For those who don’t know, twitter is a mini-blogging service; each post is not more than 150 chars. So it is a quick exchange of answers to ‘what are you doing’. It is possible to post using sms. There are desktop apps as well.

I am on Twitter. You will see a Twitter badge beneath search form.

Also I’ve configured to consolidate Twitter for each day and post here automatically. I need to test that; hope it works.

Yoga classes are going fantastic. I enjoy waking up early and doing some physical activity. Also this tutor is a pleasure to learn from. First of all, he does all of these stretches with much ease (though he has a bit of tummy!); second he is very patient to teach you until you learn properly. He doesn’t yell at you or pass hurting remarks (in fact no remarks at all). Most of the days we learn at least one stretch more (he mixes and matches).

Office days pretty fast as I get involved in one meeting to the other; or one initiative or the other.

And by about 4.30 in the evening, I start from office. Depending on the traffic, I am on the pool sometime near 5. Another hour of a relaxing and a pleasant time. Most often times, I am the only one in the pool; but sometimes one or two join as well. Having learnt the breast-stroke, I am so much into it – it is not as straining as other strokes. I can go on swimming for hours. Like the last time that I went to the pool (its about a week as it is closed for maintenance) I did about 30 times. I felt so good after that!

Weekends, also goes on ok. I am planning to go for photography at least once a week. Last week, I took a walk and took some photos near Marathahalli. I haven’t yet posted it. Soon I should be doing that.

It has been busy days – I need more hours!

I start my day at 4.45(!). I go to Yoga by 5.30. Yes, I’ve joined a Yoga class and I’ve been going for 3 days. So it is too early to say about the results; but I’m enjoying it. Yoga is for an hour. Come back and get ready for office.

Not to mention about office; at it is all more work every day. I am already handling a team of about 20 members; my boss wants me to handle one more project, which comes with a team of about 12 members. I’ve told my boss it is not possible unless some tasks from my list are removed.

At 4.30 in the evening, it is time for some relaxation; and so I head to swimming pool. Yes, I’ve started swimming too. It is still a lot cold, but it is getting better. By the way, I have learnt 3 different strokes – only butterfly stroke is left. Hopefully in another month or two, I will learn that too.

In the mean time, I have started to work on my photography too. I have (re-)started the photoblog. Not a lot, but few pics. Already I got some nasty comments from one guy saying all of them are banal, out-of-focus and cliché. It did hurt me when I read it, but I appreciate the fact that this guy took time to put in his comments, though he could’ve said it in a gentle manner.

So you can see that my plate is more than full. And this also means that my days are going so fast. Already half of the month is gone! But it is keeping me busy.

I don’t exactly believe in New Year Resolutions; one doesn’t have to wait for the beginning of the year to start something, or stop something.

But no doubt that New Year rings in a momentum for such though process. It solidifies the plan; it strengthens one’s resolve.

So here are the things I would be pursuing this year; I would be happy if I could get these done.

• First is to learn something new – most probably it will be music; it may be even yoga; or better both! I already bought a Yamaha PSR 403; need to find a good music instructor though.
• Next is to improve what I learnt – photography. I haven’t done anything with my camera for the past 3-4 months. I like photography and I hope to improve this skill this year; which means I need to take a lot of photos.
• And I need to make and keep a good friend. In the past 2-3 years, I changed my outlook and made contacts with few with whom I wanted to build a lasting friendship. Don’t know if it is the curse of the domain that I am in, but we go our own ways after few months. It is really difficult to build a meaningful friendship on the e-way.
• I have got few others as well – improving FOW (the photo album software that I wrote); publish at least one technical article this year. But these are not priority.

So what’s yours? Whatever it is, my wishes for you.

As you all know, my parents are here in Bangalore for the past few months. They are staying in my sister’s house.
I took a day off on 31st and went to her house. It was a nice and peaceful end of the year and a beginning of the year. In the evening, they all came home and we ordered Pizza and had some good fun.

So what do I look forward in the year?
: I’ve stopped taking care of my health. Especially with the winter, it has become difficult to be on water. Hopefully I can start working out and swimming.
: I’ve also decided to learn Yoga. Hopefully it will help me control wheezing.
: I’ve been learning Keyboard music for about 2 weeks now. (2 days class in a week – so I’ve attended 4 classes). My brother-in-law is also learning (he has a private teacher!) and we exchange notes. In about 6 months, I should be able to read music notes and play little decently.

So that is it for now. Isn’t it fantastic that I am getting back to enjoy life?