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Tour de NY

I have journeyed across a whole continent, overnight, and am now in New york for my interview. I took a red eye flight out of San Jose into JFK. This time around the check in was complicated because the air line tagged me and thus i had to undergo special security checks. It cost me an extra 5 minutes but nothing much. The flight itself was very uncomfortable on Jet Blue. The check in clerk changed my seat from the exit row to the one in front of it. Jet Blue is a paranoid airline and thus their actions. I had to spend my whole journey crammed in a seat that had minimum leg space and did not recline. It was horrible. And since my boarding pass was tagged i could not complain. Otherwise the journey went well.
We landed in New york early in the morning and were welcomed by wind chill temperatures of 19 degrees Fahrenheit. I took the Air train out to the Howard Beach Station and then the A train to 168th street. After this it took me 2 block walk to my very pleasant hosts, FC and AJ. I have been fighting fatigue and sleep and the anxiety of a looming step 3 and getting ready for the interview day tomorrow. I have talked to RK and he thinks that i should emphasize on my background in epidemiology and research as the pivotal point of our discussion.
the thing is that tomorrow is the last day for programmes to submit their available positions for the match this year. So a position out of the match becomes a fairly difficult prospect. But then again what is life if not a constant struggle for what YOU think is good for you.

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