so the great Canadian summer is coming to end... the summer marked my relocation to Toronto.. and as the fall approaches i slide effortlessly into the Canadian way of life.. things are way to different from India and not all in the good way..
i guess having spent a quarter century in India and hearing how we (Indians) are the third world and Canada is the developed country, you have huge expectations, which range from the basic things like infrastructure to the way of life.. i found that not all the expectations were met... i guess we Indian can be proud of the fact we are in some ways better then the "the developed world" i only wish we had got down to the act of reforming very early near the time we gained independence and not waited till the early nineties to make the effort...
another thing worth mentioning is my cooking... ppl i have talent.. have been trying all sorts of Indian dishes (veg and non-veg) and i rock... hopefully another six months should see me having a huge repository of indian dishes... i guess my future better half is going to have it easy...
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
The Unspoken Dialogue Between Men and Women
Good one.. cud not resist putting it here...
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Let's say a guy named Roger is attracted to a woman named Elaine. He asks her out to a movie; she accepts; they have a pretty good time. A few nights later he asks her out to dinner, and again they enjoy themselves. They continue to see each other regularly, and after a while neither one of them is seeing anybody else.
And then, one evening when they're driving home, a thought occurs to Elaine, and, without really thinking, she says it aloud: ''Do you realize that, as of tonight, we've been seeing each other for exactly six months?''
And then there is silence in the car. To Elaine, it seems like a very loud silence. She thinks to herself: Geez, I wonder if it bothers him that I said that. Maybe he's been feeling confined by our relationship; maybe he thinks I'm trying to push him into some kind of obligation that he doesn't want, or isn't sure of.
And Roger is thinking: Gosh. Six months.
And Elaine is thinking: But, hey, I'm not so sure I want this kind of relationship, either. Sometimes I wish I had a little more space, so I'd have time to think about whether I really want us to keep going the way we are, moving steadily toward . . . I mean, where are we going? Are we just going to keep seeing each other at this level of intimacy? Are we heading toward marriage? Toward children? Toward a lifetime together? Am I ready for that level of commitment? Do I really even know this person?
And Roger is thinking: . . . so that means it was . . .let's see... February when we started going out, which was right after I had the car at the dealer's, which means . . . lemme check the odometer . . . Whoa! I am way overdue for an oil change here.
And Elaine is thinking: He's upset. I can see it on his face. Maybe I'm reading this completely wrong. Maybe he wants more from our relationship, more intimacy, more commitment; maybe he has sensed -- even before I sensed it -- that I was feeling some reservations. Yes, I bet that's it. That's why he's so reluctant to say anything about his own feelings. He's afraid of being rejected.
And Roger is thinking: And I'm gonna have them look at the transmission again. I don't care what those morons say, it's still not shifting right. And they better not try to blame it on the cold weather this time. What cold weather? It's 87 degrees out, and this thing is shifting like a damn garbage truck, and I paid those incompetent thieves $600.
And Elaine is thinking: He's angry. And I don't blame him. I'd be angry, too. God, I feel so guilty, putting him through this, but I can't help the way I feel. I'm just not sure.
And Roger is thinking: They'll probably say it's only a 90-day warranty. That's exactly what they're gonna say, the scumballs.
And Elaine is thinking: Maybe I'm just too idealistic, waiting for a knight to come riding up on his white horse, when I'm sitting right next to a perfectly good person, a person I enjoy being with, a person I truly do care about, a person who seems to truly care about me. A person who is in pain because of my self-centered, schoolgirl romantic fantasy.
And Roger is thinking: Warranty? They want a warranty? I'll give them a damn warranty. I'll take their warranty and stick it right up their ....
''Roger,'' Elaine says aloud.
''What?'' says Roger, startled.
''Please don't torture yourself like this,'' she says, her eyes beginning to brim with tears. ''Maybe I should never have . . Oh God, I feel so .... .''
(She breaks down, sobbing.)
''I'm such a fool,'' Elaine sobs. ''I mean, I know there's no knight. I really know that. It's silly. There's no knight, and there's no horse.''
''There's no horse?'' says Roger.
''You think I'm a fool, don't you?'' Elaine says.
''No!'' says Roger, glad to finally know the correct answer.
