Monday, December 25, 2006

There's something about a Wall

Its a known menace. It looks Funny rather weird. Its one thing which only men can do. Women i would say have enough elegance to not do it lest i infuriate the 'Equal Rights for Women' :-D
Its not endemic its fit enough to be called as an epidemic - its what all of us men would have done as kids or some of you lazy rascals still do it - Its
Loosing it on a wall

Recently on my trip to India i delivered my first duties as a Glotizen. I created some public awareness about not loosing it on a wall. I with another friend was waiting to pick up a guy from outside a subway station. Little did we realize that we had parked next to a 'Wall' - Not any common wall - not even the great wall of china but the Pissing Wall. The time around 6 in the evening a time when everyone would be rushing from their work to homes and in that rush hour one lucky guy decided to pay homage to the wall. Lucky was he that a Glotizen was there - i let him have his moment of ecstasy while i waited for mine.

Now how embarrassing would this be - U loose it one moment and another guy Wins it the other. So i called this guy who was about to go on his way from the car- he comes innocently thinking that i might ask him about the time or stuff but i pop a simple question - Why did u do that? and his first reaction - He smiles and my first reaction - Drop Dead Look with a big '?' on my face.

His Answer - I'm Sorry and then i lost it :-D
Similar thing happened with another guy after this in the same fashion. first he lost it on the wall then i lost it on him.

It was funny as my friend in the car was laughing his ass off all the time but its serious.

Guys Trust me there's nuthing about the wall.

X'mas DnD - The Birth of the Glotizen

That stands for X'mas Dinner and Debate. We went to Gary's and Vip's Place for X'mas Dinner or rather dinner. Around 9 people, Great food followed by a Great debate -

'Can the Growing population or the already high population of India be dealt with or not?'

The conclusion to the debate never came out but the ride to try to find a conclusion was healthy enough because it took my down the road to the time of 1960's when the Asian Tiger were in full economic boom in Malaysia and Taiwan to the time of economic reforms in India in the 1990's to the current Nuclear Deal between India and USA to some Bush Bashing to Harper Spanking to
China to not underestimating the role of technology to bring about awareness to the masses.

Interestingly as i sat on the sides watching this debate take place i realized that people now are to my surprise more apt to the thought of being a 'Global Citizen' also to be known as 'Glotizen' with a lil bias to their native country.

Why i feel so?

Consider Indians in Canada - as we talked about stuff last night - i felt a sense of frustration prevailing among the room where people wanted to do stuff or people who are doing stuff but not being able to take it to the point that they can see a tangible result of their inputs. One common point which came up again and again was that those people are not on Ground Zero so at some point or the other the entire picture which the people here hold of the situation there is not completely clear. Clearly those people want to do stuff not for their own country but anyone who needs it. The fall back of being a Glotizen is clearly that it is gonna aid in increasing the disparity between the Developed and the Developing Nations but think about it this way if we are able to good Glotizen's then single handedly we would be able to have a great impact on the growing phenomenon of America Vs Islam as a Glotizen would be a living example of tolerance and working together for a common cause.

Thoughts/Comments/Feedback??

Thursday, December 21, 2006

My Great Indian Vacation

Damn you ilia - You Joked that I'll be back in Toronto for X'mas and I'm Here :-D to celebrate my first White Winters.

Ways to Spend a Vacation in India??
1) Go to an exotic Beach in Goa or Kerela or stay at a coffee plantation in Coorg and splurge on goodies.
2) Visit Temples of South India or Camel Rides through Rajasthan.
3) Visit Paradise on Earth - Kashmir
or
My Vacation:

Lost 2 of my Grandparents at the age of 80 or above. Both were kicking ass till the end. I liked them both. Got to meet the whole of family far and wide both sides. Met my GF's family. Yes our parents gave us their blessings. Surprisingly everyone from her side found me to be an innocent looking. lol.

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Jingle Bell Jingle Bell - Toronto

The other probable headings for this post could have been
1) My Xmas Holiday Party
2) The Drinking Fish
3) Meeting the Chan's or Lekhter's or Ilancheran's or Medina's

But i choose to keep it 'Jingle Bell Jingle Bell - Toronto' because I'm hoping that I would get to attend another Xmas party back in India again which i hope would be equally amazing.

Got to know only yesterday morning that there's a dress code for the party. Damn the Social Committee. lol !!
Luckily had picked up a Sports Coat 4 days back so teamed it up with black Pants and a Matching Shirt and i was all set to party!!
This was my first Western Party as per say. Been to parties before here in Toronto but this was a strict evening wear gig. Thanks to the Social Committee for this. lol!!

The agenda was simple
6.30 - 7.30 : Cocktails
7.30 - 9.30 : Dinner
9.30 - Dawn : Dance

So i reached the venue which was an Old Church which is now rented out for parties. We(me, Michelle, Eric and couple of other guys) were the last to leave the office and the first one's to reach the venue.

Met Chris and Krysta then came Mike and Binita then came Ilia and Amanda then came Winnie and drinks. :-D

High on Wine and special Holiday cocktail the party was great until the DJ I'll refer to him as the Bishop starting playing music. He was seriously enlightened by Black Eyed Peas - because every 3'rd number which he was playing was by them. Other numbers were by Rihanna, Kenny Loggins (Foot Loose) Even played a Punjabi Number but the best number of the evening was Mararena when the Winnie Started swimming on the Stage with Chris, Ravi and another lady.

Hilarious !! Ravi could do the hand movement but the ass simply was'nt moving - lol

Did a couple of shots with the Russian Mafia (Ilia, Nick and they found another Russian brother from a different mother)

All in All a great way to end my second tour of Canada.
Hope to be back soon.

Adios.