Just as objects in the rear view mirror are closer than they appear, similarly time in hindsight, (like when I sit to write down this blog), appears to be only yesterday. Feels like it was only a few days ago, I wrote the previous instance of my life-in series.
A lot of other blog posts are due, some travel posts, and some more. This will be a summary recap and hopefully, I will get time today/this week to cover the rest.
First things first
(Things that I have done first time in my life)
Colored my hair - Long outstanding bucket list item to color my hair. Had to act urgently since hairfall is going on :)
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| Thinking what have I done |
Made Vettu Cake - Kanishka and I decided to take the plunge and make Vettu cake. As usual, we had multiple experiments going on. Different sugar types, different shapes. They turned out to be decent, ofcourse no where good to where it should be. But, decent experiment to begin.
Color coordinated t-shirts - Kanishka and I decided to have same color coordinate T-shirts for our combined birthday treat.
- Purchased a farm land near Bangalore, detailed post to be published.
- Thindi walks -
Thindi Walk in N.R. Colony organized by Ajit/Enthu-cutlets, Thindi walk in
Malleshwaram organized by KanishkaTravel
(1) Short trip to Goa - Apr 6 - Apr 8. Partly driven by the desire to just rest, partly to go to Casino and rest to just get out of town :)
(2) Kodachadri/Malnad - A near perfect monsoon outing to a perfect area in Western Ghats. Detailed post to come but just to say, this was amazing!
(3) Merthi Gudda trek - A short 1-day trip to an amazing trek to Merthi Gudda. Just loved everything about this trek. Full in nature, very few people, great company, 'technical' trek, and an amazing monsoon weather
(4) Upcoming trips - Because once the wheels start to roll, then they roll :) Likely to go to Varanasi for campus hiring (IIT BHU), Amritsar/Delhi in Aug, Bali in Oct.
Outings - Social and otherwise
- Club Cabana - A day trip team offsite to the adventure park Club Cabana. Played Mafia :)
- Mother's day dinner at Chula Chauki Da dhaba, Sarjapur
- First Haldiram's in HSR - gotta have that Bhatura
- IPL finals at Boho's Koramangala
- Kanishka Birthday dinner at Rim Naam
- Namo's birthday at Sultans of Spice, Koramangala
- Anshika didi'40 birthday celebration
- BBQ treat of Kanishka & my birthday
- Lunch with Parul at
Yuki Koramangala - Great place for pan-Asian cuisine with crafted beer
Other Misc
- Went to Board game meetup vipo-games at Dialogues cafe, Koramangala
- Ran 15K and participated in HSR Jatre 10K race.
- Went again to N.R. Colony for a mini Thindi walk on Aarti's bday.
- Board games are back - Played almost all board games, whose rules I know again, in March/April timeframe. Including a back to back game of Powergrid with Justin. Felt good to be back in board-game world
- Attended Dance performance by Aarti at the White house
Movies/TV-Series
Surprisingly, I have seen only one movie in cinema hall in this time period -
Suzume - 3.5/5 - Good fun anime movie. Made by Makoto Shinkai (Your Name, Weathering with you), lot of action and kind of a road-movie :)
Babylon - 3/5 - Takes something to make a film like Babylon. At 3hrs+, it is definitely an experience. Babylon covers time in Hollywood where silent era of films is ending and sound is coming. Brad Pitt was miscast IMO, rest was decent.
Citizen Kane - 4/5 - Finally, I have seen it :) . One of my top bucket list movies, took me a while to find time to check it. Liked it, definitely lot of fun but somewhat stretched as well.
Alaska daily (TV Series) - 3.5/5 - Intersection of journalism, politics with a David vs Goliath battle, I do have a soft spot for such series.
The Diplomat (TV Series) - 3/5 - Well, its politics, made by folks who were associated with West wing, has Keri Russel of Americans fame, intrigue and mostly office politics. Sign me up! waiting for season 2
The Bear (TV Series) - 4/5 - Binge watched this in an evening, 8-10, 30 min episodes. Liked the food-drama genre. Nicely done!
The Recruit - 1/5 I wish I did not see this
Night agent - 2.5/5 - decent masala series.
Rewatched West wing - Season 2-5 . Just like that :) (5/5) even in repeat watching.
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