A retrospective - tagged by arun

Thanks to Arun for making me read my own old posts:)
Adhaagapattadhu, i am supposed to do a tag which lists some of my old posts into different categories.

Family:
Amma, Appa. I don’t think i will ever write like this again. I was going through a whole range of emotions when i wrote this and still go through strong emotions when i read it now.

Friends:
I am not the quickest to make friends but i manage to nurture friendships for long and i’m proud of it. I’ve written about my friends here and i am in touch with 3 of them - Mani, Priyums and Satya. Two of ‘em moved away from me for their own reasons. But hey, letting them go and moving on is part of friendship too.

My Love:
I am not intent on spoiling family peace elsewhere. And some of my friends are eager to pull words outta my mouth on my past crushes :)
So let me just say writing is my love. closely followed by photography and design. Ennoda oru interview questiona ye blog post a potta perumai enakku undu :)

Things i like:
Books - From Chomsky to Kalki via Seth Godin, Tom Peters, Gladwell etc.
I also like the fact that i could make total strangers smile or laugh at some of my older posts when i come across as more intense in person.

Myself:
Not many people know that i am a quitter. I’ve quit college, my professional accounting courses, my first job domain (accounts guy), not to mention a few companies along the way to what i am now. I get bored very soon.
Trying to become more focused and disciplined in general.

Recent plans and activities include:
Learning French,
Trying to understand the whims and fancies of the stock market,
Writing a script for my next podcast,
Writing a situation or scene a day for a planned novel.

Is there a connection between any of those activities? Now you know i am called indisciplined :)

PS:
Wordpress really played cranky here. i published this morning, even had BNB (sorry thalai) comment on it and mysteriously its all gone. Luckily i had some in the draft, the rest i rewrote the post from memory, which leads to one more thing about me - i have a decent memory and specialize in numbers :)

Who do i tag? - Ramyanisha, Balaji Rajan, Gopi, Deepak, and Chakra

Let me modify the rules slightly, if at all you ave not written much on the aforementioned topics in your earlier posts, please do it now :)

10 Responses to “A retrospective - tagged by arun”

  1. BNB Says:

    “For now, i am learning french, trying to become more disciplined”

    Comment ca va, monsieur ? Est-ce que vous attendez le cours a Alliance Francaise, Nugambakkam ?

    Ithudan Indraya Peter mutritru :-D

  2. prabukarthik Says:

    BNB,

    The entire post got vanished.. ippo dhideernu varudhu :(

    French um distance education, my friend will upload some audio files on spoken french CD.

    i download and repeat the same.

    Its kinda amusing even to me to shout, ‘ Est-ce que vous comprenez la francais? at 12 in the night :)

  3. monu Says:

    nice…yet to read through all the links but read the one about ur mother..i didnt n\know her name though i new her as a person….amazing how mothers go from an induvidual to just someone’s mom…
    :)

    qutting isnt bad..i would call it recognizing what one is interested in and capable and following the dreams….it is the true passion that one must never quit..

    now that you mentioned novel..pls complete life and kiss , i was following it well…y arent u continuing it?

  4. BNB Says:

    Pas de probleme. C’est possible sur l’internet. :-))

    But how are you tackling spoken french ?

  5. prabukarthik Says:

    monu,
    :)
    its not easy to write everyday with my present work. i’ve started to note down incidences, scenes in a separate notebook. lets see where it evolves. oru comfort level vandha podaren :)

    BNB
    well, for now i ‘m managing with the audio recording… and its pretty well done.

  6. Arun Sundar Says:

    Hey, first time here..went thru u’r archives and the links to posts like amma, appa, friends, etc., Kalakkals! you really do write well.

    Kudos!

  7. prabukarthik Says:

    Arun Sundar,

    danks :)

  8. Aparna Says:

    I was following the series ‘Life and kiss’ too. Would be great if you can continue it

  9. prabukarthik Says:

    aparna

    I promise, i will write that :)
    but konjam time aagum:)

  10. Balaji S Rajan Says:

    PK,

    Please give me time.

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