Month: January 2006

Note to self: buy a screwdriver before going home. Right. Life continues to be absolutely grand, in every sense of the word. In fact, I’m not ever planning on returning home. … Heh. Just kidding. But the thought has crossed my mind. I suspect, however, that part of my happiness here would be lost if […]

The angst factor is greatly reduced. In fact, I now feel quite at home in Bangalore. I’ve met my roommate. I’m starting to settle in at Parikrma. I’ve even found a great coffee shop, completely with comfy seats, clean tables, soft lighting, an adjoining bookstore (books create such wonderful ambiance), and … good coffee. For […]

Of course, one is always careful not to drop one’s laptop. Even if one has a clever Apple laptop that thinks “what is this sudden unpleasant sensation? Oh! I must be falling! And my hard-drive has important documents! They might be destroyed if the hard-drive heads hit the platters on impact! I know! I’ll put […]

Oh. My. Goodness. I’m rather terrified, actually. What have I gotten myself in to? Going to Bangkok– to go and study at a University with British and American profs with other American exchanges students and an American roommate– was one thing, but being here in India– entirely alone among Indians, volunteering at an elementary school, […]

I wish I could say this has been a great year. Or a challenging year. Or a year that’s changed the way I look at life, the world around me, or myself. I’ve passed from 18 to 19– nineteen proving to be fully the bleak and desolate age it promised: caught between the romance of […]