Update

Its been a really long time since I have written anything and I think it is high time I start now. So starting tomorrow, expect more!

weight loss plan - day 5

Disastrous day. No exercise and lots of junk food

1. Breakfast of Poha and lime juice
2. skipped lunch
3. Snacks consisted sukha bhel, maggi and mausambi juice
4. Dinner of rotis, one omlet and 1 bag of fried potato chips

Hope tomorrow is a better day.

Weight loss plan - day 4

The diet part is coming out well. However the exercise plan seems to be lagging a bit. The blogging actually is motivating me to keep up.

1. Breakfast of peanut butter and jam sandwich
2. Lunch of 2 Idlis and 1 Mousambi juice
3. Evening snacks and dinner consisted of lentils, rice, egg curry and curd

Also finished 20 laps of the pool (25 ms each lap). Planning to increase it to 30 on Sunday.

weight loss plan - day 3

At last, was able to sneak in some exercise in the schedule.

1. Breakfast of 1 egg with 2 slices of bread
2. Lunch - 3/4 of a humongous sandwich
3. Snacks - 1 serving of rice with lentils and Brinjal/Eggplant
4. Dinner - 1 serving of rice with lentils, curd and Brinjal/Eggplant

Also was able to sneak in neck exercises in the morning and evening. Looks like it was a good day Yesterday.

Weight loss plan - Day 3

The work out plan seems to be on hold due to Spondylitis. Just did my neck exercises on the morning and evening of day 3. The diet plan seems to be on the way. Had a tough time Yesterday night to control the craving for a late night snack.

1. Breakfast of 1 plate upma and 1 lime juice
2. Lunch of lentils, rice, Palak Paneer, beans and Gulab Jamun
3. Snacks - 1 maggi shared
4. 2 Roti's with cauliflower curry

Diet plan - Day 1 & 2

The day started out well. But I screwed it from a

1. Played an hour of tennis.
2. Had leftover chicken (2 cubes) for breakfast.
3. Had 1.5 Dal Vada (deep fried stuff) as evening snacks.
4. Stuffed myself with chinese food despite resisting for nearly 30 mins.

Monday:
1. Skipped jog as facing discomfort in the neck
2. Breakfast of boiled egg sandwich
3. Lunch - 2 Idlis
4. Snacks - 2 Samosas, 1 Cake, 100 grams of chips and 1 cup of sprite
5. Dinner - 1 subway sandwich (veggie delight). 1 Cup of coke.1 spoon of lady fingers (okra), 4 spoons of dal(lentils).

It appears I have problems controlling the diet for the evening snacks.

The diet plan

New diet plan. Rather its an old diet plan rehashed. From tomorrow onwards, the plan is to lose 1 kilo every month. Right now I weigh 76 kilos. Plan is to get to 64 kilos in an year.

So these are the things I am going to do.
1. Keep a watch on diet. No more over eating. No more late night snacking. No more late nights.
2. Swim 3 times a week.
3. Jog / tennis 2 times a week.
4. Update this page 3 times a week.

A - Team and Karate Kid

A- Team: I had very low expectations from the movie. A TV series made into a movie tends to dissapoint. A - Team suprised me. The cast is okay but the maverick antics of the pilot along with special effect makes it a watchable movie. Moreover, the movie is at a decent pace. The big negative is the ending which is quite open ended.

The Karate Kid turned out to be a dissapointment. The old version was definately better. I have a feeling that the Japanese based movies are more realistic than the Chinese/Korean movies. Incidently, Chinese/Korean movies require a certain amount of 'flight of imagination' similar to Hindi movies.

Targets for the next 24 months

The train journey along with recent boozing sessions have resulted in reflection into what I want to be. Some of the things that have cropped up are:

1. Financial goal: equity portfolio of over 1.2 million

2. Skill development: Learn to paint especially water and oil paints.

3. Travel: Visit at least 1 beach/hill station every 6 months

4. Personal: Do not get married, no matter what.

Return to Mumbai

The doctor is willing to give the green signal for my return to office (Conditional to one more visit). Planning to start working from March 15, 2010.

My name is Karan and all I can think of is banal cliches

I happened to watch the movie, My Name is Khan, today. As expected, it happens to be a typical Karan Johar production with the film almost exclusively shot outside India for audiences outside India. Moreover, the film is filled with cliches/misconceptions about how the law enforcement agencies in USA act. Karan Johar seems to think that they are filled with really dumb people. I might be amendable to the movie if the movie is about personnel who discriminate based on race. However, USA comes across as a society of supreme racists wherein people cannot attend to their business without being harassed.

Great Bong has compared it with Slumdog Millionairizing the USA. I really think this is much more than that.

Cervical Spondylitis

Been away from office for the past 2 months due to cervical spondylitis. Hoping to get significantly better in the next couple of weeks and return to work.

FIFA 10

Going to get FIFA 10 for my XBOX this weekend. yipee!!!

Oh Shit, Not Again!

"Oh Shit, Not Again" is definitely the worst book ever to hit Indian bookstores. Filled to the brim and overflowing with banality, this book by Mandar Kokate is a supposed "National Best Seller". It makes you wonder, what is a national best seller.

I would not recommend this even for torture as it might result in death due to agony. Freaking 3 hours of my life wasted on this absurdity.

CFA L3 done

Passed L3.

My pledge: I swear never ever to appear in a competitive exam while working.

Anticipating CFA results

CFA results are going to be declared by the 17. Real tense at my end. It is going to determine whether the 3 months of slogging were of any use or not.

Other than that, had to work on both days of the weekend. Really tough to appreciate independence day in such circumstances.

CFA done. Time for XBOX 360 :)

After slogging it for nearly a month, I appeared for the CFA Level III exam on Jun 7 in Mumbai. Got to meet a lot of friends/batch mates/old acquittance at the center, though briefly. The exam did go better than last time. I will be devastated if I don't clear this level.


Post CFA, planning to catch up on my gaming which has been neglected for some time now. Got an XBOX 360 at home and have completed Halo 3 campaign last week. Halo 3 is fun to play with. Planning to start call of duty soon.

Gulaal

Watched the movie Gulaal by Anurag Kashyap. Some parts of the plot does not make sense especially the part played by Jesse Randhawa. The role/character of Abhimanyu Singh (Ransa) is well etched out. The song "Ranaji" has some of the most amazing lyrics that I have heard in recent times.

The wedding

On Feb 27, one of my oldest friends, in a bout of madness, got married (Oldest here means a person I know from a long time). So Saif, a couple of cousins of the groom and myself formed a gang and started loafing around. So there we were, all four of us, running to dhabhas mid-afternoon to snatch a drink and some chicken 65. Everything seemed fine till the time of Baraat, supposed to start at 6 PM. The gang decided that it was the appropriate time for a swim and a couple of beers.

Hell broke loose!!! Had to face hundreds of snide remarks from the grooms family about how the swimming pool was. :(

The pain continues

There seems to be no respite for this back problem. Now, I am struck in office with a sore back.