Late night work last night. Woke up late this morning. 6.30, I think. Oh well.

Made calls in the morning. Felt like a fool an hour later. Felt like a kid who is given a wonderful kayak and who instead of paddling out into the ocean and enjoying the sunset, bitches about how the colors of the sunset are not the right hue. Oh well.

This story of my lack of understanding could have been a short story with morals in the Amar Chitra Katha. I wished life was like the ‘Connect-the-dots’ pictures. Unfortunately, unlike those pictures, life’s pictures do not have numbers to make the task easier.  Oh well.

Sat the day in front of TV watching Lord of the Rings. Such a moving story. Should read the book sometime. Oh well.

In the lab now, trying to work. Maybe I will head down to the Scripps Pier and watch the sunset. Say thanks for the wonderful people in my life. Since the mood is a bit low, I will also mope that SK is not in my arms when I watching the sun go over to the other side of the planet. (Take that Copernicus!)  Oh well.

I wanted to do so many things today. Well …. mainly run programs to try and figure out why my protein structure will not refine. The day and the work is going too slow and I am getting pissed at myself.

I have stayed away from the blog for a long time too. Anyhow. I got a couple of requests: gaalis for surviving in Bombay. I will most certainly do so …… soon. Haha.  Kulti for now.

The past few days have been alternating between really busy days or absolutely lazy days. At times I am amazed by how much I can get done in a day or how I can avoid work altogether. Anyhow, my sugar and caffeine levels are dropping and I will be stepping out to get a cup of tea in a few minutes.

Staring out of the window for a bit and ….. wait …. XY just walked over to my desk here. Well she is the German technician who works in the lab and she asked me just now not to give out her name or initials. Super cool gal who is fun to work with.

Alright back to the post.

I miss:

1. Messing with new arrivals in Bombay especially when it comes to the local trains (cruel, if you haven’t done it. Not so when you have. It is fun ….. really).

2. Home-brewed beer courtesy of Rick in Oregon.

3. Playing with Nathan.

4. DG’s drunken desh bhakti. A friend who slept with the Indian flag on New Year’s eve.

5. Saying hindi gaali’s to people when I am getting out of a crowded train at Dadar. Some stupid f …. fool will hold on to the bar and refuse to get off in Dadar during peak hours. Such people rightly get slapped by everyone.

6. Conductors who never have change for you but will empty their pockets out for the babe in the bus.

7. Special cutting chai at the GK naka near SIES. (Word of advice: Never eat GK’s samosas. I have seen how they are made and its not a wonder even the cockroaches won’t eat it)

8. SP’s inability to breathe when she is laughing. She ends up combining the laughing and breathing resulting in high-pitched noises).

9. The utter respect the macchi-waalis command over regular people.

10. The gaalis that macchi-waalis give. I have seen the worst people blush over the utter crass nature of these gaalis. (These gaalis will be shared, if requested).

11. Trekking in Maharashra.

12. Being the only person who can understand what AB is saying. Now his wife (SN) can understand him too.

13. Aai’s idlis, vegetable upma and vague Tamil sayings (I think she makes them up. Hahahaha)

14. Dad’s burnt cabbage subji. We never eat it but I still miss the burnt smell which is a clear indication that he is in the kitchen and not Amma.

15. RI trying ridiculously to look cool with kids 10 years younger to him. They will call you Uncle, if you hang around kids too much.

16. Biking my way to Nilesh’s place.

Alright time for a walk and tea. Kulti.

(Translation: … too lazy to do it right now. Maybe later).

There are days like today when I just can’t seem to do anything. Days like these, I wish I was sipping chai and reading a book. I wouldn’t want to be out in a lawn or anything. A comfortable couch will just work fine ’cause that way I can take naps.

Laziness must be ‘inertia’ for me. Its almost as if  laziness is my native state and any work that I have to do would require me to waste energy.

Maybe I should brew myself a cup of tea now ……