Dr. Joseph Ulahannan Matchanickal, a PhD from MSU writes about his adventurous life, using the pseudonym Udup. The writer has a master’s degree from the University of Madras and was awarded the Fulbright scholarship to study Science Education in the US, a subject he thought about five minutes before the interview. He reached the US during the Vietnam Was protests, the Woodstock festival, Kent State shootings, hippie revolution, women’s liberation movement, drug culture and sexual liberation. He tried to make sense of them but was afraid to get involved. After submitting the thesis, he toured Venezuela and was offered a job to design the curriculum for a community college. Against all kinds of obstacles, including language and culture barriers, he continued, achieved recognitions and got a job in the prestigious petroleum industry. He had to deal with issues related to educating his children, their cultural identity, their future life partners and a place for his permanent residence. As a pensioner from the petroleum industry living in Kerala, he spends his time writing, teaching, social service and agriculture. His adventurous life is something that he never imagined in his wildest of dreams. He was never in control of his life; there was a higher power that guided, lead and even carried him through the labyrinths that he travelled. The destination, however much he planned out, turned out to be totally a different port. However, the travel was enjoyable and the destiny a pleasant surprise.