Just a Thought
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Well, well, well, it has been over 300 days since I last published anything here, and surprisingly, I don’t feel overpoweringly terrible about it… Normally, this would be where I declare new aspirations and set renewed goals… but not today. This past almost-a-year has been an even more enriching one than the one before it –…
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I need my regular dose of big open spaces. I usually have easy access to it: when winter rolls around, there’s the ski terrain; when summer hits again, just grab a tent and pitch it in the big mountains. Having just returned from a trip to Southeast Asia, I have no complaints about not hitting up…
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Today was one of those days: the ones that just kept on getting worse, the ones where things went wrong in multiple aspects, the ones where you end up making yourself brownie-in-a-mug… Well, I made two, and topped them with ice cream! Alas, as I’m way overdue for a post, I decided to revisit an…
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College days are over. Friends are no longer just a bike-ride away. No more morning coffee chats with the roommate, or post-work climbing seshes. No more surprise birthday parties, or Thanksgiving dinner with a dozen friends… I don’t seem to recall hearing much said about the importance and the challenge of finding richness in solitude,…
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Out of sheer curiosity, I joined the Fencing Club at my university back in freshmen year. Around the same time, I also joined the Varsity Outdoor Club there. As the weather got better when Spring rolled around, I ditched the dim-lit ballroom-turned-fencing-practice space, and threw myself into the arms of the great outdoors. It was…
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It’s now near midnight, day 1 of year 24 is slowly coming to an end… It didn’t exactly start on the most positive note; but as the day went on, I am so relieved to say that it has turned into the best start I could ask for: Nothing grand happened today; it was a…