So its been some time...

Life, for me, has changed a lot since I wrote that last post on how I managed to sleep during my night shifts. I did 2 months on the general shift after that and am currently at the fag end of my 2 months on the first shift. I bought a lovely little wonder machine called the Pulsar 200, learnt that you can have fun in Chennai too if you know the right places, got a salary hike after my confirmation appraisal at work, renewed my acquintance with VC++ and have begun to read voraciously. I've also learnt a lot in these past few months, and perhaps, become slightly more cynical and sarcastic as well. The rose tinted glasses of a naive young man fresh out of college are definitely off for good.

My bike is a wonderful little darling. Fast and ready to cater to my every whim at the slightest hint. And stylish. Very very stylish. Being able to pull out of a traffic gridlock with little or no effort, while leaving everybody else behind is definitely good for the soul, not to mention the ego. And then there's the stoplight phenomenon. People come up to you at the stoplights and want to know everything about the bike. I dispense knowledge with a condescending look on my face and then, when the light turns green, leave them to breath my engine exhaust. Its a lovely feeling, to be able to do that.

As for reading, I've decided to spend around 1000 to 2000 bucks a month on books. This is something I've dreamt of doing from my school days, and I've managed to accumulate quite a library now. And I'm trying out new authors as well as buying some of the classics I've always wanted to read, but never got around to.

Then of course, there's my guitar. I bought one when I was in Hyderabad and I like to think I'm steadily improving, though my room mates might say otherwise. I can play Hotel California pretty well now, though of course, if my room mates hear it one more time, they'll probably puke ;-)

I played tennis for two years at the Trivandrum Tennis Club, back when I was in high school. Even though I never did learn to serve properly, I still love the game and I brought back my old trusty dunlop racquet when I last visited Trivandrum. A friend of mine and I have been going around all the Tennis Clubs here in Chennai trying to decide which would be the best place to join, and I found a place today, that holds much promise. So, if that works out, thats one more thing I can strike off from my list of things to do.

Yes, life is good at the moment. The only dark cloud on the horizon is the untimely demise of my heavyweight HP laptop. But I'm trying my best to get it fixed, so THAT cloud might vanish soon enough. I thank God that I'm a happy and content man. Work is good, social life is good, I wear informals to office on most days, I get good food and am able to manage a good night's sleep most times, even though I have to be up at 3am in order to get to office at 5, when my shift starts. And I've found a good church to go to. I'm definitely counting my blessings!
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