2022: The Year In Review

Overall, 2022 is yet another fantastic year that I have enjoyed a lot.

Q1: I was WFH for the first three months and things were going as they were in 2021 - work, pets, movie watching. I was trying to start reading books and it was very hard for me to concentrate or find the appropriate time to read the book.

Q2 & Q3: After a long time, I started going to the office. I liked the WFH and I also liked the WFO. I was unusually busy with office work during that period. There were EXITs and new joiners in my team that kept things a bit tight. WFO includes commute time to the office. That was important as that would be my book reading time. I slowly started reading books regularly.

Q4: I kept myself extremely busy during this period. Busy was not necessarily on the right things, but was doing something every minute. Work at office, reading books while commuting and watching movies or playing with pets at home.

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It wasn’t so great with the movie selection this year. I didn’t like most of the movies I watched, especially the non Tamil movies. However, there were a few good ones. Jana Gana Mana (Malayalam), 777 Charlie (Kannada, I am a pet lover), Anjaam Pathira (Malayalam), Jungle Cry (Hindi), Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee (Tamil), Runway 34 (Hindi).

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Most of the books I read were okay and some of them were excellent. 1) Good to Great by Jim Collins 2) Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson 3) Our Iceberg Is Melting by John Kotter 4) His Bright Light by Danielle Steel (emotionally disturbing). The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas was unusual for my kind of reading.

I was regular on FB for sometime and then I thought I would check on Saturdays, but slowly failed to check it at all. I think I was bored with the contents inserted by FB. And still worse was my usage of LinkedIn.

I was decent with my expenses ;)

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The Kite Runner

Usually, I buy and read book suggested by my friends but no one suggested me to read the book "The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini". I neither heard about it before I accidentally bought it. I was looking for the books I planned to buy in the Chennai Bookfair 2011 and I found this book . There was something attractive, though it was not as beautiful as of many of the books cover design, it should be the cover of it, because all I could see was only the book cover. I took it in my hand and asked myself, should I buy this?, yes was the answer and I bought it. I completed reading this book last week, after keeping it the shelf for almost 2 years. I am glad I got this book. It is one of best books I read in the recent years. The phrase " For you, a thousand times over " lingering in the mind is the proof that I really enjoyed reading this book and moved so much ;) " I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975 &

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New Year Resolution 2015

Another new year, another ( same! ) set of new year resolutions. I wanted to read Thirukural and set target 50 last year but couldn't achieve it. But then I used one Kural in my every blog post . New Year Resolution List: For year 2016, I should shorten it to at least 1/3 of this list. At least, make it more readable ;) Reading Books: Book reading is going to be reduced this year. I am planning to reread few of the books I read last year. Of course, will find time to read books suggested by friends. I have got Bhagavad Gita tamil version from my friend and might read this before the end of 2015. I Am Malala, The Last Temptation of Jesus Christ, Mossad, 'The Madman, The Forerunner, Spirits Rebellious', Yudhargal Varalaarum Vaazkaiyum, If You Meet The Buddha On The Road Kill Him are few of the books I enjoyed reading. By the way, I have changed the FB album title from "Books I read" to "Books I read - Not To Be Shared" ;) Accounting: How difficu

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