Monday, May 29, 2006

What I've read in the last year

Hey! Its been so long that I wrote anything. Blame it on not being able access from home or anything else. It almost makes me feel as guilty as not having worked out over the last few days. Guess they run a common thread somewhere...

Anyways, life has been keping me busy of late. I've got an offer and am joining a Fortune 200 firm as a vendor Manager some time in June'06. It has been a sound and focussed effort from their end from the word go. The whole interview process was also a good experience. Plus the money is good:) Lets see what happens...

What else?....Ya Sunny and I moved to a new place last month and that was a tiring experience, it also was quite taxing on our pockets. Man is moving expensive! But we scaped thru, got the basics done. Also got a 29" Philips TV ;) I think we shud have gotten a bigger one-but I am the only one who thinks like that at my place:(

What else? Ya I am thinking of making a log of all the books I have read in the last year or so. I think I was a dreadful reader with a pathetic speed and hopeless consistency in writing. But I think I have come some distance off that now and wud want to chronicle my journey so far..Lol. Sounds too filmy na? Bah I dont care..ha ha. But would like to thank one person who has been after my life to start reading-thank u Ms. Bhasin:)

Let me start, I think the first one I read was Fountainhead-Ayn Rand(*****), thereafter: Atlas Shrugged-Ayn Rand(***), Doctors-Eric Segal(***), Answered Prayers-Daniele Steel(*), Love story-Eric Segal(**), Man, woman and child-Eric Segal(**), Made in Japan-Akoi Morita(****), Its not about the bike-Lance Armstrong (***), Ignited Minds- APJ Abdul Kalam(****), Rich dad, poor Dad(some kiyosaki guy), One night at the call center-Chetan Bhagat(**), Five point someone- Chetan bhagat(***), Mediocre But Arrogant-Abhijit Bhaduri(****), Da Vinci Code-Dan Brown(****), Digital Fortress-Dan Brown(****),Deception Point(***), Angels and Demons-Dan Brown(****), The Inscrutable Americans-Anurag Mathur(***), Making the Minister Smile-Anurag Mathur(**), The Fifth Mountain-Paulo Coelho(**), Surely you are joking Mr.Feynman-Richard Feynman(****). Thats about the names I can recall.

Plus there is a small list of books I started and couldnt complete for lack of interest or something better that life afforded me then:) - Joys of Reiki; The art of Living; Encounter the enightened, Zen and the art of motorbike maintainance, Fury, Papillon, Wheels, The money changers, The other 90%, Blink, The fountain of light, First break all the rules, Autobiography of a yogi, Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, The empty raincoat, and some others that I can see in my book shelf or I have hated so much that I didnt bother to even keep.

So much so for now. With the new place I shud get a TP for my disposal and shud hopefully write more frequently..Amen to that !!

P.S.: This is the piece written on around 26th May

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