Andhra Boys and Girls
How to be safe abroad
(The writer has lived 8 years in Chicago and LA)
Like all of us were disturbed past few months ago with the frequent incidents of murders and unsolved cases of homicides and assaults against Andhra boys and girls in the US.
Thank god this has stopped now and this board may sound irrelevant at the moment at the same time we are facing similar but different situation in Australia.
What I like to do here is give few simple tips to protect you especially for the US candidates.
• If you are a nerdy software engineering student and invest 4-5 years in college then learn self defense techniques at least 4-5 months before you proceed to US for higher education or work.
• This should include basic karate / handling knives / handling guns and revolvers.
• If you are directly going from AP rural areas to the US then your mind is not capable of understanding the routine lifestyle there, I mean you will not be able to feel the criminal atmosphere and the nuts that roam around to catch innocent guys like you.
• Before you land in the US watch lot of CNN and local FOX news to familiarize with the current affairs there, watch movies like monster and silence of the lambs, good fellas – this is real America.
• Most of the time attacks happen for the sake of money or cash as these nuts are on drugs (stoned) all the time they don’t care whom they are attacking or they cannot figure out the extent of injury they are causing just to get 20 dollar.
• Normally the attacks happen on a person when he or she is alone or just going by yourself to the super market or you are walking to your Dom or walking to your classes.
• So while you are still new arrival do not try to go anywhere alone especially night hours.
• If you go to super market watch 10 times before you park your car, chose a slot near the security person so that you are visible to him. Normally things happen when you are coming in or out of your car.
• As far as your mental attitude you should sound very confident and speak in a very loud and clear voice with Americans never try to speak politely unnecessarily to anyone no matter who they are.
• Normally American people are very nice but NUTS like columbine or Virginia tech can surface without any warning anytime, when I used to live in LA there were several cases of post office workers coming back to shoot their coworkers or bosses after they were fired from the job. (This is in the 1993-94) not to mention the drive-by shootings and the gang warfare that was going on during those days, we used to see people get shot many times, and during the same time the Rodney King riots happened in LA.
• Also one most important thing is that be in touch with your relatives and senior friends who are in the US for many years they can take care of you better than anyone they can guide you how to be safe, how to get SS card, how to get drivers license, bank account and so on.
Hope this will help you, take care, all the best !!!