Music

Some day, I would like to play the

Dhol
Guitar
Violin


This is just the beginning.

The bamboo stick

When you don’t travel around, you will turn out to be an idiot. My childhood contributed to me being the person I am. I feel bad for all those people that I come across who think that India is in Pakistan. I don’t blame them. They probably never even left the tri-state area in their lifetime. When alert people can go numb nuts, average people shouldn’t be blamed for being idiots. Most people have their focus turned on to bigger TVs, better cars, bigger houses and a fat bank balance. I am included in that group of people. Its time to retrospect. Why can’t we stop ourselves? What is this affinity towards materialistic needs? As you get older, do you get worse? I actually don’t like myself at this very moment. I question myself for being what I am but then what am I going to do about it? I still want my 5 series by April and my Bose system for my bedroom.

Every time you travel around this earth, different circumstances teach you different things. If you don’t move around, you pretty much stagnate and absorb whatever crap is thrown at you. I always felt that I won’t move from place to place because I moved through so many places when I was a kid. I need to rethink that feeling. I am lethargic in my mind. What is happening in Darfur? What is happening in Kenya? What is happening in Sri Lanka? What is happening in Iraq? What is happening in Afghanistan? I am pretty sure I don’t know a lot about what is happening in many many other places. I used to know. I used to feel. I used to want to help. Now, I know what the biggest TV in the world looks like.

CES

I am sitting on my couch and watching some TV with my wife. I am losing in touch with most of my friends. My focus is on work and then my family which leaves me with no time to do anything else. I wish I didn’t have to work for a living. I could enjoy the finer things of life. I wish I had the time to hang out with people whenever and where ever I wanted.
I was at Vegas this past week. I was at the CES show. This damn show is huge. Too many things happening in one place. I don’t understand how people can possibly go to this show and expect something consequential to come out of it. I walked the show for a whole day and it was painful for my feet. Other than that it was pretty good. I got a look at the biggest plasma TV on the planet from Panasonic. I don’t understand the need for a 150 inches plasma TV. I don’t even have a damn wall that big. I guess we want bigger and better things and there is always a market for such product. I got back on Thursday and didn’t go to work as I was jetlagged and pretty exhausted. The weather at Vegas wasn’t too cold but it was actually colder than Jersey.
Life is going on and everything seems to be going fine for the time being. My wife is doing exceedingly well at work and I am proud and happy for her and of course us. The nets are playing ok basketball even though they lost yesterday to the Celtics. I was at the game yesterday and it was a play off like atmosphere. They have Stella there which is good for me. My favorite team sells my favorite beer in its games.
Work is going on. It has its ups and down but tends to even out by the end of the day. The market is volatile on a daily basis and is pretty stressful. To stay on top of it requires focus and a lot of mental strength. It has been good so far and hopefully I can stay on top of things. Don’t know what else to write about. I am cocooned from anything else that is happening on this planet. It is very sad given the fact that I used to make it a point to be aware of everything good and bad happening around. The transformation has completed. I have transformed from this cognizant world citizen to a dumb fucking couch potato with no empathy and sympathy. I have been observing and documenting this change in me over the years. It all started when I came here 8 years ago and now I am more or less done. Dumb as a fucking dodo.