Once it was Lehman Brothers...

I vividly remember being in awe of the Lehman Brothers building, when I first saw it. Right in front of it, was my own office...the 750 building of Morgan Stanley, but I took more pictures of the Lehman Building, than of my own office. The Lehman Brothers ticker was visible to most of us from our own desk and constantly reminded us of the worthy competitor we have.

However, its glory was suddenly lost in the market jitters. And, we are not happy about it. Not just because, I have friends in LB, but also we needed such a competitor and LB never deserved this fate. The luck played a more prominent role in its end, than anything else.

We have new ticker to concentrate on now - The Barclays Capital Group....more commonly known to us as BGI. I have spent a lot of efforts, supporting the huge order flow of BGI, in my earlier project...I am sure, it would have been even more interesting now.

Once a Morgan-Stanley building, and very recently a Lehman Bros. building, here is what it looks like now:

 

(Tx to Jay, for remembering how desperate I was for this picture and mailing it to me right on time.)

Trip to Buffalo City

A very nice and easy-on-pocket shopping trip to Buffalo City. The round trip costed us just 3.5 USD per head, and to top that, unlimited coke and coffee free. Beat that !! We also enjoyed the experience to view Niagara from the Rainbow bridge, be on the No Man's Land, standing with one foot in USA and the other in Canada...literally. And shopping at the fashion outlets in buffalo, is obviously great.

Cricket @ Toronto

With the end of summer season, ends another wonderful cricketing season also. Here are some snaps to celebrate the memories of some of the great times we spent together.

bomb blasts - an act of foolishness

why don't the terrorists understand that blasting around cities is never going to achieve anything for them. Attacking unarmed and innocent people by remaining hidden themselves, not only proves their cowardice but also utter foolishness. The message they send is that they themselves are a loser and can't achieve anything with their will power. Such blasts will bring the Indians together and understand that the demands of the terrorist is unjust and definitely wrong. India, is not a country, which can be stopped with such stupid acts. Instead, they make us stronger and also help in garnering world support.

However, what deserves condemnation is not such foolish acts, but the behavior of our politicians. Even after so many acts, they fail to come together and pass stronger bills. They are still too busy in vomiting useless speeches, talking about elections, and making fake CDs.

I pray to GOD, Allah, Ishwar to bless some sense to terrorists and also to these politicians, so that they can clear the bills pending by 5 states to counter such stupid attacks and also bring a bill like USA-PATRIOTIC act in the center.

Chinese Lantern Festival

Went to CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) and Ontario Place to witness the grand Chinese Lantern Festival and the screening of a dinosaur movie at the IMax, the screen of which was a huuuuuuuuuuge one (3 storey high and ten times the size of a normal movie screen). It was an experience in itself to feel the big dinos from so close. The Lantern festival was so well built with many of the world's renowned architectures and kingdoms.

TCS Picnic 2008

This time we went o Magic hill for picnic. The place was not as good as expected, but still we enjoyed being in a large group. And I hit the hole in golf :D

Canada Day celebrations

Canada Day celebrations at Mississauga. I was amazed to see Shiamak Davar's group dancing on desi numbers on Canada Day. Overall, it was good fun. There were special rhythmic fireworks at night, shooting on the beats of a song. To witness this, there was a large crowd gathered at the Civic Center.