Habitually Good

My newfound friend on the blog-o-sphere decided to tag me, and now I guess, I need to write about myself a little (and I need to remember to link my About page to this post when I am done).

It’s the hardest thing to write about yourself, but thankfully there is a template going around which I just need to fill out, and so hopefully it won’t be too tough:

Eight things I am passionate about – in no particular order

• My work – I love what I do for a living, so each day at office is real fun. I work at a software company called Nagarro.
• Playing Games - I have a PSP, an XBox360, and loads of PC games.
• Reading - I read a lot (used to read almost a 100 novels a year in college), but not it’s not so much. But I read a lot more online now.
• Habitually Good (my blog) - I have been doing this for a long time now, and I didn’t think I was going to last that long, and since I have, I believe it’s because I am passionate about it.
• Animals – be it loving my dog; be it taking dogs on the street to animal shelter; be it donating money to these shelters; be it loving every minute spent in Corbett National Park or Kruger National Park; be it Animal Planet or National Geographic; I love it all.
• India – I love this country and it burns me whenever I see something wrong with it. I try my best to make it right when I can (even if it simply means following traffic rules).
• Social Responsibility – even though I am capitalist at heart (and I totally agree with “Atlas Shrugged”), I still think that we should all be responsible for helping out. I regularly donate to CRY, Kiva, and any other place where I feel it will help.
• Family - Need I say more?

Eight things I want to do before I die – this is a difficult list

• Sky Dive
• Places to Visit – visit all the places that I have on my places to visit list (Amazon Rainforests, Machu Picchu, Leh and Ladakh, Kerela, Mauritius, Masai Mara, Antarctica, Australia….. just to name a few).
• Meet Sachin Tendulkar – I am BIG fan.
• Be Rich – that is never going to happen, is it?
• Have a house, where I can keep as many dogs as I want – or open a business that has to do with pets (boarding, grooming, etc.).
• Attain professional satisfaction – I don’t know what this means yet, but at work I feel that I have so much more to achieve before I am done.

hmm, not too many more I can think of, does this mean I am closer to being ready to die?

Eight things I say often – I should get the people around me to write this section (and I am going to ask my wife to add some)

• WTF – a reflection upon the times we live in.
• Sorry – I don’t think I say this often enough. I don’t think anyone says this often enough.
• Thank you – ditto.
• I love you – ditto.
• I’m hungry – I think I say this a bit too much.
• I could have done it better – this came from my wife, not sure if I say it all that much.
• Trinity, get off the bed – to my dog.
• Oh C’mon

Eight books I have read recently

• Assassini – Thomas Gifford.
• Magician’s Guild – Trudi Canavan.
• The Novice – Trudi Canavan.
• The High Lord – Trudi Canavan.
• Freakonomics – Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt.
• The Deathly Hallows – J K Rowling.

That’s it, not too much offline reading these days.

Eight songs I could listen to over and over – this is coming straight from my most played list in iTunes.

• Hotel California - The Eagles – an all time classic.
• Yeh Jo Desh Hai Mera – Swades – melancholy.
• Money For Nothing – Dire Straits – don’t know why, but I love this song.
• Ain’t No Sunshine – The Lighthouse Family – watched Notting Hill?
• Khoon Chala – Rang De Basanti – this one always gives me goose bumps.
• Humma Humma - Bombay – all time favorite.
• Paradise City – GNR – from the young days.
• Smack My B***h Up – Prodigy – turn the volume way up for this one.

Eight things that attract me to my friends – huh, ask my friends! I don’t think I am answering this one (if any of my friends read this blog, please leave comments on what you think you like in me (if anything))

Phew. Now that that is done, I am going to tag the only other blogger I know on a personal basis:

Anshul – and I challenge him to come up with comic strips to answer each one of these (visit his blog to see what I mean).

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