Posts Tagged ‘home’

Posted on July 28, 2009

Vancouver on July 25th

I kept hearing stories about what the weather was like in Vancouver that day. Thanks to Google and YouTube, I found out…

A Day in Vancouver – katkam.ca

Vancouver fireworks and Natural Wonder lightning storm 25th July 2009

Amazing….

Posted on June 13, 2009

Vancouver – Jericho Beach

Vancouver in the winter is still very nice.

Posted on January 30, 2009

Finally, Our Dhera

Aside from posting a back log of blog posts, current posts have been rare these days since we have mainly been focusing our efforts on finding a dhera to live in. Dhera’s are residential places for rent here in Nepal.

Last weekend, after days of searching and looking at several dhera’s in the greater Kathmandu area (Baluwatar, Lazimpat, and around Patan), we finally found one…. then lost one…. and then found it again (long story)!!! Tlell and I secured a newly renovated 4-room place (bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living area) on the fourth floor of a building with a nice common terrace area above and garden area below. Our place is located in the Lazimpat area (near the Denmark embassy), a place where we have grown to love since we arrived in Nepal. It will not be ready to move into until February 1st but we are very relieved and excited nonetheless. We can finally stop living a one-room lifestyle and start to buy our kitchen utilities, bedroom and living room accessories, cook our own food, etc.

Sometimes I wish there was an Ikea around here.

Finding the ideal place to live is always stressful, no matter where you are the world. Factors such as: is there a good market near by, is it close to work, are we too far from friends, is it quiet at night, is there hot water, electricity etc. are always important (and of course, just trying do that in another language).

We used multiple dhera agents (or dhera hunters as I call them) and we have seen many beautiful places to live, although way over our budget or too far from our work places and many not-so-nice-places which surprisingly were STILL over our monthly budget (it is the foreigner thing, as soon as they see Tlell or sense it from me, they will charge higher).

Anyhow, the search is over. Thank you to Nirmal from Cafe Lamas who introduced us to Purna (the super dhera hunter). Photos will be coming soon but here is a link to our place on a map.

Home-based cable Internet access, here I come!

Posted on October 22, 2008

Leaving good ol’ Mississauga

After a long glorious month,  it’s time to leave my hometown and head back west to pack-up our apartment. Highlights and (not so great highlights) include…

• A cup of Tim Horton’s coffee everyday since there is one in every corner
• Getting stuck on the 401 (east-bound) for no apparent reason
• Noticing that designated left and right turning lanes for vehicles are the norm.
• Chatting with my mom.
• Walking along the Culham Trail with Grissom.
• Noticing that Big-box stores are part of the city’s natural landscape.
• Suburban allergies acting up.
• Watching a movie every night.
• Hauling a 60kg desk from my parents all the way to Orillia and then bringing back a snow blower on the same day.
• Watching the Discovery and History Channel with my dad.
• Getting stuck on the 401 again (west-bound).
• Playing hide-and-seek with Grissom in the middle of the night.
• Doing the Jetrex mail delivery again with my parents.
• Clearing out my parent’s junk and getting it ready to donate, only to have my dad check through it when I am not looking and store it back again in the basement.
• Finding myself using the car horn more to communicate while driving.
• Going through old photos and family items.
• Remembering what green-blinking traffic lights are.
• Bowling with my cousins.