The same old story. Yet another roommate left :- ( This was the shortest and happiest ending of all. This guy got an admission for higher studies in London School of Economics!!! If I have to wake him up in the morning by calling out his full name then I have to sacrifice my breakfast. This guy’s full name went for twenty-eight letters; luckily he managed to cut short it to ten when he was in high school (Thank God). My cognition is confined around Tamil cinema (actors/actress of course), s*x and cricket. But this guy somehow got some of my standpoint on Economics, Nehru’s polices and Indian History. I could understand his thought after listening to my views. Certainly he must have felt - “sigh…he is an absolute nerd”. Sorry mate, those things are always Greek and Latin to me.I’ll remember the day we mastered Rava dosa ;-) I’ll never forget the day when he opened a wine bottle. Just few minutes before opening the bottle he was praising the cheap price of the wine opener. After trying to open with that he got frustrated and threw it away. It completely messed up the cork and delayed his wine pleasure by another hour. ROTFL. This occasion reminded me of மணிவண்ணன்’s dialogue in துள்ளாத மனமும் துள்ளும்.."டேய் பாட்டில் மூடிய தொறக்க தெரியாதவனெல்லாம் எதுக்குடா குடிக்கரிங்க?"

After his departure I had a notorious roommate. To drag him out, I had to plan meticulously for days. I tried all techniques that Rajini used in தர்மத்தின் தலைவன் and வேலைக்காரன். Nothing worked out. Finally, only cunning fox brain helped me. Foxed him with a cup of orange juice and got hold of him and let him fly out of the door….yes, it was a FLY. I tell you all, it not that easy to catch a fly. I am relieved now.

Last weekend movies: உள்ளம் கேட்குமே and இரு வல்லவர்கள். உள்ளம் கேட்குமே was ok. "தென்னகத்து" James bond disappointed me in இரு வல்லவர்கள்.

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Hope you guys didn’t run your thoughts wild after reading the title ;-) This post is about my first driving experience in U.S. I know driving here is not a big deal still after struggling a lot for my driving license I feel this was an important occasion for me. I drove few hundred miles on all three days during my labor day trip. Day one to Yosemite was ultimate fun. After the first pit(ss) stop, I got the keys to weave my magic. I learnt my driving in a medium sized car which had gears near the legs but this one was a full size car with gears near the steering. After doing all formality checks I was ready for taking reverse. I took my leg of the brake and looked back. Everyone looked at me, the car wasn’t moving. I pressed accelerator, brake, brake, accelerator….mm nothing worked. What the heck is this? My friend checked and yelled “idiot, switch on the engine”. “Sorry, a small logical mistake”. Thankfully the next one and half-an hour went fine. Then we had the curves and hilly region. I was too slow in turnings. There were no guardrails which left me pissed on. I promptly pulled over and didn’t even think of driving for the rest of day. Day two was cool – free way merging, U turn all went fine till I got the opportunity to park in Santa Cruz. I pulled to the parking spot and felt comfortable with the sidelines and forgot to look in front. Result - a small dent in the car that was parked in front. Immediately vacated that parking spot and settled for a less complex place. Thank god no one was around. Day three had more thrills and blushes. I was going well passed the speed limit and didn’t realize a red in the signal. My friends saw it. One guy said “deiiii nirthuda…” other guy said “its ok gooooo…”.I got confused, stunned and jammed on the brake. Luckily I managed to stop just in front of the line. My friends started cooling me and asked me to get on. But still I was not able to come out of that. With this incident running in my mind I took a left lane change without looking back. Both my friends got pissed off and the guy coming behind us honked and was upset with the way I drove. I realized, ok this is enough for the day and handed over the keys to my friend. While starting to drive on day one, my friend said – “Please be aware of the lane you should drive, never drive in the wrong side of the lane”. I am happy that I didn’t do that still there are lot more things that needs to be attended, especially the turning skills.

Last Weekend movies: விடுதலை and வி.ஐ.பி.Drooled over Madhavi,Simran,Rambha and ofcourse Shalini ;-)

Labor Day and my relationship with California seem to be a good one. For last year’s Labor Day, I went to Redwood forest. This year, in and around of SFO. It was a fabulous trip. First time flying within US for a trip. Trip from Seattle to SFO was accompanied by two ladies on either side of me (i mean in the flight). One reading 'South India tourist guide' and the other reading 'Harry Potter'. SFO is known as a part of Bay area, more preferably Gay area. My friend lives in the heart/hot of the city – Just opposite to a $trip bar which has been rated as No.1 by Playboy. First time took a rental car (more on this in the next post).We were three in number and four in size ;-)

Day one – Sep3:
Started the day by 8:15 AM. The plan was to visit Yosemite national park. It was 1:30 when we reached the information centre. The place we planned to visit was Glacier point, which is open only during summer. Everyone felt damn hungry. And there was no restaurant on the way to Glacier point. So we have to travel on the opposite direction and then to Glacier point