Temptations...

OK, so it wasn't the best beginning of all time! So what? Heroism arises from the fact that the 'heroes' keep going on even in the face of great failure. Which is exactly what I am going to do... I am going to keep going. What is it that happened you ask?

Well, it seems yesterday was not the beginning of the Month of Ramadan :-( which made all my plans obscure. So I went for this marriage at Kottayam some 2 Hrs from here. After the marriage functions, we headed to Kumarakom which is a beautiful backwater 'infested' area near Kottayam. No sooner did we reach there, when we were informed by some people there that fresh toddy was available. I think those people were planted there by the Devil himself to fulfill his life's ambition of destroying my life! Anyway, no sooner did the boys here this, they (including me :-)) headed for the toddy shop, where we had one of the freshest and best toddy I had ever tasted. Period.

So it was that I woke up today at 4:00 am - with a feeling of guilt - to have my breakfast before I embark on my first 15 Hr fast this year. That is, it is going to be 15 hrs before I eat anything, smoke anything or even drink a single drop of water. This will go on for the next 29 days. 29 days during which I am hoping to lift the graph of my life up into the sky. Or at least stabilize it from its uncompromising plunge into the deep darkness down below...

A New Beginning...

Its time. I have waited long enough. I have to clean up my act. Grades going down, bad looks not getting any better, friends starting to realise I am a loser (that goes double for the teachers), money playing hide-and-seek in my pocket (those little BA***RD's!) and to top it all off - I seem to have lost my ability to study!

It has been like this ever since I completed the first year of my course. Everything started spiralling down. Many factors have contributed to this downfall. This blog will be about my life up until today (in flashbacks) and way into the future... that is, until I lose interest (highly likely) and start spiralling down again.

The only good news is that the Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan is going to start tomorrow or the day after and me being a Muslim (and not afraid to flaunt it, mind you!) I will be fasting for the following month. This gives me a great opportunity to get my life in order. A full clean month! Phew! Here I go...