Archive | December, 2003
A State of Bliss

A State of Bliss

So I am back in St. Louis with absolutely nothing to do, having successfully signed the lease for a 2-bedroom (2 bath) apartment on the 15th floor in the Riverside building. All this means, of course, that I am currently on the lookout for a roommate to share this absolutely gorgeous apartment with. I will [...]

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Apartment Hunting – The Day of Reckoning

Apartment Hunting – The Day of Reckoning

I started the third day in my charactersitic style – getting out of bed late and rushing as usual to get to my appointment with the Citisites NY broker, Scott. I made it there a little past 11 and let Scott take care of the rest of the tour. He showed me some pretty nice [...]

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Apartment Hunting – Day Two

Apartment Hunting – Day Two

The second day has definitely turned out to be far more successful. I set off in the afternoon once again and this time I had more accurate directions so there wasn’t much scope for getting lost The plan was to meet up with Aparna (my classmate from undergrad in IIT Madras) for the first time [...]

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Apartment Hunting – Day One

Apartment Hunting – Day One

I landed last night in Newark airport just half an hour behind schedule in spite of being delayed through Chicago by a whole hour and a half! Somebody ought to do something about the kind of effect bad weather in Chicago has on the flight schedules of the day – everything ends up in complete [...]

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The Big Apple Beckons

The Big Apple Beckons

When I left the story off last, I had had a rather interesting trip to New York for an interview with a reputed firm. What I didn’t reveal was which firm I interviewed with on 49th St. and 7th Ave. I also did not happen to reveal that the very next day after I got [...]

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