A Rainy Day

Shirin:

Thanks for your kind invite! I will certainly let you know, whenever I am in the area :-)

``Visiting a place as a tourist is very different from living there as a resident.For a tourist everything is an enchantment , a discovery , glamorous.You have the option of going back to the place of your original destination , so everything is acceptable.For residents it amounts to the more serious stuff , daily chores ,to leave home before the light is out , shoveling the drive way, if the car is left outside scraping the window shield , every morning , before the ignition is turned on to embark on the early morning joy ride ! .Slippery roads, but driving them every morning to drop the kids , and then to work.Sometimes being stuck at home because of an unexpected blizzard , and realising you were out of milk for the kids, and the youngest one was on her last pamper. the grocery stores are all closed , and life has come to a standstil. Yes it can be a great site for photography , but what the people are going through to survive till the weather alert is over and they can mobilize once again , is no joke .``


Indeed, it ain`t a joke!

I have lived and worked in different states in the US[Midwest, South, WestCoast, EastCoast]. But I have lived in extremely cold states, so I am not at all new to what you are stating above. The very thought to move to a place like Florida, will kill me[I cannot imagine that.Ohoo!]. I think you mentioned that you live in B.C.? - I have heard the fall-season is very beautiful there. The New England fall season is amazing as well. Connecticut, Maryland and Virginia are a few states that are worth visiting in the fall. Michigan is fine too, but there is no comparison with the New-England Fall. Stude-Baker will agree with me, if he is reading this!

Take Care.

Zahra,

I Could not agree more that the ``Fall Season `` is spectacular in the ``New England States ``.We have been on several occassions to Vermont to see this spectacular site.However this was before we were living in B.C.

I cannot deny that the Fall here is realy beautiful too !

Do give me a shout whenever you are next in B.C. It will be great to meet !

p.s. Studebaker : which state do you live in ? i often visit the new england states as i have some relatives there !Infact was there almost a month ago,for i week in the midst of the heavy snowfall !!

Take care ,

love,

Shirin

Shirin Ji,

Thank you for explaining the day to day frustrations of the cold weather so eloquently. However, there are some people that really enjoy the cold, my cousin being one of them. He prefers the cold cold winter of Siberia, and finds the Ottawa winters a bit mild. To each their own I guess.

Regarding anonymity: Suhayl would be better than sohayl ;). I will be writing some articles (one of these days) on my passions as Suhayl...Salsa, Cuba..mmmm....so you will see some more of the other side of me.

Zahra Ji, I am unique I guess with the `y` in Suhayl. Lyahus is pretty outlandish, I like em both! No I am not a Gemini :) Regarding enjoying different weathers ... fall is the best in Gatineau hills...nothing beats em.

The aroma of a good cigar...it lingers, hovers in the cold crispy air...definitely Thah! :)...especially if it is a Cohiba! Double Thah!

Hmmm...It seems that I got my cuisines mixed up in regards to Lahore :)

Your suggestions were welcome in lieu of the donations

--cheers

Lyahus

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Stude baker# 36

After all in the end its Attitude!! Good for you ! ``stay snug as bugs on the rug `` during the weather alerts! If we do not catch the weather report on T.V. I guess the velocity with which your interacts would be coming into `` chowk `` would be an indicator of life indoors !!

Suhayl #38,

``Suhayl would be better than Sohayl ``!!! now you are being really difficult !! i was hoping to get away by the easier version `` ail ``, but i do not wish to abuse the privelage already bestowed on me !

I think you might be a Taurus [ first guess ] or A Scorpion [ First guess repeated ] !! do let me know , otherwise you know what curiosity can do to people .....

Multiple personalities however leads me to a diagnosis .....

Ah ! but who is worrying about that here !

Dost Mittar # 40

No, you would not like to go even near the leaky condos !! big mess ! unfortunately no great deals can be struck there now !! they have acquired their fame through the media hype so are now worth more than before !!

Re ``Eh `` !!It is Canadian , but i will let the newfies hang on to it for all its worth !!

