I am back, I guess

I guess blogging is about discipline just like most other things in life. Sad but true. Most people who know me knows that I can't be the least disciplined about the conventional things, say, formal attire for a formal event, not reaching out for food from others' plates, treating my clothes properly in my room, to say the least. These things are, well, you know, so, useless. Then there is sticking to deadlines and being on time. This is I take are pretty annoying to people, but most people know that Indian Standard Time is an addend of an hour and a half anyway. Anyway (used twice in a row for an "not quiet clear what but I am sure it wont be bad" effect) now that I have established without any hard evidence that I am undisciplined which is not that hard to believe though, I will get to where the heck did I disappear.

I got engaged. To a girl. To the girl even. I went from Beijing to Bangalore to Beijing to Bangalore to San Francisco in a span of 5 weeks. And I got engaged while this was going on. I was on a 15 hour a day customer support for 3 weeks which ended up being the biggest deal for our product so far. Yes, we were supporting before they had actually paid. I have packed and unpacked a lot in general. What little time I have been getting, I have been spending it between home, girl friend, friends, movies and hackery. Its been crazy hectic but its one of those nice hectics. The one after which you are happy that the phase is over, but you have no regrets whatsoever. In fact you are happy you went through it.

This being a come back blog, should traditionally be without any interesting things at all and one can basically ignore it, much like the rest of my blogs I am afraid. But, since I am not happy that one will ignore this blog, much like the rest of my blogs, I will add something almost but not entirely useless.

I have had more than one friend tell me that home is not just the house you own/live in. It is a bigger concept. The shops, people, annoying dog next door, kids playing in your street, the freaking annoying traffic jams, the rains, the summer, the power cuts, fighting to get cinema tickets or a parking space and many more. They all add to what is home. Comfort zone I guess. You of all the people, my dear reader, of course know this in theory. You might have read enough books, watched enough movies even had enough friends who have left home to do whatever it is that they are doing wherever you have met them tell you the same. But, its not until that you have experienced yourself that you realise what is home. The feeling you get when you do go back home, let me tell you, is something that you have to experience. No amount of theory is enough to make you understand how good it feels.

It will be a while till I come back home, but Bangalore is definitely where home is.