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memories from the past - Posted on August 14 of 2025 in Ottawa Ontario Canada K1G3P2

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Years was most likely 1997, when Kryton Systems/Insheel Inc assigned me for some work with a Nortel group working out of Robertson Rd building next to General Dynamics in Ottawa Ontario Canada. One Engineer of the group asked me if I was married to a foreigner. It was a bit strange question for me, perhaps he assumed that I was born in Canada, another Engineer of the same group knew that I was a landed immigrant. I replied to him that I was not, we were a landed immigrant family. But there must be some reason for that question or assumption. Most likely the question was for the other person with Nortel by the similar name as me who was nearly 10 years senior graduate from Philips Eindhoven. I was a new immigrant at that time in Canada. Another Senior Engineer graduated 10 years ahead of me from the same PII Institute in Eindhoven was married to or had some family connections with a Philipino family and also used to work for Nortel at a corkstown bldg, later on moved to Arizona and reti...
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I wonder what was wrong with the following transaction dated August 02 of 2025 (PS: I did not sell this receipt to anyone, do not believe any lies, I wrote on the original receipt myself) updated August 24 of 2025

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(Original receipt is in my possession, if anyone wants to buy it from me). I paid cash CAD $25.00 and used card to pay small change (change which was less than CAD $5.00). I pay to the retail stores at the check out for the products and services I buy from them as a customer. I am not their employer neither their sponsor to pay them in that capacity. Also I am not a cash or tax collectorof any territory in Ottawa, to pay them their cut/share. I have documented this issue in my precautionary notes as well many years ago. If they were under that false impression or illusion then perhaps some one was doing these collections under same name as Engr. {(male) KhalidMahmood}, perhaps that's why they say that he did not pay. They should look for the physical person with the name that was part of their business or activity/operation, or game. I was not. Also seasoned people of the game of such cashiers, should control the inexperienced childish tantrums). Another possibility, is...
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memories from the past- Posted July 27 of 2025

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A vlogger on youtube was praising the city she was visiting for its natural beauty and the other objects around. That reminded me of 1981 when I went to Eindhoven Netherlands from Karachi Pakistan as Philips Scholarship student. Everything looked different as compared to Karachi, pretty and perhaps I had the simiar feelings as the vlogger. Youtube and vlogging did not exist at that time, so I used photography to document memories. During my student life in Karachi I used public transport buses (in 60s, 70s public transportation vehicles) which were very ancient. In Eindhoven I got the opportunity to travel by luxury coaches with PII students, teachers and Staff group, coaches were like air plane interior, city buses in Eindhoven were different. After completion of my study period in Eindhoven I went back to Karachi via Jeddah and when I was taking to someone about mode of transportation in Netherlands I mentioned that I liked the buses they were not able to understand why I would like ...
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memories from the past when I completed my Grade 12 (or HSC as was known in Karachi Pakistan). Posted on July 13 of 2025 in OTTAWA ONTARIO Canada K1G3P2

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After I completed my 12 years of schooling HSC (i.e. before getting admission in Engineering School) , I attempted to get inducted in merchant Navy but since I was not stout, I was determined not suitable for merchant navy work, so I joined Karachi Ship yard as an intern (in the drawings/blue prints storage facility) to learn from the Engineers/draftsmen.  Getting admission in Engineering School was tough and based on merit list (starting from the highest marks), lot of candidates used to compete for limited seats.  After about spending one year in intern role at Katachi Shipyard, I decided to quit the job to get back to my path to Engineering Degree, my marks/grades of a year before were still relevant and got me a seat in the Engineering School known as DCET at that time, later on several name changes. It was a triangle of three institutions from start to finish of my degree, DCET, Karach University and N.E.D. University of Engineering. First time ever I used a c...
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My Observations, personal feelings, personal opinions, experiences: excessive show of uniformed or security personnel sometimes - Posted July 08 of 2025 Updates July 13 of 2025

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In opinion, and perhaps historians might confirm/compare it with the situations in past that Dishonest, unpolpular and corrupt govts use excessive security forces to establish authority and regime on commoners, by putting powerless public in trouble for no real reason, just based on Hoax information, we thought this, and we thought that, we heard this and we heard that, and this might be danger etc. If the govts. were honest and had public support, they will never need to use such excessive forces to run corruption ventures and businesses under the disguise of governance. Such extra uniformed officers reflect on the insecurity of SIG and mock authority and Corrupt governance and will promote and strengthen only corrupt law enforcement, this will happen, if the law enforcement personnel were not inducted in the forces with proper procedures.
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OW office Hamilton Canada 2017, Posted on July 08 of 2025

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After I moved to Hamilton area in 2017, I was given a meeting with a employment counselor named "Wendy Hamilton" of OW in addition to usual case worker. OW Employment counselor filled some forms on the computer screen and filled some paper forms manually, I noticed that one of the form was filled by my first name as "KhalidMahmood" and rest of the forms were filled by my last name without comma, when I mentioned this to her, got her attention and she looked at the forms again, she acknowledged it in person when I was sitting in front of her in the office. Perhaps some one needed that form by the first name and came to pick it up during the meeting. At that moment when a woman came to pick it up, it never crossed my mind why she was taking it from "Wend Hamilton", I thought perhaps something to do with the employment related meeting, but it was not, it was something else. 
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Socially bad vs Legally Bad Posted by Engr. {(male) KhalidMahmood} on July 06 of 2025 in OTTAWA ONTARIO Canada K1G3P2 updated July 08 of 2025.

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A person “bad” socially, is different in different cultures and according to family rules. Where as a person “bad” legally or “bad” from law enforcement point of view is a dangerously “bad” criminal because has no respect for the legal system of the country. Criminals and illegals are “Legally bad” based on the law of the land. Socially bads are politically motivated judgements about people’s behaviour without concrete reasoning left to the discretion of some influentials to establish authority on vulnerable people, walk this way, talk this way etc and if you don’t you will be more bad or the baddest of all times. When people in power, victimize a singled out person to make others happy politically or personal gains or charge people by mistake or falsely than people are forced to not obey as a protest. Relationship of ordinary people and people in power is like that of a child and parent relationship where parent represent position of power and when children are unfairly treated they s...
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