I'm Back

I think it is pretty strange that I never bother to update this blog when I am India. Maybe it is because the exertions of a normal weekday in India is so much more sapping than its equivalent in the US. Or it could be because there is so much more to do in India than in the US. Whatever it is, when I get down to actually doing this, I really do enjoy the whole exercise of putting my memories down at least when I actually get down to actually doing it. So what have I been doing the last 5 Months?

I landed in India on 1st may. The day was also Appa's 57th Birthday. Both appa and amma had come to the airport to pick me up. I spent the rest of the week chilling at home. I always take a week off after an onsite trip, a deep breath of fresh air before I plunge back in to the chaotic currents of everyday life of a young Indian IT professional. Then there is the Jet lag..... Anyway, I always get back to real life as if stepping out of a portal behind which time stands still. I always have a lot of time in Ranipet. Between bouts of unrestrained hogging and mindless games, I did find the time to vist relatives in Chennai and a temple near Kanchipuram. Pictures here

It was there that I learnt that I had to go to Mangalore. I spent about six weeks there. Three in the company guesthouse and three weeks in a house with six other people. Now that the bitterness of being stuck in the middle of nowhere has sort of worn off and with the abstraction provided by the passage of time, I can safely say that I actually managed to not hate the whole experience. It was there that I realized how much I hated eating alone. I might think and act like a loner but I really do prefer soem company especially someone who always wants to do the things I don't. Left to my own devices I tend to vegetate... and not a little.....

I was back in Bangalore in July. Two and a half months of profligate living. Great food, good company, Movies, music, a huge load of comics and a little bit of serious reading. I did not read much at all. The only new, non-genre book that I managed to finish in the last four months was "Special topics in Calamity Physics". More on the book in a later post. Man, did I finish a lot of comics? From Preacher, to Superman to Black Orchid to Fables and The Sandman. It was fun! I also started watching the older episodes of X-Files and the office. I also started rereading A song of Fire and Ice, Malazan Book of the Fallen and the wheel of time.

I began a brand new chapter in the Grand Narrrative of my life when I got engaged to Haripriya(Priya) on September 4th. I promise. More details in a later post.

That's whats been happening to in the last four months. So what've you been up to?