ThoughtfulChaos

Sorry for the bland title. But could not think of anything else and in a way the boring title very well reflects my current state right now. No particular reason to blog except that a blog is supposed to be regularly updated journal. Nothing much going on in my life right now. Actually something is going on but hopefully I will be able to tell you about it in my next post.

I am helping a friend of mine in setting up a blog. He, like me, is using Drupal to power his blog. Probably the only reason I am helping him is because he has been delaying it for too long citing a busy schedule (somewhat true) and lack of technical expertise in configuring it (totally untrue). If I get his blog up and running he will have at least 1 excuse less.

Continue reading "Update"...

Still no confirmation of the news. I am a bit disappointed because I expected things to happen more quickly. But there is nothing much I can do about it so am just keeping my fingers crossed.

Its been an uneventful week largely. I read Khuswant Singh's I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale over the weekend. A very enjoyable book. The perfect book for a lazy weekend when you don't want to exert your brain much and just want to go with the flow. I like KS's style of writing: simple English, literal translation of Indian/Hindi phrases ("they will remember their maternal grandmothers"), a reasonably fast pace of narration and a visually rich and descriptive elaboration of everything. I liked it more than the only other novel of his that I have read, A Train to Pakistan. I am looking forward to reading his third novel, simply titled, Delhi.

To stave off the boredom I borrowed India Unbound by Gurcharan Das from my neighbour. And have thoroughly enjoyed the 2 chapters I have read till now. Am looking forward to reading the entire book.

I am so happy that I simply had to blog about this.

My life got a little more interesting today. There is some good news I want to share but I will refrain from doing so right now. Formal confirmation is yet to come through so I am holding off the announcement till that happens. OK, some of you know what it is about. But please don't reveal what it is.

The day was spent reading up on Java and security. Found this freely available nice eBook called Securing Java on the Net.

I was in Ahmedabad almost the whole of last week and I was unable to blog because I was too lazy to go to the cybercafe. The one time I did drag myself to the cybercafe I was busy checking emails and replying to them to blog about anything. But now my mini-vacation is finally over and am back to work.

Continue reading "Aaj ki taaza khabar"...

I will be starting for Ahmedabad in the evening today. A train to Mumbai and then a connecting train to Ahmedabad. I will be in Ahmedabad till Sunday. Grandma's cataract removal operation is scheduled for Thursday. I hope the operation goes well and she is fine by Sunday when I leave.

I have nothing planned for the week. Will be at home during daytime. Might go out to meet friends late in the evening after dinner. I am still reading Pride and Prejudice, have been reading it since ages and now I am getting bored. I have half a mind to abandon it right away.

C ya in a few days...