Ganesh Swami

The travel wasn’t quite as bad as I had expected. Ofcourse, I had absolutely no liquids with me (not even deo-sticks were allowed.) I found it quite amusing to see a lady profusely cussing when she was asked to part with her lipstick. Hey, lipsticks can be expensive.

Shayan was at the airport to pick me up. My body was quite sore from the travel (about three thousand kilometers from Vancouver.) To top it off, WestJet cuts costs by not serving any meals. People can be annoying too. The girl sitting next to me on the flight asked me if I was going to Toronto as well. No shit. I was hungry, angry and tired. To “forget my sorrows,” we went right away to a pub.

We went to what could be called the biggest pub in the world. For the alcoholics amongst us, the Madison Avenue Pub has 150 draft taps. Four bars, three floors and fifteen minutes later we finally found his friends. Random chit-chat, much of which I can’t remember.

We head back to Shy’s place. It’s been a while since I’ve seen him. More catching up to do. Finally hit the sacks at 5 in the morning.

A great way to start a vacation.

No better timing.

(image credits Cory Doctorow’s BoingBoing)

I’ve always wanted to visit Eastern Canada. This summer I got an opportunity to do so. I’ve been admitted to a complimentary education course on biodesign at the University of Toronto. It’s a five day course on the topics: Bioethics, Genetics and Biotechnology, Biomimicry, Genetic Circuits and Bioinformatics, and Cybernetics. I haven’t had a chance to go through the course material yet (we’ve already been assigned readings.)

Apart from the course, I’ll get to see folks who have had a positive consequence in my life in some form or other. I’ll be seeing Shayan, Yony and my brother, all of them from a small university near Toronto. I’ll probably also get to see my perima’s mattuponnu’s anna’s … (cousin ) family.

Anyways, back to the topic at hand, I received a travel advisory from my travel agent politely requesting me not to carry any form of liquid on the plane. This is after the recent terrorist plot. I’ve copied the text verbatim so that you folks can join me in the hilarity:

… Mothers travelling with infants & young children can carry milk in bottles ONLY and NOT milk powder. The mothers MUST be prepared to test drink some milk from the bottles in the presence of security staff to prove that the content in bottles is really milk. … Inconvenience caused to our customers is regretted.

Stay tuned.