Windy experiences

Its been some time now since the last blog. I'm still in Chicago. I'm still trying to understand how things work, and how things can work though should not be made to work that way.
Chicago is a beautiful place (i would say that to almost any and every place) with tall (and i really mean tall) buildings. The place where I am staying is smaller than most of the buildings in here and even that has got 25 floors. (just to give you a sense of what do i mean by tall when i say tall)

Now to the list of places where I/we have been to:

1. Millennium park: A nice park which has got a few weird structures (which could pass off as modern art) which always has a group of people who keep wowing at them (though i have this feeling that no-one, not even the creator of the "modern art", knows what it is all about - guess that's human nature, what one doesn't know is regarded highly till you understand it, in which case its not novel enough to be had in high regards.)
2. Devon street: This is a place where all the desi people should go atleast once if in Chicago. Im sure that you would feel closer to apna des than in here. Loads of Indian/Paki stores and this is going to be our choicest place for groceries in the coming days. (There is an interesting incident that happened the first time we were over here - My boss got 3 sugarcane juice glasses after we had a meal that could have fed a heard of elephants. We couldn't drink it, obviously coz we never did look like elephants at any point in our lives, and so it was destined to be on a cardboard case, orphaned and not cared for. Just at that time, there was a Gujji couple who saw the cane juice and exclaimed "Ganne ka ras!!". That could have been me exclaiming when i see 100% in my marks card, or navjot singh sidhu on any stupid joke. We, like true desis gave him the info as to where to get the juice from. In the end, my boss even gave away one of the juices to them too, free of cost. Would have garnered him loads of blessings and a sure shot place in heaven along with getting relieved of the burden of carrying the juice glass all the way back home... back to the places of visit)
   
3. Sears tower: This is as tall as a building can get. (well, almost - there are 2/3 buildings higher than this too, but again, let's not get into the details on that one because a) I dont have any details to give b) I hope you have read the heading of the blog - it doesn't say Malaysian experience) Interestingly, this building's idea was thought of by an Indian (I guess this is a knack of all Indians - Indians in India don't try to do any good/think anything different. As soon as you give them an opportunity to do something good for some other country, they will do everything under their powers to oblige them. I hope this changes for good in the coming years with India on the way to getting into the league of superpower countries. Am I expecting way too much?) The entire Chicago was illuminated with zillions of lights. Right in front of us, there was GMaps for Chicago with lighting effects added to it.
   
4. Navy pier: We have been to place 3 times till now. Each time we have been there, we have done something different. The first time we went on a ferris wheel. The next time we had beer and listening to the live music that a band was playing over there. The third time, we went on a night cruise from where we saw fireworks - I've don't have many words to describe that night - it was amazing and beautiful beyond any word that might have been created to describe such things in the English language.
   
5. Michigan Avenue: I'm not sure if this should be over here or not, but then since this has been mentioned in all the Chicago guide books as a place to walk along, I guess I should add this too...just for the records. Since the day we came over here, we have been walking along this road, and more often that not, there is something different happening - be it the shows that people come up with along the pathways, or the small patches of gardens that keep changing once every couple of weeks

That's it, for now - there are a few notable omissions from the list - theater, movie halls, museums and clubs. I'll try to rectify these aberrations as soon as possible - most notably the last one :)

peace
sid