Hmm...

Well... a long break that was... Few of the life parameters have changed... Had taken a 5 week vacation... Had been roaming around quite a bit... the most significant of which was my yatra to Mt. Kailash and Mansarover with my Guru... Had spent some wonderful time with my parents, sister's family, friends... before I left to the current place from where I am writing this: Redmond. Decided that I shall work in a foreign place for sometime...why...I dunno...I thought working in a foreign land was less boring than working back at home... having a good time here with a few other of my Hyd roomies who hav also relocated (anto and naresh)...

Observations in the alien land:
* Excessive coffee, cheese, non-veg consumption here
* Lots of traffic sense
* Amazing infrastructure of roads
* Extreme wealth of natural vegetation
* High levels of craziness [in different aspects]
* Too much of a choice in everything, from vegetables to cars to ...
* Excessive dependence on technology. One screw out of place can cause havoc!
* People expect me to work in a timely fashion.

Whatever!