rawzace I had seen your other posts earlier, asking for suggestions, and didn't realize that you were fresh out of boat. Hey man, don't worry we've been there and we're with you. Question - so didn't you get any (off school) work near school's campus area? I guess, University has many international students so it would be hard finding gas station or Indian restaurant type work. Sorry, I cannot help you but I would definitely suggest - be patient. Since you don't seem to have any contacts who could hook you up with an off-campus (table muni ko kaam), what I would do before taking the bus to NYC is that I would map all the gas stations, seven elevens, dunkin donuts, subways in the surrounding, outlying area (use google map), then take a bus and go on each one individually. Chances are many of those gas stations, seven elevens, dunkins and subways are owned by Indian, Pakistanis, Bangladeshi or people from Middle Eastern origin. So courteously ask each of them 'are you looking for help?' Do some homework. Make and excel sheet and tick each one off. Sometimes you may not find an owner working and the help would say, you can talk to the owner tomorrow before 11:00 am. So go there the next day and ask the owner (if they didn't leave you the phone no.). Map and Yellow Page each Indian, Pakistani restaurant's phone number and call them and ask "hey, are you looking for help?" Kitchen, Hosting, Server, Bus Boy, anything. Maybe also checkout nearby pizza places (since you don't drive yet, pizza delivery is out). But it is a gruelling work. Strong homework is needed. No one is just easily going to give you (table muni ko work).Since this is your down time, I am sure you are already actively looking for on-campus work as well. I don't suggest taking that bus to NYC because it will be inconvenient for you riding 60+ miles one way for 2 days in a week. Exhaust all Bridgeport options before going to NYC.