The World of my Own

It is more than a year since i came here to ASU. But just seems like yesterday that i left India. After 3 monthes of doin nothin but reading tech papers, i am eagerly awaiting the start of the Fall 2005 semester. This sem is very different in the sense that i am taking 2 classes about which i dont know anything. They are namely viz digital signal processing and perturbation methods. i am actually really bored at this time. have not read nething at all today. today was my friend's MS thesis defense. he did well in it and i came abck from there and i ahve not been able to concentrate at all. thought that i walk will refresh me but it did not help. it really affects me thinkin that i am wastin my time in lab instead of readin something. i have so much to do but i dont feel like openin the paper. my friend gordon came online. i chatted with him for something even that did not help. now i am listenin to some music and there is a ice cream party at old main lawn at 500 pm. hope that ref...

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When i thought things cud not get any worse...there comes a ray of light in the form of GTF...this fellowship helps me save $2566, that's half of my fees...it is as if a big burden has been lifted from my head. Now the next step is to get an assitantship...i am hopeful that i will get one soon...i will notify you all when i get it.. thanks to all my friends for all their support

my First Official week at ASU passed without ne major probs or excitement.we had the normal boring oreintation... only good thing was free may black forest khane ko mila.. unlimited... i also won a ASU folder in the raffle held after the oreintation. The Indian Students Association held an informal gathering at near by indian restaurant that nite. it was just the normal stuff of introduction and singing etc. but was fun. food was patheticthis was on last monday. next day..we had nothin. on wednesday was supposed to be Ice Cream party-- it was meant for socialising and people were only interested in ice creams.. so boring. all of them sitting in there own private grp and no one wanna mix up. so i did the same had my fill of icecreams and sundaes and took a free water bottle and left.on thursday-- my first day of my job. reached the at 1000 am sharp.i was told to report to Sammi ( samuel fragoso) -- a short man probably just afew years plder than me but very nice. he is my immediate supe...