Two years of life at Stanford and I just realized something. I was thinking about my upcoming weekends.
Oct 15th -16th - Nike Half Marathon
Oct 22nd -23rd- Sisi's visit
Oct 28th -30th - Chicago visit for the get together with wing mates
All these make me feel guilty. I feel I don't deserve them. I never used to feel this way back in the IIT days. Is it part of growing up or is it the US or is it just Stanford? Well I dunno. Whatever is the reason, I am gonna try and keep the guilt at bay.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Palo Alto Moonlight run 2011
10K : 52:46.97 (PR : 48:18) . But that's not what the race was about. I had never run after 8:00 PM before. It was almost full moon. It was in the Palo Alto bay lands. It was lightening continuously. Reminded me of the Indian monsoons. I was talking to people on my run at times. I was never in pain during the run. I was hoping it would rain for I never ran in the rain before. I am not crazy enough (yet!) to do a practice run in the rain. Well, it did rain in the last 0.5 miles. It was exhilarating. Anyways, if I am here the next year, I need to do it again.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
What I talk about when I talk about running
That's the title of the book by Haruki Murakami I bought last weekend on my way back from Portland. Bad Decision I must say. One of the worst spent $14 on a book. A trashy magazine would have been a good buy. I've read better blogs. Saad Bhamla's running experiences and Arvind's blog about his first marathon are much more entertaining and they don't even consider themselves as writers.
What is my problem with his book? His thoughts. Thoughts which are mundane (which is fine with me) but he makes them sound as if they are profound and relates them somehow to running. I would have been more happy had it been more about running.
What is good about the book? The forward. It sells the book. Atleast it sold the book to me. Suffering is optional it says (yeah very profound!). Actually I bought the book after reading these sentences "Suffering is optional. Say you're running and you start to think , Man this hurts and I can't take it anymore. The hurt part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand any more is up to the runner himself (the feminist side of me should have noticed this earlier). This pretty much sums up the most important aspect of marathon running." I liked it and bought the book expecting to get more gyaan of this form. Did not happen.
Conclusion: You have to choose between this book and a trashy magazine to pass 2 hours of flight time. I'd pick the trashy magazine. At least I know it's trashy beforehand.
What is my problem with his book? His thoughts. Thoughts which are mundane (which is fine with me) but he makes them sound as if they are profound and relates them somehow to running. I would have been more happy had it been more about running.
What is good about the book? The forward. It sells the book. Atleast it sold the book to me. Suffering is optional it says (yeah very profound!). Actually I bought the book after reading these sentences "Suffering is optional. Say you're running and you start to think , Man this hurts and I can't take it anymore. The hurt part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand any more is up to the runner himself (the feminist side of me should have noticed this earlier). This pretty much sums up the most important aspect of marathon running." I liked it and bought the book expecting to get more gyaan of this form. Did not happen.
Conclusion: You have to choose between this book and a trashy magazine to pass 2 hours of flight time. I'd pick the trashy magazine. At least I know it's trashy beforehand.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Will you die for me?
Yes.
It sounds cliche and it is cliched but there are a few people whom I would die for. Not just one but a few. I am glad I have them and I do not expect them to do the same for me. I am glad just to be able to love them so much.
It sounds cliche and it is cliched but there are a few people whom I would die for. Not just one but a few. I am glad I have them and I do not expect them to do the same for me. I am glad just to be able to love them so much.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Update
Moving out of my "oh so convenient" university housing into "oh so far" house in portola valley. Its a nice beautiful house but my feelings towards it keep changing every other second. My hobo experience and all will follow in another blog but for now this blog is supposed to keep track of my, what I think of as, productive ideas.
1. I wanted to keep an online journal for just research ideas. I am yet to find something custom made for it. Will my summer class help me create one of my own?
2. D school workshops. ( I almost forgot this within say 5 min of thinking about it. No wonder I need to this). Registered for a fun one on July 8th. Came across the concepts of open prototyping and closed prototyping. Thought they were pretty cool (although I think people have been doing that forever now without knowing the concepts). I think I need to do something like the closed prototyping for my CADS project.
http://dschool.stanford.edu/2011/02/28/open-vs-closed-prototypes/
3. Work for free and get a chance to learn.
Lot of crap going on. Just need to be excited.
1. I wanted to keep an online journal for just research ideas. I am yet to find something custom made for it. Will my summer class help me create one of my own?
2. D school workshops. ( I almost forgot this within say 5 min of thinking about it. No wonder I need to this). Registered for a fun one on July 8th. Came across the concepts of open prototyping and closed prototyping. Thought they were pretty cool (although I think people have been doing that forever now without knowing the concepts). I think I need to do something like the closed prototyping for my CADS project.
http://dschool.stanford.edu/2011/02/28/open-vs-closed-prototypes/
3. Work for free and get a chance to learn.
Lot of crap going on. Just need to be excited.
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