''It's just that . . . It's that I . . . I need some time,'' Elaine says.
(There is a 15-second pause while Roger, thinking as fast as he can, tries to come up with a safe response. Finally he comes up with one that he thinks might work.)
''Yes,'' he says.
(Elaine, deeply moved, touches his hand.)
'Oh, Roger, do you really feel that way?'' she says.
''What way?'' says Roger.
''That way about time,'' says Elaine.
''Oh,'' says Roger. ''Yes.''
(Elaine turns to face him and gazes deeply into his eyes, causing him to become very nervous about what she might say next, especially if it involves a horse. At last she speaks.)
'Thank you, Roger,'' she says.
''Thank you,'' says Roger.
Then he takes her home, and she lies on her bed, a conflicted, tortured soul, and weeps until dawn, whereas when Roger gets back to his place, he opens a bag of Doritos, turns on the TV, and immediately becomes deeply involved in a rerun of a tennis match between two Czechoslovakians he never heard of. A tiny voice in the far recesses of his mind tells him that something major was going on back there in the car, but he is pretty sure there is no way he would ever understand what, and so he figures it's better if he doesn't think about it. (This is also Roger's policy regarding world hunger.)
The next day Elaine will call her closest friend, or perhaps two of them, and they will talk about this situation for six straight hours. In painstaking detail, they will analyze everything she said and everything he said, going over it time and time again, exploring every word, expression, and gesture for nuances of meaning, considering every possible ramification. They will continue to discuss this subject, off and on, for weeks, maybe months, never reaching any definite conclusions, but never getting bored with it, either.
Meanwhile, Roger, while playing racquetball one day with a mutual friend of his and Elaine's, will pause just before serving, frown, and say:
''Norm, did Elaine ever own a horse?''
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Let's say a guy named Roger is attracted to a woman named Elaine. He asks her out to a movie; she accepts; they have a pretty good time. A few nights later he asks her out to dinner, and again they enjoy themselves. They continue to see each other regularly, and after a while neither one of them is seeing anybody else.
And then, one evening when they're driving home, a thought occurs to Elaine, and, without really thinking, she says it aloud: ''Do you realize that, as of tonight, we've been seeing each other for exactly six months?''
And then there is silence in the car. To Elaine, it seems like a very loud silence. She thinks to herself: Geez, I wonder if it bothers him that I said that. Maybe he's been feeling confined by our relationship; maybe he thinks I'm trying to push him into some kind of obligation that he doesn't want, or isn't sure of.
And Roger is thinking: Gosh. Six months.
And Elaine is thinking: But, hey, I'm not so sure I want this kind of relationship, either. Sometimes I wish I had a little more space, so I'd have time to think about whether I really want us to keep going the way we are, moving steadily toward . . . I mean, where are we going? Are we just going to keep seeing each other at this level of intimacy? Are we heading toward marriage? Toward children? Toward a lifetime together? Am I ready for that level of commitment? Do I really even know this person?
And Roger is thinking: . . . so that means it was . . .let's see... February when we started going out, which was right after I had the car at the dealer's, which means . . . lemme check the odometer . . . Whoa! I am way overdue for an oil change here.
And Elaine is thinking: He's upset. I can see it on his face. Maybe I'm reading this completely wrong. Maybe he wants more from our relationship, more intimacy, more commitment; maybe he has sensed -- even before I sensed it -- that I was feeling some reservations. Yes, I bet that's it. That's why he's so reluctant to say anything about his own feelings. He's afraid of being rejected.
And Roger is thinking: And I'm gonna have them look at the transmission again. I don't care what those morons say, it's still not shifting right. And they better not try to blame it on the cold weather this time. What cold weather? It's 87 degrees out, and this thing is shifting like a damn garbage truck, and I paid those incompetent thieves $600.
And Elaine is thinking: He's angry. And I don't blame him. I'd be angry, too. God, I feel so guilty, putting him through this, but I can't help the way I feel. I'm just not sure.
And Roger is thinking: They'll probably say it's only a 90-day warranty. That's exactly what they're gonna say, the scumballs.
And Elaine is thinking: Maybe I'm just too idealistic, waiting for a knight to come riding up on his white horse, when I'm sitting right next to a perfectly good person, a person I enjoy being with, a person I truly do care about, a person who seems to truly care about me. A person who is in pain because of my self-centered, schoolgirl romantic fantasy.
