Settling down

Wow..after a insanely quick week, I find myself on a Saturday afternoon, filling up my blog. I reached Princeton last Sunday afternoon. The journey was pretty cool (unlike the last time). I was upgraded to First class while coming from India till London. And oh man!..it was soo luxurious. For god's sake, I slept on a bed on the plane!!! Plus the food and the drinks were awesome. I dint want to get down by the end of it. 

Heathrow airport's huge! I had an English breakfast of Sausages, bacon, egg and toast at Huxley's and waited for the next flight to Newark. By the time I checked in the hotel, it was 3:00 pm. 

The weather is rainy these days. The past week just whizzed past me. I am really surprised how quickly the weekend arrived. During the course of this week, I got an amazing news in my mailbox Thursday morning. The paper that we had written the last time I was here got accepted at FoVeOOS 2011 (Formal Verification of Object-oriented Software). Its gonna be in Italy in October. I hope I get the permission to attend it from the office. That would be just awesome!

I got my guitar along this week..but I dont get much time to practice these days because of the jet lag. And it now feels weird to play an acoustic because there is soo much less sound!! .. and I miss the distortion :(

I am also starting up with some new cooking experiments. More on that later!

Off to Princeton

Oh well..in an hour, I'll be boarding the British Airways flight to Heathrow and 4 hours hence, I would be on my way to Princeton. I'll be gone for another 3 months. I have mixed feelings right now. It would be nice to work with my colleagues at NEC Labs again and also to meet Rama - the "beer" guy, but I would be missing soo many of my friend's marriages and other important occasions (read as: "Beer celebrations"). Plus I would also be missing the Metallica concert :( .. something which I was looking forward too..well ever since I was a kid. I am still coming to terms with it. In the words of Chandler Bing - Can the timing "BE" more wrong??!. The weather this time around would be much better though. Last time around, I landed in the midst of a fierce winter snowstorm. This time of the year, its generally sunny. Although Hurricane Irene showed up its ugly head last weekend, but its pretty much back to normal now (or atleast that's what they are saying). Anyways, I hope to meet my friends Rohit and Varun this time around, if my schedule allows me. I would also like to go to Six Flags, something which I missed last time around. I am looking forward to Family Guy marathons, my cooking experiments (and this time, its only gonna be meat!) and insane varieties of beer that I would try. And I also hope to make new friends while I'm at it!