Just in case you are checking for updates on the blog, dear reader, here is a placefiller. Have been busy with my wedding, as I mentioned earlier. Thanks a ton to everyone who sent emails and good wishes on Orkut/Facebook... thanks a bunch. Due to the hiatus, some new ideas have spawned in my head which I will be writing on soon. Met Sayesha Bhai on the way here... she is every bit as crazy as she seems on the blog. :P And God bless the institution of marriage.. have been treated like a king ever since I landed here. :)
The hit counter on my blog reached 20074 today. Why you may ask, is that news, and why hadn't I cheered myself up when it was at 20,000 for example? Well, it is news because 20074 has been a very special number for me during my entire college life: it was my admission number, and my system-wide unique identity. It is strange, and surprising, how these numbers become a part of our identity. The social security number, the passport number, the id number in the college, or even your roll number somehow becomes an almost innate part of the day-to-day life. As soon as I see the same number somewhere else: maybe on a telephone, on a hitcounter, maybe somewhere else... a thousand memories are triggered. As my eyes struck the hitcounter showing 20074 right now, I was thrown back to memories of filling up exam answer sheets, hostel admission forms, library recall requests, and so much more! I believe that number was present on almost every official form which I filled in college: even when
Congrats, bhai!!!
ReplyDeleteI read this post and mailed you :)
Varun, thanks, bhai! :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! So how's married life? I'm guessing the number of posts is gonna decrease now on...
ReplyDeletertfgvb786, interesting login name. Thank you and welcome to the blog.
ReplyDeleteJabber, welcome onboard! Yeah things have gone down. But I'll be updating regularly (I hope) from now on.