And Roger is thinking: Warranty? They want a warranty? I'll give them a damn warranty. I'll take their warranty and stick it right up their ....
''Roger,'' Elaine says aloud.
''What?'' says Roger, startled.
''Please don't torture yourself like this,'' she says, her eyes beginning to brim with tears. ''Maybe I should never have . . Oh God, I feel so .... .''
(She breaks down, sobbing.)
''I'm such a fool,'' Elaine sobs. ''I mean, I know there's no knight. I really know that. It's silly. There's no knight, and there's no horse.''
''There's no horse?'' says Roger.
''You think I'm a fool, don't you?'' Elaine says.
''No!'' says Roger, glad to finally know the correct answer.
''It's just that . . . It's that I . . . I need some time,'' Elaine says.
(There is a 15-second pause while Roger, thinking as fast as he can, tries to come up with a safe response. Finally he comes up with one that he thinks might work.)
''Yes,'' he says.
(Elaine, deeply moved, touches his hand.)
'Oh, Roger, do you really feel that way?'' she says.
''What way?'' says Roger.
''That way about time,'' says Elaine.
''Oh,'' says Roger. ''Yes.''
(Elaine turns to face him and gazes deeply into his eyes, causing him to become very nervous about what she might say next, especially if it involves a horse. At last she speaks.)
'Thank you, Roger,'' she says.
''Thank you,'' says Roger.
Then he takes her home, and she lies on her bed, a conflicted, tortured soul, and weeps until dawn, whereas when Roger gets back to his place, he opens a bag of Doritos, turns on the TV, and immediately becomes deeply involved in a rerun of a tennis match between two Czechoslovakians he never heard of. A tiny voice in the far recesses of his mind tells him that something major was going on back there in the car, but he is pretty sure there is no way he would ever understand what, and so he figures it's better if he doesn't think about it. (This is also Roger's policy regarding world hunger.)
The next day Elaine will call her closest friend, or perhaps two of them, and they will talk about this situation for six straight hours. In painstaking detail, they will analyze everything she said and everything he said, going over it time and time again, exploring every word, expression, and gesture for nuances of meaning, considering every possible ramification. They will continue to discuss this subject, off and on, for weeks, maybe months, never reaching any definite conclusions, but never getting bored with it, either.
Meanwhile, Roger, while playing racquetball one day with a mutual friend of his and Elaine's, will pause just before serving, frown, and say:
''Norm, did Elaine ever own a horse?''
Monday, July 09, 2007
NO SEX TONIGHT!!!
I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart.
FOR EXAMPLE: One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says “I don’t feel like it, I just want you to hold me.”
I said “WHAT??!! What was that?!”
So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear… “You’re just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man.” She responded to my puzzled look by saying, “Can’t you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?”
Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep.
The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with her. We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits. She couldn’t decide which one to take so I told her we’d just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said lets get a pair for each outfit. We went onto the jewelry department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings. Let me tell you…she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn’t even know how to play tennis. I think I threw her for a loop when I said, “That’s fine, honey.”
She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement. Smiling with excited anticipation she finally said, “I think this is all dear, let’s go to the cashier.” I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, “No honey, I don’t feel like it.” Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled WHAT?”
I then said “honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You’re just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman.” And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, “Why can’t you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?”
Apparently I’m not having sex tonight either.
Source unknown...
FOR EXAMPLE: One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says “I don’t feel like it, I just want you to hold me.”
I said “WHAT??!! What was that?!”
So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear… “You’re just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man.” She responded to my puzzled look by saying, “Can’t you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?”
Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep.
The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with her. We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits. She couldn’t decide which one to take so I told her we’d just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said lets get a pair for each outfit. We went onto the jewelry department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings. Let me tell you…she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn’t even know how to play tennis. I think I threw her for a loop when I said, “That’s fine, honey.”
She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement. Smiling with excited anticipation she finally said, “I think this is all dear, let’s go to the cashier.” I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, “No honey, I don’t feel like it.” Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled WHAT?”
I then said “honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You’re just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman.” And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, “Why can’t you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?”
