I grew up in Oman and lived there until I finished high-school in 1999. In 1991, when I was ten years old, my father bought me a 386SX for my birthday having noticed my burgeoning interest in computers. For the first few months, I mainly played games. But even that was a non-trivial endeavor in…
Tag: Life
Remembering a great teacher
1995 was a difficult year for me. I had finished the 8th grade at Indian School Muscat. However, instead of joining the 9th grade with my friends, I had to move to an entirely new school, Indian School Al-Ghubra, which was much further away and worse, was our arch-rival. My first few weeks at the…
Ten years
So ten years ago, I started college. Yeah. Ten years. I remember the ten years before that, and they seem very long compared to these last ten years that have gone by. As people always seem to say… it just seems like yesterday, and I can vividly remember each of these last ten years. It…
It’s hard to talk about this
I put off writing about this for a long time. Mainly because I didn’t want to think about it, and also because I wasn’t sure what I would really say. My grandmother passed away last week. She was 72 years old. She was on life-support for a few days, but eventually she passed away -…
The Subject is Irrelevant
Sometimes I think that I know all there is to know about certain people who are very close to me. I even trust them implicitly. Then something comes along and blows it all apart. It took me about a year and a half to come to this decision. I didn’t realize how hurt I was…
Thoughts
So this whole “going to war” thing is a huge deal. Obviously. There are many reasons why I don’t want to go, and then there are reasons that I must. But anyway, that is not the point. Sometimes I think that getting away from here for about a year would be good. An escape? I…
Sad Day
I just found out that my friend Arun’s father passed away today. I only found out about it after reading Ed’s log. It was too late to go to the funeral since it was earlier in the day. I pray that God provides him and his family the strength to bear the loss.
I need a Soulmate
I need a soulmate. I think the closest one right now is my buddy Nasser, who pretty much has the same train of thought as mine. It’s uncanny at times. But seriously… I was talking to Vibha yesterday and I said “Do you think you would be interested in finding out about the etymological differences…
What I Can’t Have
There are many things in life that come to me easily. There is, however, one thing that eludes me. I cannot have it no matter how hard I try. Very much like Tantalus’ grapes. But I am not disheartened. I believe even if I may not eventually have what I want, it is the struggle…
Mistakes
I really should learn from past mistakes… Oh well, maybe things will eventually fall into place.