Rdiscover life by disconnecting

I guess I really haven't been around here much. For a change my mind is as blank as a clean slate and the words are not rushing out of my mind to get read. Things are mighty quiet here also with not too many people posting on a regular basis. For a change, I was able to visit some of my other sites and I have become a Facebook addict for now.

There are so many applications that are really stupid and boring and yet a few have managed to get me so addicted that I want to come back for more. One of them is Farm Town where I discovered the farmer which had been hidden inside me. I suddenly found out that I like to make things grow....at least in the digital world. When Twitter and Facebook went down awhile back, I was finally able to disconnect from the net and rediscover the real world. I guess we never realize how much time and space these electronic gadgets/ the net take from our daily life until we become disconnected from it and forced back into the world of living. I really don't have much of a choice myself since alot of my work involves using the net.

Sometimes, the clients insist that I visit their place as they are unable to visit my place and this is not really a pleasant experience as the city gets thrown into total chaos during rush hours. I prefer using the public transport whenever possible rather than using my own vehicle even though it's not one of the best and gets really irritating at times. The roads are finally emptied out and some out drivable by 12:00 in the afternoon and after 8:00 PM in the night. There is usually some type of construction going on some road while others either too narrow for the heavy traffic or there is some obstruction on the road and municipality have a real lazy attitude about removing it. The only roads which are fantastically maintained are the VVIP area roads or in front of a few government offices. The roads sometimes get worse after the monsoons as some of the roads are made of inferior quality material while others which have been made using good quality material and proper methods used continue to weather the rains and our harsh summers without showing any damage.
The entertainment quotient was somewhat lacking and I finally managed to catch up on the missed movies and the mall excursions where it seems like the young people still manage to act as goofy as before. I usually prefer to watch the movies at home but the I prefer to go to the malls as they manage to give a more pleasant shopping, etc experience than the usual regular ma and pops store which are so prevalent here. The mall culture has been here in Lucknow for a few years and it offers a better shopping experience. The malls do have air conditioning and its own backup power supply which makes it a must visit place during our unbearable summer and humid monsoon months when the cities erratic power supply makes our life a bit difficult. There simply are not enough power plants and the demand keeps on rising. It seems like none of previous state and central government had the foresight to allocate funds to the infrastructure on a timely manner and making sure that the execution of the project is not delayed due to some reason.

Being disconnected from the net sometimes gives me an opportunity to catch up on other things in life. It gives me a chance to reconnect with others and rediscover that they are still running around like headless chickens just to earn a few extra bucks. Other times I just love to talk with others and catch up with the current happenings in their life. Anyway, it seems like this post has gotten a bit lengthy and hopefully I haven't bored you at all. I wanted to drop by to let you all know that once I get bored/stressed and burned out with the real life...I'll be right back