I am in US

After much of hassle I am now in US (but without a notebook :( ). My visa interview was scheduled on 2nd August and I was supposed to fly to US on 4th August. Luckily I didn't face any problems in my visa interview because I did my home work. But the queue at the embassy was so long that it took (more than) 4 hours for the visa issuing process.
The week was full of dinners and lunch's given by various people as farewells to me. On Saturday night there was a small party at my boarding place. On Sunday I went to my brother's place and I had lunch there. On Monday night I went out with several my old uni friends to celebrate (?) my leaving. On Tuesday WSO2 gave us (Ajith and myself) a grand lunch at Cinnamon Grand. Wednesday lunch was from us (Ajith and me) to the ppl at WSO2 at Crescat. And on Friday I was invited to my aunt's place for lunch.
Thursday was a very hectic day for me. The plan was to go to travel agent, get tickets and get traveler's checks and US dollars from bank. But when I went to the travel agent I had to change my travel route since one of the flights in my original schedule has not confirmed yet. So I selected a different path (this time Colombo, Tokyo, Chicago, Indianapolis) rather than waiting for the other flight to confirm. When I finished my work for the day it was almost 4pm and I forgot to eat the lunch. Thursday night was again a busy night. I had to pack everything and had to be careful about the weight limits of each bag. It was around 3 am in the morning when I slept.
Friday morning was little bit busy since I had to backup my notebook, cancel my mobile connection and cancel my credit card. Also I had to be at my aunt's place at 12.30. But fortunately everything happened as planned.
My brother sent a vehicle for me to get to the airport and my mother and father came along with me to the airport, and we picked up my brother at his place on the way. We were able to get to the airport on time even though the traffic was littlbit high.
Checking in and the flying to Japan went very smoothly. And at the Narita airport I met one of my old school friends - Naveen going to US with his wife. The transit at Narita was about 6 hours, which was a clean pain.
Narita - Chicago flight took abt 12hrs, but was a hassle free smooth one. I was scared that I might have to explain some of the foods and spices I have been carrying to the US customs officers. But luckily they didn't even bothered to open my bag.
So after a boring wait for the check-in and my connecting flight and abt 1 hour flying I arrived at Indianapolis abt 10.50 p.m. Maven picked me up from the Indianapolis airport and dropped me at Hawkins and the check-in was very simple.
On Sunday I went to a party (rather a farewell) at one of the members' in the Sri Lankan community. I had the chance to meet most of the ppl in the Sri Lankan community and got lot of advice on "how to live in US".
The week passed like a rocket and I was very busy doing my registration stuff (oh yes - without a Purdue ID it is impossible to do anything here) and attending English classes.
Oh by the way, my article "Memory Management with Apache Axis2/C" is published in WSO2 Oxygen Tank