Visit to Universal Studio (HOLLYWOOD)

Incredulous!!!!!!!its wonderful .....yeah i am talking about hollywood, its full of life and fun so many things to explore. A whole new world of excitement, thrill and above all lots of fun. Huge rollercoasters, scary rides, theme parks...oh my god most of the rides are breath taking ...must have a strong heart for this adventurous journey. Well..... to be very honest i could not sit on all rides.....sure they are fun but very scary atleast for me!!!!!!
The thing i enjoyed the most was the whole studio bus tour, their is guide who explains about each and every place we pass by infact they show real shooting stunts like the water flood in a village, shark chasing a man stuck in sea, explosive cars, artificial rain etc.etc.etc.
Thanks to the bus tour as without those buses its next to impossible to see whole studio....its massive man....huge..
As we were short of time we had to cover the entire studio in single day which is believe me a challenging task, but we managed quite well....by the end of the day we were dead tired but had gala time...but i was also excited for next day which was trip to disneyland....

Second month in USA

Yuhoooo!!!! finally came a long weekend which means three or four holidays together.So were going to Disneyland one of my dream destinations and Universal Studio....after such a boring month atleast i had something exciting coming up so i was really very very excited. We started are journey by road it was about 8 to 9 hrs journey from our house.
I started my first road trip in USA ....ohh my god...what speed..it was awesome..all cars were going on 100miles/hour.
Finally we reached the hotel room by the time it was late night and we were dead tired, i must say thanks to GPS because the precise instructions it provides is amazing.....otherwise the road network is so confusing without GPS you will be completely lost...Impeccable piece of technology.

Life without a maid in week 4

Miserable!!!!!!! life is atrocious without maids...everything is done all by myself.. cleaning, washing, dishes i mean each and every single trivial thing...its horrible of course i don't want to sarcastic but the thing is we Indian's are just not habitual to this, as our whole life is so dependent on maids especially for these household chores that we just can never think of doing these things on our own.....Frankly speaking i didn't know taking care of house is a full time job and these household work is a never ending process, i never realised this until i came here in USA.
I was working as HR Manager back in India and my routine started by getting in the morning , getting ready for office , having breakfast and all set for my office returning back in the evening , having dinner and off to bed... so its but obvious their was no house work involved at all .oh what a life!!!!! the best part was my mom never complained about this...she is one of the best mom i must say.
Now more than anybody i miss my maid, sometimes i feel like writing a book on the importance of maids in this society.

Week 3 in USA

It sucks!!!!! seriously man this aloofness really sucks...my husband has got back to his normal office life, leaves in the morning and comes in the evening which means i am all by myself whole day infact whole week .... what the hell am i suppose to do ? with nothing interesting on Television and with no other means of entertainment.but to my rescue is the Indian movies when i saw my first movie on dvd i was so glad to see some indian faces no matter if they were movie actors.
Biggest Shock came when i realised that of past 3 weeks the door bell has not rung and that was because there are no door bells cos nobody comes without informing you and having a door bell is another piece of disturbance....amazing.....oh my god.
I can't even go out as i don't have license and without car its impossible to go as everything is so very far...

Second week in USA

Great!!!!!! finally i am getting acclimatized to USA, there are lots of things to understand about this country.This week was full of surprises because my husband has started taking me out to explore new things so i am totally mesmerized by the system..... there is drastic difference between India and USA everything is systematic i must say even the trivial things are so organized which is too good....Now that i am used to the traffic and left hand drive, lane driving, i must say traffic sense in this country is incredulous and amazing. Car drivers are more bothered about the pedestrians and cyclists than their destinations......which is recommendable unlike India where lane driving is next too impossible for another 5 years to be generous...

Week 1 in USA

Wo!!!!! This jet lag seems to be an unending affair.I can't believe i am sleeping whole day and waking entire night, well...according to husband its quite normal as everybody goes through this same ordeal when you first land up in USA from INDIA because of the day and night difference.....oki doki...
Now shock of the week was there were no Indian Channels on TV, as my husband was too busy with his job and studies he had no time for those monotonous daily soaps so he never tried to get Indian Cable, but he was kind enough to agree to install one for me...what a relief!!!!!!!! As i thought listening and watching to our native language (Hindi)and getting back to my discontinued soaps will definitely make me feel at home...but things are not as simple as it seems, the real climax started when the cable guy showed up and said he could not install dish, as our house was not South facing and the dish needs a South facing sky....ohhh myyy GOD..... isn't it strange, i mean i had never heard of something like this before,at that moment if anybody had asked about my biggest enemy without giving it a second thought i would have said Cable Guy.....so that was the end to the continuity of my left behind daily soaps, i never thought that my TV will also be left behind like my family... i know its bizzare but that was my first week in USA

First day in USA

Ohhh my god!!!!!!!! finally we have reached USA dream country for most of people ......i am happy, excited, exuberent and suddenly i am sad because now i was facing reality that i am more than 10,000 miles away from my family and honestly never been away from them even for 100 miles......
Shock of the day was our journey from airport to home, which was the left hand driving because its right hand driving in India and being a good driver myself back in India it was baffling to see every vehicle moving in opposite direction in wrong lane. In our drive of 30min i was holding my breath and praying god to reach home safely...... whoops that was some drive...more riskier than air journey.

My flight to USA with British Airways

Whooof.....it was damn tiring... A 20 hour or so flight, about 3 planes changed. Went through London Heathrow airport. Travel agent screwed us and didn't tell us that we have to change the airport at London....Luckily we had enough time to change the airport by taking a road shuttle bus. But a good thing! Got to see London before USA....

Arrival

Hi, This is soniya here. I came to USA on an H-4 Visa. My husband is working full-time here at some american university. I have an MBA in HR. He is also doing his Phd. So he decided to get married and take me with him on H-4.