E-Regime

Well, I welcomed the new year (a week late) by beginning or rather continuing after a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng gap my exercise regime. And believe me I wasn't the only one to do this.

First, my story - I began my yoga at home from last week and bravo to me I haven't missed even a single day!!! Today I completed one full week (anniversary day). From today I was also supposed to begin jogging along with H (check previous posts for reference). But that somehow did not work out given the extreme weather conditions and the fact that am not an early riser. But I wasn't the only one to be blamed. H also lazed and delayed in taking an initiative and by the time realisation struck it was too late. So we found solace in exercising at home only. But the resolve is stronger now for tomorrow especially after today's failure. Oh and I also go for my evening walk after I finish work which gets stretched at times and also takes form of grocery and vegetables shopping. That is also beneficial as lifting weight of purchased items also get included as another form of exercise. So I'm hoping for tremendous changes in the coming days (now that's being too optimistic, let me make it months). In my younger days (those were some days....sighhhhhhhhh) I somehow was under the (wrong) impression that whatever I eat irrespective of quantity, quality, texture, shape, size, I am incapable of putting weight. And I did try it too. My sister (S) would tell me, mind what you eat as some day all you are eating now will show. So now I am really confused and pondering if what she said then has come true now or ......

S's story - She was very very thin, thinner than me when we were in school. Gradually she gained weight due to several genuine reasons. She began her gym regime during the last few years sometime but discontinued it for some reason unknown to me. So now she too is amongst those who have decided to go through the year 2009, the slimmer way or atleast the healthier way. Hats off to her for her gym timing (5:15 a.m.)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

H's story - H always boasted of being the most healthy and having a perfect body. But in the last month (note it was the end of 2008) his tummy began showing much to his chagrin, even though he plays tennis (quite infrequently). So he was the one who resolved to begin jogging today and we met with failure. He's into meditating but I must warn him that it's not going to reduce his growing tummy!

My Bro--in-law's (J) story - He has been given warned several times by the doctor that he needs to lose weight (above 10) but he does not have time. All his time's taken up by his office. He too was supposed to join S but he accidentally pulled some muscle here n there and is waiting to recover.

My nephew's (A) story - Four years old and he knows that he's the strongest in the family - physically and mentally. Physically he's strong as he has to "become Spiderman when he grows up." He "can remember everything and does not forget things unlike his Mom (S) who keeps forgetting things and tires very easily."

This was my family saga, cut very short and did not include every member too, may be at a later time.

Getting Regular and miscellaneous

And here I am today as well, which is not bad at all........Guess may be I am here to stay. Sometimes I think how can other people read or listen to me when I bore my own self so much. I wonder what's their limit (of getting bored offcourse)!

I've been wanting to buy a centre table for a very long time and not been finding a decent one to match my sofa. Today I got lucky and managed to get an ok one after all. Humans can't be happy always as now I'm thinking that it wasn't the best after all, but find solace in the fact that it's decent than most that I saw. And surprisingly it was spotted by my husband (H) (I should write a big surprise instead of just surprise!!!). So my search for a centre table ended today finally which is a big relief.

I guess I got to tun now as I spot some sun now in my house and I don't want to miss soaking myself in it, given the cold weather. Oh, you must be wondering what's the big deal with the sun? The story goes like this - This flat of ours has two balconies facing east (sun rises in the east) but still we hardly get any of it's light. That's because the apartment has three blocks, ours being right in the middle with each block having 19 floors. Now it so happens that the sun just does not get an opportunity to peep into our flat given the high rises. So what happens is that somewhere around 3 to 4 p.m. when sun is almost in the west, it reflects on the windows of the 15th or the 16th floor flats right opposite my flat and I get some sunlight in my house. Mind you it's not even hot but I just let my mind think that it's hot. Pheeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww, that sure seemed like illustrating some physics problem (the one about how sound travels and echoes if you stand on one hill after it just hits the opposite one etc etc). Sorry if that went wrong as I was a very poor science student (sorry Papa [my Dad's is a physics professor :-)]) and haven't been able to still get that down my system.

Running along.....

True to the Core

People who have read my very first post will be able to relate to the title of this one. The last post was dated May of 2008 and this is completely a new year!!! Not bad, atleast eight months I try to resume blogging, all thanks to a friend of mine who has been pestering me for the last two days to begin blogging. You will not believe it bit it's true that I even forgot about the existence of this space that I'd created in the rushing madness of wanting to begin blogging.

Two days back, this great lawyer friend of mine in Delhi (MD) suggested out of the blue that I should begin blogging as I'm (according to her) good at expressing...................God alone knows what she meant as I don not agree with her. Anyways so then two days later, i.e. today I suddenly remember that I too have a blog space but how do I access it as I didn't remember any of its log in details. Another brilliant suggestion pops up from my friend and so here an I all thanks to her....So today's post I devote to MD.

Now it remains to be seen how regular I am here, maybe will keep receiving some frequent reminders from people around (;-) it's not a hint at all).

Btw, I still do not know what am I going to write about so there will be lot of variety in my posts (if ever there will be more of them, given my record).

So here's a huge welcome to the new year with my second post and am hoping that I do visit here again before 2010.

Ciao!

Fresher

Fresher because this is my first post here. Now why I chose the title 'muchadoaboutalotofthings'for my page? I am actually proving it true by trying to explain. It kind of describes myself. The second reason is that I have always been a great fan of the great Shakespeare. No, I have not read all his plays and have not even made any attempt to read anything by him after school. I am not very proud of this fact. When I was in school I really liked the phrase 'Much Ado About Nothing' and I still do but don't know why.

Another example to prove my title-I spent atleast 10-15 minutes deciding where and what kind of blog to create. Just a travel blog as I also want to write about my travels (later) or a general one. Then I spent another wasted 10-15 minutes selecting a display name. Not a heroic effort at all.

Another important point to be considered was whether I should create a blog at all because I have a tendency to get bored of things soon. That remains to be seen whether I continue blogging. Previously I did not like blogging much but I guess we do need space to let our thoughts out and let them roam all over, on different computer screens, read by different eyes, discarded by a cursory glance or retained and settled in different minds.

I don't know how soon will my next post be but I can promise atleast one more. Here I start my journey in the world of blogging hoping to continue travelling till my legs fail and heart stops. Hey that was a good one!