People awakened by frost quakes' thunderous booms | CP24.com

People awakened by frost quakes' thunderous booms | CP24.com

It's been atleast few times in past 1 week that past mid night, i would wake up with a big bang, i felt as if there's someone at the door or in our garage, went out with a flash light to find out there's nothing.

Yesterday, I was convinced that I had a uninvited guest at my place - was urging to call up the cops to find out as it was too cold to go out, stayed up for 30mins and then went to sleep

I am now relieved that i didnt call up, seems some of the people did call up their local police suspecting a break in..!

Heard that there're some parts of Canada where the weather is abnormal , -45c ???

For folks who are commuting by bus, my advise - stay home - stay warm!

Good luck

Half Moon...

Captured this moment...I couldnt resist taking this pic, it's 11.30pm ET on Sunday, was getting ready to goto bed and could see a half moon on a clear sky..guess what i could think....click! :)

Niagara Falls... Canada View

Niagara Falls.... Victoria Day Celebration...

Ottawa Tulip Festival

The Canadian Tulip Festival......2012.

Scenic view from Blue Mountains...

Full Moon over the Ontario Lake...

Merry Christmas...!

Visit to Trichur....

Rightly said..time flies.. Its been over 2 weeks now since i reached kerala, it was the September 12th afternoon, I reached TVM and was very much excited to see the beautiful TVM, always felt excited as a kid to visit Kerala during my summer vacation, and at the end of the vacation - when it time to pack bags - i used to feel very disappointed that its finally over.. Nostalgic indeed, i recolllect all those memories with my brother & sis , we used to like a lot being in kerala - it was our Disneyland...lol.. Its a bad feeling when you know that your vacation days are almost over, as i type - i realize that i'll be back in Mississauga on 3rd Oct, just got hardly another week with my family in Ahmedabad...

Believe every vacation has its own memories to cherish, some of the small things which i loved the most is watching as you are entering kerala either via rail or air, sheès always a beauty to watch - lush green land , surrounded by coconut trees , lot of plantation - aerial view has its edge as you get to see the beach laid out like a garland... This time - I enjoyed the scenic look from our window seat, could enjoy the aircraft making its way in between the lined up coconut trees - as if guarding the way to the air strip.. From TVM, my first visit to a city was - Thirunavaya, place close to Trichur, we took train from TVM to Trichur - took us an overnight journey to reach here, The locals here are very helpful, were very keen in helping us out with the commute to the holy river, the commute was lil painful as the roads were not built yet, totally uneven, it may take double the time to commute and painful too, so most means of transport was not available - no one was willing to service the customers at a reasonable rates. Finally, we took the private bus to Thirunavaya,

I clicked some photos , i tried capturing the beautiful sight of this river - `Bharata puzha`:: the holy ganges of kerala, we were here for few hrs, offered prayers - visited the temple . To my surprise - i wore a mund - traditional wear supposed to put on if you want to enter temple premises, thats the only attire allowed within the temple premise, since i didnt wanted to be left out, i purchased the muund (costing me Rs140) and could enter the premises to offer prayers and enjoy the delicious sweet prasadam, then from there on - we started our onwards journey to Trichur, we had to be in Engadiyoor, a small town again close to Guruvayoor..

Given the road conditions and very limited commute options, we took a rick to nearest bus stop.. and a state bus to Engadiyoor, it was over 2hrs journey includes 30min roller coaster ride to the bus stop... thts something which none of us will forget...!! By late afternoon, we were able to reach Engaidyoor to meet our relatives, after taking some rest, visited Guruvyaoor temple in the evening, it was reasonable crowded, we could get the `darshana``, had dinner and got ready for our return journey, we took the train back to TVM, it was very early AM when we reached... In my next post - i will be sharing some of my interesting experiences in TVM.. city thats changing - but something remains unchanged...!!

Random shots...

Edison to Mississauga.... Journey to remember..

Its been a long long while since i got online and share my thoughts...!

I wasnt sure till this very second that i'll come online and miss my blog...and will think of writing something.
I dont remember how long it has been, been away for no reason as such, not facebook or any other stuff, its sheer laziness?

