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Self Reflection time on Sunday evenings on my terrace

August31

Sunday evenings are the most beautiful, probably coz, this is when I always sit on my terrace, usually alone and give some time to let my mind wander around, think, dream, regret, admit, reject, approve, etc. This usually ends up with a brilliant plan/idea for the week ahead. This span of 100 odd minutes is what helps me live and conversely I live the hectic week so that I can have a peaceful Sunday evening.

I stopped blogging abruptly, as my mind was pre-occupied, maybe it still is, but today with excitement.

Fireworks!

July27

Remember I mentioned fireworks sometime back, the above is what eventually happened. Some crazy shots, some are ordinary.

Sri Sailam Bike Trip

February13

Royal Enfield 350cc and the other bikes that followed it.

It was as bad ass, wild and rowdy a bunch of Googlers from Hyderabad could get on a Saturday morning at 5 am. Hooligans set out on a bike trip. We were Peace Hippies and not Hell’s Angels. We didnt have weapons, we had bikes. We didn’t want to drag race and make fun of someone. We just wanted to go and feel the wind.

Photos are here.

Lesson learnt: Always wear a helmet and shoes.

2007 >>> 2008

January1
Every blogger’s new year resolution… to blog more this year. 2007 was good… a different year. Almost entirely non-academic and was on the payrolls of a company for all the 12 months of the year for the 1st time.

I just stopped blogging in the last 5 months. Not that I didnt have things to say, I had opinions, but never got myself to actually blog. Can rant about stuff like 3 hdd crashes and the server downtime, and the new Dreamhost server and what not. In short, i have excuses.

How did i transition from 2007 to 2008? I was sleeping at home. I fell asleep arnd 11pm and woke up briefly for a min at 3 am! I woke up again at 7.30 and got ready and left for work! Yes, I volunteered to work today. I like the year, its the year of the Olympics and its a new start, I can tell myself that forget the undone things of 2007 and make it happen now. I guess that is why we have Quarters and Months, to compartmentalize our thoughts and keep making fresh starts. I kinda like it.

My iPod

April5

An iPod that plays music for everyone who visits me :)

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