The Saga of H1B Lottery

30Apr08

I really never believed in lotteries, cos I was sure I wasn’t gonna win one. And there’s no fun in buying a lottery ticket and waiting for the results when you know you have only 0.01% probability of winning it. I’d rather play Blackjack or poker and loose money than do the same with a [...]

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Tags: H1B, H1B FY2009, H1B Lottery, H1B visa, US work visa

After the Blues

04Nov07

I knew the blues would go away and the sun would turn the sky crimson again. I’m just happy it happened soon. I got a Job offer. The company is not big but the work is good and most importantly something I love doing.
Thanks for being with me in my low time and I cant [...]

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I survived …..

29Sep07

I survived …….
The GREs and the TOEFLs
The Applications and the Admissions
The Choices and the Cofusions
The Consultancies and the Frustrations
The Visa interviews and the Lies
The Shoppings and the Jetlags
The Aliens and the Atmosphere
The Sulks and the Studies
The Fee and the Funding
The Labs and the Labor
The Exams and the Results
The Work and the balance
The Arizona and its [...]

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Tags: electrical, engineering, graduation, masters, studies

The last times

17Aug07

The last times of anything seems to give me tremors of Nostalgia, no matter how much I hated it while I was doing it.
Today was one such day, It was my last day at the student job as web developer which I had taken up for the summer. When I persued it, I was keen I would [...]

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The diet plan

02Aug07

Life is getting bore and we are getting fat.
So what did we do? We resolved to follow this diet plan. I know there are arguments against this, but it seems like a lot of fun, especially when you do it with friends. So gonna follow this from tomorrow. Will keep you updating daily and lets see [...]

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a F’ day

26Jul07

“Yes” I said, to the question “Whipped cream, sir?” at the starbucks over my daily dose of caffeine. And as it went swirls over my Iced caramel mocha, I thought I’ve had my calories for the day.
Until my superviser asked “Do u wanna go grab some food at the conference?”, How did i know they [...]

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The not so perfect world

10Jul07

It was around 2 in the night, Elpaso, Texas. We drove in through the hospital gates to find a parking place. It was a friend’s girlfriend who had fallen ill. Ill not the fun type where you get to miss the classes and lots of pampers, but Ill of the deadly type, where ur not sure of [...]

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Being Homeless

19May07

I wouldn’t know the meaning of being homeless except from those documenatries or parallel cinema. But I do know the feeling when there’s no where to go. Okay dont start commenting now, this being homeless is something else.
Im homeless though i have the keys for three houses in my keychain. Okay, let me explain. All [...]

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And i realized yesterday that …..

27Apr07

I have probably grown older, should start shaving more frequently than once a week.Its better to say people when they unknowingly hurt you. A moment of awkwardness and then it feels much much better ever after.
I began to love mustard sauce after hating it for ages, and strangely so much that im eating sandwiches for [...]

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A Goooooood Morning !

15Oct06

7′O clock in the morning, lawn with water droplets on the grass reflecting sun’s rays while keeping the slipper covered foot moist, hot coffee, morning news paper, soothing music coming from somewhere distant, king size breakfast and a hopeful day ahead.- This is my idea of a perfect morning. When a day starts perfect, everything [...]

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