Loving being a bookworm....

It was a blogger's block again.... Couldn't blog anything solid for months....May be it was a work and not getting enough time, somehow i thought the writer in part has disappeared....
Then came the books... it was one of those sunday shopping in CP, i came across this book 'the perks of being a wallflower' in book store... I didnt like the movie much even with good reviews and all... I thought i will give the book a try.... From CP to the home, i started reading the book.... the writing style was different and i could make this connection to my own writing.... Letter writing more... I write in that mode.... it took only 5 hrs to finish the entire book....
That was the beginning.... the book-list in the novel was motivating... i made a list for myself as well... inclusive of all the classic i missed reading in my young days.... Then started the book ordering process.... so far finished reading:
                       The great Gatsby
                       The catcher in the rye
                       The Bell jar
In my self, waiting to be read:
                       One hundred years of solitude
                       This side of the paradise
                       Walden
                       Lord of the flies
There will be more books to the self soon... But this practice is making me feel better.... No more worried about the blogger's block... because i equally enjoy reading... one thing i was missing whole 10 years in academics....
When in university, as a student, you spent all your class/work time in class/lab... so the rest of the time was always spent outdoors... I never got time, to sit in room with a novel....
So here is the time, here is the opportunity to be a bookworm.... and there is no better feeling than the moment you finish a book and take another one...

Sun, Rain and lots of fresh air

I was looking forward to this vacation…. Life in delhi was getting a lil crazy…. Summer, humidity, pressure at work…. I was longing to escape…. Finally got the tickets in appropriate time… to the paradise… to home…

Wakes up to have my favourite breakfasts… varieties of fish for lunch… TV, movies… badminton with Sherryn in the evening… and cool nights… sleep peacefully…. Breathing in all fresh air now… walking through green grass…  clean roads everywhere… all exact opposites of Delhi…

Last time I came home, I was roaming around… didn’t get time to relax… Relaxing is all I do now… when I get back to delhi, I know, it will b only running around… So making the most of the time here… Enjoying my do-nothing days….

When was the last time iMy week-ends were for reading and lots of writing... But for the past few months, my blogs have become few-liners... having all the time in the world now to blog, write journals and letters... nothing feels better than this...

Vacation is getting over in 3 days... filling my lungs with some fresh air till then... because once i am back in Delhi, its all polluted roads and filthy people...

Academics calling... again!!??

And academics called me... again... possibly for one last time...
Last time, when it called, i said NO... it turned out to be a big mistake... The fact that the zero appreciation for my work now, making me think i should consider this offer...
The situation I was in last time was different... i was about to step into a new career... i never knew the evils of it... This time, i can weigh both... sort the pros and cons... This is going to be the biggest decision of my life, i can tell you....
As a physicist i always wanted to contribute to my subject... I the present job, well, i am not getting that opportunity to be a physicist... that kills me... I am really missing being a researcher, and the pleasure of getting my own paper publushed.... Academics is not always the perfect place to be... it has its own evils... Competition is high there as well... But the respect you get there, you cant even dream of in my present work place... thatz going to play a big factor as well...
The next few weeks are crucial.... Too much of decisions to make... its going to a fight between my brain and my heart.... 

And I will miss that old Scot...

May 8, 2013:

It was rather unexpected. I mean the news that SAF is retiring.

First, it came as a speculation. I was in the office, having a normal day till them… Once the speculation became a general discussion topic, I started praying hard… it should just be a speculation.

I was having a not so great day already… Internet was down at home and I was slowly going through the news channels, which was usually my morning ritual from home… By the time I was jiggling work and news, I read the news by around 12… it was shocker….

I started messaging everyone concerned…. It was breaking news for everyone… and shocker…

Slowly, I saw the news sites and twitter pages getting flooded with tributes… I began to fear the worst… If it is just a speculation, someone should have posted against it… denying it or something… But, that never happened…. My heart was yelling 'noooo' all the time….

