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Took up swimming & have been cross-training running with swimming lately. Has helped my stamina. Quitting smoking doesn’t hurt either. On my track to 68 kg. (right now just about 73)

Moved to a new place and have been feeding myself for the past 2 weeks now. Not too fancy but yes feels good to be independent and save money in the process. :)

I had decided to quit quiet a while ago but did it the day I moved to Canada. (You know fresh start and all). It worked quiet well, got out of the circle of smokers. So I have had 3 sticks in the past 16 days and that was with friends not by my own. It’s all in the brain now.

Visa – Check
Ticket – Check
Wife Visa – Check
Wife Ticket – Check

Houston, we are ready for countdown.
9th Jan 2009 will be the start of a new chapter for us. For sure.

I didn’t update for about 3 months :) Anyways, apparently the process to get an employee on work permit in Canada takes longer than I thought :(
I will join the new job on 12th Jan 2009. Hooray. Will fly probably the week before that.

Well, in the last 2 months, my wife and I have been out for a meal about 3-4 times. I think this is a huge improvement over our earlier frequency of about 8-10 times a month. It surely shows in the savings table. :)

Although the process is not yet complete, I think I will get it. Will be working near Yonge street if everything works out. I will probably be there in about 1-2 months since I need to finish up a few things here.

So, now I am at a stage that I probably have all the paper work ready to make the move. Searching for a job now, else will have to plan something else.

Well cooking apart, a kitchen is a place of work. Live with it. We have to keep it clean coz we prepare food to eat in that area. We have to keep it organized coz we need access stuff while preparing something, else we mess up the dish :(
Well, atleast I personally think this counts as cooking.

Just last week had my wife’s passport updated with her new name and printed out the Application Papers. Now coming week, the plan is to get the Police Clearance Certificate, after which will fill up my form and send it over to my brother who is in Edmonton. Supposedly, if my relative/sibling/parents etc file the papers, the process is much faster. Its also a bit on the expensive side I must say. Lets see how things go about.

I have it installed on my work machine and have “uninstalled” IE from that box. I have also installed this on older machines for people who don’t want to upgrade, runs perfectly.

I smoke about 8-10 cigarettes a day. That costs me about 40Rs. everyday. That makes it 800Rs. a month. Whoa, thats a lot of money right there. Alright, as I have done many times before, at this moment, I will stop smoking. Shit, this is the worst time to start this, the week-end’s coming - parties and a lotta spare time - :(

I can now cook pizzas, sandwiches etc for 4 people. Also learning a lot of preparatory work—cutting, dicing, slicing and am picking up speed for sure :) Now I also know how long to cook rice, how to deep fry, and stuff like that.
Now need to move slowly towards the main course.

I gave up the offer a couple of times, when my office mates asked for a lunch party. The food’s oily and it costs me a fortune, especially when my salary is not what I would have expected.

I used to go to the gym regularly and workout 6 days a week. I was quite fit and happy about it. After marraige, I quit and since then have a beer-gut and weigh about 75 kilos. I would like to really lose my beer-gut and fit in my old jeans once again. Tried it once but couldn’t do it, this time I am serious .. Lets see.

I am really into classics and plays. have already started collecting and reading some of them (finished some also).

Want to get it to a point where I can a comprehensive collection of mixed genres.

I already am at a stage where I can feed myself if I am alone some place. Want to improve some of my culinary skills to feed about 4 people for a full meal one day.

Want to do this ..

There are many lists at listology by different authors here.

I am following this one.