Take care folks ,

Shirin

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StudeBaker:

Maine? Beautiful! :-)

You must be praying for these winters to go away. All the best! Have a wonderful change of seasons, specially as the day-light savings begin!

Take Care.

Something about Canadians that I find really cute and funny is how they pronounce ``about`` as

``a boat.``

Studebaker #

Wow ! Maine is beautiful! you lucky fellow!MashaAllah. cousin`s of mine went to ``Borden College ``, they loved it ! my relatives are scattered in Orange [ conn] , and Boston ! close but no cigar !

Have an awesome spring and a very happy and safe summer .I guess one of the downsides of living in such a beautiful place is deciding where to go for a holiday ?

cheers !

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Scout,

We *so * do not say aboot or aboat or anything of the sort...I hear this everytime I visit California! Well truth be told, I do slip a few ``eh`s`` into the conversation everyonce in a while, and am eternally confused about what you Americans (I am assuming here) mean by freeway`s parkways, roadways etc...

I am also eternally confused by the fact that you function with a currency that is so boring (mighty yes, but boring): all bills the same size and the same color. What do blind people do?

On the other hand, I always smile at the Canadian Identity. Americans have the ``American Dream``, we have the ``we are not American`s`` ...it is too funny. As if Americans really care about Canada ;)

--cheers

Lyahus

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imran suhayl/suhayl imran #47,

I sense some jealousy in your post :)

And Canadians DOOO say ``a boat.``

Maybe not you, but other Canadians, esp. the ones from Ontario.

Studebaker:

Glad to hear the ins-and-outs of your very unique alias. It`s cute as long as it is not mistreated and used as Mr.Baker :-)!

I think you have some nerdy-ness of the writers in your surroundings. Just make sure that you are not swept away with that.

Thanks for your invite. This one I may really go for! You sound to me a character from my Enid Blyton`s story books. Pata Naheen Kyoun :-) Does anyone remember Mr.Pink Whistle?

It`s this name Studebaker that makes me go back to Enid Blyton and not to Grimms`Fairy Tales :-)


Bye Bye.

Scout #

I could not resist the dissection on ``a bout ``. It is definately not canadian! it could pass for a cockney accent or perhaps a European speaking in English.However i may hasten to add that we do have a lot of ``Francophones ``,in Quebec/ Montreal areas mostly, so maybe you ran into one of them and just generalised all canadians speaking like that .However they too do not sound so bad !

Now how do you explain for `` rout ``[ route ] and `` pocket book `` [wallet ]? that is a real puzzler !

And BTW, i cannot agree more with Suhayl , that your currency is really confusing ! see our toonies and loonies ! they are so distinctive , no tourist will be fooled !

Studebaker#

Yes Mashallah my cousins did very well towards their career after graduating from ``Bowdoin ``. One of them got into med school, and one has got a very good job in some reputable firm, the name escapes me as i write . i guess it does help in the long run , as this society is very conscious of seeing the ``Thappa `` of a good college / university on the resume .Very unlike with the values we were brought up with `` key parhney waley kahin bhi parth letein hain ``!! The best student can profit from a very ordinary instituition.However i am beginning to believe in the ``Thappa `` now, i very shamefully admit !

Thank you for your very generous offer ! It would truly be very historic if we can all get together sometime on some comon ground.

Suhayl : still waiting , Taurus or Scorpion ?

Love ,

shirin

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Studebaker #

Yes the ``Thappa `` of a prestigious university does get you places , but what about all those intelligent kids who went to state universities or less reputable ones , and may be as brilliant as their counterpart grads. from an Ivy League .Its not their fault that they/ parents could`nt afford to pay the killer tuition fee for those instituitions ! What i was wondering is if not initially , but eventually they both level out ?

For instance a dr. qualifying from Pakistan paying a fee of Rs. 18/ month ,and after going through the requalification process [ which in monetory terms amts. to only paying the examination fee ] in the end is at par with a graduate from anywhere in the world !....

Is the system at fault, or the Attitude ?

Shirin