Do yourself everything - West culture.. :-)

21st May 08
West culture.. Do yourself everything... might seem quiet tedious... but i really like it... :-)
Since the day you are born over here, you are told do everything yourself...
Wash your clothes, cook for yourself.. , wash the utensils.. you just grow mature and self dependent by the time you grow up....
Habbit of doing all your work, really I m loving it at the same time its a bit tedious and tiring for me since being an indian, I am not used to it... :P

So by the time I would be leaving from here, I would have atleast learned bit of western culture....[nice part of it.. :-)]
Would be able to survive in extreme environments... since I would be knowing bit of cooking, cleaning.. n all such tasks.. :-)
and yeah forgot to mention shopping also [just reminded by someone to me :-)] Have explored a lot markets over... and have also found so called 'gareebo ki market' , so now i know the prices of most of the things over here... and would buy the cheapest one.. :P

In the morning today, had a chat with my swedish neighbour.. 'Magnus' thats what his name is... he is doing law from here...
I was just in very jolly good mood, so started asking him some silly questions too..
Like one of our neighbour's I havent seem since i have come over here..
So I asked him 'where is he??'
He replied 'Oh he has a gf.. so dont' know where he must be most of the times :P :D '
I said ' hey u must be having a gf too.. ;-) '
Reply 'No i dont have, and i don't want too.. as I am happy alone, independent... who would like to be in such messy and time consuming gf thing.. :P'
Hmm so same thinking as most of the indians... :D

Indian food.. Hmm

Today at lunch time.. maggi (which I have brought from india) was to be cooked by me... :-)
So went to department kitchen along with my maggi... started cooking it... :P
unexpectedly cooked well...
Just as I finished cooking... A chinese guy along with his girl-friend just entered into kitchen.. ;-)
That chinese girl as soon as she entered, it is smelling soo good, but what exactly it is !??
His boyfriend answered on seeing me... 'must be some indian dish, smells great as always.. :-)'
and i simply noded.... 'yes'
Felt great on knowing the reputation..... of INDIAN food.. :-) obviously its awesome... I personally like indian food than any other food...
I... Proud to be indian 8)

My most Priced possesion

Got up in the morning.. usual breakfast... n then took a bath..
After that started off from my apartment for the possession of most expensive item.. my digi cam :-)
Although when went yesterday to market it was almost finalised the digi cam which I am gonna purchase.. still roamed around 1-2 shops to make sure i get the best value for money.. :-)
n yeah it was the same... Olympus FE 340.. Priced 1799 SEK (around 11K INR) along with which I had to purchase a memory card also... but the good part is I will get my tax back at the time of departure from Sweden.. :-) hurray..
In short got my digi cam, but ab bankrupt ho gaya hu khared kar ise.. :P :D

But the snaps when I took from it, really made me feel value for money...
5x optical zoom yaaroo, kahi se bhi kisi ki bhi photo kheench sakte ho.. ;-) waise bhi 8 Mpixel hai..
Toh bus photo shoto kheenchi aaj bahaut sari, room ki.. kitchen ki.. n offocurse khud ki bhii :P

lunch time tak room par phauncha, toh aaj ITC ka mutter panner banaya.. hmm yummy indian taste.. dil khush ho gaya khaakar.. . :-)
All in all was a wonderful day.. n now at the end of day i have a digi cam.. which will be my friend for the coming days.. :-)

Hats off to Incredible Traffic Sense

What an amazing traffic sense these swedish people are having... Hats off.. :-)
17th may, saturday.. Planned to go out to marked with my senior (Amit)
While walking on the street we needed to cross the road.. and a speeding car was coming..
I stopped there only, but Amit crossed the street with ease..
When I reached the other side he said.. 'abe ruka mat kar.. paidal chalne walo ki first priority hoti hai yaha par.. :-)
Agar woh tujhe touch kar deta car se, toh tu uski car mein pahunch jaata aur woh teri jagah sadak par aa jaata.. :D) '
And i really observed the same sense many a times.. bus or car, everybody would stop if you wanna cross the road.. infact electronic controllers are there at the crossing sides, when you press them.. walking light will turn green and traffic light for vehicles will go red.. and you pass like a king.. :-)

