Hello STEEM community! I'm @haardikkk

haardikkk (26)in #introduceyourself • 7 years ago (edited)

Hey!

I'm a 19 year old Indian who recently shifted to Canada for University. A little bit of my background, I was born and brought up in Delhi, India. I got interested in technology and programming at the age of 9 and started working as a freelancer at age 14. I have since then worked on various projects and learned a lot of new skills. I have been interested in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies since about 2014 when I used to be active on an online BTC rewards based chatroom called CoinChat.

Today, I am pursuing a Computer Science degree from University of Waterloo, Canada.

I have been lurking on Steem for a while but I don't consider myself much of a writer, so I hadn't made an account until a couple days ago when a very random incident made me sign up :D

I had to bus from Waterloo to Richmond Hill, and I got off the bus at Square One, Toronto to switch buses. I was waiting for the traffic light to turn white so I could cross the road as I saw an old man, probably in his late 50s, holding up a sign and moving around. At first sight it looked like he was holding up an advertisement for a shop nearby, but it didn't.

It wrote "SAY NO 2 BANKS - ACCEPT CRYPTOCURRENCY - http://steemit.com/@******"

I don't remember his exact username, but that was so random for me that as soon as I got on the bus from Toronto to Richmond Hill, this was all I could think about. After reading a bit on it, I decided to sign up and just today my account got approved :D

You can probably expect to see programming articles, philosophy, cryptocurrency articles, and a bunch of other random excerpts of my thoughts here :D

Have a good day/night Steem community :D

#firstpost #hello

7 years ago in #introduceyourself by haardikkk (26)

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majes.tytyty (78) 7 years ago

Hello, @haardikk, and Welcome to Steemit.

To start, I must say your Steemit ID is very interesting (even tho I cannot figure out what it might mean).

Too bad you couldn't snap a photo of that sign holder. I hope you find out his identity ... eventually.

Coincidentally, I'm a Canadian, from near Niagara Falls. And I lived near Delhi, in Gurgaon, for 4 years.

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haardikkk (26) 7 years ago

Thank you!
My name is actually Haardik, so my Steemit ID is my name followed by some extra 'k's.Hey @majes.tytyty

I tried to capture his photo but sadly my phone had died by then.

Oh jeez I'm planning on visiting Niagara Falls sometime and I actually know a lot of people from Gurgaon, where did you stay there?

Thanks again for the advice, I'll keep them in mind and try to make good posts.

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majes.tytyty (78) 7 years ago

Stayed in Regency Park 1, near the Galleria shopping center. It was okay, but I didn't really like Gurgaon all that much. So, often I travelled either to Goa or the Himalayas or such places.

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haardikkk (26) 7 years ago (edited)

I see. Himalayas are your friend. Where did you used to go? I am a frequent traveler of the Himalayas too, specifically Kasol and nearby villages.

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majes.tytyty (78) 7 years ago

Old Manali and McLeod Ganj were my fave places. My friends used to tell me (rave about) other places in the Himalayas that were very remote, but I never found time to go there.

Nor did I get to the NorthEast .. Assam, Nagaland, etc. I really would have loved to get there, and had even made some plans which fell through. Then I left India.

Maybe someday ...

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haardikkk (26) 7 years ago

Oh I've been there, they're beautiful places. I can't wait to go back home again until later this year. I haven't been to the Northeast either though, I do wish to visit Nepal too. Hopefully, someday we all get to be where we want to be :D

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