It's been so long

Had the urge to pen down my thoughts again these few days. I guess I'm always like that. The "urges" just come and go and very soon, this blog will be left on its own again :)

So the "NOC Journey" so far had been full of ups and downs for me. The varying levels of emotions had never been so wide-ranging until now. I've been through a bad internship, the process of looking for a new internship, fighting to continue my stay here, starting with a great internship and now, fighting to extend my stay.

Each of these had never been easy but on hindsight, I'm glad all of them happened. It kind of showed me how important it is to just hold on to a faith and continue to hope for the best. That something great will happen somehow. That everything will turn out to be fine. So this phrase is pretty true afterall.

I feel that I had grown over these months. More resilient, more hopeful. And probably a little more resourceful. I came here knowing nobody, having no help from the outside and now, I know of a few mentors, have a great CEO, and knowing the Stanford profs. I had never been on close terms with profs before. Didn't see the point but now I understand it is important to talk to them. Not to just forge a relationship but more of learning and understanding them.

Currently going through the process of extending my visa. It is very (extremely) frustrating. The US system is in a mess and everytime I call, I'm always given a different number to try. And when I get to the right dept, the stupid automated operator will give me tons of options to listen and the worst of all, there's no option to just talk to a HUMAN operator. Seriously that's all that I need. A human to talk to. Why is it so difficult? urghs.

It seems like there's a lot of barriers I'll have to go through to get this extension done. I'm not even sure if legally im allowed to do so. I've also yet to ask my parents about it. So many things undone. But thinking back, this idea of staying longer is so vastly different from months back, when I'm kinda dying to go back. To my comfort zone. I've no idea where does this urge of wanting to stay is coming from. I only know I want to extend and I'm trying ways and means to do that right now.

Emailed Speedwing already. Shall see what reply I get from them.. :)

Peace out!