Finally around afternoon,  2 or so… Manchester United confirmed the news… Fergie is indeed leaving… Something I always thought, will never happen!!! Or impossible to happen!!!!

To me from the beginning English football was all about Manchester United…. And United = Fergie… He was right there when I started watching the game… so, something like a 'change of manager' was unthinkable… For other clubs, managers came and went… but for us, the  grand old man, planned and signed up players and collected cups after cups… It was cool… even cooler to a United fan…  Even players changed… We thought Beckham was the ultimate MU player…. No…. Big names just moved on… The club was never known for a particular player… but for only for… this man….

I don’t know what will be of the future of my club… it will be difficult  days… I dearly wish SAF change his mind and stayed on… But you cant expect anyone to grow young back in time… he dedicated his life for United for the past 27 years… its time we give back to him…. A well deserved retirement… and a big Thank you….

Thank you Sir Alex for all the memories… we will definitely miss you!!!

Respect your opponents!!!

Last few days and weeks i was into watching the IPL... IPL, when it started,was all about entertainment.... But into the 6th season, i was not sure what's with the league... it was not same anymore... it lacked, what?? probably, RESPECT to the opponents...
The fans and players get too carried away with the cash-rich, party-feel league, they forget the real sportsmanship and become hot-heads.... players like gambhir and kohli are the best examples... the latter especially becoming arrogant day-by-day.... he almost slapped by gambhir, booed in wankhade... there will some a day, when he will be really slapped... that day seems not far away!!!
Here is the thing.... being a sports-person all my life, i know how can one lose cool in the field... you say things... but it should just be within the boundary lines of the field... you come out you go back to the way things it was before the match... but many come out of the field with their egos grown bigger than themselves... They get offended by the bits happened with the the field and that results in the ugly spats outside...
On your day, you win matches.... when the day is not yours, you lose... you accept it and give it to your opponents... The first rule in sports is WINNING... the second is RESPECTING YOUR OPPONENTS... today's sportspersons are forgetting that... sad!!!

Is it the weather or just me....

Was looking forward to this week-end.... So excited to start a new 'project' (its still a secret project)... The enthusiasm was touching the roof in the beginning when i thought about the plan...
But cometh saturday, the energy level is touching in the land.... Is it the weather or the week-end feeling or something else... all i think now is:

laziness at the highest..... 

I blame the summer for this.... LOL... i need to put blame on something... probably i should take a break, a vacation.... not like the one i had last time... it was busy and didnt have a single day to relax... I need a week for relaxing... somewhere in the hills and breath in some fresh air... probably end of May... just to enjoy some rain in Kerala... 

But, i need some focus now, some boost... to kick start.... i cannot let the laziness take over... 

Delhi is testing my patience....

It will an year in Delhi next month.... Am in in love with the city... not even close!!! Infact I am hating this place more than ever... The people, the place... everything....
Delhi has a heritage, culture... but the people living in delhi now, do they care a bit about it? I dont think so... That's shown in their attitude... It's asif... its a nobody's place... nobody cares about the place... that's the reason everything bad happens here.... People don't have a sense of belonging... They spit on road, throw thrash on road... behave really bad to everyone around... People are in general 'bathameese'.... Two shameful rape cases reported... those were just the media reported ones...  You open the newspaper, you can read about more... Women are no longer safe here... There is no girl walking on the streets of delhi not thinking about her safety... Hating this place...
Also Delhi is full of money minded bitches... The landloards/ladies i met in delhi, all are found to add charges/inflate bills wherever they can.... The place i am staying right now, i am almost paying double the electricity rate... This place is so corrupt, people being uneducated.... there is no point in complaining also...
Forget the uneducated, the educated ones are no better... back-tabbing, gossiping bitches from the educated class...
Summing up living in delhi is like living in hell... I regret every moment these days, they moment i said no to academics... May be it's a punishment for one bad decision in life...  putting my heart, soul and spirit to plan an escape from this city...