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Sunday, February 19, 2006

The jetBlue Experience

I have never really endorsed any product in my life other than Disneyland, but the first time I flew jetBlue Airways I was blown away!! I first encountered them while traveling from Boston to Long Beach and I was shocked that I could pay so little and get so much. I paid a little over two hundred dollars which is the cheapest price you could probably find. jetBlue's experience begins when you check-in the staff is extremely friendly and they have self check-in which saves an enormous amount of time. When you are onboard you get leather seats with no class system and 36 channels of DirecTV on a screen in front of you. They load from the front and the back of the plane to ensure the plane takes off on time. I recently came home for a week and flew them once more and the service was just as good as or better than the first time. I have flown most of the other national airlines and it is like jetBlue is paying you to fly them. The only drawback to their service is they don't really hit major city airports although you can probably get where you want to go. I recently flew American and not only did I pay almost 70% more they treat you like a second-class citizen. Their planes offer no leg room they charge you for headphones and you have to wait in line for a good hour just to check-in. If this is not bad enough all other airlines reduced their baggage weight from 70lbs to 50lbs, all except jetBlue. I implore you that when you travel you first check out www.jetblue.com. They have my forever seal of approval. Just to be clear, I did NOT get paid for this endorsement although I wish I had.

posted by Gurinder at 12:42 PM | 0 comments

Thursday, February 09, 2006

The TSA

I will be flying back home on Friday and I dread having to go through the security checks. It seems like everytime I walk into an airport, I feel guilty. There is no reason to feel this way but when you are treated like a suspect after so long that is how you end up feeling this way. I am sure I can anticipate government bugs on my phone after saying this, but the TSA is the biggest bunch of idiots on this Earth. The TSA claims that all of their "agents" get weekly training and "sensitivity" training. After going through multiple airports and seeing hundreds of TSA employees I can safely say the only training they probably get is a video on how to identify brown people. TSA'a website claims that, "A primary goal of TSA is to treat all passengers with courtesy, dignity, and respect during the security screening processes." If this is what they call respect, courtesy, and dignity someone please hand them a dictionary. The best solution to this problem is simply more training on religions and cultures as well as courtesy. Most TSA agents get minimal training before starting work. Yes 9/11 was bad and we need to be more diligent but that does not mean you single out every brown person and treat them all like terrorists. When a brown person enters an airport he/she is guilty before proven innocent.

posted by Gurinder at 5:52 AM | 1 comments

Monday, February 06, 2006

The Uncle Syndrome

It is funny, because I clearly remember being 18 graduating high school and entering college. Flash forward to now, I am 27 and I look back wondering how the hell did I get here so quickly. It was not that long ago where I would look at others who were 27 or 28 and think, "man that is old." Now I am at the stage and I am sure there is some punk kid thinking the same thing. I guess I really came to terms of how old I am when a kid called me, "uncle." When did I become an uncle? The next thing I know it will be gramps. Life goes by too quick and it is ever changing, sure there are clear stages as you get older, graduating college, getting married, and having kids but when you finally reach these stages and you look back thinking that the whole time you were racing towards the goal but didnt enjoy the journey. Lesson to you young uns out there stop and enjoy what you are doing you will get to the goal, but enjoy the journey.

posted by Gurinder at 1:35 PM | 1 comments

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Website 2

Good news, my website is now fully up and running!! Even though it is a year late lol. I will hopefully be updating it monthly but this is school dependent. The USMLE Step 1 is fast approaching and I need to start focusing on that, so pressure has been mounting.

posted by Gurinder at 10:40 AM | 1 comments