CURRENT MISSION

To find new missions

ABOUT ME

I am friendly and enjoy meeting new people and want to get to know people from different parts of the world and find out about their way of life , cultures and traditions .

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I enjoy travelling and meeting new people and learning about their cultures and foods . I also love to meet travellers to Toronto and show them the sights and sounds of my city . I organize and host many walking tours around the city and also have tailor made packages for out of Toronto day trips . The most popular ones are Niagara Falls (ofcourse ! )and Kingston and the 1000 islands area .

Join me and find out about Toronto and its history . Did you know , rotten fruits fetched a higher price than fresh produce in the early 1800s . Ask me why on one of my walks :)

Interests

I enjoy meeting visitors and newcomers to Toronto and showing them around the city . I volunteer with the local greeter network - (google toronto greeter network). Its a fun way to meet people from around the world and make new friends . I am also registered with Toronto Tourism & host walking tours .

I used to be able to travel a lot more than what I am able to now but I love walking around and discovering new cities with locals or with some local tips and inputs .

• walking
• drinking
• clothing
• traveling
• socializing
• law
• volunteering

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Meeting a lawyer from (ex US vice president)Al Gore's team in 2001 at New York airport and learning from her that Bush will be the next US Prez & that Al Gore has decided not to challenge the elections in the US supreme court

Tried buying raw dates from a lady-grocer in Muscat , Oman but she wouldnt sell them to me cuz she only sold them to women . Eventually she called her brother over to close the sale . I got my dates - but raw dates are sour !!!

This you have to see . 2 guys tried to pull this on me in Dubai . Ofcourse they didnt succeed . I wasnt born yesterday ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y-EXsingD4

Teach, Learn, Share

Two rather amusing answers from what they call ‘the why and because’ category. First, why do men’s clothes have buttons on the right while women’s have them on the left? Because: when buttons were invented, they were expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Since most people are right-handed it’s easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left. Because wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on the maid’s right. And that’s where women’s buttons have remained ever since.

Second, why do people clink glasses before drinking a toast? Because: in the days when it was common to try to kill an enemy by offering a poison drink, it became customary for the guest to pour a small amount of his drink into the host’s glass and both men would drink simultaneously. This was the host’s way of proving the drink was safe. But when a guest trusts his host he would only touch or clink the host’s glass with his own. And now its become a nice habit

Here's a new one !

I was at my bank today ; there was a short line . There was just one lady in front of me , an asian lady who was trying to exchange yen for dollars . It was obvious she was a little irritated...

She asked the teller " Why it change ? Yetterday , I got two hunat dollar for yen . Today I got one eighty . Why it change "

The teller shrugged his shoulders and said " Fluctuations ! "
The asian lady says " Fluc you white people too " !!!!!!

What I Can Share with Hosts

An entertaining off the beaten path walk around town . The site of the $50million swaroski Xmas tree that comes up only for a month around christmas. The history of peameal bacon and why Toronto came to be known as hog town .
I am a virtuoso personality ( google it) and have tons of stories to share over some Canadian wine and cheese

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Bermuda, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Oman, Peru, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, India