a week that was..

phew..
what a week this was..
It was in this week that I've embarked on a new life of sorts. New place, new role, new friends...
With so many new changes, there are bound to have quite a few commotions.

Since I reached Toronto a week later than most of the Indian guys, accommodation turned out to be quite an hurdle.
On a particular day, Ramit & I walked almost 20 kms & 5 hrs around the Downtown area but in vain.
I was temporarily staying in my dad's friend, Nagaraj uncle's house. I finally managed to move in with Pavan, Vinay & Sid.

Getting adjusted to Canada takes some time. Back in India, we are so used to chaos that a sudden wave of discipline & orderliness takes you by surprise.
Say you were crossing a Toronto road, you see a car speeding towards you, you wait for it to pass, but as the car nears you, the car waits for you to pass. Both you & the driver are at confusion for few moments, waiting for each other to pass.

Traffic rules here are pedestrian friendly. Well, its supposed to be the same in India too, but here the difference here is that the rules are strictly adhered.

Toronto is a superb city, innumerable number of skyscrapers, interspersed with older Victoria styled structures dating back to late 1800's, wide roads, beautiful boulevards all will leave awestruck.

In the past week, I've seen almost all the cars I used to dream about since childhood. Here's an easy way to see you fav car in Toronto: 1) think of ur favorite car: a Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini or a Mustang 2) go to Downtown 3) close your eyes for 30 secs & 4) slowly open your eyes. You'll see that car speeding past you.

TTC is another great feature in Toronto. Trians come, people get down, people get in, a music indicates the train is leaving & the train leaves. Everything happening in perfect precision. So much precision that sometimes life may feel too mechanical for us Indians..

I must say, the way we associate Germany to engineering or Italy to design or Japan to technology, we must associate desciple & order to Canada.. :)

One more thing we Indians need to get adjusted to is deal with an array of coins. Its coins & coins wherever you go.. $2, $1, 50c & so on till 1c. It'll fill ur purse so much that in the end you'll be forced to donate some of them.

Overall, its a beautiful city, so much to explore & learn. Hope to buy a camera soon & capture some of the snapshots here.



P.S. This article was started on Saturday evening but due to all sorts of pressures, was able to complete only on Tuesday.