Sufi never once licked us – the most common thing all dogs do to show their affection.
Sufi was born in a lab and never had her mother’s affection. This common trait in all dogs is missing in Sufi and is one of the things that makes her unique!
I have made this joke so many times at Sufi’s expense. She doesn’t mind. She loves us and we love her.
Ahem.. if you haven’t got it – Lick sounds like Likh – in Hindi to write.
Bad Punn.
Mokkai.
I am not Sorry 🙂
This was before the Vaali play began ( The play was spelled Bali – they had bengalisized the word ). The play was about Rama killing Bali by hiding behind a tree and shooting an arrow to kill Bali. What if Rama did not chose an arrow – but a poisoned Boli?
I enjoy making really Mokkai ( banal, PJ ) observations.
These are not really a “joke” joke – it is an emerging yet to be named art form which Chatgpt cannot create.
It is up to me to save humanity.
Here is my attempt at linking my 2 passions – making mokkai observations and drawing terrible cartoons – introducing Mokkai Cartoons.
Here is the first one – The missing sink
We had gone to Rangashankara to watch a play ( a mokkai play called Baali ) – before show started P and I went to the washroom.
This happened there.
The infamous Meme by Elon Musk “Let that sink in”. I patted Prithvi for the quick mokkai addition – the fruit does not fall far from the tree!
It took forever – may be 5 years?
But finally – this coming Saturday – May 25th 2023 – Metro is going to be thrown open at Whitefield.
From Kadugodi to KR Puram. The critical KR Puram to Byappanahalli will take June/July – but I am ok to wait – we have waited all these years.
Every time I go to Dubai I will be jealous of their Metro System.
In December I was there for 10 days – and not once I took taxi. Did go around a bit – we even went to the Dubai Library – it was a long walk from Metro station though.
Now – soon – things will be the same here.
For the nearest Metro station – SAP labs – I have to do a 900m walk, then take a bus – 335E and 500 series – 4 stops. Then I can go anywhere in Bangalore.
Just love this freedom – and guilt free travel – without polluting too much nor adding to the traffic woes of Bangalore.
Come March 27th – Monday – I will go to office in Metro – for the first time in India. Have done it in Chicago ( not metro exactly – it was a suburban train ), and in Dubai.
Me happy!
Finally I seem to have hit a consistent routine. It all started with me learning another yoga bit – Suriya Kriya in Dec 2022 – a variation of Suriya Namaskar – but more like a moving meditation than yoga.
I start my day around 4 to 4:30ish – by lighting lamps to the Gudi – an Yantra we had got for my sister from Isha Coimbatore, and then handed over for temporary safe keeping by Charu to me.
Then I start with Bhutta Shuddhi. To cleanse the five elements. Has lighting camphor and doing deep Ujjain breathing.
Then I do the preparatory asanas – Flutter, Cradle your baby pose,Cat pose. Simple stretches – to prepare the spine.
Then I do Anga Mardhana. Series of Asanas – brutal in a few places – has the heart beat going up some 2/3 times – and ending with savasaana – it will be like ice cream after an hour walk in the hot sun. This takes some 45 minutes – so if time is short ( I wake up late ) I skip this.
Then I do Suriya Kriya – the latest addition to my arsenal. It looks so simple – but just injects so much energy into the system – keeps me fully ON till I go to sleep.
It will be around 6:10ish.. I take a break to say bye to Prithvi – his bus leaves as 6:30 am.
Then I continue – now I do Shambhavi Maha Mudra. The Main Course This Kriya is taught by Sadhguru and doing just this one is enough – if not we do anything else. Is very powerful.
Starts with a simple alternate nostril breathing – or – pranayama, then Oam Kara sound and some flutter breathing and finally bandha locks – its an experience to be felt – 20-25 minutes.
Then I do Shanmukhi Mudra. This is the brahmari – in the marketing material of Isha it said it will help reduce Tinnitus – I signed up – Could be it is effective – not sure.. but I read this targets the pineal gland – this guy is the main controller of all other glands in the body – so why not?
And I am done.
Anga Mardhana I have just added last week, but since December have been consistently doing Suriya Kriya along with Shambhavi.
Almost daily – but here and there I drop it when I am traveling or some weekends when I am just too lazy.
The effect has been startling – like day and night. Almost zero anger. And the mood is very stable.
Yesterday – for no reason was exuberant.
Immediate next step – to continue Anga Mardhana. It is not easy – takes more time – but the effect is really good.
Next step – sign up for Shoonya – I have learned almost everything I can learn outside Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore. Shoonya is available only there. 4 day residential course.
