Hi Blog,
So, here I am again, in the UK. This time for another kind of fellowship which is Newton-Bhabha Fellowship and I am here for three months. This is the longest that I ll be staying in a foreign land in my life so far. Definitely, I am gonna learn a lot, both intellectually and personally. So, preparing for a trip is a not a term for me, because I am the worst person when it comes to planning or preparation. But, luckily, my good friend Arpit got me into 'preparation-thing' for the trip after scolding, though slowly, but surely. I packed my clothes, 2 days before my flight, now that's a big deal!! Really, Only I know. If it was not him, I would have been preparing till 2 hours before I had to start from the home. Somehow, I managed to start from KGP to Kolkata airport and reached Delhi, having spent 2 days at home, I flew to London and then Manchester. From Manchester, my friend Bhaskar, who was also travelling with me to the university under the same program, (and we met for the first time at Delhi Airport) has a brother in Manchester and London, came to receive and they dropped us in Sheffield. It was a good 1 hour ride of beautiful scenery. They were really nice people, helped us a lot, even making sure we get our rooms and settle, even made sure our first dinner in Sheffield. And then, ....
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| The beautiful Sheffield |
Then the real thing starts, how you gonna live somewhere where you find everything new. I had initial hiccups, I got scared seeing one tall British man who was also in the same accommodation where we were living as we had to share the kitchen with him. He looked scary. Honestly speaking, I have never cooked, as in real cooking, I could make small small things. I had stints making kadhai paneer or something referring YouTube beforehand. But when it comes to cooking for yourself like everyday and you know if you don't cook you wont get food, as there's no one who will cook for you was a damn scary thought. I had horrible time, digesting this thought and for the first 2-3 days I had hard time sleeping, may be it was a jet-lag or something. But keeping aside those 2-3 days, I kind of got into adjusting into new things, I and Bhaskar got along well, we became friends, He's a really nice telugu guy. Telugu's are really good, funny and intelligent people who likes to mingle. We got into the routine because on those 2-3 days, there was no college and nothing. The college then started, I met my lab mates, Lab seniors of the Microfluidics group in Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. I haven't yet met my Prof. Will, hopefully will meet him in the coming weeks sometime.
Excluding me, there are 4 more interns (French) and 3 more have joined in. There's a girl Aicha and 3 guys. Simon is really funny, I jus love his sense of humor and he keeps Indian Shahrukh Khan songs in his mobile and I just laugh when I remember how he danced the other day in the midst of our MEA Desorption experiment when our senior went out for a moment. The other two, Alias and Florian are sweet and nice too. I won't be lying if I say I heard correct about French men being handsome :P
Today and day after tomorrow we have a task of making mind maps and other reading stuff, so we can work from home. After having a good 8 hour long sleep, I feel fresh and ready to work. Bhaskar made me a breakfast because last evening we had a fight, lol, so feel good to go.
Have a good day!
