Dr. eAVil

Well, for some odd reason, I have suffered from major writers-block and mental-constipation since December. I took a few weeks to churn out my PhD thesis as I had excellent second-year reviews and thought it was time to bid adieu to the old desk. I believe desks are important for people like me however, so are open roads. What happened next is best forgotten as it involved very little sleep, sitting in plane for nearly three whole days (yes, around 72 hours), flying east, west, north and south, sitting/sleeping on trains for more than 36 hours, sitting in buses for more than 24 hours, telling this boy I like that I really like him (I mean, come on, I was thinking “now or never”, it was friggin 3am on a train to the deep south, my co-passenger was snoring, my dad was snoring to keep the beat and I had had too much masala chaai at 10pm to be able to go to sleep.. however, facebook works via mobile, EVERYWHERE, Jai Ho!), meeting my long lost tiny roads to yonder and re-introducing myself to my old-best-friend, Ashwin.

Apparently, I have learned nothing Three years of undergraduate schooling, one year with a masters, a few more on the phd, sporting the whole time, scraping dishes for more than half that time, and still I have learned abso-friggin-lutely nothing. I still have flights of fancy, dream away, tell boys (some nice, some not so nice) exactly what I think, am inspired by random acts of kindness and have no delusions.

To give you a quick recap however (as whether or not my “fans” (or other wind-blowing devices of mass distraction) want to know, I want to show off! So here goes):

* Ive had the good fortune of meeting some very good looking people @ Team TIMEX………. They even had their first camp in New Jersey and we got to see Manhattan one night! It IS all that… I was pretty pscyhed… Additionally, anything I say about my team-mates will be less than sufficient! So, I will leave this for later… I plan on running into these kids as often as I can!
* I travelled to 9 cities in 54 days for work, laughs and the team……
* I worked nearly 18 hours, every day for those two months
* WE (Ashwin and his awesome pals and I) started this new foundation for kids with eye-cancer. Ashwin works on Retinoblastoma research.. www.ikshafoundation.org, watch this space!
* I put off leaving home (Bangalore, for the un-informed) as much as I could.. I think there were about three ticket-changes.
* I found MY SONG, it starts with “Rehna Tu”
* I picked up a new job, writing programs… thats what I used to be good at……… the platform is called “Ruby on Rails”, not to be confused with Emeralds on Trains, a bad Agatha-Christie-sque novel…… It is POETRY to my geeky soul!!
* I have a whole new team of awesome people that I call my friends now…………….
* Im now officially, Dr. eAVil, accepting applications for mini-me, get in line!
* I have realized that I am normal, thanks to the crazies I met in NJ and the ones I met at Ultraman Canada…..
* I have a new coach, who happens to be the current bright spot in my life………. there are people who make money in the coaching business and then there are real coaches. This one is the REAL deal.
* Im still as politically incorrect as ever and have no intention of modifying that.

So long for now and thanks for all the chips.