So far this summer seems to be bringing a lot of changes. The biggest thing being all the people moving and relocating from A2. My brother, some dear friends, some old friends, and even one of my neighbors. Another old pal is tying the knot. Of course there's nothing unusual about any of this. It's life. The thing about all of this that gets to me is how do people know for certain that their decisions are the right ones.

Well I'm back. I don't feel like I'm completely back to my old self, but I'm getting there. It was an amazing trip. I can't recall how many different emotions I felt throughout the trip. I could write novels on all the different things over there: culture, people, technology, family, religion, food! :) Never have 3 weeks taught me so much. India was a welcome change. And the biggest change for me is that it no longer seems so far away.

I should be sleeping, but I find myself in front of the computer one last time before I set off to my homeland. Quite a few things still occupy my thoughts. Seems a bit unreal to me. I don't know if I'll be prepared for the culture shock or any other shock. Had to brush up on my mother tongue, which still leaves a lot to be desired. And I have no idea how many things I forgot to do, that I planned on doing.

I meant to post this earlier but I got sidetracked. This weekend my brother graduated from UofM, Chemical Engineering. As usual the student speakers were a bit goofy and irrelevant. But I was pleasantly surprised to hear Bill Joy speak. He was one of the software pioneers who started Sun Microsystems and helped create BSD (one of the most popular Unix systems). At first I feared he'd come across as a nerd or only relevant to computers.

The last few weeks have been anything but rewarding. I've been having my usual up's and down's. More down's really. Easter in Chicago was pretty nice, way cold. A2 not much better - I saw snowflakes this tuesday! ... Getting ready everything for the big trip. With the size of us, it's like we're invading or something. "Pack up the pani puri troops!". ... Well yesterday the brothers 3 flipped the frisbee around the cul-de-sac - cursed wind.