A red Maple leaf

Hi all,

Greetings from the land of thousand lakes.I am fine and blessed here.This is a post on some of my recent pics.

I stay at 103,West lodge avenue,lansdown & this is just a temp location,will be shifting to Scarborough soon.Its like moving from A.P to tamil nadu,the former is a Telugu settlement & the latter is a tamil settlement.

This is the balcony view from my home...


The place around is lush and green,u see black men,white men,chinkis,gypsies,sardarjis,a lot of salwar & kameez,stores with tamil boards,its preciesly a cleaner & colder India.i mean it,a very very cleaner India.

This is the West lodge avenue.

I stay at 5th floor,room# 505,its a 19 storey building.






























Now that's 103 behind me & tropicana on my hand.
This is how every apartment in toronto look like,they are cheap & good.It comes with a electric stove,a couch,a dining table,Hot & cold water all the time,and its around 800 C.A.D,that's just 36,000 INR.






Wednesday,09.09.09,me & Mr.kumaran we met up & discussed some arrangements & then he was on shopping i joined him.we were at dundas square,amazing place.That's were you have one of those 'Hard rock cafe'.Then we ate at some chow-min-jin-yang-shu restaurant,i donno to read chinese .Thank God the food was safe to me,jus steamed rice & cooked veggies & above all he paid the Bill ;-).Who will say no to free food.

And today,i went to college to register the subjects of my choice and to ask the student id card,this country needs the card for everything,from buses to bathrooms.









What you see behind me is 'Prayer palace,a huge church.Its just 2 min walk from my college'




















This is Synergy business college.


Well that's all for now.i will post more on the journey from chennai to toronto,i haven't got those photos yet.

I donno who named the drink 'Canada Dry',its green & fresh..Its Canada Fresh...

That's all folks !!!

Cheers,
-Rathan-

Sleeping with the enemy

Hi all,
It's been a long time i posted a blog & now i don't find any other better job..so i am back...
There were lots'a interesting stuff happening in my life & i will post them frequently,but for now its a sad story.
Aug 14th was a normal,sun n shiny,sweat n sultry day in chennai,having no one at room i was having a big time phone talk with anu(a.k.a karunya,my fiancee),those who don't know that i'm engaged,now get enlightened..yes,i am committed n engaged.coming back to the story,the long chat was interrupted by kannan,asking whether we could lunch out..i gladly yes'ed..i was very hungry n gorged on kerela chicken fry n the typical kerala rice'..then i took a nap..n when i woke up i found myself burning,so as everyone does i had a paracetamol n slept.I had a tight packed schedule for independence day..Mornin 5.30 communion service,9.30 church retreat till 4.30 eve @ v.g.p beach resort n to end up 5.00 pm,a rock concert which i was most awaiting,two spectacular bands are playin..when my alarm banged at 4.30,early in the mornin,i woke up and found a different story,i was shivering n burning.unfortunately there was no one at room,n some how i managed the whole day.
As the evening peeped in,i couldn't take in any longer.Then came my guardian angel in an auto.Anu took me to Laxmi hospital,where we always used to go & The rest is the story.My temp was 103.6 and i was put up in the ICU,My brother sudhan(he calls himself Anto.d.park) was informed and he broke the Rock show and came.15th to 19th;four real-tough days,I had fever fluctuating between 100-102,i was sweating all the day,6 bottles of some medicine goin thru my veins every day which is added up by tablets,tonics & a very restricted diet.'Man,typhoid is such a wretched disease',these were the exact words the doctor said.friends came up in shifts ,anu came in the evening and left in the nights,sudhan was there from afternoon till night.My mom came on monday,the 17th & she had tough time with chennai's weather.Now the interesting thing is,the typhoid count was 320,which was severe when i was admitted,when checked again on 18th it was 640 ? ! ? !,but the doctor said its a ladder kind'a disease,it would raise up and gradually come down,these words were a relief.Praise God my temp dint shoot up after 19th afternoon,we waited till saturday,the 22nd and we flew back home(My first ever flight experience).Guys google says its due to some food(includes milk & water) contamination,So watch out before u eat-out.
I wanna thank all of u,who prayed for me,You people are truly God-sent.Hey forgot to tell u,i am leaving to canada on sep 2nd.These days at hospital were the days when God spoke to me thru the Bible,one of the best conversations that i've ever had with Jesus(i'll blog about it later).Now i am at home eating a no oil,no spice & :-( NO NON-VEG :-( diet (Grrrrrrr....i hate typhoid),praying in the morning,reading Bible,taking rest,watching t.v some times,checkin my orkut & fb on mobile and above all sleeping with my enemy,Salmonella typhi....
Cheers,
R :-)

She

I gotta tell You something,
and i have this in my heart all time;
may be today is the right day.

