- Oh my God! - Okay Harnoor. Goodbye from America!
- Whoa! - This is your landlord.
Oh my God!
So a very good morning everyone, Its currently 7 a.m. in the morning
and my flight leaves around 12 p.m. so I have to leave for airport at 9 a.m.
And right now I am waiting for the Samsung galaxy S21 package
of my friend's which is about to come.
Hopefully if I can pick it up before 9 a.m. as they haven't called me yet,
then I will be able to take it as well otherwise it won't go.
So packing is still in progress.
I have taken out the iPad and this tablet and put them in my handbag.
And the toothbrush is charged.
I am not taking the charger because I won't be staying there for long
and the battery will last me easily!
As you guys know, I believe in minimalism and this is my simple vlogging setup
A microphone in one pocket, which I use when it gets noisy in the background.
And a little tripod in the other pocket.
Yup, so this is all by Rode Videomicro and I'll leave the link in the description.
So hey guys, again as an introduction, I am currently a student on F-1 visa
and currently have a status of OPT.
So this is my EAD card and I am going through the checklist
of what I have to take and what I have to bring while coming back to the US
So currently I am taking my passport and checking the F-1 visa validity
which... is for couple of more months.
And then, OPT is valid for couple of more months as well.
And then, my I-20, which has a travel signature already.
I need it even on I-20, I checked with my university
Anyways, what else I need... I-20, checked
So I-20 is here, and I also need work authorization proof
along with employment proof.
So I need a proof that I am employed for so and so company
which I'll print in India because printing charges are way too high in the US
Anyways, I am all set so packing all these.
And my boarding pass is already there.
And, yeah! My Covid test report... let me check if I still have it in this bag
Yup, so... I have it! Anyways, let's go
Dude... this 16 inch Macbook takes so long to start
Just wanted to check battery of 16 inch Macbook and Macbook Air
I'm just taking one charger.
Shoes? Ha ha! Oh I weigh 140 now?
I was of 138 before!
167.8... so it's 27.8 pounds.
- Now 27.8 in kilos? - It's less than 15 kilos.
- I hope nothing's left out! Okay... - I am left out!
(laughter)
What's the hurry bro? There's 2.5 hours left for your flight!
We will reach the airport in 20 minutes.
No, it's risky we should reach there three hours before time...
I just got a text saying my flight is delayed by thirty minutes
and five minutes later another text comes saying that it's on time!
Weird man! United Airlines has issues.
Domestic terminal north was that one! We came to parking dude...
Shit... I told you, we had to go north such confusing signs here!
- We had to go right dude! - Really? - Yeah, the navigation's telling
The problem is that Atlanta is one of the biggest and busiest airports in the world
So... now we messed up a lot in north-south
Shit now we've reached south! Such a long line... (cries dramatically)
Yes, the South terminal is entirely Delta and other airlines in the North
Now it's 10 a.m. My office meeting's going to start soon... anyways
Hopefully I reach there in around ten minutes, missed it twice... (cries dramatically again)
The signs here are so bad...!
- This! This initial one was missed - Yeah, this was what we missed...
(navigation speaking)
- I am leaving okay? - Yeah - See you soon! Bye!
- Is it possible to change seats? - Okay...
I have never seen so less crowded security check before
So my gate number is T17 and...
I'm getting a whole different level of excitement because I'm feeling like I've never sat on a plane before
It's been more than one and a half years!
So, going to attend my office meeting and luckily, every seat has outlets!
I did a huge mistake! I forgot my noise cancellation headphones...
and these earphones are trash... my ears hurt because of the volume!
And flights were so full that they told me that if I change my ticket right now,
they will let me do for free and in return, give me
a voucher of 200 to 500 dollars!
Thank you!
So now I'm running to the InMotion Tech store which is just another airport tech store.
There I will check the price of Galaxy S21 for my friend.
- So there's tax here... - Okay, you accept Apple Pay right?
- Yeah! - Okay!
- 330 dollars 74 cents! - 330? But...
- So I thought it's 229... - 299! - 299? - Yes!
- This is your regular one! - This is 189... - Yeah!
There's bundles here...
Let' say if you want the portable charger and a case, this becomes 329 dollars.
That one corresponding is 209 dollars.
Those guys... that's part of the bundle.
- Wait, also if I get this whole bundle, this will be 329? - Umhm
- And I am already paying 330 - Umhm
- And this is... - that's before taxes!
- Okay I'll just take it! Thank you! - Umhm
So, reached Chicago Airport and this is probably the biggest airports of all times!
Looks even bigger than Atlanta Airport because it's so crowded and even more packed
And I just bought Airpods Pro, though I've never used them before,
I had to buy them due to helplessness because I've left my noise cancellation headphones
And things are so overpriced here...
I mean I could get them for about 200 dollars on a Walmart sale
But I got these for 330 dollars after taxes and that's insane!
And also please check out the website called chi.gov.eto
So this website contains details about the quarantine role
mentioning how much time you should quarantine.
It also mentions to which states you should avoid travel,
traveling into which you may have to quarantine up to ten days
So now it's 3:30 p.m. in the afternoon and the airport is completely empty.
I am looking for some healthy food options here but it's difficult to find one
so I have to go to E terminal.
So it was about 12 minutes ago...
Follow the main walkway and you are going to terminal 1.
- Then you go through that narrow walkway - Thank you! Thank you! Bye!
So basically there are three requirements to board,
Number one, self declaration form, which I've scanned and filling now.
Number two, Covid test negative and passport. That's it!
The whole airline is filled up and they have changed my seat at the last moment
And you guys won't believe that they even checked if there is the RT
written on your test.
And they were denying entry to those who didn't have RT written on their PCR test report.
And there was a doctor with me, he was even explaining
that there is only one type of PCR test that is RT-PCR that's being used in the US
They weren't understanding, then talked on the phone also!
Luckily I had two test reports!
In one of them RT-PCR was written so it worked.
And from here, as you saw in last vlog, I stayed in Delhi for one night
and, missed my flight the next morning to Amritsar and re-booked,
paid 4000 Rupees and then caught my flight at 1 p.m.
They took out every single thing!
Oh my God! Such a huge line for... lounge!
In our lounge as well, the Wi-Fi speeds are just half Mbps
And the biggest problem is, my Airtel SIM in my Pixel 4a has been deactivated
because it was out of India for more than one year
And other than this, I don't have any other option to use Wi-Fi
because the OTP is not coming in my US SIM and I have tried thrice
in the lounge Wi-Fi as well as the Delhi Airport Wi-Fi
I am not able to connect wit any Wi-Fi, the OTP is not even showing up in my SIM
So I had to call home and use another SIM data with roaming
and the data charges were like one dollar for one GB
I mean they are not so expensive but it's still expensive
So that's why it was too difficult to use Wi-Fi and still the speed is too less!
The laptop slept for a second and the connection got reset again
Now I have to generate OTP once again and add 'Nani's' or someone else's number.
(Amul ad song in background)
So, got a shield and a mask
I mean I didn't get one for the international flight but instead got one for the domestic flight!
- Thank you so much! Ha Ha! - You are welcome!
Wow!
See this...
APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH
- You haven't put on your teeth? - They are sent for repairing!
(laughter)
(laughter) - Your teeth are gone! - What's the worry. They'll come soon from repairing!
Don't worry! (laughter)
So now, finally time to give the gifts
- I just came! - Yeah, what's this?
It's for "Maasi ji" (aunt) - This is for you! - Thank you!