Nothing much has been new with life. Had been sick for a week (Cold, fever etc). Have been really busy with work (work in the office, work from home etc.). Want a nice long holiday away from home and somewhere new.
Have been growing a beard and it's pretty good now. Plan to grow it some more before I shave.
Got a new phone (Nokia E-52) and will post a review soon.
This Sunday I came back home quite early and was pretty bored. Decided to watch "Ek Chalis Ki Last Local" for the 10th time. Had some spare vodka lying around (Haven't had a drink for a month), as well as some Pulpy Orange so mixed the two and the results were quite satisfying.
Today, we had an out of town trip after a long long time. It was a refreshing experience after the monotony of Malls and 8 lane expressways. I have to admit though that the trip would have been better on bikes.
The place is called Damdama lake, near Sohna, Haryana. It's around 40km from Gurgaon and the road is a 2 lane normal Indian road. The last mile is a single lane and mostly mud.
A few days back, I felt the sudden urge to download a few Dire Strait songs. I'd been hearing about online music stores a lot and felt that for some good songs, less than 1$ is a price worth paying. Come to think of it. A few years back an album cost much more than it does now if you buy and download online. You don't have to leave your computer and your song is there in a few minutes, and all legitimate. Unfortunately,
I didn't have such luck.
I started with the tab in windows media player that I always saw, but never used; the media guide. I remember how it always pestered me to select an online store during install. I looked all over in vain but it would only give me youtube links for songs that I searched. No store, no song. I tried ITunes next. After I completed the registration process, I was informed that you can buy music online only if you are in the US, or hold a US credit card. I tried amazon, napster everywhere, I had no option to buy music.
Finally I went to torrentz.com, downloaded the whole album for free in fifteen minutes. I have learnt my lesson and I would prefer to spend my money and waste my time elsewhere.
This is an amazing song I've been listening to a lot recently. The song maintains the original Dire Straits' bluesy and laid back guitar-based sound. The keyboard portions are reminiscent of the style Richard Wright used around the Dark Side of the Moon era.
Lately I have been feeling that I've been trying to do too much in my life but don't have enough time to do it. Time flows by like a river and boredom is a thing I haven't experienced for a long time. Here're what I do all week.
During the weekdays, I wake up at 12.30, go out for sometime, come back home at 2, take a bath, play games from 2.30 to 3.30, do a little office work, have my lunch at 4, leave for office at 4.30, come back at 3 in the morning, watch seinfeld and listen to music and sleep at 4.
Saturdays I wake up around 1, play games, watch tv and then go out at around 5 in the evening, roam around cp, relax with a couple of beers, have dinner and come back around 1 at night. Watch a movie or play games and sleep around 4 in the morning. Sundays are similar except that I have to take my parents out instead. Add to all this my chronic laziness.
Here's a list of things that I really want to do but am too lazy to start or continue
1. Play guitar and learn some new songs. Watching my guitar gathering dust makes me want to hate myself.
2. Start exercising again. Shoulders drooping, belly likewise.
3. Start using my bike more and avoiding the car. I really love my bike and it's gathering dust.
4. Watch some good movies. I've some really good classics downloaded for months but haven't watched them.
5. Read some good books.
6. Study for my ccnp exams. It's high time I studied for these exams, otherwise my last exam's validity will expire.
7. Ride the metro more
8. Watch travel and living more.
9. Read the newspaper.
10. Play GTA IV more often so that I can finish it and buy a new game before my graphics card goes obsolete.
11. Meet old school friends who are in the same city but I haven't met them yet.
12. Just sit and relax and do nothing for a change.
Whenever I think of these things and how my life has changed for the worse ever since I started working, I start hating myself.
Seems like my life has no purpose.
These days whenever I'm roaming around on my bike, instead of the care-free leisurely way I used to earlier, I'm constantly tensed and looking out for cops. Whenever I see cops anywhere, I either speed up and run away, turn around and go the other way or turn into an alley. Whenever I see a cop car moving slowly behind me, I always think that it's following me, ready to fire it's siren anytime and chase and shoot me down. It takes me a while to realize that I haven't done anything wrong and I'm just being paranoid. I think this is one of the side effects of finishing all the versions of Grand Theft Auto, a game where you're always breaking the law, risking your life and living on the edge. The worst part is, one day my bike's tire got punctured and for a moment, I had the sudden impulse to ditch it and steal a parked mercedes, similar to what you'll do in the game.
But whatever may be, life in the game is much exciting than real life. And the best part is, you can save and reload later.