Apparently I’m not having sex tonight either.
Source unknown...
Friday, July 06, 2007
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Old but great computer ads.. Times have changed. But they still rule
saw these at a site and being a techie cud not resist putting them here... we sure have come a long long way ....
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007
some interesting stuff...
saw this while stumbling on the net.. a pretty good thing.. reminded me of the time when i had to give a impromptu presentation and i choose how not to give a presentation.. i ended up getting some excellent reviews from the guy who had come and organized the workshop at syntel..
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
canada my home..
hmm so finally i landed up in Canada. nope its not a settlement, its like a longer term assignment. will be here for anything from a year to 3 depending on how i feel.. this is sure a luxury considering so many of my brethren are desperately trying to find the good life here..
Canada is strange place, u pay for banking, you get vehicles on lease and most disturbingly you pay tax for every thing u buy be it a food item, a house hold things or even bank service, u have to bloody do all ur chores urself.. no concept of a bai the quintessential savior for a bachelor in India who takes care of the cookin and the cleaning.. top this with the fact that incoming is not free and you kinda wonder what the hell is so good about his place that ppl want to come here and live .. i mean India is much much better.. granted you have the odd pain here and then but as they say no pain no gain.
been asked by a lot of folks desi and others about considering settling here full time.. they even suggested taking the shorter route, find a kudi and get married. my answer nope.. me is Indian my inner being feels most comfortable in India he he, seriously not too keen to get a Canadian desi wife.. dont think our frequencies will match and most importantly she not gonna give up her citizen ship and move with me to India, which is a prerequisite for me, also i guess marrige is 3-4 yrs away and insha allah i will be in India by then.. :)
i hope be a bit more frequent with this.. will add stuff from day to day exps and some stuff which i like..
so folks keep watching this page..
Canada is strange place, u pay for banking, you get vehicles on lease and most disturbingly you pay tax for every thing u buy be it a food item, a house hold things or even bank service, u have to bloody do all ur chores urself.. no concept of a bai the quintessential savior for a bachelor in India who takes care of the cookin and the cleaning.. top this with the fact that incoming is not free and you kinda wonder what the hell is so good about his place that ppl want to come here and live .. i mean India is much much better.. granted you have the odd pain here and then but as they say no pain no gain.
been asked by a lot of folks desi and others about considering settling here full time.. they even suggested taking the shorter route, find a kudi and get married. my answer nope.. me is Indian my inner being feels most comfortable in India he he, seriously not too keen to get a Canadian desi wife.. dont think our frequencies will match and most importantly she not gonna give up her citizen ship and move with me to India, which is a prerequisite for me, also i guess marrige is 3-4 yrs away and insha allah i will be in India by then.. :)
i hope be a bit more frequent with this.. will add stuff from day to day exps and some stuff which i like..
so folks keep watching this page..
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Is America's time UP ??
About the time our original 13 states adopted their new constitution, in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior:
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."
"The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence
1. From bondage to spiritual faith;
2. From spiritual faith to great courage;
3. From courage to liberty;
4. From liberty to abundance;
5. From abundance to complacency;
6. From complacency to apathy;
7. From apathy to dependence;
8. From dependence back into bondage "
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000 Presidential election
Population of counties won by: Gore: 127 million; Bush: 143 million;
Square miles of land won by: Gore: 580,000; Bush: 2,427,000
States won by: Gore: 19; Bush: 29
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Gore: 13.2; Bush 2.1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won was mostly the land owned by the tax-paying citizens of this great country.
Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off government welfare . . ."
Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some 40 percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.
If the Senate grants Amnesty and citizenship to 20 million criminal invaders called illegals and they vote, then goodbye USA in less than 5 years.
Pass this along to help everyone realize just how much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."
"The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence
1. From bondage to spiritual faith;
2. From spiritual faith to great courage;
3. From courage to liberty;
4. From liberty to abundance;
5. From abundance to complacency;
6. From complacency to apathy;
7. From apathy to dependence;
8. From dependence back into bondage "
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000 Presidential election
Population of counties won by: Gore: 127 million; Bush: 143 million;
Square miles of land won by: Gore: 580,000; Bush: 2,427,000
States won by: Gore: 19; Bush: 29
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Gore: 13.2; Bush 2.1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won was mostly the land owned by the tax-paying citizens of this great country.
Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off government welfare . . ."
Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some 40 percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.
If the Senate grants Amnesty and citizenship to 20 million criminal invaders called illegals and they vote, then goodbye USA in less than 5 years.
Pass this along to help everyone realize just how much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Glenn Beck...
when i was in dallas last month while surfing the tele, i came across a primetime show on CNN called "Glenn Beck". As the israeli-hizballa war was going on, it was the target of this persons "musings", this guy is so so right wing that you cant even begin to try to counter him.. hes like we the western world are the best and the custodian of peace etc etc while the muslims are all that can be wrong.. come on man thats clowning..
since i am back in the timezone i watch this programme.. right now this guy is giving the "western world" a crsh course in understanding the muslim world.. hes trying to define the use of some arabic words in the context of current world and not in the context they were originaly coined.. like Takeyya , shariaa law, the concept of divorce in particular to show that the western world is better then the muslims and that the only way to handle the islamic radicals is to nuke em... man this guy has forgotten what is happening in his own backyard.. no mention is made about the plural marriage happening in utah..
this guy is like the right wings chaps in india, the hawks in BJP, RSS etc who share his views.. of course there reasons are different but the final destination is the same.. the only saving grace for us is that in india such people do not have open access media.. in US this is not the case and there in lies the problem, a guy like this with full access to the people on a prime time channel like CNN is bad.. very bad.. now more then ever i belive in the saying "God Bless America"
since i am back in the timezone i watch this programme.. right now this guy is giving the "western world" a crsh course in understanding the muslim world.. hes trying to define the use of some arabic words in the context of current world and not in the context they were originaly coined.. like Takeyya , shariaa law, the concept of divorce in particular to show that the western world is better then the muslims and that the only way to handle the islamic radicals is to nuke em... man this guy has forgotten what is happening in his own backyard.. no mention is made about the plural marriage happening in utah..
this guy is like the right wings chaps in india, the hawks in BJP, RSS etc who share his views.. of course there reasons are different but the final destination is the same.. the only saving grace for us is that in india such people do not have open access media.. in US this is not the case and there in lies the problem, a guy like this with full access to the people on a prime time channel like CNN is bad.. very bad.. now more then ever i belive in the saying "God Bless America"
Toronto week one..
Week one in toronto has been ok.. the office work is yet to begin.. it should start next week in earnest I hope.
Me leaving the marriot for a service apartment in the downtown area, would not be cheap around 103 CAD per night but then the company is footing the bill so all well here.
Went to the eaton center today, man these Canadian sure know how to make the malls. . This mall in particular of 4 stories (including the basement) and has around 250 shops. People tell me that during the winter when the temp goes below -15C this the place where most Canadian head to in the Toronto area, after spending around 2 hrs to check each floor I headed out to the yonge street, this is along with the bloor street the direction setters of the downtown area. The place also has the world largest book store.
It’s a chapters and indigo store and man it was BIG.. found so many books that I have been looking to buying but ones which I could not locate in stores… spent about 2 hrs in the single section area only .. would be going there often to pass time. Post the book store it was back on the street.. I spied a Lebanese store selling you know “shawarma” its been like 2 yrs when I had this particular dish in Israel. Loved it again plan to visit this place..
During the week went to this Indian restaurant called “Indian Hut”.. the buffet was pretty cool though it cost me 20CAD tip inclusive.. the nan was pretty cool… better then what I have had in India..
Next weekend hopefully I am planning for a trip to Niagara.. plan to go there once again during the winter to see the difference if any.. and about the winter well its around the corner here in Canada. Starting September things should get cold… hopefully I can get my royal ass out of here before the real COLD begins.. nahi to lag gaye geeeee..
Me leaving the marriot for a service apartment in the downtown area, would not be cheap around 103 CAD per night but then the company is footing the bill so all well here.
Went to the eaton center today, man these Canadian sure know how to make the malls. . This mall in particular of 4 stories (including the basement) and has around 250 shops. People tell me that during the winter when the temp goes below -15C this the place where most Canadian head to in the Toronto area, after spending around 2 hrs to check each floor I headed out to the yonge street, this is along with the bloor street the direction setters of the downtown area. The place also has the world largest book store.
