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Journey to the West - Getting to SFO


The Final part of my journey .... I know I have bugged u guys there by elongating this story just as much and before u get annoyed and start hunting me down... here goes the last part of my Journey to the West.

Ok now I am on the flight stuck between an old Korean couple and a German guy next to me. The old man next to me slept off in an instant and started snoring. No, I don get disturbed by sounds wen I sleep, so that did not cause me any problem whatsoever. But, on this flight I made sure I used the in-flight entertainment and so I sat up and started watching Forrest Gump. Yup, the same old Tom Hanks movie. I like it so........I first have the juice tat was served. Then comes the Asian Vegetarian Meal :) It was pretty gud, I must say. I enjoyed the meal and then finished watching the movie and guess what?? I slept again :) :)!!!

I got up when it was snack time and had some nice snacks and immediately post tat, we were served sandwiches. :) Delicious they were :) :)!! Had them and then we were given the immigration forms to fill up and instructions to fill em up as well. Once tat was done, we were asked to fasten our seat belts and so we did. We had a lady captaining the plane. No offense meant to women. But, the landing was the suckiest I have ever been in. I looked arnd and ppl arnd me seemed to agree with me. The german guy next to me cursed the pilot. The couple next to me prayed!! I thot ok... Ill say my prayers as well and closed my eyes....... Glad we were safe, but, realized tat quite a bit later. Now tat it was safe to be excited.... so I was!! :D

I was excited, not because I was going to Uncle Sam.......only because I was gonna meet my dearest sister after quite a while and ofcourse very excited tat I was gonna live with her. Man I was so excited tat, I ran out thro the aerobridge and reached the immigration check. It was a quick check on my docs and a bright young officer was doing it, he said Welcome to California and all the best for ur education :). I ran out from there to grab my checked-in baggage and I stood near the conveyor belt and bang there it came!!! I got it and I grabbed a trolley from nearby and put all my stuff and moved thro. The security officers asked me if I had anythin eatable.........Ofcourse I don I said. They let me pass. I ran through the exit door of the terminal and looked around for a very familiar pretty face I had known forever.

Take my word on this, the moment I saw her it was nothing but sheer bliss. It is just amazing to go home aint it. Yep I was home away from home now. I was in the Silicon Valley of the world and I still was home. :) :) :)!!!

*** JUST THE BEGINNING***
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  1. RamyaFebruary 14, 2009 at 7:50 PM

    lucky u macha :)
    n guess wat i did meet uncle sam, literally! But unfortunately and very soon, to my suprise, I forgot the Uncle Sam I knew for years now.

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  2. RamyaFebruary 14, 2009 at 7:50 PM

    and the picture is beautiful :)

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  3. Vinay VijayakumarFebruary 15, 2009 at 12:23 AM

    aaah.. i get wat ur sayin i think :) and thanks :D

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