Category: Experiences
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Bloganuary Day 31: The Thing I’m most scared to do, and how I’d do it
Oh, I have an entire laundry list of these things – Things I have been scared of, but how I ended up doing. So this is not exactly a hypothetical question for me, it is a very real thing. Looking back, the approach that worked for me can be summarized as such: If you are…
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Bloganuary Day 30: What I complain about the most
In the 1999 Malayalam Movie Ustaad, the character Parameshwaran (Played by Mohanlal) is often seen quipping to his sister Padmaja (played by Divyaa Unni): “Enthaa choodu coimbatore?” (How hot it is in the city of Coimbatore). The clincher here is that Mohanlal’s character who adorns the persona of a real-estate businessman in Kozhikode is actually…
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Bloganuary Day 29: My favorite sports to watch and play
Moment of truth here, I am not a sporty person. There I’ve said it. I have not always been this way, you know? There was a time when I used to actively partake in, and enjoy sports. Cricket, football, and badminton were my favorite games. Gradually, as I grew up, I lost interest in cricket…
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Bloganuary Day 28: What would I do if I won the lottery?
I have always pondered over this question. In fact, I answered a version of this for the last bloganuary as well. It has also been a thought exercise I have indulged myself in quite a bit. My wife is a big fan of lotteries. She purchases lottery tickets whenever possible. In Kochi, you find folks…
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Bloganuary Day 27: The Books I want to read
What an excellent prompt! As I am religiously embracing my reading hobby this year and making some solid progress in my TBR (To Be Read) list, I can definitely pick and name a few excellent books that I really want to read in 2024. Like I said earlier, I have a fairly long TBR, and…
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Bloganuary Day 26: My favorite family traditions
My family actually does not have a ton of traditions. We live in the moment, mostly. We make plans as we go – it is a fun life. With that said, we do maintain a couple of light traditions. Those are celebrating Vishu and Onam, when all of us are home. Vishu marks the beginning…
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Bloganuary Day 25: What do I enjoy doing most in my leisure time?
Until recently, I used to chastise myself for “wasting time”, for using time that could very well be used for a productive task to do something unproductive. In fact, this is often the textbook definition of procrastination – you end up doing irrelevant things as you put off important, but difficult, tasks. I started seeing…
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Bloganuary Day 24: A place close to home that I haven’t yet visited
My wife and I moved to Kochi in 2016, I love this city and want to stay here for the foreseeable future. This year, we would have spent eight glorious years in the city, and by now, we have explored every nook and corner of it. Well, almost. It is hard to believe that there…
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Bloganuary Day 23: Five Things I Do for Fun
Who doesn’t love having fun? As I have shared earlier in this blog, I am a big fan of the idea of NOT taking life too seriously, something I’m embracing more and more in life. In this context, I am getting more and more enamored of doing fun things. Or even finding fun in the…
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Bloganuary Day 22: What one thing would I make my pet understand?
As I had shared in this blog a few days back, and at other times, we have three cats. Every single day either (or all) of our three cats wake us up early in the morning, anytime between 6.30 to 8 AM, it is time that we usually are sound asleep. If there is one…
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