Tuesday, May 20, 2003

---

| | Here i am ...sitting at the help desk of the wellness center in my univ, its like 6 30 am (thats early). I just got introduced to the world of bloggers by Sapna (who happens to be a really close friend of mine).
Instincts say...my first post should invlove sachin tendulkar (dont blame me, i have spend most of my life in mumbai..following his fortunes), but for once..that can wait.
Talking about my work, i am one of the hundreds of aspiring grad students who come to US with big dreams, what we end up doing is a different story all together. Take my case, having completed my undergrad in mumbai (not before lots of KT's and sleepless nights), i enrolled in a masters program here in the US. I came here thinking that education and the work culture in US would be different (it would be the real thing!!). Reality..it was, but not one that i wanted to see and experience. One year into the program, i still cant boast of having learnt much, I have worked on campus doing stuff, i would never have dreamed of doing back home and have basically achieved nothing.
Another year will pass, i will have a masters degree, and with the current job scenario will surely not have a nice job. But i still wont give up, like hundreds of my friends who came before me and will keep coming after me, I will try to stay back here, good job or no job, my field or not, my interest or not...i will fight to stay on.
That brings me back to the point..does it make sense to come all the way here. What is it about the US of A that brings us here and forces us to stay on..no matter what??
Thinking about it -- i am away from home (and parents and friends and...THAT later :-)) ,cook my own food, wash clothes myself, my social life has taken a beating, but i still want to stay on...try to carve a niche for myself here...why?? any idea ? JaI. | 8:45 AM