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In Canada

September 14, 2007 — Apple and Travel. Closed

At the moment, I’m in Scarborough, Canada visiting my sister and her husband. My sister’s having a baby in December and we plan on coming back then. We wanted to see her before she gives birth so we decided to come here as soon as I got at least 3 days off. Luckily, thanks to Rosh Hashanah, we got 4 days off and we’re here now.

The trip was kind of strange since we left on Wednesday night and yesterday was the first day of Ramadan. We had to eat Suhr on the road. I bought a couple of those plastic bowls of Apple Jacks when we stopped for gas. The day wasn’t that hard except having to walk around Niagara Falls since my uncle had never been there.

Last Saturday, when our plans to come to Canada were made final, I ordered an iPod classic, hoping to bring it along on the trip. Of course, I ordered it a day too late and it didn’t arrive at my house till yesterday. Luckily, my aunt was at home to pick it up for me. It’s amazing how FedEx lets you see the receiver’s signature online. Expect photos of the new iPod as soon as I get home on Sunday.

Vacationing In Bangladesh

July 17, 2007 — Travel. Closed

I’ve been in Bangladesh for almost two weeks now. I can’t always come online because the internet’s wonky here. It’s not much hotter than it is in New York but the problem is the humidity. I have a whole lot of relatives and it’s really hard to keep track of them. I even have grandnephews and grandnieces because my really old cousins (I’m the youngest) have kids that are married.

Most of my time is spent indoors reading my AP Biology textbook or listening to my iPod. Lately, I’ve been listening to a lot of BjÃ¶rk, The Strokes, The Postal Service, The Decemberists, and, as always, The Shins (Samantha was right, New Slang really does change your life.). I want to watch one of my DVDs but I left our portable DVD at home and not everyone here has a DVD player. The computer I’m on has some weird virus that shuts it down if you don’t play a DVD the right way.

Here’s a list of the DVDs I brought:

Garden State: Might be my all-time favorite movie or up there.
The Science of Sleep: Very funny, I loved it.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: I really liked this one, too.
Little Miss Sunshine: Hilarious movie.
Brick: An interesting detective-type movie.
Donnie Darko: A really weird movie that I liked.
The Royal Tenenbaums: Funny and interesting.
Stella: Season One: Hilarious show, wish it wasn’t cancelled.
Arrested Development: Season One: I got the box set for cheap at Costco. Another hilarious show I wish wasn’t cancelled.

I might be going to India for a few days if I can convince my mom to let me go. She thinks it’s too hot there to let me go. My dad’s going. I left my LC-A at home because it needs some repairing but I’m hoping to get back the Minolta SLR my dad left in Bangladesh soon. I’ll be sure to take photos in India if I go.

Time is Running Out

July 1, 2007 — Personal and Travel. Closed

It’s almost time for me to go to Bangladesh. I’ll be there from this Tuesday to September 2nd. I’m hoping I can have a good time. It certainly feels strange to be leaving everything behind especially since this was the summer I was planning on doing lots of things. I’m glad to be going, though. As much as I’d like to stay with my friends, I think two months away from here will do me some good. It should help me get forget about things I had to worry about during the school year.

While I’m in Bangladesh, I plan on studying, eating, and exercising. Next year, I’ll be taking AP History and AP Biology so I have summer assignments which include reading chapters from textbooks and essays. Every relative I know in Bangladesh will try to make me visit their house and stuff myself with food. I don’t want to gain a lot of weight from all the food so I’ll have to work out. My cousin and her husband are both doctors. My cousin’s husband is gonna be my trainer.

Catching Up With A Meme

September 7, 2006 — Blogging, Personal and Travel. 6 Comments

Since school has started and I haven’t been able to post anything since I came home from Canada last week. It was a lot of fun hanging out with my cousins. I saw a couple of movies and stayed up really late. Even went to an arcade and drove a go kart there.

What’s brought me here to write a post? I found a meme, courtesy of Biz Stone, and was bored enough to follow up on it. Basically, what you do is go in the URL field in your browser and see what auto-completes for each letter of the alphabet. Here’s what I came up with:

Off to Canada!

August 22, 2006 — Photography, Shopping and Travel. 8 Comments

Well, I’m off to Canada tomorrow for a few days. We’re driving there. I’m hoping that the hotel we’re staying at for 2 nights in Niagara Falls has internet access.

I’m such a photo geek, I’m taking my Brownie Fiesta R4, my Lomo LC-A, and my PowerShot S500. I plan on taking loads of photos with the first two and leaving the third mostly to my dad. Don’t worry, I’ll take photos with the PowerShot and try to upload them to sweet nothings!

What will I be doing now that my headphones are busted? I’m gonna play Animal Crossing on my DS Lite. It’s such an awesome game. If anyone wants to share friend codes with me, send me a message here.

Anyway, I need to get up at like 4 in the morning, so I’d better bounce.

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