex and worked….

well i did psend alot of time with the OTE team there and also had lunch with them ..it was fun ... and in the evning we had a dinner with David fisher and after that we went to the vidoe conference wit hthe hyderabad team... it was fun to be on the other side of the conference... nice to see all the folks.. well it was here that there was a miscommunication with the other team members and us and they were loking ofr us and we came back to the hotel tihnking that they came back too ... felt sorry ...
and dint have anything else to do ... i wished laddu ......happy bday ...

16th...17th...and 18th..Jan

hey mandar won tihs toy for some play in the universal studios.....

Got up a bit late…rushed myself to get ready and we reached down and everyonbe else were waiting for us….

We went to the google plex and worked….
thats me working :D :D

I could not go to the OTE building … gotto to talk with ravi uncle but for not long … I packed up and we came back to the hotel to go to moscone west …. And we had a great party as a start off… it was fun ! …

next day ... 17th....morning


and the next 2 days were also very informative and fun … I enjoyed that I was a part of it …

the crowd ... ....was a nice pic to take...

on 15th Jan to Hollywood...

And next day we just could not of how will we go to holloywood as we had different flight timings of dat of the other team … well we some have managed

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we dint have any other option other than taking a cab and then getting back to the airport… this journey was very painful for me… it was a long wait anf I got bored… and I had a veyrbad ear pain and I almost ended up crying .,…after reaching the sfo… we waited for the other team members and took a can and came back to the hotel .. it was late and we had to go to google plex and work … well what do we do ...i just could not sleep all night… I think I slept at around 1 in the night and dipya just dint sleep at All …

on 14th Jan to universal Studios

Hmmm have you ever heard of tomm never dies…..

hrhhehhehe we had the alarm on wrong time and we got up at 8:45 where we had to be ready by 9:30 hmm does it surprise u ..what has it got to do with tomm never dies .. well I don’t know … what ever I odnt care.. hehheheh …

and I realized that it has been more then 24hrs that I called bzack home …so I rished to the reception called up home… hmmm and ruchsed back statrted to get ready and the rest of the team came in the LIMO to pick us up …

and we all went to Universal Studios

and had gr8 fun there alos … it was really fun at the rides and the shows were awesome! We really had a gr8 time and they all are worth watching …
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..i felt lonely during the first half of the trip …. Was fun during the second half …
and back to the hotel and slept …..what else could we do more than dat !..hehehe