Observed on the corner of St.Catherine and McGill College.

Man sitting on bench, both shoes/socks removed, one leg crossed over the other, deep in concentration, oblivious to the stares of the passerby's as he hunched over, armed with his nailcutter, and began 'spring cleaning'....the mission of cutting his toe nails.

...u better get ready...sandal season has arrived ;)


This just In:

for all you ex-90210 fans (you know who you are), you'll be glad to know you can take a step back in time-Sunday May 11 on FoX (where else), the 90210 Ten Year HighSchool Reunion....where will you be :)

Things I’ve observed while working.

For the past (almost) year, I’ve been working in a predominantly French environment.
Having grown up and gone to school in a multi-cultural environment, I wasn’t prepared for the ‘culture’ shock that I was exposed to here.

You'd think living in Montreal (okay, fine you got me, I’m from the ‘burbs) I would be familiar with all things French, but I guess going to my many multi-cultural schools I was a bit sheltered and just never realized how open and laissez-faire the French really are.

Every one is either:
a) célibataire
b) if they are married they are continuously referring to their husband as their ‘chum’

Can you imagine my confusion?

One day I overheard my co-worker talking about her chum and then a few minutes later her husband, not realizing they were one and the same, I thought to myself in disbelief-“ These people sure are open about their affairs…”

THE OPERATION

So the other day, I was having an informal meeting with my new manager, Richard, when my ‘ex’manager, Yoland walked by. Yoland stopped by my desk as Richard asked him-“Are you available to meet tomorrow to discuss the project-”
Yoland replied-“Sure, if you want me to talk like this” (read:in a high-pitched, squeally, cross between Mickey Mouse/the teenager on the Simpsons voice)-
Piquing my curiosity, I asked-“Why???” (Only to regret it seconds later).
Yoland replied with a hearty laugh,” Today’s the last day anyone can have my genes, unless they clone me!” and Richard interjected with “he’s having ‘the operation’”
All I could muster up was an “oh”.

WHAT was I supposed to say to that? “Gee, I hope it goes well?”

You see in my culture, sex and all things related are just not discussed so openly, let alone with strangers. With a population of a billion and still going strong….it just doesn’t happen!!!

It gets worse.

So the next day, or whenever he returned from ‘the operation’, I got to my desk and noticed all the women clustered around him while he explained and detailed ‘the operation’. I sat down and thought in disbelief, ‘the whole district knows’….and he continued to chuckle away and say something to the effect of-‘it’s like going to the dentist…it’s not that bad”

A week later, a director flew in from T.O. and I overheard Yoland go to him-“So, Dave, you know, I’m not a man anymore” (First thought that came to mind was, that was really lost in translation) and Dave replied in that high-pitched Mickey Mouse voice, “so you had 'the operation'…”. (From that man comment, that could mean a different kind of operation, no?)

A billion and still going strong………




Any Relation?

So the other day a co-worker comes up to me and asks me if I’m related to-Emmanuel Sandhu. Honest mistake, I mean-Sidhu-Sandhu, brown, Olympic figure skater from B.C..hey! we’re all the same…

A ‘Black’ Comedy


I’m not racist. Color of skin is just that, a color. I mean I have friends who are of all shades, and I must admit the first time I was referred to as ‘brown’ by another ‘brown’ person I was a bit taken aback. But since then it has been a common way to refer to one another, or people of the same skin color. It doesn’t sound as bad if you’re ethnic, for some reason. Anyways, if you’re some random person who just logged on to this site (or were looking for a domain name and wanted to find out who the person was that took yours) I am Indo-Canadian, I believe the term for it is. I would just say Indian, but that upsets my ‘rents who tell me, “you were BORN here. You are CANADIAN. If you went to India, you think they would look at you and think you were ‘Indian’?? No!” …”okay, fine ..I AM CANADIAN!! “(I think this is free sponsorship for Molson) A brown one, k?


Which, reminds me of an incident that makes me laugh every time I think about it-When I was in Cancun about 2 months ago, a whole bunch of us were sitting (visitors at the resort) around the Jacuzzi one night just sharing stories about where we came from and what not….Anyways, so a young couple from Texas had just joined us and had arrived in Cancun that day…So everyone went around and introduced themselves and said where they were from-when it got to me, I said “Canada”…and the Texan goes to me-“Are they all that dark up there?” I didn’t know whether to laugh or just continue and stare in shock..I quickly covered up with, “No, well..um my parents are from India-“…and believe me..I’m not that dark…ahh the ignorance.
ANYWAYS. I went off on a major tangent. Get used to it, guys!

So when Sima and Sana called me from the movie store, with their movie picks in mind-“Igby Goes Down”, “White Oleandar”, and “Sweet Home Alabama” (it was definitely not gonna be chick-flick nite), and when Sima mentioned that “Igby Goes Down” was a black comedy, I pictured just that.

Finally, when Sima and Sana arrive at my place, with the movie we voted for (u gotta love cell phones, I didn’t even have to leave the comfort of my home), I told Sima that I think she was confusing “Igby Goes Down” (http://www.mgm.com/ua/igbygoesdown/ ) with another ‘black’ comedy, which I couldn’t remember.

So after starting and re-starting the film several times (it’s amazing how we can go from talking about how to have great curly hair to …guys in the span of 2 minutes), we finally started watching “Igby Goes Down”….

So we continued watching it, and after the first 5 minutes I realized this wasn’t a black comedy, I mean the lead actor is Kieran Culkin (hmm I wonder if any relation to the famous Home Alone kid..can’t believe I mentioned that) and also stars Susan Sarandon and Claire Danes….

Let’s just say it’s an interesting movie…It’s about a boy that doesn’t really get along with his sick mother who in the end, him and his brother kill according to her wishes…There were a few laughs here and there…

So I guess when the credits started rolling and I looked over at Sima and said “So I guess it wasn’t a black comedy’…(thinking she would realize her mistake) I wasn’t expecting-
“Black as in dark….morbid, SANDY!”

I’ve been out of school way too long.

The wonderful world of blogs.

So here I am. I didn't think I would get caught up in this blog world but after reading Ange's insightful musings, (http://angemala.blogspot.com) I decided to jump on the bandwagon. I quickly realized it was easier said then done, I mean I never realized how hard is it to choose a name-i went from sands.blogspot.com, sandita.blogspot.com, sandee.blogspot.com, and they were all taken...i guess it took bit longer because I started to read them! There is something voyeuristic about this whole thing-reading about the ongoings of someone's daily life..I guess it ties in with the whole reality thing our society or tv seems to be pushing these days. Well, I wanted a piece of the action!
Don't worry there won't be any "Is he HOt or nOT" here...I'm more into the American Idol thing...so if you want Bachelor/ette insight..Sorry, you're taking a peek into the wrong site...

In case you're wondering about the title, 'Sandy's Adventures in the REal World", I graduated from Con U almost a year ago (!!), where the motto is "Real Education for the Real World" and have been working in the 'real world' since then...the stories I could tell.