license license license....Caru Caru Caru

I got my NJ driving license on 14th Dec. The experience in getting the license was pretty good.
I took my written test on one of the Saturdays, I failed. Its not like an Indian written test. I had to get 40 questions correct out of 50...oops that is 80%..
I was asked to come and take the test the following week...This time I went in with more preparation and strategy...oops Murphy came in my way...The computer system was down in the DMV(RTO)....
I had to wait for more than an hour and the server was still lying down...guess it wanted to enjoy its Saturday...then we were asked to take a paper test...when I saw the question paper, there were only 30 questions and I knew answers for most of them..i almost completed the test...then came the person in the Spanish accent "We gave a wrong question paper.."..oops a test again!!!!
this time it was 50 questions…I somehow managed to pass the test this time..
Happy News : i will get my license without road test
Bad News : Computers are down, so we can't get you now...
I had to go to DMV again after three days…I went there..they made some entries in the comp, and i got a printed plastic card in jus 5 minutes time...these ppl really have a good process and system...

Now I have to get my hands on the car. Last time I drove was more than two years back in India, that too when i took my driving class.
I decided to take three hrs of class here so that I can feel comfortable...I would say I really drove well than I expected. I drove at great speeds when compared to India. Where in India can we drive @ 40 mph in a town. The prime reason here is that the traffic pattern here is homogenous with 99% of the vehicles being four wheelers.
Since most of the cars here are Auto, driving is also so simple.

Should I buy a car or not? A question that has been confusing me for a while..the budget, the insurance cost, my period of stay here...all these factors together have been confusing me a lot...but there is no 12B or 23 C here for commute to office...
Let me see what I'm going to do...

Winter - Update

Its pretty long since I posted something, I atlast decided to come out of my hibernation.

Winter has started here, I already witnesses four snowfalls till day. The whole place looks beautiful with all the snow. Can't roam around much because of this killing weather.

For thanks giving holidays I had been to California to meet my cousin Raja and my friend Swami. Swami had plans to go to Seattle and Vancover. So he could accompony me only for a day. Went around with him and my cousin to San Fransisco. The most exiting thins was the food together with friends and family. Swami, me and Raja's family wen to Saravana Bhavan for a delicious dinner.

I could not get any great deals on the thanks giving day sale, five o' clock in the morning to the store was not good enough. People were waiting outside the stores from midnight.

The best part of the three and half days food was meeting more people. I had a great fun time with Shreya, my cousin's little daughter.It was really disheartening to come back to New Jersey, but I had no other alternative. I felt, should have taken one or two days leave so that I could have spent more time.

On the whole I liked the bay area more than the east coast.

Update from me is that, i got my license here and I did a little bit of driving also.
Hoping to do more.
Had nothing great to do in the christams week end. Looking forward to meet Prashant, Karthik and Prabhu for newyear.