At Turnerberry Park , Ajax - Toronto -626

  At Turnerberry Park - Ajax / Toronto 

I am now back at the Turnerberry Park at Ajax/Toronto. I was at this place around the same time Last Year also . Fortunate enough to meet some of last year’s known faces and get to know many new ones .


 

Summer Vacation is Celebrated in a big way in Canada. Almost 4 to 5 Months of each Year is too cold for anyone to venture out for any outdoor activity , shrouded as this place is in Snow during this entire period , 

Age is no bar . Summer times bring out the Parents , Grandparents and the Kids in large numbers to these parks . Every Residential Complex  has a fully developed Park which is almost always  equipped with a Play Penn for the Kids . 



Adults who can flex their Hands and Legs have the facility of a Tennis Court , Football / Soccer Ground with Coaching Facilities and a Basketball Court . 








Ladies and Gents also gather around on the benches in these Parks and spend time in each others company . Ajax has a sizeable number of settlers from the Sub Continent . 

Our Daily meet has people from Punjab , Gujarat , Maharashtra , Tamilnadu , Andhra Pradesh , Sri Lanka, Pakistan , Afghanistan gathering around on these Benches. The No Trust Motion against the PM and the Various other Bills passed in the Indian Parliament is a topic for hot discussion . 



BALA Sir , A Valliyure Man  Clad in Native Mambalam Attire and one who knows many places and people in and around Ambas and Kallidai is a  big attraction ,

My relative comfort with almost all their languages plus their own comfort with Tamil or Hindi makes for an interesting time spent together , exchanging views on the happenings around the World . 

I am sure people endorsing the 2 Language Formula back home may not like what I say , but take it from me, it is never too late to learn a new Language , it does help in a big way . 

Hindi does help when you cross Gummidipundi in a Train or the Chennai Anna Domestic or International Airport when you venture out on your job . Afterall  every sixth person on our Planet is an Indian or of Indian Origin and definitely knows a language other than English and his own  Mother Tongue .


Comments

  1. BB11 August 2023 at 20:00

    Wow! Nice description of our evenings in the Lexington park

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