Boston, Harvard and MIT

13 August 2008; 2228hrs Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

We left the conference early, bade a good farewell to Fa-ge and went to catch Peter Pan to Boston. It was a rather pleasant bus ride. Nothing interesting happened along the way. Even if something did happen, I wouldn’t know. I pretty much slept the entire 3 hour journey due to a bad freezing night at the dorm.

Boston’s great! It’s a city of just the right size. Really nice. The people here are just as nice as the ones in small towns, and much nicer than the New Yorkers – leaps and bounds ahead of them. What’s important is their low taxes as well! Only 5%!

The moment we left our hostel (rather pleasant; in a safe neighbourhood), we went for lunch. Both girls were craving for rice, so we ended up eating Thai food. What I can’t understand is why they would complain so much about the food here. It’s not that bad. It’s not as though the sandwiches are really really that horrible. I mean... when in Rome... Oh well, at least they had their rice.

We visited a couple of famous universities – Harvard and MIT. We drank water from their water fountains, breathed in their air... The atmosphere of culture, sophistication, and research!

Back to Boston. It’s such a great place! Not so much for a tourist to travel, but it’s a nice place to live in. Working here would be great too. But at the end of the day, my heart leads me back to the Dot. I’m still a Dottian at heart. But I guess working overseas for a short period would be good experience. But I’d miss home and friend. All the same, it depends on what is available when I graduate.

We’ll be leaving Boston early tomorrow morning towards Washington D.C. I really hope I wouldn’t lose my patience with any more complains and would be able to enjoy the rest of the time (2 weeks more) with them.

I really wonder how my vacation in Europe would be like with HZ and HJ, since JL’s command of English is much better. Oh well... We’ll see...

Early flight, early night.

I’m actually missing home now. Travelling on my own is fun. Travelling with friends is fun. But home is always sweetest. It’s best to be back home (no matter where that is). I can’t wait to get back.

Odd huh? And people think I’m the most likely person to leave the Dot for good. Ha!