CanadianDesi Get Together.. My Reaction!!
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Orginally posted by tammudu
It's amazing that so many of you decided to meet in January, by far that's the coldest month in Canada.
CanadianDesis should not bother -40 degree windchill
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A Proud Indian Canadian
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Posted on: 14-01-04 03:36:33
anyone who missed the meeting should not feel left out. Join the ride and contribute. There's something wonderful shaping up ...
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Massood Joomratty, LLB(Hons), LLM
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Orginally posted by Massood
anyone who missed the meeting should not feel left out. Join the ride and contribute. There's something wonderful shaping up ...
That's right!. You are more than welcome to join us. After all, this is something bigger than a small group! We need as many people as possible. GG is working on a process where each one of you will have a chance to volunteer your services(in whichever area) and be a part of this effort. Thanks for your continuing generosity GG!
The more the merrier!!
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That Meeting was one big HIT ... (SUPER HITS will follow)
Yesterday I was talking to one of my friends here, topic was InterNet ... And he was asking me ... like how to keep an eye on my kid? How do I know what is he Visiting? Is it possible to Monitor or even Block?
Being in IT, Many a Times I get this Question from Parents (Friends). And my Explanation is sometimes bouncer. And to add to their frustration, that Kid knows more than Parents.
Reason for me putting here is ... I can talk to both Parents and Kids (in one Room - very Important), and explain Why-es & How-es of Internet Precautions.
I don't know When & Where ... and again not without fellow ITens Help(atleast one).
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Mumbai Maazi Ladki ...
Biomed,
Thanks for this offer - now we will have some options open at least for summer.
For now we might have to rent a bigger space, like school cafeteria for next meeting in the month of March.
Please comeup with more ideas.
Do you want me to search some place in this area ( Malton or Brampton)?
Thanks and regards.
Biomed
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"Change before you have to" : Jack Welch
70 people showed up! Thats pretty good. We should plan a nice day-trip/picnic in the summer, so single-guys like me can get some free desi food
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It has exactly been a week since we had our first meeting, and I wanted to wait this time to see the reaction (or plain action) following this meeting, before I commented on it.
First of all, let me thank all who had shown support by way of registering for this meeting and then finally turning up to attend it on a rather cold day. I had just thrown an idea, and frankly, never expected such a wonderful response. The only thing I regret about it was that we had a capacity of 70 and in trying not to break condo laws, I requested GG to stop registering after 75, not realising that for such voluntary events, there can be a large no of cancellations (with or without information). We had received registrations of over 150 and I wish we had acted like an airline company by overbooking so that more people could attend it. Anyway, a lesson to be learned for next time.
Like it happens on many such occasions, we almost had to cancel the meeting on Thursday due to problems relating to booking of hall and believe me I couldnt sleep all night just with the thought of cancellation. However, a good cause is always rewarded, and we got alternative hall booking only with the restrictions that we could not serve snacks in that room. So guys sorry, We could not serve High Tea what we had originally prepared for (we ate all the stuff in next three days!!!)
As Garvo and Jake have written, we got a very good mix of crowd and great support from all of them. We are now working on various things like arranging for volunteers for helping new immigrants in areas like airport pickups, initial accommodation, and necessary formalities for various applications and various issues relating to settling down. Similarly, we are planning to help existing immigrants in networking, learning from others experiences, professional advice on voluntary basis, free educational classes/information sessions relating to various issues like insurance, taxes, banking, mortgage and YES OFCOURSE, JOBS. Intending immigrants will continue to be served thru web. It was exhilarating to note that there were many people who were willing to devote time and energy to give help in physical form and not only thru posting and advice.
In the past six days I have seen a sudden change more people are active and discussing a variety of issues and giving fantastic views and advice. While quite a few have started posting more often, I would like to specially mention the name of Pramod Chopra. He has written a great article on mortgage and has given detailed explanations on questions related to tax, RRSP etc, which are not only full of material information, but also written in a language that is easy for everyone to understand and digest too. And let me tell you, by this he is not only helping the other desis, but also helping himself since he is creating a very good image about his capacity to handle things of his professional field. I am sure if other members take a cue from him, we will have more information about Canada on this site than any other site and then we will have more time to do charcha in our living rooms with other members, due to the new relationships emerging out of future meetings.
All work and no play makes Chandresh a dull boy so I have some ideas for fun too.
First is are there guys and gals interested in music or should I say singing Bindas. People who not only like listening to music, but getting together in living room or a hall and just singing solo, duets or chorus with tables as tablas, thali chammach as drums, and jahadu as violen ! If you are, write in to me, and I will organise something very very fast.
How about a get together on (or around) Holi??? Ofcourse we cannot play holi in such cold weather, but we can all get together, greet each other and have food and fun?? And some talented event organisers can put together this thing on contributory basis.
And yes, as I announced in the meeting guys and gals, let us have a taash session! Teen patti, Rammi, Paplu.I have a big cards room in my condo, so an ideal place.
There are soooooooo many things that we can do as a group to bring happiness and inner peace for ourselves so as to start liking Canada more and more. LET US START IT.
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Chandresh
Advice is free – lessons I charge for!!