It’s a chapters and indigo store and man it was BIG.. found so many books that I have been looking to buying but ones which I could not locate in stores… spent about 2 hrs in the single section area only .. would be going there often to pass time. Post the book store it was back on the street.. I spied a Lebanese store selling you know “shawarma” its been like 2 yrs when I had this particular dish in Israel. Loved it again plan to visit this place..
During the week went to this Indian restaurant called “Indian Hut”.. the buffet was pretty cool though it cost me 20CAD tip inclusive.. the nan was pretty cool… better then what I have had in India..
Next weekend hopefully I am planning for a trip to Niagara.. plan to go there once again during the winter to see the difference if any.. and about the winter well its around the corner here in Canada. Starting September things should get cold… hopefully I can get my royal ass out of here before the real COLD begins.. nahi to lag gaye geeeee..
Toronto... Day one
wrote this before.. posting now...
So finally we are here. Hmm so far the place looks pretty good esp the hotel.
Only problem being that the great one is early, the check does not begin till 3PM and the jack ass who left the room left it late and so I wait here in the hotel lobby. Most of the folks here are here for the convention (read below) so I am wondering are they all infected he he .. There were some 5 odd middle eastern dudes taking in Arabic, these buggers keep looking at me as if I am sheik hasan nasaralla.. who by the way added a big feather in his cap with the beginning of the cease fire. Not only did he survive the onslaught but his fighters gave the Israelis a taste of there own medicine. hezballa is now going to have a major major say in the middle east political secne… that much is for sure.
I see people look at me and they must be wondering what this sardar is doing in this fundu place.. the bottom line here is that they do not know who they have just seen. This is there once in a life time opportunity to meet and see the “O mighty great one “
At the airport I saw and felt what is called as the “profiling” phenomena for the first time in 5 travels overseas. After I completed my immigration, this big dude stops me and begins to ask some very stupid ques.. like how much money I have, what I will do in Canada and the kind of I do.. I told him that I design billing and CRM soln and he yes ok that great like he understood anything. Then that jackass marked something on my slip and when I tried to exit the terminal I was told to go through this custom clearance.
Could not figure out what the hell was happening until saw most of my kind waiting for there at the inspection area? Then the reality struck me and I said so we Indians, esp the sardars are not trusted and trust me if we are not trusted in Canada esp Toronto then there is no bloody place where we can trusted.. We bloody practically run the country..
Anyways this dude walks in, he’s called “delta 2” by a fellow agent and that’s when I relaxed, figured that the famed “delta 2” has some extra ques for me. He did the scan of my baggage and told me to show all the USD I had.. I showed him that and in addition showed the TC receipts. The dude then got another brain wave, he asked me to open my suitcase. I said yo man here you go. And then this dude went through the sides of my suitcase expecting to find god knows what.Maybe gold biscuits or drugs... Anyways once he was satisfied he said I am done buddy you can go... And go I did.
Once outside in the air of Canada, I looked for a taxi walla, there was this one guy who came to me and said “you wanta a ride “ I said yo and he said where to. I gave him the hotel name and he said you here for the AIDS convention.. I said no way man.. And he said “AIDS is everywhere” and I said I don’t have IT…
The limo chap (yes I hired a limo to announce the grand coming of the great one) was a rasta kind a guy, would not stop yapping about in the car. Gave me a good idea where I was heading, told me that there was a AIDS convention at my hotel and he figured I was the Indian representative.. Now that’s a god one.. Here is a guy waiting for some action only to be labeled as a veteran that too with post war syndrome he he
So finally we are here. Hmm so far the place looks pretty good esp the hotel.
Only problem being that the great one is early, the check does not begin till 3PM and the jack ass who left the room left it late and so I wait here in the hotel lobby. Most of the folks here are here for the convention (read below) so I am wondering are they all infected he he .. There were some 5 odd middle eastern dudes taking in Arabic, these buggers keep looking at me as if I am sheik hasan nasaralla.. who by the way added a big feather in his cap with the beginning of the cease fire. Not only did he survive the onslaught but his fighters gave the Israelis a taste of there own medicine. hezballa is now going to have a major major say in the middle east political secne… that much is for sure.
