General Nonsense

So I managed to get cooking gas, now only the petrol remains 🙂

The Indian Clerk

So I finished The Indian Clerk during my holidays. From the reviews that I read, it seemed that the book was heavy on Mathematics, which is completely wrong. Well at least thats what I felt :-).

The Mathematics is not the central focus of the book, I am not complaining, after all its a novel. The book is more about Hardy than its about Ramanujan. Some of the events which deal with the Trinity college and Cambridge politics make for good reading.

Overall I would rate the book 3/5.

PS: Ran out out of petrol in my car and my cooking today and both are not available, so my energies will be directed towards getting those for a few days.

To Dearest Amu

I am so happy about you, and remember this friend of yours who will always have a place in his heart for you. Always :).

Back

So I am back after my forced holidays :-). I am so glad that I got this much needed break, life was getting a bit rough and meeting a few people who care about you really makes one feel wanted, and stop me from turning into a sociopath :).

I am so happy that I was able to return to my old reading speed and finished the Indian Clerk in two days (though I must admit it wasn’t that big a book), I thought I had lost my appetite, speed and motivation for big time reading and that is one thing I really don’t want to lose because one thing that I think I always had in me was this reading thing, once I picked up a book I liked, I finished it no matter how big the book was or how busy I was. And as far I can remember I was like this only, even my mom tells me so. Oh and I think my mom knows me better than anyone, though I never admitted it, but she does. And I think I am more like mom than I like to admit.

I am totally in love with this Dev.D music and I love the word “emotional atyachar”. Oh and I was able to get in touch with one of my old friends again which was great.

Will update more later…..

Break

I am off for vacation. Normal service will be resumed after 4th. Meanwhile Happy New Year to all of you.

PS: Will try to do a Year That Was post once I return, but no promises. 🙂

Reading Update

Not progressed much with the reading, though initial few pages suggest it might be heavy on gay love and stuff, Now I don’t have anything against it. But I wanted something heavy on Mathematics more like A Beautiful Mind. Anyway still early days….

A Nice song and a few thoughts

I just stumbled on this song and have been listening to it since then.

Listening to this song started so many chains of thoughts :-). In all my quests to find a meaning of life (don’t laugh now) one thing I am pretty sure is that one of the purpose of life is “Pursuit of Happiness”. Not Happiness really but its pursuit, because when we achieve the “goal” we don’t remain happy for long, but as long as we have some goal in sight which we presume will give us happiness, life is on.

Finally I decided which book to read next. The Indian Clerk is about Ramanujam. I liked A Beautiful Mind, hopefully I will like this one too, anyway I love “the tragic hero” kind of books.

General Nonsense

Lunch was good. Then saw Madagascar II, it was okay not as good part one. Crap just cut my finger while opening a salted pista.

Anyway might watch another movie tomorrow. Need to get another book, don’t feel like reading any of the books I already have. Drinking Vodka today, a bit tired too, don’t feel like writing much.

Nice Video

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Rented this movie Mulholland Drive but now I don’t feel like watching it, not sure why I rented it in the first place. Also need to figure out what to read next (Now that I am done with Brothers Karamazov). Maybe I will try to finish one the unread books which I keep on purchasing.

Also maybe I will start going to the gym too :-). Going out for lunch this Friday, hope the place is good. Coming back to the Brothers Karamazov, sometimes I think I am a bit like Ivan. Like…. I don’t know maybe I am not. I have this tendency any Book or movie I like, I tend to identify myself with one or main character in it, its like gee I think like that person!!! But thankfully such books or movies are rare.

I need to start doing a better job at work too 🙂 .Economic times are uncertain and last thing I want is getting laid off 😀 (ON second thoughts it won’t be such a bad thing after all ).

Also I plan to start updating this blog everyday. Time to get some certainty in life, its getting too uncertain for my liking. Maybe I should revive one of my early college goals, that is to minimize the influence of other people on my moods and happiness. Anyway as I found out it was not so easy as it seems :-). One of the reasons was that I am really not that aloof and cold a person I look like :P. But nevertheless we can always try again.

Bye,
P