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No time to escape

It‘s been two months since I have landed in U.S. Recently I also moved into a rented apartment in West Chester, Philadelphia.

Before coming to U.S I was under the impression that staying alone, away from family and friends, would give me a lot more time for exploring Mother Nature and writing some open source. Well life is not that obvious.

Living in U.S has been quite an experience till now.
1. Right hand driving with the wheel on left is quite crazy. It‘s certainly more peaceful driving here. You don‘t have to look in all 360 degrees while driving.
2. Dealing with a whole different currency is also quite exhausting. There is always a thread running in the background trying to evaluate if it‘s a good deal or not. Fortunately I‘ve started evaluating things using only the U.S dollar and not bothering about the dollar to rupee conversion. Another strange thing I found was none of the products have a M.R.P [Max Retail Price] on them. Have to rely on the stores.
3. Predicting the weather is quite fun. When I landed in Chicago the sun was out till 8:00 in the evening and now in Philadelphia the sun goes to hell at 4:30 PM. The day light saving has its contribution to the whole hide and seek game. Another advice I got from a friend was to carry my rain jacket all the time because you never know when it starts raining. Two weeks back it was so cloudy and now the sun god is smiling upon us.
4. Cooking in these alien utensils with limited grocery reminds me of software projects. Always trying to solve the same old problem with different tools and technologies. Not to mention, the scarcity of resources and stupidity of some so called responsible/authorized people. Right from the pots, pans to heating appliances everything has a U.S touch to it.
5. We have to be different. Right from the electric switches to the door locks, everything works in the opposite direction [compared to what is in India]. Talking in terms of galloons and miles is also fun. Some more days before I adapt myself to this metric system.

Apart from thinking about all these things, I also end up spending most of my time cooking, cleaning/washing, shopping and driving. Experimenting with cooking is such fun, but cleaning all those vessels afterwards normalizes the fun. All this automation in house work is good but still eats up a significant amount of time. Wish we had self cleaning dust and waste.

This makes me think about the law of conservation of time. “The amount of time you have always remains constant”. Have I just found the new law which will change the world?


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