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...