Winter hits Berkeley!

I fell like I am back in Oxford. Its been raining every day for the last couple of days. Its not really rain, its a continuous cold drizzle.
My classmates seem to use me as a weathervane, rather my footwear. AS soon as I walked into class today, they knew it was cold outside as I was wearing shoes instead of my usual Flip-flops!
Am I ever going to live in a place where it doesn't rain during winter?

10 things I like about Berkeley

1. Restaurants and eateries
2. Sunshine
3. Wireless access
4. Apartment
5. Courses
6. Berkeley Hills
7. The Ocean
8. cheap food and large portions
9. coffee shops
10. San Francisco

Berkeley vs Oxford

I changed my profile to show Berkeley, US instead of Oxford,UK for about an hour or so today and then changed it back. Somehow, I feel like I haven't closed out my Oxford chapter. I hope I never do because I think and hope I made some lifelong friends there but because I have to go back at some point I decided that until I submit and finish viva I shall not change either my profile address or my gmail signature.

Its a hard decision and hopefully will spur me onto finishing that *(($)### * thesis!

Over

The first quarter of my Berkeley experience is over. My summer session is over and now I have a two week break before the real thing starts. I must admit that the summer session wore me down after a point. I was spending close to 7 hours at a stretch in class either in front of a computer or listening to lectures and had homework and tests to study for over the weekends.
So, I spent the weekend reading Sackett and Hopalong Cassidy novels and doing nothing else. Its been a lazy weekend but the real work begins now. I need to finish my last two chapters of my thesis, write my CK exam and prepare a research project in the next two weeks. So, the plan is to go to office everyday and work from 8 - 8.

On the other hand I hope these two days of rest have given me enough time to recharge my batteries and get ready for the big battle. I shall know by the end of the week. Not much else going on with life really. Am cooking almost everyday unless I get chinese takeaway :) Made rajma the other day and since then have not made a big meal, generally omlette, pasta or upma.

Cook, eat, sleep, surf and write..thats my life!!