You're there when i wanted,
even when i don't call u.
You are precious,
At times i feel i don't deserve You,
But you are still there for me.

You are an angel in Satan's attire
a devil in disguise.

You gave me birth,You grew me up,
You showed me what love is,You excited me,
You ignited a feeling in me that
i have never felt before,
and i thought i knew you very well,
but you are still a mystery.

You are like chilled lemonade
on a hot summer day

I heard the preacher said that
Adam was sleeping when eve was formed,
So its natural i cant understand You;
Never mind God dint ask me to understand
But just love You.

You are a whirlpool,i like dying in
A joyful pain to live with.

I wonder You never get tired,
active & bubbly 24x7
How You managed to give me
early breakfasts & a very late dinners.
Why were You awake all night for my exams?
How do You understand me ?
How good You love me ?
How much You care for me,even if i don't.

You are for sure,God sent
You are nothing,but a blessing to me


You are female,a part of me...
Thy name is Woman

I love You.

Cheers,
R


Dedicated to Amma, Karunya & many other Women who are a great part in shaping my life.

|| Happy Woman's day||

4 C's in 3 months

Hi all,

Peace be with you. Hope things are fine at your end.Yes, i am doing well. It may sound absurd but on the basis of "Better-late-than-never" I’d like to wish you all a very happy new year. Sorry i dint blog for quite sometime now. Well people i have to say that my life took a topsy turvy turn.

~ || CSS || ~

Sep 21'2007, the very first day I started my career with Cybernet slash support, as a support engineer. My perspective was mostly BPO jobs are nothing but getting fired by an american gun, but this one dint turn bad to me. Almost 20+ people were there on the training batch. Six months down the lane I was the only survivor, The Last Samurai.

Dec 20'2008,early morning around 2.20 a.m,that was the last time i told "Is there anything else that i can help you ?",the american on the other end, I still remember his name, it was Joel & he said "No man,i am fine, You have done a wonderfull job”, it sounded to me as if CSS told me that, and i closed the call,"allright then, thanks for calling Real networks, You have a wonderful day there”, when i knew that he is no more in the other end, i told to myself "You as well”. I dint quit the bpo job, coz i hated (means i love it), it’s a pursuit of finding a better job, and i am on it

~ || CHRISTMAS || ~

So happily jobless i started to nagercoil to spend the Christmas there with my relatives.t'was good;sumptuous food, new clothes, happy times with relatives(i just lied),cousin's engagement, so on & so forth, last Christmas was too good, the only thing that lacked was the Christ himself. People were too busy celebrating Christmas they almost forgot the reason. That’s what i say "Sick Reality".Anyways the New Year’s Eve was good, Came back to Chennai.

~ || CANADA || ~

Most of you must have known that i am was trying to pursue my masters in Canada. I got offers from George brown college(Wireless networking) and Niagara College(business administration).I got everything ready;admission,hostel & staying arrangements, bank loan almost everything that i needed to fly, but there was something that kicked my butt very badly was VISA.I applied for Jan'08 intake, I never got a reply,niether a Yes nor a No. Then i cancelled and re-applied for Sep'08 and still they are thinking about it.

It wasn’t easy for me to accept this,coz at one point of time i seriously desired to go there, yes i desired those maple leaves so badly.I think i shouldn’t have pasted my Photo on the application, they might have thought that this guy looks like a terrorist. Jokes apart, Canada was just another dream. Now my only hope is, Jesus and i know He is complete control of my life

~ || CCNA || ~

Now you know what I am gonna say. No job, Canadian dreams being crashed and back to Chennai, so fill the blank with a computer course. Well No, that’s not true. Software was never my cup of tea, I always had this fascination of computer networks,security,System Admin kind’ a jobs. So to start with i chose ccna.The entry level certification from Cisco.

So in another couple of months i should be in a position to Design, configure & maintain computer networks using Cisco routers. Many friends told me that i should not have left the job & scared me that after this financial recession, job openings are not promising, but i know for sure

“All things God works for the good of those who love him” - Romans 8:28

He is the one who promised & He is faithful in fulfilling that. Cisco here i come....

That’s all folks!!! I will post often, Speak back & let’s be in touch.

God Bless ;-)

Cheers,

R

Note:

I would like to thank anitha for letting me know 'Idiot it’s been long time you've blogged'.