I see people look at me and they must be wondering what this sardar is doing in this fundu place.. the bottom line here is that they do not know who they have just seen. This is there once in a life time opportunity to meet and see the “O mighty great one “
At the airport I saw and felt what is called as the “profiling” phenomena for the first time in 5 travels overseas. After I completed my immigration, this big dude stops me and begins to ask some very stupid ques.. like how much money I have, what I will do in Canada and the kind of I do.. I told him that I design billing and CRM soln and he yes ok that great like he understood anything. Then that jackass marked something on my slip and when I tried to exit the terminal I was told to go through this custom clearance.
Could not figure out what the hell was happening until saw most of my kind waiting for there at the inspection area? Then the reality struck me and I said so we Indians, esp the sardars are not trusted and trust me if we are not trusted in Canada esp Toronto then there is no bloody place where we can trusted.. We bloody practically run the country..
Anyways this dude walks in, he’s called “delta 2” by a fellow agent and that’s when I relaxed, figured that the famed “delta 2” has some extra ques for me. He did the scan of my baggage and told me to show all the USD I had.. I showed him that and in addition showed the TC receipts. The dude then got another brain wave, he asked me to open my suitcase. I said yo man here you go. And then this dude went through the sides of my suitcase expecting to find god knows what.Maybe gold biscuits or drugs... Anyways once he was satisfied he said I am done buddy you can go... And go I did.
Once outside in the air of Canada, I looked for a taxi walla, there was this one guy who came to me and said “you wanta a ride “ I said yo and he said where to. I gave him the hotel name and he said you here for the AIDS convention.. I said no way man.. And he said “AIDS is everywhere” and I said I don’t have IT…
The limo chap (yes I hired a limo to announce the grand coming of the great one) was a rasta kind a guy, would not stop yapping about in the car. Gave me a good idea where I was heading, told me that there was a AIDS convention at my hotel and he figured I was the Indian representative.. Now that’s a god one.. Here is a guy waiting for some action only to be labeled as a veteran that too with post war syndrome he he
Monday, September 11, 2006
9/11
today is the 5th anniversary of 9/11.. looking at the tele today it seems like it happened yesterday.. all the US channels are full of 9/11 stories, of the attackers, of the memorials, of survivor stories etc etc.. of all the things the ppl of US havet acknowledged the fact that this was something that was in the comming... when america plays the "International Whore", sleeping with anyone who serves her short term purpose , you do offend some ppl.. in this case osama.. i am not saying that what happened on 9/11 is just.. inocent blood no matter how worthy the cause can never be justified period.
Bush is busy beating the same old drum that america is not safe.... hell if we had him as the indian leader we would have wiped out pakistan, sri lanka and our other nations in our local area.. indians have lived in terror for the last 20 odd years at the least.. be it in punjab, kashmir and other places, yet we never hear that we are not safe.. that every one who is remotely looking like a muslim is a terrorist.. is it that we are too easy going or is that we understand that the action of few can never be used to judge the whole community...
anyways the longer bush and DC stay in power, the more difficult it will be the american ppl to move on.. these ppl will continue to use this event to meet there political ambitions.. you should hear DC speak.. its as if all ppl who dont share ur his view of the "war on terror" are enemies of the state.. thats is BULL SHIT
Bush is busy beating the same old drum that america is not safe.... hell if we had him as the indian leader we would have wiped out pakistan, sri lanka and our other nations in our local area.. indians have lived in terror for the last 20 odd years at the least.. be it in punjab, kashmir and other places, yet we never hear that we are not safe.. that every one who is remotely looking like a muslim is a terrorist.. is it that we are too easy going or is that we understand that the action of few can never be used to judge the whole community...
anyways the longer bush and DC stay in power, the more difficult it will be the american ppl to move on.. these ppl will continue to use this event to meet there political ambitions.. you should hear DC speak.. its as if all ppl who dont share ur his view of the "war on terror" are enemies of the state.. thats is BULL SHIT
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Genesis...
well after a long time I finally got around to writing my blog... though I have been writing my thoughts from time to time.. finally decided to take the plunge and start blogging.. mostly will be blogging as and when I have something to write which could be very frequently or once in a blue moon..... so keep watching this page...
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