Purchased bus pass for 200SEK (around Rs1300, haan lut gaye bhai.. :P)
its just like our metro pass.. but each journey on bus costs 12 SEK
anyways we boraded in the bus.. mercedes bus :D.. GPS enabled..
There is an electronic ticket checking maching, you just insert your card it deducts the amount..
and you go into the bus...
becuase GPS is there, you just dont need to worry which place has arrived.. it keep on showing the next stop.. when you see your stop has come.. just press the button 'stop' provided on every stop, and the driver would stop the bus for you.. :-)

First working day..

16th May
was expected to be my first working day.. par aisa kuch kaam kiya hi nahi maine.. :D
Morning mein breakfast kiya.. (bread butter, n cornflakes with milk) thats the best meal i think i will get here..
12 baje department pahuncha main... I got my work place in department today.... mast hai chota saa pyaara saa room... :-)
Lunch mein , went to univeristy canteen... nothing vegeterian though to be eaten there..
phir aunty ji ko bola humne (canteen wali) kuch vegeterian hai kya aunty.. (obviously we talked in english.. :D)
toh Aunty ji ne bola beta chawal de deti hu sabjiyo ke saath.... toh bhaiya humne phir rice with some cabbage, tomato, cucumber, sweet corn, and tamatar ki chutney with chips ke saath khaaye... and price.. Huff.. 45 Sek (around 300 Rs)
bhaiya bahuat mehanga pada yeh lunch, tauba kar li phir bahar khaane se humen toh.. :P

Mere apartment ke padosi bhi mast hi log lag rhaye hai.. sabse ahche se baat ho jaati hai.. swedish hai saare hi.. :-) :P
chalo ab aagey ki kahan kal likhenge... :-)

Bada hai toh Behtar hai...

Forgot to mention this yesterday... Bada hai toh Behtar hai.. :-)
Actually while in india, it was like I am among few tall people among the crowd of millions..
But over here...
I am just another one in the crowd with a height of 6 feet.. :D
I wonder if my height was little less like other indians, I would have been like a kid
among these tall people..
Feels really great to have a good height.. (apart from other normal benefits of being tall :D)

Am i awake or dreaming....

Cant believe its actually happened... seemed to me as if I am dreaming when air-hostess woke me up for breakfast at 8'O clock in the morning..
germans, britishers.. americans... but indians oh yeah how is it possible that indians not present in any part of the world.. there they were some indians too.. :-)

View of copanhegen from the window seat of plane gave an amazing feeling, an extremely beautiful view of the green and water covered country..
But copanhegen was not the destination, it was lund C, in sweden..
so I took a train to Sweden from Copenhengen (Denmark)....

I thought its very simple, just take train tickets..n board on it..
still i concerned a nice looking lady to seek for help (may not be required at that time though)...
she talked very politely.. so to keep on talking i asked some useless questions also.. like how is weather.. :D :D
But the train was not so simple as i thought, she told me after enquiring that lower part of the train will get detached after 2 stations, so we need to move towards front portion of the train..
I didnt even try to ask someone else obviously :D and followed her.. :-)

n yeah she was actually guiding correctly and not misguiding which i found out from ticket checker.. (which also happened to be a lady :D)
was a pleasant journey and a journey across the dreams.. angrez and angrez everywhere talking in a language which seems crap to me on hearing... blah blah.. :P

My apartment is on fourth floor though.. but its actually good because in this cold weather my room will remain warm.. nice apartment really.. seems like a hotel.. :-)
kitchen and bathroom also there.. with microwave and even fridge.. ;-) mast hai..
aur laundary bhi karni padegi yaaro hume.. uske liye mast wali automatic machines hai..

Have got a senior over here, with whom this place didnt seems quiet comfortable..
had my first lunch over here today, with him and my professor's phd.. chinks..
2 pizzas and glass of apple juice.. hmm nice.. :-)
lets see what the coming days have hidden in them for me.....