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Originally posted by rahul_singh23
Networking/creating own circle all that stuff is wastage of time and energy.
Mostly networking ends up eating rice and roti at each other home on weekends. It's better to do some hiking, horse riding, get out with family for fun, traveling and other creative stuff.
If you are good in your job and technology then you can get job anywhere. Networking can just forward resume. That can be done by yourself too if job is available on-line, websites and recruiters.
I disagree...Ever heard of Linkedin.com? You create your own network there - Your network can have many people - many of whom you might not even meet (therefore eliminating the scenario of eating rice and roti together on the weekends), but they can be helpful in getting you a job. There are quite a few jobs there - "linkedin exclusive" - meaning that they are advertised only on that site directly by the hiring managers/ HRs...
.....results in rice and roti Rahul.. MOST does 
like mynameisraj mentioned, we actually met thru CD, went hiking last weekend, had fun and are doing it again this weekend. Yes there was Roti and rice AFTER the hike though 
However, I do see your point...posts regarding potlucks, kitty parties, and long drives to tourist attractions do get more responses 
Networking is being viewed as a section just about pushing resumes or getting deals... i guess we need 2 sections... 'networking' and 'mingling' to differentiate that all some people wanna do is 'mingle' with others in a new country and have some fun times no more no less and absolutely no hidden agendas 
PS: Totally unrealted to the original post and thus the VOW has not been broken *phew*
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Originally posted by rahul_singh23
Networking/creating own circle all that stuff is wastage of time and energy.
Mostly networking ends up eating rice and roti at each other home on weekends. It's better to do some hiking, horse riding, get out with family for fun, traveling and other creative stuff.
If you are good in your job and technology then you can get job anywhere. Networking can just forward resume. That can be done by yourself too if job is available on-line, websites and recruiters.
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From TK's Post
She looked at me as though she was speaking to an Idiot.
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I am not surprised. A lot of us feel the same
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We will find a way or we will make one
And I think, for Networking / Mingling ... somebody went to IKEA also.
I could be imagining - TK cannot be part of that Group as he does not like DESIs.
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Mumbai Maazi Ladki ...
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Originally posted by Smiley
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From TK's Post
She looked at me as though she was speaking to an Idiot.
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I am not surprised. A lot of us feel the same
*giggles*
Location: God's own country
Posted on: 26-04-07 15:07:23
Some of the CD's did not really understand my OP. There is a lot of difference between liking and trust.
The OP was just questioning the fact that a Desi Girl who advised me to do something which she herself was not ready to do at the present time. This to me is double standard. This Desi lady was looking to make a fool out of me but since I had been experienceing this kind of Double talk (right from 1992) I was careful enough to avoid this trap.
I have had the pleasure of meeting many great desi's in person from this site (Includes and is not limited to , Sudesingh (SS)Sir, Lana2005, Babuji, Pramod sir, Sankaracharya) and all of whom went beyond their mandate to help me and i have seen them help many fellow desi's for no personal / monetary gain.
OTOH, I have been in contact with many desi's from this board (esp. Tamils born in Tamilnadu) who have tried to exploit me. I can cite the experiences of one Tamilian (not a CD member) who told me one day to take me in my car to walmart so that he could do shopping (he was new to Canada from UK and was a software engineer. I went 20 kms to pick him up from his house and took him to Walmart. He went straight to MacDonals and bought a cup of softdrink and a Burger and started to eat it all by himself, without having the decency to ask if i wanted a drink (The previous day i bought him a Chicken Biriyani for $2.25 from my pocket). I made up my mind then not to ever help him again and I was right. I saw him so many times in Mississauga and avoided him. At the end of 1 year, he went back to Uk again and this time told me to drop him at the airport. I thought that he might have changed but he did not. He had told me to buy him some food for lunch on my way to his home which i did ($3.99) and he did not pay me.
So what i was advising to all desi's is to be careful while picking up desi friends.
TK A
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I am a Gents and not a Ladies.
Hi and hi to everyone.
I have had tough experiences too but it is not either with a "desi" or with a different cultured human, it is with certain and all types of people. People who mimick decency. They are people who feel they have the right and "we" being the perfect civil stanger in a perfectly nice country willing to help people in need. BUT as per your dillemma I would suggest you keep your personal and business affairs apart, for the best ofcourse. Yes you want to make the "lady" look as bad, but I also think you are taking this a bit too far. And as per the man who ripped you of 10 dollars or so, I just want to say, think of it as a deed. I just wonder have you ever done that previously (no offence). I don't think when people decide to "help" someone they normally don't plan or hope to get anything back. Just as you helped that gentleman, you had a choice to either help or not. Afterall, it is a free country. You are not bounded.
Thank you
Anita
