setup first home with wife (stuti) and thoroughly enjoyed putting meaning to things
connected back with the most important teacher couple in my life. Should have done this earlier, it was a small misunderstanding which made us lose some precious years where we didn’t contact each other.
attended sankranti in Ahmedabad and tried my hands at kite flying
travelled to Udaipur for wife’s friend’s wedding.
travelled to Indore again to attend close friend’s wedding.
i have become famous for ordering mcdonald’s food in wedding after parties and I am proud of it. I am open to paid gigs @mcd
travelled in first class train compartment for the first time in my life and loved it.
went for a 60km cycle ride in Indore without any plan and enjoyed it
attended Republic Day ceremony at mother’s office and loved it.
got myself a pink suit. It looked exactly as I thought it would & then wore it in many weddings. High Fashion.
tried Kunafa at Kunafa Story Kormangala and loved it.
got some furniture made, study table etc from local shops
invited cousin brothers for dinner, met one of them after ages
signed up with a nutritionist/coach for a year. Needed to gain some muscle.
travelled to Chennai for a friend’s sister’s wedding. Stuti had come to drop me off at the train station, I took her along. 1st AC penalty + fare is more expensive than flight fare, but it was all worth it.
rented a bike and travelled to Pondicherry
got viral and fell really sick. Got 104F fever.
travelled to Guna for wife’s friend’s wedding.
met a friend in Bangalore after a long time on his birthday, had much fun. Listened to some original songs.
tried skating in Cubbon Park
went to MAP Museum near Cubbon. It’s commercial and boring.
started my fitness journey more religiously (after recovering from bad viral fever)
played Holi in society and realized that holi is the perfect festival to see the real nature of an otherwise polished people.
setup a stall in the society flea market where we tried selling wife’s digital art & some masala coke. Artists must prepare for a hard day when they sell their products. As most people don’t value art well.s
attended multiple flea markets (soul sante & others) and also spent a lot in clothes shopping.
started climbing. tried going weekly but didn’t go more than 5 times in the whole year.
got a good barber on Urban Clap, haircut issues sorted.
tried a reels challenge with wife & caused her a sprain. now we just stick to sharing couple challenges reels
travelled to Goa with Stuti (her first goa trip). More details on Goa Diaries blog.
marchtee sale was on, so spent way more than I had planned.
started taking more random pictures to ensure I create more memories
started with a trip to Mumbai to meet wife’s college friends
climbed a rope on a tree with local kids, they were fascinated with my abs
watched the moonset at the marine drive, with wife and thousand other people (because Mumbai)
struggled with sleep for close to 20 days or so
visited jaipur for a friend’s wedding, I realized that I really struggle with food in Rajasthan. I am not a fan of the cuisine (probably it is the lack of eggs)
visited my niece in Pune. Don’t refrain from talking technical concepts with kids, they might enjoy it.
if you are in Pune, you should order Alphonso from Malpani Mangoes atleast once (it’s quite good)
went to write club bangalore after a long hiatus. Good fiction writing is a difficult & rewarding skill to have
attended India’s first skating disco. It was great for photos and videos but overall, not as fun as it looked on camera
took two besties out for dinner, realized we should do it more often. Atleast once every quarter (but that didn’t happen for the rest of the year)
travelled to Nepal for brother-in-law’s wedding
did a work out at the edge of the mountain with the view of the Himalayas
went to a dance bar in Kathmandu spent 30 seconds and walked out
got medical tests done. LDL levels came very high, consulted a cardiologist and looks like it is normal because other things are in check and this is genetic.
took a day off from work and just whiled away my time in the city, my favorite kind of day
travelled to Pune for Didi’s birthday
watched a play for the first time in life, it was Manav Kaul’s “tumhare baare mein”
got published at the PFCs transformation tweet. Shredded, with abs and shiz.
randonly went to meet a friend at her office along with another friend. Had coffee and it was fun.
Travelled to Thailand with wife for her birthday
chickened out of an island trip because of motion sickness
watched zindagi gulzar hai through most of the flight journey
had first muay thai session, might pursue this in future.
saw a water monitor up close in Lumphini Park in Bangkok
met a stakeholder whom I have worked with for long for the first time
started a goal to type faster and started practicing and recording. Reached 60 wpm from 45 wpm
fraudulent transactions got reversed and I was finally at peace
got stuck in rains while coming back home from Indiranagar, it took me >2.5 hours. Felt so cold on the bike that stopped in between and ate thukpa at Yak Kitchen in Kormangala. Tastiest thukpa ever.
stuti found out a momos place in kormangala and it was great. The aunty even serves chicken soup with it
watched Ind vs Pakistan with Avani. We had a fun weekend. Watched silence of the lambs as well
upper back got fucked again, I must stretch more. I haven’t stretched at all.
easiest dance to perform in weddings is “oh oh jaane jaana”
played regular badminton with friends, I don’t like racket sports, but I like hanging out with friends. If you want to cardio, select a sport, treadmill gets boring after the initial burst of motivation fades off.
i might have missed updating meeting a childhood friend who visited from US, I spend less time on digital mediums when I am with him
mobility is an important part of fitness, I suffered from days of pain because I didn’t do mobility or stretching routines.
tried the most expensive chai of my life at thirdwave @ the Bangalore airport when I went to see off mother. Sad to report that it was delicious
tried naru noodle bar and didn’t like it at all. It’s all hype and no substance (I have had better ramen at local restaurants).
cooked singapore rice and it was great
visited nasee and mee multiple times
experimented with cooking a lot (part of life now because of the fitness journey)
some noteworthy recipes
chicken with orange sauce
andhra chilli chicken
chicken burritto
won the society basketball tournament (performed well). All this fitness shiz I have been doing really worked