Monday – April 20
Evening we play board games. I try to wind up by 7:30 PM.
Wednesday
I sign up for Flutter course in Udemy – they are having a sale now – all courses are 460Rs or something.. Flutter reminded me of Java Swing days – the UI is constructed with code.
Thursday
Hair is becoming unruly. Debating whether to go for a full head shave. Later order a hair trimmer from Amazon for < 500 Rs. Delivery date says May 8th.
San comes up with an idea of a resort for Saturday.
We will check in by 4:00 PM. There will be a welcome drink – mocktails. Then there will be cake and tea. There will be a game. After that there will be veg roll, egg roll and chicken roll. We start planning – kids have something to look forward for the weekend.
Friday
Friday evening we have a pencil sketching session by Akshay from Dubai. As a budding cartoonist I watch in awe. I recharge Apple Pencil and plan to revive my Idly cartoon series. [ Idly takes a look at bikers ]
Akshay’s masterpiece.
The learner’s.
Prithvi saw for sometime, but got bored and ran away.
Saturday
The welcome drinks
Pressure cooker cake making in progress. Apparently equal part of maida and sugar was added. Cakes are quite dangerous!
Chocolate chips was put at top – it got melted and didn’t taste well. Below the top layer it was yum.
Game making in progress.
The bottom of the cake was good.
The finished game. It was a nice variation of Snakes & Ladders. San’s College friend’s School Friend had come up with this idea.
Write a 4 letter word with both hands.
Scratch someone for 2 minutes.
Stand like Statue of Liberty till next turn.
I get an idea – why not create this snakes and ladders game in Flutter. This board game will get stale – we tried playing on Sunday and already we were bored of the repetitions. The game can randomly pick from a repository of harmless tasks – or – one can choose the level – easy to ridiculous.
The number of cases is on the rise. The govt says the rate of doubling has reduced from 7 days to 4 days. Well it is a media spin. It is not slowing down, but doubling every few days. But the Govt has to do its job of not panicking people. Compared to the European countries India is doing lot better, but how long can we continue like this – will this be sustainable.
I see people in groups commenting on photos of over crowded markets where people are rushing to refill their supplies. They don’t have any other option – its a fight for survival – they might not even have a fridge at home to stock up veggies for a week. Millions in India live on a daily wage mode. What will they do after they run out of their little savings. When we lived in Kandivali, Mumbai – I sometimes used to run through the slums – because they were built on the hills and had upslopes. People are packed in thousands in narrow streets and dingy huts. How will they survive this epidemic?
Tamil Nadu has announced a 4 day curfew. Madurai,Chennai,Coimbatore, Salem and Tiruppur.
Bangalore things seem to be quiet. I keep creating mental models in my head – how the world is changing. But I know its all useless. How the world will look like in another 3 months I have no clue. Looks like dine-in restaurants are out. People wont be taking vacations anymore. Or who knows – cities like Dubai, Singapore – might be able to attract more tourists because of their clean image?
We step out of our apartment gates once a week – to get weekly supplies. I have a vague feeling we are consuming more than usual – or because I do groceries now I am getting the feeling. Our apartment complex has an in-house store and I go once every 2/3 days to refill supplies – sometimes its onions, potato etc.
Every Sunday we measure our body weights. This week we all have gone up by an average of 250gms.
This week I started with my standing desk – so did not go for a walk ( try to squeeze in 2 in a week ) – and also did Angamardhana only twice this week. Gotto pick up pace for next week.
Finish off Sunday with UNO in the morning. Post lunch I watch Unda ( Bullet ) a Malayalam movie and more Flutter.
