pavandeep

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My Dad didn't have a very good day yesterday. It started with a ring at the door at about 10am. It was the mailwoman with a registered letter for my Dad. My Dad sat down and started opening the envelope. My Dad's company was being served with a $40,000 lawsuit.

Well, not really. A company with the same name as my Dad's company (minus the "ltd.") was being sued. I guess when trying to determine the owner of the company they made the mistake of sending it to the the wrong company and owner. My Dad made a couple of phone calls to try and get the mess sorted out. As of today it still isn't sorted out. Apparently when you call people to tell them they're suing the wrong person they don't take your word for it.

Yesterday night, my Dad asked my sister to move her car, so she wouldn't get a ticket for parking on the curb. He told her to park in the driveway, infront of my Mom's car, which he would move since my Mom had to go to work early the next morning.

Pardeep got into her car and moved it and then saw my Mom's car leave the driveway. That's exactly what was supposed to happen, except my Mom's car kept moving back; it crossed the street and then went onto the diveway across ours. Then it hit their garage door.

Pardeep heard the BAM! when the car hit the neighbor's garage door. She quickly grabbed Ralphie, and ran into the house. She yelled "Pavan, Dad hit the neighbor's garage door !"

At this point Pavandeep was confused and then Pardeep looked up and saw my Dad walking down the stairs. She goes to my Dad "You just hit the neighbor's garage door, thusi undar kee karday aw?" She looked really confused.

Then my Dad quickly went outside to fetch the car.

What happened was, when my Dad started my Mom's car he saw that the gas was low, and decided to fill it for her. He came inside to get his wallet, but accidentally left the car in "reverse". It's strange that the car rolled back because our driveway slopes toward our house, not the other way around. The neighbor's garage door will need replacement, but the whole incident was pretty hilarious.

One time in a Marketing class we were doing a case study on a particular funeral home, and how they chose to advertise. The instructor asked the class who we thought the funeral home was targeting. For a while, no one said anything. I raised my hand and asked "People who have no family or friends?"
"Correct" said the instructor.
Just imagine that. An adult with no one in their life. What must it feel like to pick up a flyer advertising cremation services, and then realize that this is something you have to plan yourself?
Last week I was talking to a lady, and she told me about an old neighbor. This neighbor was in her 80s and immigrated to Canada with her husband years ago. Her husband has died, and the only family she has is still back home. She has a few friends, like the lady I was talking to, but no one that can take care of her. There might be a lot of "loners" out there. It's possible that these unidentified, unclaimed bodies were of people with no friends or family. I think it's pretty unfortunate.

I think most of my friends know how much I HATED UBC. It was a terrible experience. I realized how terrible after experiencing education in America. WOW! What a difference; being treated with respect, having the ability to challenge instructors, and feeling like my school actually "cared".

Earlier today, I received a phone call from Helen. Helen is a current student at UBC and is working part-time trying to gather pledges for an endowment fund. I have donated in the past. It wasn't much, but I guess that gets you on a list. I told Helen that I didn't want to donate to UBC ever again, and that her call was bringing up bitter memories. Helen didn't give up. She sounded like a really sweet person. I talked to her for about 10 minutes. She kept asking me about UBC, and her questions brought one particular incident to mind...

After a midterm, one of my answers was graded incorrectly, so I went to tell the instructor. I could see why the grader marked it wrong, but it wasn't wrong, what I had done was actually quite brilliant :-)
The instructor looked at my exam, and saw that I was right, he then accused me of changing my answer! In front of about 10 other students he told me how people like me ruin it for others. Then, he told me if I get a better grade on the final, he would just give me the final exam grade. I didn't really have any other option (I didn't know you could appeal exam grades), so I agreed.

Guess what? After the final exam I went to him to get my grade. He told me my grade, and although it was a good grade, it wasn't just the final exam grade. He could tell I was disappointed, and said "There are a lot of students who would be very happy with that grade" pointing to the students in the room. Making me look stupid yet again. He had used the midterm grade afterall, and when I asked him, he said he didn't say he wouldn't count the midterm. I was so mad that I just walked out of the room. I had no evidence, but what kind of instructor lies like that?
DR. CRAIG BEREZOWSKY!
Getting back to Helen; I didn't go into detail about this incident, but I told her that there was NO CHANCE I would ever donate to UBC. But Helen kept talking, and well I felt sorry for her, and said I would make a small donation. She was so happy, and said "Oh wow, this is my second pledge!" I asked her how long she had been working, and she replied that she was new, and it had only been 3 days. 2 pledges in 3 days!?!? That probably doesn't even cover what they're paying her.