Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Boxing Day !!

This Boxing day was a memorable day for me.Before this when I hear boxing day the only thing that comes into my mind is the Cricket test matches and the EPL matches that are played this day.
But nowthat I'm away from home(India) I know this day is a special day for retailers also.There are sales all over the country and stores come up with attractive deals.I heard that you get to see big queues in front of the stores by 6 AM.
We were also ready to give a try.So we decided to go to "Future Shop" by 5:30 AM.To be honest I have not seen 5:30 for quite a while now.That is the spirit !!!! We had browsed through the store web site and decided on the items to buy.
when we came out of the house it was snowing like anything.The biggest snowfall of the year.There was snow everywhere and we could not see a single person on the road.I had a second thought whether to really go out in the aweful weather.We decided to go finally.There were no buses and we had to walk in the snow.Snow was not cleared as it was early in the morning.
Finally we reached the store by 6:30.I was surprised to see a loooooooooooooong queue in front of the store.It was amazing!!!!There were cars all over the parking lot.This is not fair :-(We were walking in the damn snow and some people came in their cars.We were in the queue for sometime before we could enter into the store.
Finally when we were in the store some of the items that we decided to take were already sold out and we also missed some other good deals.We got some deals too.

It was a good experience.I will not forget it :)

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Under severe pain

Over the last 2 days I am experiencing severe pain which is comparable to the whole thing that i had to face in my entire life.
Yes it is a bad tooth :(

"To go to a doctor here is not wise" thats what i hear from all the people.

I am well versed in pain killers and amoxycillin now.Thanks to google and my pain.

I really hope this is not gonna continue..

It is in these circumstances that You miss your home badly :(

My home In Ottawa



My House in Ottawa........

Monday, December 11, 2006

In Ottawa finally

The big journey ended finally and I came out of Ottawa airport by 7:45.Had enough time to sip a french vanila from Tim Hortons.
Took a cab and reached home by 8:30.

My home for the next few months........

Toronto awaits

Reached Toronoto by 4 in the evening.I was totally exhausted.After the security check had to rush for the next flight to Ottawa.

At Frankfurt

Frankfurt is one of the biggest airport in the world.I had to walk for about half an hour to get to the gate for the next flight to Toronto.
I had almost 3 hours at Frankfurt.
I could see people from all parts of the world there.It was a good experience.

By noon was ready to cross the mighty Atlantic.

My first onsite.......

I was very excited when I first heard about it from my managers.I just had a few days to get ready.
On the day I was leaving I was so busy that I left office only at 7:15. I virtually didnt have any food the entire day and was out of gas.Finally when I reached home I had only 2 hours to do the packing and all.
I put whatever I can in the 2 big bags and rushed to the airport.Thankfully my flight was at 3:30 AM.
I kept calling home every 30 minutes :)

It was a long wait.......

Finally at around 3:15 I boarded the flight and was all set to go