Ottawa first month at a glance

Always i write more posts when i come here, Ottawa. It is quite natural..Here everyone express themselves using facebook, twitter, blogs..and in India phone calls are quite cheap...:) And more than that, there we communicate lively about almost all the topics and had a lot of free time, friends..Yes, i know - here people are more concerned about money than human relationship. Thats the way system works here. Nothing wrong...!! Different experiences are always good and thats why i came here too..I mean the money part, family and friends are always top priority for me. But the question i always ask myself and discussed a lot with friends is "Is these two inversely proportional, at least to some extent..?" To be frank, i dont know the answer and as of now i am happy with this life and i try my best to keep in touch with friends and family. And one thing i like about the life is it is quite flexible.. End of the day we can decide what to do, where to stay, etc...

Classes are started and quite a natural question everyone ask me, when they are pinging in facebook, gtalk, phone..How is it? And the answer is not very different i used to tell 5 years ago..Classes are always boring, at least not interesting..:) Especially if it is theory classes. Always i felt reading a book, googling or discussions give more freedom to think and clarify doubts. And like my friend, Paul told me before coming here.."After working in Industry for sometime, you may find theories useless" ..Half correct. But sometime it is quite easy to appreciate the topic, if we worked on real time issues. I am just going and attending the classes..did not start any preparation, assignments. Free time is the most expensive commodity in this country..People are dying for that. Just opposite to India. At least in my case, it is 100% true. My friends in Bangalore know better, how much free time i had there and at least some of them were envious..:) . My class timings are usually from 5:30 to 7 PM daily..So, morning i get some free time to read, work, prepare for the classes..So far, so good.

From uOttawa

I am writing this post from Ottawa University. Time is 7:40 PM. I am planning to write this post for a long time. Because, a lot of good things happened for me in the last 30-40 days...

August16th was my last day in Aricent. I loved working there and still would love to work, if i get a good chance. If i didnt join for higher studies, i would have continued there most pbbly. Yes, i was happy working there. Nothing to be regretted and good money, it is not great though...:)

And August27th, we shifted to a new house. Pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/krrakesh5/NewHouse# Yes, construction was happening for last 2 years and happy that financial burden is not much..very much manageable. And happy that achan dont need to be worried about "how to get workers..u know it is a big problem" and supervising, etc...Eventhough i didnt get much time to stay there, since i travelled to Ottawa on September 5th.

Yes, i joined for the M.A.Sc program in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Network Communications. It is a two year program. And i am getting a research assistantship..:) So,not much financial burden there too. Hope i can continue this assitantship for next term also. Bye now..more details follow..My friend is calling to go somewhere. Happy weekend.