~~My daily dilemma~~

Got it from Phdcomics.com. This is another one I liked

~~About NYC~~

There was a article I read about cities for young graduates and this is what its said about New York.

New York, N.Y.

Cost-of-living index: 218 (Manhattan), 179 (Brooklyn), 158 (Queens)
Median monthly rent: $1,025 (average is $819)
Average annual wage: $50,784
Unemployment rate: 9.4%
Percentage of Gen Y residents: 21.9%
Top industries (New York does not release specific employer statistics): General medical and surgical hospitals, individual and family services, restaurants, securities and commodities contracts, legal services

There's no place for recent graduates quite like the Big Apple: the job prospects are exceptional and the culture and nightlife are without parallel. Yes, it's tough to live here. The cost-of-living is the highest in the continental U.S. Conveniences most Americans take for granted don't exist here, like places to park a car. Fortunately, however, there are still areas of the city where young professionals can eke out a living and the money you save on rent in Hoboken will help ease the stigma of being a "B&Ter" (bridge-and-tunneler - someone who works and spends time in Manhattan, but actually lives elsewhere).

PROS: Incomparable job opportunities, an extensive mass transportation system that makes car-owning superfluous and allows young adults to live well outside the city.

CONS: Expensive, sometimes ridiculously so. But hey, if you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere.

~~Visit to Cloisters~~

Apart from having wonderful time in Tryon park during the medieval festival I took time to visit the Clositers museum situated in the middle of the park. It has collections of art and artifacts from medieval Europe. Entry ticket into the museum is $20 but for students like me its free!

The above collage consists of a book from 14th century,beautiful scriptures carved out of marbles,playing cards used in those days,a coffin for the kings and one wonderful painting. Though its not as large as the MoMA of NYC its worth a visit if you are a student!

~~What a Match~~

What a match it was ,going on till the wire . I hoped against hope that India will score 100 run with two wickets in hand. I decided to stay awake till the match ends and its was really worth waiting!

During the final moments with all the websites down I had to depend on Ashwin who called from Australia over the phone to give updates .

Its really a very very special innings from Laxman.

~~Rain Rain Rain~~

Over this weekend as Sheila suggested I got a golf umbrella for $5 in a shop near our place

Given the above weather conditions I think I will be using that for the whole week!

~~Visit to Medieval Festival~~

In upper Manhattan we have serene park named Fort Tryon famous for its Cloisters museum which has the artifacts from medieval Europe. For the past 26 years they are conducting a festival known as medieval festival. Many people take this occasion to dress up in medieval style and come to the park. Lots of events will be taking place in the park throughout the day.

When I found about this festival from a flyer I decided to go at that instant. Around noon I took the subway,there were few girls dressed up in the medieval dress in the train so I was eagerly looking forward for the main event.I reached the park within 20 minutes and took a brief walk to the park. The park was crowded with lots of people, there were shops at either side of the pathway showcasing the medieval tools,dresses,toys,books etc. There were mini stages in which few people were demonstrating. There were plays like Robin hood, Knights of Avalon etc. Also there were few musical plays played on old instruments which were wonderful to listen.

Coming to the main part, there were lots and lots of beautiful girls dressed up wonderfully which was a treat to the eyes. It was fun talking with few of them ,I asked a one girl what dress was that, she replied that was Harry potter's Gryffindors teams dress,one dressed as snow white, other was like a fairy and lot more different characters which was really colorful. I took time to appriciating each and every one them . It was a good time pass.

Finally left the park by evening with a contended feeling for making the day useful!

~~Hitting the pool~~

Our college has a wonderful indoor swimming pool and given the busy schedule I never had time to use it. My mama had got me swimming trunks last time he visited NYC and it was slight motivation to hit the pool one day or rather. Yesterday Hyung called me and asked whether I wanted to goto swimming I readily said yes and we decided to go by evening seven.

I headed to pool by evening met hyung and went to the locker room to change.These I found that my trunks were little loose and the nada in the trunk was not an actual nada but just sticked on it for name sake. It was more like a pattapatti drawer than a swimming trunk.Anyways I didnt want to return back after coming this far. I went to the pool and took a jump in the water and at the same instant the trunk went down by few inches,so my hands instead of swimming went down to pull the trunk up. Being a mixed pool I never dared to jump or dive again.

Usually when I goto a swimming pool I would spend most of the time in the water like a water Buffalo than swimming across the pool. Since people there were seriously swimming I too began to take gentle laps such that the force of my movement doesn't affect my trunks. After taking 5 laps with 5 minutes break between each laps I decided its enough for the day. After that Hyung took me to a korean restaurant and got me spicy Korean noodles which tasted yummy after the workout.