For a reason if i need to write - i liked the thought of writing about the new place - Mississauga - Ontario, Canada.
Here i am - after having spent over 7 years in US and having stayed away from my sweet home.. for a long long while..
I cannot imagine that i would have travelled across to a bone chilling place.

Just as i thought..i would simply drive pass thru the Rainbrow bridge - taking the snaps and enjoying the scenic view of Niagra falls into Canada, together with an adorable navigator, guess who? :)

We started early at 6am ET from Edison, it took us approx 11-12hrs to arrive at Rainbrow bridge, we want to reach our new home
as early as possible, were really tired by the heavy lifting we did day before to load the Upack container.. which i hired to shift our stuff to Canada, thanks to those angels who came by to help us out wth moving and cleaning up the place.... i really think i'm fortunate to have good friends around.. who made it happen!


Well, coming back to where I left: Immigration check was smooth and honestly speaking - the officials were friendly & co-operative, we drove past the check-point and realized that It was getting late, we reached my friends apartment (400 web drive) at around 6p ET, where Mr Mahesh Rane & family were waiting to welcome us, we had a wonderful time with Mahesh, Monali & little champ (Om), we stayed over with the family - till we got our place setup, they both have been extremely helpful.

Its almost 10pm in the evening now.. while I'm starting to wrap up to hit bed now... I realize Anu will be in office by now,
she is in Seoul, she left for Seoul - hardly a week after our move to Canada.
She's there for 8 weeks for a short term assignment, returning 2nd week of August.. guess what then.. our vacation is coming up in 1st week of September for a month!! Really need this vacation! cannot wait more to see my family! It's been a long time since i met them.. really feeling home sick! :)

Well thats all for the day now -- I'll be returning soon with some more updates re my Mississauga experience..
Uploading a random shot i took from my balcony... celebration square, happening place in Missisauga.. more to come on this on my next blog..!

AVATAR..

“Avatar” Wins with NY Online Film Critics..
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Our first wedding anniversary!

What had started as a train journey to Time Square to see the Ball Drop on New Year's Eve became a journey for a lifetime...our journey together...

Wedding Invite..

Coming Soon...Revisiting Niagra falls...

Visited the territory of whales...Atlantic ocean..

Captured this pictures kept at display at WTC Path station, remembering 9/11....

Away for a while...

Yes..i felt bored of blogging..need to admit it..thats the reason i stayed away for a while...got a new passion - orkutting :) yupp..new is always intriguing..found many old pals..reunion is the key.. really liked it.. nice and interesting theory behind it.. will drop more details sometime..till then... take care..stay tuned..!!

cheers..

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Njoy!!

Sunset at Liberty Park

Strange Thoughts..

I have set my mind free to think and cross all limits of weird thoughts & imagination..just am trying to pendown what a strayed mind could think and imagine..

Its a cliche when i read this.."It seems as if the time stood still for a while..."
Indeed fictional but what if this could be true..lets retrace MIB, Will smith and Tommy lee jones had the wisdom to freeze time for that moment..what if we get a device..wht would you do?? can you imagine? Lets go beyond that Not only you can freeze the moment..but you have the luxury of time travel.. here you have a limitation, you need to choose either you can time travel in past OR future & a moment you can freeze..wht would it be??

"I would go back to my childhood days..cherish those moments..happier and the funniest moments i had with my friends & family.." Having spent those moments i would have good enuff fuel left to spent my next 5 months before vacation ie. July in US..
and then when i go back home & when its the time to come over i wud freeze the moment.."

Beam me up scotty..does this lines ring any bells.. Caption Kirk..starship Enterprise..STARTREK..one of the most successful serials on tube..
ever Imagined if you get that luxury of asking someone to beam you up anywhere you wish..well then i guess that would be headache for the Immigration auth. in US as i would be leaving US every now and then...even if i had to drink a cup of tea i would reach home and yell at my mom to prepare it soon as i need to catch up with my work..
Imagine rushing for breakfast as you would be back in office in US...have good time with family in the evening..at dinner and then have a sound sleep at home..set an alarm that cud break ur sleep early morning..dress up like a dude.. work in US..stay in India..no worries abt ur accomodation and commute..just say a word Beam me up scotty..

New Year Greetings....