Its been a year and a half since I came to Syracuse. I set my foot on Syracuse at around 11.30pm on the 2nd of January 2009. I still remember how Syracuse looked like from up in the plane – A tiny little toy town, with chalk powder (snow) splattered across everywhere, few street lights on, one or two toy cars moving around, all this with a kind of magical silence – the ones around Christmas!
I had the address where i was supposed to go stay for the first few weeks as a temp. I asked for a taxi to that place, and then pushed my trolley out to the parking lot, where i was told my taxi will be waiting. It was icy cold out there, and I decided to brave the cold with my bare hands, being lazy to pick the gloves from my suitcase. I was already wearing a jacket though. I waited in that place slightly shivering for a few minutes, when my taxi driver – a nice old man named Mark – came to me, helped me load the luggage into the car and drove me to 1440 E Genesee St, all the while talking something about India, computers, Indian restaurants in Syracuse, weather in Syracuse and how much colder it is up the hill in the university, etc. The houses along E Genesse are at an elevation from the road and he was not able to find where exactly Apt 1400 was, so he took my roommate-to-be’s phone number from me, called him up. The guys waved to us from the hall, where they were playing cricket. The friendly driver, then helped me get my stuff out of the car, wished me good luck before leaving with a handsome tip, for making me happy on my first day in Syracuse. I then climbed up the steps covered with freshly fallen snow, tagging my suitcases along with me while one of the guys came down running to help me with the luggage. Thus started my stay with these people.
To cut a long story short, I have been staying with the same roomies right from day one until early this month. I was supposed to move to 954 Lancaster Ave after the first few weeks of temporary stay at this place, but I decided to continue at 1400 E Genesse, because I grew comfortable with my roommates and everything, which made me feel this was the new home. Some intuition! At that point of time, this was a crucial decision I had to make. Usually, the problem with decisions is that howsoever prudent they might seem, only time tells what they are worth. Looking back at it now, I do not regret that decision of mine. It had been a pleasant experience overall, I was extremely happy to stay with these people, learnt many good things from all of them (and ofcourse ignored the negatives), making my first ever stay away from family, a memorable one.
Why am I writing all this, now?! All my roommates who were there at the time I came to Syracuse have graduated and moved out. So, I’d like to dedicate this post, in memory of all the fun we had together. Now on, all of us will be in different places, and life will not be the same again, yet again!!
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thats quite interesting and a better decision u have made..
Don worry bro.. its just a global village where u may meet everyone of them at different stages of life!!
@Subbu… Yep! I Agree!
And I guess, you’d have had quite some experience, having roamed more than half the globe! 
