Trying to keep the load on what wifi I have to a minimum, so I may not upload all of the photos I’m taking right away and embedding them directly from my drive. Learning as I go.
So, to make you all jealous, this is the view from the sitting room where I’m staying:
The temperature is currently sitting at 33 celcius. We don’t even go out in this temperature!
This was on my drive earlier today.:
Notice the temple on the water!
Went with my cousin Shilpa to a store to pick out some fabric that she makes into amazing out fits. While I can’t show you those outfits, wanted to show you some of what I saw while it’s still fresh in my mind:
And this is from her office:
Wanted to get a few things out there and make sure I keep up with my promise. Might post more later, but here is just part of my first real day on the ground. Dinner with friends later!
I’ve always been terrible at keeping up with these things, but after watching a vlog post by Mendel Kurland yesterday, I realized I’m the same way. I hate being in front of a camera and much of what I write about my experiences I look back on and think they’re boring. Here’s hoping that changes.
Even before I saw Mendel’s video, I had already had a chat with another friend of mine, Jo, one of the founders of #DevTO the night before I left. He encouraged me to blog about my trip, which I was planning to do, mostly with photos. I said I might even try my hand at vlogging. And so I fired up my Periscope and began at the airport in Toronto. Did another one in Frankfurt, but no one was watching mainly because it was stupid early. Will try and keep it up…promise.
On the whole the flights have been uneventful. Very comfortable and even got a couple of seats to myself on the flight to Mumbai, which was really nice when I wanted to sleep and my stomach wasn’t feeling all that well. On the first flight, I ended up beside a Justin Bieber look-a-like, who actually turned out to be okay in the end. He and his class were taking a 10 day trip around Europe. The four seater that contained the two teens had me on one end and another woman on the other. When we were beginning our decent into Frankfurt, they began to talk about all the places she’d been with her daughter. I chimed in (probably uninvited as I am prone to do) with my current trip, spending time in Hong Kong and the like. I had to because this other woman was boring them to death. She didn’t seem too pleased, but I just saved that conversation. I may not be the most observant person, but I could tell that these two wanted her to leave them alone. I think I won them over in the end. I’m competitive, so sue me.
This is a presentation that I gave to the Global Business class at the Sheridan College Davis Campus a couple of days ago. Students are assumed to not have their own website at present and the intent was to give them tools not only to set up their own websites, but also help their clients make decisions when it comes to their websites. While the slide deck itself isn’t much, know that the presentation went on more than an hour with great discussions and many questions. Feel free to comment below and add any of your own, or ask more questions!
Here are the shots from my weekend in Ann Arbor. I decided to enjoy myself and not attempt to capture every single moment, but the moments I did capture were only a drop in the bucket of the amazing fun this weekend with amazing friends.
A big thanks once again to the organizers for inviting me to speak on WordPress 102. #nomorerootbeers #wchangover
