It’s been a few months now since my last post here. My blog is crying for attention. I won’t say I have been busy; that would be a very lame excuse. I just haven’t had the inclination to write of late. I have been more interested in reading. One of my resolutions at the beginning of last year was to read some of the books that had been lying with me unread for quite sometime. Yes, I just got through some of them and bought a few new ones and finished them up as well. I finished reading Amitav Ghosh’s A Sea of Poppies. It’s an outstanding piece of work by him, I couldn’t put it down until I had read the last page. I finished 300 odd pages in about a week. He is one of the best Indian writers in English I believe. He has a terrific command of the English language and his prose is flawless, his characters interesting, and his story uncannily coherent and informative. I loved reading the book and I eagerly await the release of his next book in the series.
I finished Robin Cook’s fast paced medical mystery. Slumdog Millionaire a.k.a. Q&A by Vikas Swaroop. Excellent reads, both of them. I tried to finish the P.G. Wodehouse I had invested so much money in, but unfortunately, I couldn’t, I lost interest midway. I found it too seeped in early 20th Century English culture which I found a bit difficult to follow, though I enjoyed his style of writing. Read Chetan Bhagat’s Three Mistakes of My Life – fast paced and very enjoyable. He’s a good storyteller. He keeps it simple. I like his style too.
Currently, I have a Jeffrey Archer to finish. Again, finding it a bit difficult to understand the context as it belongs to early 20th Century English society, but I will read along and see how much interest I can generate.
P.G. Wodehouse and Ayn Rand will have to wait. Atlas Shrugged needs to be finished, but not right now.
Well, coming back to how I welcomed New Year this time, I think I couldn’t have done better. I worked, night shift. Although that sounds very boring, I think it was a constructive way to step into a new year. I had the mandatory party on the 3rd of January with the pada guys. Alcohol and fags as usual. One of my resolutions this year was to quit fags. I have partially succeeded up until now. I have managed to keep my intake to the minimum. I am looking forward to cutting back on my tobacco intake. It’s stickier than Fevicol for sure. I am a veteran now of making resolutions and failing to live up to them. I am not alone.
I had joined the gym last year in September but couldn’t keep up the routine and there has a gap of two months since the last time I attended gym. I am planning to get back into shape (like I have been planning for years!).
Work has been shaping up quite well except for night shifts. One primary reason for my not being a regular at the gym is night shifts. I have a few ideas floating around in my head for sometime, let’s see what I can do about them. I hope to figure out a way soon. Money was something high on my priority list the previous year, and I think I have fared quite well in that department. There are more milestones to reach, however.
Well, I think this much will do for a New Year entry. More next time, which will be soon. I need to put some of my original thoughts down into the written form before they are too lost to be retrieved. And also just to be able to see what’s on my mind with my own eyes gives me a sense of purpose. Blogging is good.
Until then…keep evolving.
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