When the report from the medical clinic referred to me as “obese,” I took a double take. The reference was in the Body Mass Index (BMI) section of the report. My family doctor had suggested a series of preemptive risk…
Technically, there is no such thing as a simple Indian wedding. You take the complexity to another level when you do an Indian wedding in Canada, and the groom is American. Throw in remote management by my daughter who was…
I feel kind of sad as I write this post. If you ever ran a small business that failed, you would know the feeling. It was not my business. But, you still feel for the people who tried really hard…
Betting on Education We did the math. After us picking up half the tab, my daughter’s student loan was going to be larger than the mortgage on our house. It was not a comforting thought — letting your child rack…
In a sense, I had broken the pattern. While most of my friends were still considering upsizing or upgrading their homes, my wife and I were downsizing to a condo. To me, it was sort of the next phase of…
I have mastered the art of ordering at Subway. As for fear of sandwiches, I still hesitate before I step into a build-your-own sandwich place. In retrospect, it was no big deal. But at the time, I felt rather stupid.…
The interview was scheduled for 9:00 AM. I was excited. Potentially, it was going to be my first job in Canada. The hiring company was an International Distributor of consumer products. I located the office on a warehouse-lined street. It…
The well-dressed lady behind the counter was polite. I had seen the “Now Hiring” sign on her store window and had walked in to see if she would consider hiring me for the job. As she glanced through my resume,…
The retirement calculator was not complicated, but detailed. My friend Dino had sent it to me. Conversations among the folks that I hung out with at the club seemed to always drift towards retirement planning. No one was getting any…
“Welcome to Canada!” The agent behind the Customs and Immigration desk said routinely as I handed her three passports and the landing papers. I had deliberately avoided the urge to down a couple of beers on the flight from London…