And the deed is done

Yes, the deed (i.e. the move) is done! We were reunited with all of our belongings a few weeks back (April 10th or so). Needless to say, we were very excited as can be seen below

(Neha is totally overjoyed to see her beloved dresser. For reasons best known to her, she's completely in love with this dresser that we bought for $40 in DC. Maybe its because this was probably the first piece of furniture we bought as a couple. Or maybe the love comes out of all that we had to go through to get it - Pentagon security, a military hummer with an LMG (Light Machine Gun) aimed at us, drive escorted by a cop convoy...)

Our good luck seemed to continue. The delivery supervisor had told us that they would get to our apartment between 8:30 and 9:00. We had laughed off at it ("who gets up at 9 in India!!"). Surprise, surprise - our intercom buzzed at 8:45 - "Sahab, samaan delivery vaaley aayein hain". Wow! Really, am I in India?

The guys started delivering the stuff....and soon enuff there were walls of boxes all around:

They were done by about 4. We were overjoyed to find out that there was no major damage - all the glass & china kitchenware, our glass hutch and cupboard with glass doors, all the electronics - everything came completely intact. It was as if someone hit control-x in Chicago, and control-v in Gurgaon. The dresser mirror didn't survive the journey though...but that was it. Kudos to Suddath/Sentry (http://www.suddath.com/) - our movers - on a job very well done. Highly recommended.

As we started unpacking, we came across some really interesting things that the movers had packed. We told them to pack everything, and they followed the directions completely. What came out of the boxes(besides other things):

• 2 rolls of Toilet Paper
• 4 bottles of ice mountain water - 2 of which were empty!
• Appliance manuals that belonged to our landlords

 (Back to square one! Some India made snacks complete the journey from India to the US and back)

 As the unpacking progressed, we realized that we had too much of wrapping / packing paper everywhere. So I started doing what smart people do to grapes to create alcohol, as seen here:

Only difference between the above and my paper crushing experience is that I look slightly different (equally attractive nonetheless), and that this was done in HA (Haryana) instead of CA (California):

(Me, stuffing packing paper back into empty boxes. Useless rule of thumb - about 3-4 boxes of paper can be packed into an empty box. Maybe more if you aren't as fit as I am, and tend to be on the heavier side :) )

So that's all about the move!

Other News Part 1 - the Axis bank account got opened in 5 business days. I am not going to hold it against the bank that I was told 2-3 business days. This was leaps and bounds better than Shitty-bank. I guess no more business to Shitty-bank.

Other News Part 2 - I've been reading a bit about Web Analytics. To put the theory into practice, I am starting to collect some feedback on my blog posts. From now on, each post will have a poll at the bottom to get your reaction in one click. Options are: Blah/Boring, Mild, or Interesting. Please let me know what you think of the blog posts (and be honest - you won't offend me!).
- D