{"id":53,"date":"2006-09-14T00:51:55","date_gmt":"2006-09-14T05:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/?p=53"},"modified":"2007-03-19T09:12:55","modified_gmt":"2007-03-19T14:12:55","slug":"impulsive-falls-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sikander.org\/journal\/2006\/09\/impulsive-falls-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"impulsive falls trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>we were on the way to mom&#8217;s house and all of sudden sikander asked me &#8220;lunato, shall we go to Niagara falls?&#8221; &#8220;what, Niagara falls? just like that?&#8221; you know <a href=\"http:\/\/www.city.niagarafalls.on.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Niagara falls<\/a> is world famous sightseeing place and people dream about seeing it in real at least once in their life..<\/p>\n<p>sikander then asked me &#8220;lunato, do you have your passport with you?&#8221; hahaha very funny sikander. when we were just &#8220;good roommates&#8221;, we, dooh, naraku, sikander, and I, went on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sikander.org\/entry.php?postid=50&amp;year=2003\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto trip<\/a> together. we stayed in sikander&#8217;s house eating sikander&#8217;s mom&#8217;s food. (who could have imagined she would be my future mother-in-law). anyhow, during the 2003 toronto trip, we went to Niagara falls. sikander and I planned to visit the American side but we forgot to bring our passports. we were very disappointed and were sitting on the side of a path looking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/DSC00913.JPG\" title=\"So angry and pissed\" rel=\"lightbox\">so pissed<\/a> while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/DSC00905.JPG\" title=\"Dooh and Naraku.. one of a kind each!\" rel=\"lightbox\">dooh and naraku<\/a> went to get coffee. all of a sudden a lady approached us and started talking to us. &#8220;this may sound a bit odd.. I am from States and it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s so nice to be here. but I was looking at you two and I could tell you guys are unhappy about something. is there anyway I can help you at all ? it is just sad to see a couple look like this when they&#8217;re on a trip&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hehe, I was very embarrassed that we were displayed like that in public but at the same time happy that we looked like a couple not just roommates :D<\/p>\n<p>On the way, we listened to the song &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LocdLRZqICE\" target=\"_blank\">Eyes on me<\/a>&#8220;. I like the lyrics a lot.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Whenever sang my songs<br \/>\nOn the stage, on my own<br \/>\nWhenever said my words<br \/>\nWishing they would be heard<br \/>\nI saw you smiling at me<br \/>\nWas it real or just my fantasy?<br \/>\nYou&#8217;d always be there in the corner<br \/>\nOf this tiny little bar<\/p>\n<p>My last night here for you<br \/>\nSame old songs, just once more<br \/>\nMy last night here with you?<br \/>\nMaybe yes, maybe no<br \/>\nI kind of liked it your way<br \/>\nHow you shyly placed your eyes on me<br \/>\nDid you ever know<br \/>\nThat I had mine on you?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When we got there it was almost midnight and rainy. It was pretty dark and cold as well but we could hear the sound of massive water falling clearly. and hold on, what is that on the American side of the falls ? OMG&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.ca\/images?q=aku+samurai+jack&amp;ndsp=21&amp;svnum=30&amp;hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;safe=off&amp;channel=s&amp;start=0&amp;sa=N\" target=\"_blank\">Aku<\/a>.. the core of evil is now at Niagara Falls USA.. where is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartoonnetwork.com\/tv_shows\/samuraijack\/index.html\">Samurai Jack<\/a>??? Help!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/naigara092006_01.jpg\" rel=\"[NF]lightbox\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/thumb_naigara092006_01.jpg?w=580\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> \t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/naigara092006_02.jpg\" rel=\"[NF]lightbox\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/thumb_naigara092006_02.jpg?w=580\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> \t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/naigara092006_03.jpg\" rel=\"[NF]lightbox\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/thumb_naigara092006_03.jpg?w=580\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/naigara092006_04.jpg\" rel=\"[NF]lightbox\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/thumb_naigara092006_04.jpg?w=580\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> \t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/naigara092006_05.jpg\" rel=\"[NF]lightbox\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/thumb_naigara092006_05.jpg?w=580\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> \t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/naigara092006_06.jpg\" rel=\"[NF]lightbox\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/thumb_naigara092006_06.jpg?w=580\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/naigara092006_07.jpg\" rel=\"[NF]lightbox\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/thumb_naigara092006_07.jpg?w=580\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> \t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/naigara092006_08.jpg\" rel=\"[NF]lightbox\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/thumb_naigara092006_08.jpg?w=580\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> \t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/naigara092006_09.jpg\" rel=\"[NF]lightbox\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/14\/thumb_naigara092006_09.jpg?w=580\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Standing by the falls for 5 minutes was long enough to feel the chill on the skin. We drove a bit more along the falls and then headed back to Mississauga at close to 1 in the morning. Talk talk talk, sing sing sing, yawn yawn yawn, coffee, coffee, coffee&#8230; by the way, I still think <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timhortons.com\/\">Tim Horton<\/a>&#8216;s ice cappuccino is the best ice cappuccino in the world (at least in my world)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hello, my name is lunato and I am Ice cappuchinholic.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>we were on the way to mom&#8217;s house and all of sudden sikander asked me &#8220;lunato, shall we go to Niagara falls?&#8221; &#8220;what, Niagara falls? just like that?&#8221; you know Niagara falls is world famous sightseeing place and people dream about seeing it in real at least once in their life.. sikander then asked me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-26","category-niagarafalls"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5XQq-R","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sikander.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sikander.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sikander.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sikander.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sikander.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sikander.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sikander.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sikander.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sikander.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}