That doesn't make any sense. If it does, then one among the two of us - you and me - is an alien.

So after two and a half months, I feel a little home sick. More than that, I feel so bored. I can blame only myself for the boredom - just sitting at home and reading and watching tv and eating - that was bound to get boring. And the perfect medicine to mild home sickness and acute boredom : A book of Dilbert, The Da Vinci Code movie, and a trip to the gym.

I started with a Dilbert book, borrowed from the public library. I haven't laughed so much in the last month, as I did in those 3 hours alone. And Dilbert is one of those things that you can't resist reading if there's another one on the next page. Dilbert reminds me of my past pathetic life in a cubicle when I merely a 'headcount'. You'd have to have lived in the office space of a corporate world to understand that last line.

Next was the gym. The first trip there was a shocking revelation, that I have gained more weight here in Canada that I had anticipated. More than enough to scare me. So I'm back in the gym, this time with a lot more dedication, and a lot more enthusiasm. Imagine a fully equipped unisex gym in a community center. That's what it is. I can't say how happy I feel - that entire 2 hours I spend, preparing to go the gym, bus ride to the gym, the 1 hour in the gym, bus ride back home, a glass of juice. It's the best time of day for me now. Pat on my back.

The Da Vinci Code. I liked the movie, even the end. I can only now begin to understand why so many states in India are banning the movie. I see it more as a treat to Christians, not from within their group, but from outside. The movie can give other extremist religious groups the impetus to ridicule Christianity at large and create big time embarrassment for those who are in power to give the right answers. Quite obviously this could lead to civil unrest in many parts of the Country, and I suppose that the states are only right in banning the screening of the movie.

And that was that. I was so alive after this medication, I couldn't sleep. Good for me, I got some studying done instead. But for how long can this go on? At least I now have a better way to spend 2 hours - the gym - and I AM LOVING IT. But priority is to get this written exam out of the way as soon as I can. And I'm working on that.

Now I've asked my sister Maddy to write a page for this website, aptly titled 'About Me'. This is because strangers who stumble onto my site have sent me emails like 'Who the f**k are you?'. Now I don't want to go bragging about myself, so I entrusted a task to my sister - write a little 'About Me' page for me. It's been quite a few days since she's been writing the page. I hope she didn't confuse my request with a biography.

Cheers
Mayur Poddar