Today... has been my "Good Food Day!!"

Why so... well I made food that I actually enjoyed eating :) yea sounds funny! when I cook, I am the one complaining about the food... while the others tell me its quite decent :) 

Afternoon: Simple dal with carrot fry - which I thought was too sweet by itself - but with the rice and dal... was a yumm combo!
Dinner: Salmon baked in garlic, dil and butter... with some bought.. Pita bread and Hummus on the side :) 

Finger lickin good.....!

No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible
George Chakiris

Remains to be seen.....!

Fingers crossed.... and pray that this week .. is the week!!! 

Seems like alarm bells goin off are the "normal" here... well getting the hang of the fire alarm that went off last night... stayed put..and waited up for the announcement (as I understand it's the process out here) and then it was nothing... Phew!

Well! this is the all knowing the Kannedian way ... unlike the last time... last month... the apartment we lived in was on the 12th floor... at 4am.. the fire alarm goes off... and that puts the scare in us. Well! In India we are told... you hear the bells ring.. just head to the stairs and go down to the assembling area... only difference here.. well! the temperature was a freezing "-8" or worse!!! 

In that cold, and the alarm going off... we grab watever we could (passports.. wallets) and thank heavens for my presence of mind.. socks and a warm jacket.. and walked down to the 4th floor (which is the common to the next tower) ... as the stairs to the ground lead us to the outside.. freezing weather and we were not really well prepped for it!! so we stay out there... see the firemen arriving and going up .. and realised we seemed to be the only ones out at that hour... the building concierge saw us and says "stay I will come and get you when its over"... waited waited.. and then took a chance.. head back to the stairs and to the freezing cold outside... and realised.. well! there was nothing! we were infact the ONLY ones that went down! The guy who was to "come and get us" was sitting at his desk!! thankfully he used the freight lift and dropped us back to our floor! 

Went back home... but could not sleep for a couple of hours as the crazy alarm went beep beep every 20mins... phew!
In the morning, went down and figured the "process" .... 

Moral of the story.... Process Knowledge Very Important!! 

oh yes.. the two good things here... yoga and Pilates... my first Pilates class today... outch.. that hurts! whoever said.. no gain without pain! damn you! there seems no gain even after a whole hour of pain!!! du-uh!

Ok... am in the lets write mood... so lets write some...

Landed in Canada on the 9th of March... to a cold cold weather... been told the worst was over! for mee.. it was cooold :) brrrrr
We were told the initial immigration process would take around an hour or two.. guess we got lucky to get out in 20 mins... possibly coz we came in from the US of A! 

Its now over 7 weeks... in Mississauga... settling in...getting some hang of the place... finding a place to live... up and down to the square one mall to set up home... and endless waitin for the PR card! we were told it would take 4-6 weeks to receive it... and now its over 7 weeks.... and we say everything takes forever to happen in India... Sigh!

Guess its time to start doing some writing again.... in this DIY (Do it yourself...) country! oh.. don't get bright ideas.... by DIY I mean those 4 and 5 letter words... cook.. clean...wash.. fold.. sweep..oh yea.. a 3 letter word too! mop!! :) an ofcourse the mother of them all... "Take the trash out!!" 

Living in India... a super luxury.. and now in Kanneda (Canada) right back to earth and ground reality :) Restart of the adventure ....