One of my colleagues picked me to office. The roads here are neat and 3 or 4 laned and depending on the speed in which you are driving you take the lane. All the cars are beautiful.You will find all the models Toyota, Volvo, Chevrolet, Honda on the roads. The Fedex office where I work on behalf of BFL Software is huge and even for visitor pass you need to show your passport. At the office initially I had problems understanding what the American clients spoke.Not the language but the accent. They speak very slowly unlike we Indians and listen carefully at whatever we say. In a few days I got adjusted. Unlike Indian towns and cities here the places are sparsely crowded (I dont know about busy cities like New York or Las Vegas). Its disgusting if you want to have a cigarette or any small thing. You have to go to a shopping mall on a car for it. Dependency on car is much because in small places like Memphis the public transport is bad if it exists at all. In the weekdays my life is routine - go to office, cook food, watch TV and sleep. Now I have started liking my food. No other go. If you dont have a car you will be holed up in your apartment. In weekends If you have a kind friend who will give you a drive then you can have a nice time. If you dont have a car or friends your life will be miserable. Let me tell you about shopping complexes. In a shopping mall like Wal-Mart you will find everything from DVD to vegetables, shoes to toilet paper. Indian shopping malls like Food World or West Side will look like kids in front of them. The vegetables are really big. At first I mistook onion for cabbage. Here everthing looks artificial. You go to a person and ask something they may not talk to you as you are stranger. But at office you meet people you dont know but they will ask you "Hey!How are you doing?" as if you know each other for years. Here everything is formal & artificial. Indians are much much better in this regard. After about a week I felt sick of this place. Yes, culture shock. All my dreams about US was gone. Only reassuring factor is the dollar factor. Maybe I haven't seen the best of US yet. And maybe I will start liking the place....maybe. After all its only 15 days in US.