Maple Leaves

Vancouver a warm welcoming
Our interests in skills training
How they choose vocations
To study these a good location


The Centre for many courses caters
Woodwork, highways, health, skills for waiters
Enhancing job opportunities
Bravely dealing with life`s necessities


A mixed population of many races
Mainly Asian faces
Vancouver then was thriving
Talented, the economy fast moving


Maple leaves, changing colour, in the fall
Eleven pointed leaf, Canada`s national symbol
Maple syrup, topping waffles and pancakes
A wonderful experience all this make


Limericks` Raheen Business Park
Precision medical devises making their mark
Other courses engineering, retail, financial
A helpful policy made official

Wide expanse of Lake Ontario
By its edge the city of Toronto
Cars drive, houses moved over frozen lake
Difficult for me of these sense to make


Toronto’s` International Business Centre
Renowned for finance, arts and culture
Across lake Ontario, Buffalo
Easy access with a map to follow.


Courses needing high motivation
Students enjoying challenges of innovation
Varied choices for all ages
Equipped to earn good wages


Ottawa well up on skills training
Studied their system of skills providing
Victorian architecture, sentiments awakening
Rideau Canal in winter for skating


Niagara Falls one must visit
US border within sight
Rainbow Bridge connecting New York State
Maid of the Mist boat ride await


Nova Scotia next to visit
Skills training gaining merit
Puffins, seals, kayaking
A place for whale watching


Atlantic Hotel place of stay
Chowder soup, crashing waves made my day
Prince Edward Island, red sand beaches
Birds, seals in watery reaches


Their Flag, St Andrew`s cross in reverse
At the center, the Scottish Royal Arms
People of Nova Scotia with a Scottish accent
Curried meat as starter, a welcome moment


Every good thing comes to an end
My travels fond memories they send
Back to Vancouver across the continent
With a heart full of contentment


The dolphin show a breath taker
Romping dolphins a show maker
Leaping high and wild
With cries of joy like a child

Return flight to Hong Kong trembling
Planes engine troubling
A tropical storm settling in
Ours, last plane to fly in


Runway into Victoria Harbour jutting
A very scary landing
After an overnight stay
To Bangkok made our way


My brown oversized bag now like a rag
With a Canadian sticker flag
Back home the next day
Kelana Jaya where I stay


Home sweet home I always feel
Even if with jet lag I reel
No experience can beat
My home even with the heat


M P Prabhakar
25.5.2016
PJ