Neocortical Impulses!

A book knocked the wind out of me! If you are wondering if someone threw a really heavy book at me, the answer is no. Though the book in question is quite heavy. I have been reading Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings from the past several months and the ending of Part Three just knocked the wind out of me. I literally had to close the book and sit quietly with my eyes closed. Even then, my mind reeled for several minutes. I felt sick reading how Kaladin got his slave brand! I can't remember the last time this happened to me while reading a book. After several minutes, I decided that I had to write about this somewhere. And the best place seemed to be my blog on which I had not posted in a couple of years. I had to write about it, I couldn't not write it. So, here we are. More than three hundred pages remain and I am on page 792. Like I said, it is a heavy book. Things are starting to heat up and I eagerly await the Sanderlanche. Among other news, I am happy to share that...

 Is this the longest gap since a blog post? I noticed that it has been more than 3 years since my last post here. A lot more has happened: Our little boy is growing up fast!  I started some YouTube channels Closed that other blog called ElevatedNine Published a short story on Amazon Kindle, am in the middle of writing a novel Am still working outside my native country but my family is with me now :) That's all for now I guess. 

I came back to my beloved first blog after what felt like a few months. It sure doesn't feel like more than two years since the ice-cream cake! A lot has happened since then though. I am a proud father of a cute little boy now. But, I am stuck in another country because of the ongoing pandemic and miss my family and friends very much.  I was just going through my old posts and they brought back a lot of memories. Also, I couldn't believe that I had 85 posts. Wow! Many of the posts are more or less status updates😆 I didn't remember many of the things I had posted here and am starting to feel old now. What else... I am trying my hand at video game making. Started another blog with my wife, it's called Elevated Nine . Have been living alone for the first time in my life and it has been more than a year.... tried my hand at cooking too!  I guess these are the most significant updates since my last post. I am mostly writing this to myself; this blog has become my diary. I d...

The icecream cake was from Ibaco, movie was Jurassic World: fallen kingdom and dinner was buffet at Kabab Studio. A relaxed day after a long time, all to ourselves. The occasion was my wife's birthday :)

It has been more than 12 years since my first post on this blog! More than 10 years since I seriously started blogging. And more than 3 years since my last post on this blog. Time seriously flies! I was just going through my previous posts, most of them from the year 2008. It was as if my life was playing out in front of my eyes. Lots of fond memories, few frustrations.... Feels good to look back on old memories. Should get back to active blogging. I have started a new blog related to technology: Technology Addict Hoping to continue writing!

Yup, that's what I've been for more than an year now. It also has been more than that since I've posted here. Marriage might be one of the reasons!     Done with comprehensive ophthalmology fellowship at Dr Solanki Eye Hospital.... Currently, I am working in Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences. Those are the significant updates in the past year or so.      Happy New Year😃

      Have joined dr solanki's eye hospital as a general ophthalmology fellow. Have been working there from July 1st and got my first pay cheque today:-) this is my first real salary, with deductions of professional tax as well:-p. During internship and post graduation, my pay used to be called stipend....        Lots of camps that I've been going to have been enriching experiences. Some pics from the camps

and by the way, am feeling very happy to have completed my MS ophthalmology....

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/315728/doctors-stir-strikes-sacred-oath this was one of the articles published in deccan herald on march 1st. i gave a reply by sending an email to the editor. the letter never got published. here is my letter: Sir, This is with reference to 'Doctors have a legitimate right to strike' (DH, March 2) and 'Doctor's stir strikes at sacred oath' (DH, March 1). The rigors that a doctor has to undergo just to become a doctor, to complete his MBBS course is well known. After 4 and a half years of studying and 1 year of internship, the coveted degree is conferred. And then, most 'doctors' have to do post graduation in a field of specialization. During internship and post graduation, doctors are considered students and paid stipend as pay.  Some doctors do not get any pay. So the plight of married people who are doing post graduation without any pay can only be imagined.     And for doctors who are still considered studen...

Am in opd on a Sunday in bowring and lady curzon hospital after a really long time.... Here since 9 am with a junior pg. Hardly any cases.... Yawn

Met my close friends sudhir and shashank yesterday. Sudhir after 3 years and shanka after 6 months I think. Was funny to see sudhir speaking in the serious British accent:-) was really nice reminiscing the good old days including the school days. Hope to meet up a few more school friends soon- almost like a mini reunion....

Good to see some bright sunshine today after the relentless rains yesterday. Had got badly drenched yesterday due to the un seasonal moderately heavy rains. Had ended up with soaking wet clothes and shoes and worsened cold and cough. This bright weather itself does so much to lift my mood.

Listening to o saathi re sung by kishore kumar.... One of the most intense feel songs I've heard.... I feel like listening to this song over and over again today.... There are some songs which I can never get enough of. Yaare neenu Cheluve is another one of them. I have spoken about this song in one of my previous posts with a link to the video as well. Two other such songs which I like are: may it be by Enya and my heart will go on by Celine Dion....

Coffee time in CCD.... With sunayana.

had breakfast half an hour back..... chatted with pratap  on sms. feeling quite lazy. not well from the last 4 days. the headache because of the frontal sinusitis i get is really bad. hmmmm..... yawn

Hmmm. I know it really has been a long time since I've posted something on my blog. One reason was I am supposed to be busy with my pg life.  It is not so busy that I couldn't post anything. Well now is the time to get busy actually. To get busy studying. Am in my final year of pg life. Finished submitting my dissertation titled 'Evaluation of morphological patterns of uveitic macular edema using Optical Coherence Tomography' on 17th of November if I remember right:-) Few months left for the exams.... Studying anatomy and physiology of the eye for now....       By the way, this is the first time am posting a blogpost from the android application for blogger from my mobile.

well,it's hard work being a doctor-you have to go to the hospital even on bharath bundh! i decided to use the public transport today as our bmtc buses were supposed to ply despite the bundh;i also thought it would be safer to travel in a bus than a two wheeler today. i had so much confidence that i even bought a daily pass when i got a bus in the morning-call it over confidence..... it was actually very pleasing to see our bangalore roads so empty and the weather was pretty cool too today; i reached the hospital 10 minutes late as i had not got a bus quickly enough.... in the hospital itself,i think there was 50% attendance! a cool morning started turning into an irritating afternoon-i had noticed that only one bus had gone through the road in front of our hospital since morning.... when it was time to leave, i saw that the auto drivers were having a field day.... i trudged back to the great k.r.market bus stand to find one police van parked there and nothing else! i finally ha...

well,well, the germans gave done it again-score 4 goals in an important world cup match,its the third time this world cup. what an entertaining second half it was! to score 4 against argentina..... wow.... the counter attacks against england were impressive, but today, the passes were incisive and the deft touches decisive! looks like they`ll go all the way and even lift the cup this time. i was a staunch supporter of england before the cup began but i am rooting for the germans now,they have made me a convert! Related articles by Zemanta Klose claims double as Germans destroy Argentina in quarterfinal (cnn.com)

watched the argentina v/s nigeria match yest, i feel nigeria squandered too many chances,they could`ve easily secured a draw.... here is the waka waka video

this is the first real sunday-holiday i`ve had since i started at moh. had the full day off today,got up later than i had in maybe 5 years.... it`s been quite a boring day overall till now,i just dont know what to do. i was longing for a holiday and when i finally got one,i dont know what to do.... maybe i`ll watch a movie later in the day;for now, its time for lunch-i know its a little late,but i did start the day very late.... found this video while browsing youtube