This will probably be my last post in this blog. I feel that if my India Experience is coming to an end, so should this thing! I just finished packing and talked to my family in India for a bit. I did just realize that I don't have enough of a balance on my cell phone for the cab driver to call me, doh. I guess I'll just go stand by the gate around 11. These past 4 months have gone by so fast. So much frustration and at the same time so much excitement with the new things I've seen here. It's kinda funny, there have been times where I couldn't wait to go home. I was so sick of everything and I just wanted to go back to the familiar. But here I am just a couple of hours from leaving India and I find myself a little sad that I have to say good bye to this country.
Well India, it's been fun and I'm sure I'll be seeing you again, but probably not in the way I saw you these past 4 months. Goodbye.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
Almost over
So tonight will be the last night I sleep in this bed. It's kind of weird thinking about my last two days in India. Today they had a farewell party for me at work. It just a small thing but it was nice of them. Even though work has been a major point of frustration for me here it's been a good experience overall.
On the train back to Chennai from Pondicherry (which is a great little town by the way) I was looking at the passing rice fields and palm trees and thinking "this time next week I'll be freezing in the onset of winter in America". All I have left to do now is some last minute shopping and some currency exchange. Hopefully it goes well, the currency exchange guy sounds kind of sketchy. I have to bring my money to the mall and he'll do it for me there, kinda weird. Hopefully I can finish everything and have some time to sit on the beach one last time before I leave.
I never thought I'd be a little sad packing to go back home, but I do find myself feeling that way. This country has been so much fun and an amazing experience. It's also my country, it's where my parents grew up and what they were used to as kids. I never really thought of it back home but my parents must have gone through an incredible journey to leave India and raise a family in the U.S. because everything is so different between the two countries.
Well I'll be home soon and like I said, I will miss this country and the feeling it exudes. The functioning chaos mixed with spectacular natural beauty and a rich culture of this place is what I'll miss the most. I'm sure India will be in my future again so I'm not too worried, but it has definitely grown on me these past 4 months.
I look forward to my last day in India, I'll be really excited to be going back home but at the same time a little depressed because I'll miss India. It's crazy to think I've been here for 4 months and how much I've seen and experience in that time.
On the train back to Chennai from Pondicherry (which is a great little town by the way) I was looking at the passing rice fields and palm trees and thinking "this time next week I'll be freezing in the onset of winter in America". All I have left to do now is some last minute shopping and some currency exchange. Hopefully it goes well, the currency exchange guy sounds kind of sketchy. I have to bring my money to the mall and he'll do it for me there, kinda weird. Hopefully I can finish everything and have some time to sit on the beach one last time before I leave.
I never thought I'd be a little sad packing to go back home, but I do find myself feeling that way. This country has been so much fun and an amazing experience. It's also my country, it's where my parents grew up and what they were used to as kids. I never really thought of it back home but my parents must have gone through an incredible journey to leave India and raise a family in the U.S. because everything is so different between the two countries.
Well I'll be home soon and like I said, I will miss this country and the feeling it exudes. The functioning chaos mixed with spectacular natural beauty and a rich culture of this place is what I'll miss the most. I'm sure India will be in my future again so I'm not too worried, but it has definitely grown on me these past 4 months.
I look forward to my last day in India, I'll be really excited to be going back home but at the same time a little depressed because I'll miss India. It's crazy to think I've been here for 4 months and how much I've seen and experience in that time.
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