Goes with the new blog title
Years 06' and 07' were not particularly good for me. Those in the know will understand why. But, I am happy to note that most of the troubling aspects of 06' and 07' have been resolved and 08' looks to be more promising.
Which is why I sat down a few nights ago and decided that the whole new year's resolutions thing is really not as bad as it might seem and so came up with a set of resolutions that I would like to execute this year. So far:
1. Pick up an Indian classical instrument. For many years now I have been toying with the idea of learning the flute, but with me being in Glasgow, etc. I never got around to it. Lately though I have been taken up with the sarod so am planning to go ahead with that. The reasons are manifold. I have always wanted to learn about the Indian music system and what better way than to dive deep into the straight end. Second, it just sounds damn good. Third, I love the levels of concentration that I achieve by listening to classical music, so am expecting that playing a classical instrument will enhance the experience even further.
2. Learn a new paradigm and language of programming. I toyed for a while with Ruby-on-Rails, C#, etc. and I said chuck it all. I come from a Mathematics background and as such I have realized that I enjoy engineering challenges which have a lot of Mathematics involved. Thankfully I decided to go down the embedded route and even more thankful that I joined a start-up called Mobiapps which has been throwing me into the deep end of almost all areas of embedded systems the past few years. For many years I have brushed past functional programming and now have decided that it is what I need to learn next. Haskell seems like the obvious choice and what with me being from Glasgow Uni, I am very much inclined to use GHC. It still bothers me that I skipped functional programming as one of my electives when it was being taught by one of the best in the field.
3. I wanted to restart this blog and that has happened now.
4. Restart cooking which I tremendously enjoy and used to do a lot of in Glasgow. I think I am quite good (this is at all of you who queued up outside my kitchen to get rasagollas in Glasgow). I find it extremely relaxing and I find it quite creative.
5. I used to conduct classes on Advaita and though I still read up lots on it, I would prefer to share it as conducting/ teaching is the best way to learn and crystallize one's thoughts.
Which is why I sat down a few nights ago and decided that the whole new year's resolutions thing is really not as bad as it might seem and so came up with a set of resolutions that I would like to execute this year. So far:
1. Pick up an Indian classical instrument. For many years now I have been toying with the idea of learning the flute, but with me being in Glasgow, etc. I never got around to it. Lately though I have been taken up with the sarod so am planning to go ahead with that. The reasons are manifold. I have always wanted to learn about the Indian music system and what better way than to dive deep into the straight end. Second, it just sounds damn good. Third, I love the levels of concentration that I achieve by listening to classical music, so am expecting that playing a classical instrument will enhance the experience even further.
2. Learn a new paradigm and language of programming. I toyed for a while with Ruby-on-Rails, C#, etc. and I said chuck it all. I come from a Mathematics background and as such I have realized that I enjoy engineering challenges which have a lot of Mathematics involved. Thankfully I decided to go down the embedded route and even more thankful that I joined a start-up called Mobiapps which has been throwing me into the deep end of almost all areas of embedded systems the past few years. For many years I have brushed past functional programming and now have decided that it is what I need to learn next. Haskell seems like the obvious choice and what with me being from Glasgow Uni, I am very much inclined to use GHC. It still bothers me that I skipped functional programming as one of my electives when it was being taught by one of the best in the field.
3. I wanted to restart this blog and that has happened now.
4. Restart cooking which I tremendously enjoy and used to do a lot of in Glasgow. I think I am quite good (this is at all of you who queued up outside my kitchen to get rasagollas in Glasgow). I find it extremely relaxing and I find it quite creative.
5. I used to conduct classes on Advaita and though I still read up lots on it, I would prefer to share it as conducting/ teaching is the best way to learn and crystallize one's thoughts.
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