Last weekend in Ottawa

So, last weekend in Ottawa started..!! It was a very fast 5 months here. Now 5 more working days here. After that bye to Ottawa.

It was happy days in Mckellars 605. Except weather i liked everything else in Ottawa : friendly people, good food, a lot of free time ..Weather also was good in the first two months. September and October. And by mid November snowfalling started. Still continuing...But it was a different experience. I still remember my North Indian Trip in the last january..i was feeling very cold in the 15 degree celcius of Agra. But now even zero degree is good and if it is positive it is a very good day. In the next saturday i am returning back from Ottawa winter to Chennai Summer. ..:) First few days in Chennai it will be difficult. It is a change from -30 to +30..You can imagine that. Correct?

I reached Ottawa on Sept 23rd evening. Balram and KV was there in the airport to welcome me to Mckellars. I visited Niagara falls in the first weekend in Ottawa itself . Eventhough i went alone, that was an awesome trip..Niagara is really a must see beauty in the world. Before visiting downtown, Ottawa i visited Niagara..:) First few days work was difficult, due to the Night shifts. In Chennai i used to enjoy working in Night time. But here the daily Night shift was not easy in the starting days. Then i started enjoying it by watching films, chatting, reading..really i was lucky. I didnt have much work to do in the Night time. Thanks to all Chennai colleagues for that..:)

Then in September end (? ), Balram returned back to India. But before going he introduced two good friends to me - Riyas and Hisham. In the coming weekends they gave me good company to different restaurants in Ottawa. Special thanks to Riyas for introducing me to the great food of Nandos and Mangolian Village...:). Karthick returned back in November mid. After that two weeks only me and KV was there in Mckellars. December first Ravi and Keshav joined us. Then the next trip was to Montreal. Four of us cannot forget that day. If you check my Picasa album ,you can understand how much difficult it was - worst storm. But really the Biodom and Olympic village was memorable visits. December mid Manju also reached Ottawa. He was staying in Mckellars only..in different appartment. Then what else in December? December 26th, Boxing day..me and KV reached Futureshop at 5:00am. But still we had to wait about 1 hour in the queue to enter Futureshop. Then New year Eve in addiction.. Gaurav(Gauji) reached Ottawa on Dec 31st, 2007.

Then January ..it was one of the best time here. Because we five guys were there in the appartment and thanks to remix guru Ravi's great effort..!! Our cooking experiments went to a different level in January and the food was good. January mid KV and Keshav and in the end Manju returned to Chennai.

February first week Renga joined us. But unluckily Renga and Ravi had to return back within one week due to some issues in the project. Then for the last two weeks only me and Gaurav in Mckellars..Days of experimental cooking..:) But we are successfull. Now i know how to prepare very good Chicken fry(really..). Thanks to Gaurav for recipes..

Anyway it was a good time here.. with some new friendships, good experiences and ofcourse with some savings in account. I will return back to India on March first. Planning to take two weeks vacation after reaching there. I need some rest..to enjoy homely food and the good weather of Kerala...with parents and relatives. Uncommon luxuries of a software engineer..!!