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0-6 months
1.Flying to USA for the first time makes you feel incredibly happy and powerful until you are about to land in USA, where they give you a from where in you are referred to as an ALIEN. It just doesn't seem welcoming anymore.
2. When someone smiles at you, you got to smile back.
3. You got to learn to shut your mouth no matter how hard it is after flying for 24+ hours. No matter what you assume, you are not immune to JET LAG.
4. It is fun to sit back and watch two people have a cold war for your sake.
5. Someday soon, you will realize that the university you thought to be a home away from home is not interested in you but the fee you pay.
Neverthless, you will still be making a bonding with it & easily fall in <3 with.
6. You wake up and go to bed every day cursing the one who told you that life in USA is easy, for the next couple of months.
7. Cooking, washing,cleaning,understanding the concept of plagiarism, missing home, making decisions.........you got to deal with everything you never imagined.
8. You need to make plans A,B,C and always be flexible and never get upset when things do not go the way you've planned.
9. After a month, fair skin doesn't amuse you anymore. Each time you look at someone with a darker shade of the skin, they make you feel at home.
10.Skype, yahoo, gmail, FB, twitter.....are a miracle.
11. Your bf/gf who supports you emotionally and morally from thousands of miles away makes you reinforce your belief that your true love is true.
6months-1year
13. You tend to be nice with anyone who looks like an asian.
14. You have a desire to get mugged too, because someone you know did.
15. You tell others in India that life in USA is easy.
16. Washing,cleaning,cooking,paraphrasing,or making life changing decisions....whatever it is..you know you can handle all alone.
17. You realize neither you nor your friends back home have the time anymore for Skype, yahoo, gmail, FB, twitter anymore.
18. Long distance relationships isn't easy.
19. When the relationship turns out to be on and off, you end up wondering if its he/she you loved or the feeling of being in love.
20. Smiling at strangers comes spontaneously.
21. You have spent a significant number of hours of your life shopping in walmart.
1year-2year
22. Your so called true love ends.
23. Yahoo, gmail, twitter, fb, skype.....all they end up being is spam/junk mail collectors.
24.When you are dealing with a heartbreak, stop blaming yourself for every thing. It takes two to make or break a relationship, no matter what.
25. You do not have to be nice with everyone you meet.
26. It's not your job to find solutions to everybodys problems.
27. Understand, you are not a good cook and stop cooking to feed everyone who visits you.
28. Walmart shopping is fun no more. Neither malls.
29. You no longer notice the color of skin/eyes/hair and height/weight of people anymore, they just seem to be like someone you know or yourself but never a intimidating stranger.
30. There are two types of ACCIDENTS that can happen....0ne on the roads with vehicles inolved;two to your own very soul.....both are devastating and killl a part of you and change you forever but eventually you will learn to NOT GIVE UP and pursure your goals.
31. You start worrying about getting a good job soon. You would realize by now that USA is a home away from home, welcoming or not.
32. No matter what your finacial poistion is or the reason for being 'SICK' is, you are given Prpoer, Timely and sufficient care.
33. The one you feared the most can end up being the one who helps you to get over your biggest fears.
34. There are very very kind people in this world who can go out of the way to help you be the one you ought to be.
35. Supportive words from people you least expected gives you a boost to do things you thoght you could never.
36. Death of a friend can teach you the most important lesson of your life i.e. 'to live life your way.'
37. Dreams come true as long as you're determined enough to put in the required efforts.
38. The best part of your life beging the moment you forgive yourself for the mistakes done and move on.
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