Bienvenue au CANADA

Its the biggest thing that happened in my life that made an absolute 180 degree change in my career. Lots and lots of changes happened back and forth in that seemed like getting me nowhere. Just to reiterate that whole big saying from Alchemist, "If with whole heart you desire and choose to follow your dreams, the whole world will turn around and aid you reach your destiny". And thats precisely what happened. I received an admit to pursue doctoral studies in the so-called MIT of North America, University of waterloo, in the field of applied mathematics. That basically means the problem of choices in here is solved. I am not gonna bother justifying the choice I made , because I haven't done much on this side of the shore. I need to really do something before I even start thinking of how worthy is this for me. I call this phase of my life, as "being happy" ofcourse at a corner of the mind still uttering, "intruded into a foreign land"

Life changed and it changed for the good, I guess. Most importantly my brother made a job, and I should say I can't be much happier than that at any point of time in my life and that sweet news had to come only when I left the country ending up not getting a chance to congratulate him personally. As a gift (Oops !! I jus realised that I have never done this before) from the elder brother , I bought him a brand new laptop. Although I do torture him with my brotherly advices every now and then, the truth is I still love him and I desperately want him to move out of the country, to shape his career. It might be a little burdensome for my parents, but being a family of professional engineers teaching all through their life, I hope they will know how to manage. With technology growing at such a high pace, reaching them at any point of time will be just a matter of few seconds.

I landed in this country, with hopes of doing something different, something that will change my life and may be someone else's life too further down the line if not in the immediate future. When sun arose on 7th September 2007, it stayed up for more than 36 hours just for me untill I finally landed at Pearson International Airport, wishing that I will do something useful in life not only to myself but also to the human kind. I got some really good roommates for which I am very thankful of, Sumanjit singh, as cool as cucumber, Punjab kaa puthar, but a Permanent Resident here, doing masters in electrical engineering, Mukesh Meshram, a gem of a person, originally marathi, (altho he is a gujarati for me for some strange reasons .Mukesh, I beg your pardon here !! ), doing ph.D in chemical, Ravindra reddy (cool post doc chap) , from near hyd but lived in bang for the past 12 years and One more yet to join us. Some very cool snaps of them are here !!
and new friends whom I made , Thenmozhi Shanmugam ('zh' needs to be pronounced as 'lh') It was fun hearing this name from my room mates, sorry for u ! then !!, doing Masters in business entrepreneurship and technology, vow doesnt it ring a bell, coming from good ol Coimbatore district. A perfect example for "good and sweet things come in a short package", doing masters in civil engineering. She is the most cutest girl I have ever seen in life. I simply can't resist myself thinking how well I gotto know her in such a short span of time. ( Did I ? pls tell me I did !!! ) This Chatter box (sorry!!) becomes wild when somebody tells her, "Grow up girl". I dunno why but, I simply adore her for being that way. Forgot to mention, She is also a very very bold person who could walk me all the way from MC to Ride safe (Huff ;-))even if it is pitch dark. My office mate Alex shum, (I got his name up correctly this time!) doing Masters in applied math under the same supervisor, as mine, a never say die, do it last minute, cool canadian to hang around with. we spend a lot of time chatting than working, and several other co-grad students in the math dept. Its been a really wonderful term getting to know many and many new people in my life all at once.


Fall 2007 had made me quite busy with 2 courses and 2 T.A's ( first experience with black board and a chalk, teaching calculus to kids, nervous initally , but unbelievably exciting ). Most of my research was concentrated on cooking this term. I was a freshmen, when I begun, but offlate, I have excelled in preparing italian delicacies. Its quite an achievement for me !! (Welcome home any time)



Boy oh boy need I say more about Canada. Its terribly cold out here. Simply love to watch snow all day long hearing mild, slow and romantic songs in the background. Its been truely a pleasant stay so far. Altho, I definitely miss my home and friends back home, it seems like I found a new home and a family here. And the life continues.....