Beyond Einstein for discovering gravitational laws, Galileo for his heliocentrism theory,Edison for bringing light to our life, the most treasured discoverer by anyone in this contemporary world is Columbus for his discovery of the Dream land... the America (Did columbus really discover America ?? that is what we learnt when we were in elementary !!! ) ..
There is an inexplicable craze for USA in everyone and I was no exception !!.. While a travel to america always seemed anologous to 'finanical attainment', Ironically we were a couple who spent all our savings(?) to visit USA and spend a vacation. My Hubby - a visionary ,always says "Money can be earned anyday but not the time" .Though intially i denied , I was completely persuaded by his words that we reached in terms to spend a vacation at US on our Cost.
Ever wondered why talented always travel to west ?I was able to realize my brain was working 4 fold faster. Particulary my arithmetic skills was on high. Especially whenever we enter a store to purchase even as trivial as a water bottle, my brain computer would still return the conversion in INR for the price even before my husband could reach the counter. I was good only till 16th table when in school, but now got well-versed in 42 tables. ( $ -INR conversion was 42 when we travelled there...)
Staying as tight-fisted as possible, we went to lot of places in redmond and seattle to have the glimpse of the beautiful city . Didn't miss any hotspot at california (Thanks to my Bil and his family).
Definitely we were amused by the deligent lifestyle of the westerns . Never would you be encountering as many challenges as we might face here in our day-day living. Apparently we see everyone around us very assiduous.But I somehow felt missing something !!!
On the day of our return I was terribily upset. I felt I would be really missing this place
Heavy-hearted, I reached back home.
Scene 1 - At airport :
1. Ordered 2 cups unlike sharing one cup
2. Filled a bag full of snacks of our like. To compensate for what we were missing there.
3. Took a cab from where we waited, no walking till the cab pickup spot.
4. No peeping at the meter reading on our travel.
Scene 2 - Back at our home in Hyderabad.
1. Ordered 20 ltrs(!!!!) water can and groceries and got it delivered at home. (Complements from our grocery store for regular customers).
2. Took a bath and went for a walk, A free walk paying no attention to bikes and cars. No wait for pedestrian signal at the zebra crossing.
3. Bought vegetables (ofcourse on bargain).
4. Cooked food and had Lunch.
5. Relaxed and watched TV. I got completely pacified by now ....
I now felt , wow, I am back home ..... :-) I could now make out what I was missing !!!
