Disclaimer. Anticipatory Bail.
This is going to be one of those boring posts,
much like a gap-filler. Mostly because I keep being asked why I am not writing
anything these days. But also, I really want to break this rut that I am in!!
A fancy title, lots of blaming mundane stuff,
some general updates, lots of excessive smileys and a promise to return to
blogging seriously, that is what this is going to be about. So if you’re
expecting something concrete, sorry :) :) One of these days, soon enough, I will
post quality stuff. Today, however, is not that day. :D :D
Blogger tells me that it has been 157 days since
I blogged. That is equal to 5 months and 4 days. 22 weeks
and 2 days.
No, I did not do this math. I used Google. That
is a huge number of days that have lapsed. I do not even want to get into the
calculations of how many weekdays and weekends that is. And No! I do not have
any specific reasons! I can blame lack of motivation, writer’s block of plain
laziness. I can also blame bouts of travel. Oh No!! I will not blame TRAVEL! It
is the best thing to happen this year. :) :)
Technically, I should have had enough stuff to
blog about. As I said, I have done a fair bit of traveling this past 6 months
compared to the usual spending long weekends cooped up in SG. I could have also
continued my Mahabharata Chronicles, which I do intend to continue by the way –
there are piles of unfinished drafts lying in the folder… :)). I could have
done some tags. As I remember, they used to be my most favorite blog topics a
couple of years back. :P Not that I found any worth my time.
So what was I up to?
I travelled a bit, made use of the lots of long
weekends that are there this year in a good way, stayed at home the one longest
weekend because of lack of planning. :-/ Something that still irks me. Anyways,
let’s not dwell on that!! I am looking forward to change that in the rest of
the months in 2015. This year however so far, I have been to Leh – Ladakh,
Penang, Ipoh, Bali, and home! :-) :-) I know! Not too bad huh! :)
On the milestones front, I turned another year
older, completed 2 years at my current job, and completed 6 years in Singapore.
I started learning a new dance form (Odissi), gave it up when I went on a two
week break with the family to Bali, I checked some things off my bucket list
and added another few items on it. I have a few more things pending for this
year that I need to check off.
Oh also, I had the most awesome birthday ever
with a kick-ass cake to boot, and baked by a close friend. Idea conceived by
the best friend. :-) Nope. Can’t post any pics here since it’s too racy for
this blog :D Suffice to say, good friends, great night-out, dance, dinner,
drinks, and brilliant presents. :) :) Fun was had, and HOW!!! :) :)
As part of the above celebs, I was gifted a
kindle this year, something that has been on my wish list for the last 2 years.
I was on the fence about an e-reader but can I tell you the stats? 14 books in 4 months. That is some achievement
even by my standards! It’s GOOD, people. Take my word for it! I still love my
books, smell of paper and all that, but this little device has been a lifesaver
on my one-hour plus train journeys back and forth from home to office.
Someone very kindly reminded me about a couple of
months back; it has been 6 years since I landed on the shores of Singapore. That
is a long time even by my standards. Normally in about three years or so, I get
that itchy feeling to move out and head to a new place. I still do get that
sometimes here. Have to figure out what to do about it. Been everywhere here,
seen everything, done almost everything – time to head to a new place huh? I mean,
I am comfortable in this place. It has given me a lot, but it has taken a fair
bit as well, so my feelings are quite ambivalent in that regard. The one thing
that I will always be thankful to Singapore for – FRIENDS.
Oh boy, I can definitely ramble on eh. I mean, I actually
thought I would not have anything to write about.
Ok. I think I should stop here. I hope this gives
me back the mojo to continue the blogging efforts, especially ‘The Mahabharata
Chronicles’. :) :)
In the meantime, if you do see me, do ask me why I
am not writing anything these days; it seems to do the trick. ;) :)
Until the next blog then...