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