At present I have Rs 5300 ( @9.40 for 90month) & Rs 7700( @8.75 for 120month) in Fixed Deposit. This is a total of Rs13,000. So, by the end of 2013 I have to save Rs37,000.
This is not an impossible task but I have to work hard towards it. 5 months ago
I have to kick this unhealthy habit and instead of making a generic goal to avoid all soda/carbonated drinks I have decided to be more specific. So, I’m limiting myself rt now to just 14 days and then review the progress I make and adjust the goal.
The larger goal is still the same – to eliminate or at the very least greatly reduce the amount of sugared soft drinks (cold-drinks) that I consume.
To check my consumption I noted my intake and discovered that I consume about 5 bottles of a cold drink per week. At Rs12 & 200ml per bottle that is
01 Week-—-—- Rs60 1L
01 Month-—-— Rs240 4L
01 Year-—-—- Rs2880 48L
10 Years-—-— Rs28800 480L 6 months ago
I have started Black Hawk Down. I am a bit busy right now so I do not know how soon would I be able to finish this one. For now, I’m just hoping that I like the book. 8 months ago
I am saddened to note that I have again taken up drinking one cold-drink daily. The break that I get between my classes, I go to a shop and have either a sprite or Coke.
I have decided many a times to stop this but have been mostly unsuccessful.
3 things I am doing to avoid this trap
1. I take my own tea or coffee to work.
2. I have set a limit of 12 cold-drinks for the month of Sept.
3. Read or listen to music as a means to relax as opposed to hurrying to he shop and guzzling down a bottle – all in the name to relax.
I hope I manage to reduce the number of cold-drinks I consume.
The shop that I go to charges Rs.12/bottle while the price is Rs.09/bottle. I feel very bad that I am supporting this loot.
The money that I save, I plan to either put in my saving account or maybe to eat out. 8 months ago
I have finished reading another book – A Clash of Kings from the series A Song of Ice and Fire.
I am, therefore, adding this book too to the list (#25)
01. From the Holy Mountain – William Dalrymple
02. Lolita – Vladimir Nobokov
03. Sons and Lovers
04. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
05. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
06. The Night Watch – Sarah Waters
07. From Beirut to Jerusalem – Thomas L. Friedman
08. After Tamerlane – John Darwin
09. The Class – Eric Segal
10. To the Lighhouse – Virginia Woolf
11. India After Gandhi – Ramachandra Guha
12. Sea of Poppies – Amitav Ghosh
13. Bourne Identity – Robert Ludlum
14. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
15. The Emperor of all Maladies – Siddharth Mukherjee
16. Churchill’s Secret War – Madhusree Mukerjee
17. A case of Exploding Mangoes – Mohammed Hanif
18. Machine of Death
19. Bourne Supremacy – Robert Ludlum
20. Bourne Ultiatum – Robert Ludlum
21. Three Men in a Boat
22. Catch 22
23. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
24. A Game of Thrones
25. A Clash of Kings 10 months ago
I have read the third book on the mobile – A Clash of Kings.
I am still reading Catch 22.
I shall start another book from the Series A Song of Ice & Fire very soon. 10 months ago
Although I started some books from the last list (of 22 books) I took up other books. I have finished 2 books and am adding them to the list too. (#23, 24)
01. From the Holy Mountain – William Dalrymple
02. Lolita – Vladimir Nobokov
03. Sons and Lovers
04. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
05. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
06. The Night Watch – Sarah Waters
07. From Beirut to Jerusalem – Thomas L. Friedman
08. After Tamerlane – John Darwin
09. The Class – Eric Segal
10. To the Lighhouse – Virginia Woolf
11. India After Gandhi – Ramachandra Guha
12. Sea of Poppies – Amitav Ghosh
13. Bourne Identity – Robert Ludlum
14. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
15. The Emperor of all Maladies – Siddharth Mukherjee
16. Churchill’s Secret War – Madhusree Mukerjee
17. A case of Exploding Mangoes – Mohammed Hanif
18. Machine of Death
19. Bourne Supremacy – Robert Ludlum
20. Bourne Ultiatum – Robert Ludlum
21. Three Men in a Boat
22. Catch 22
23. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
24. A Game of Thrones 10 months ago
2 July 2012
I’ve already read
1. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.
2. A Game of Thrones.
I’m currently reading
1. A Clash of Kings
2. Catch 22
I hope to finish A Clash of Kings latest by the end of July. 10 months ago
1 July 2012.
This has been a mixed bag.
1. Almost given up Coke and Diet Coke
2. Rarely take sugar in my tea.
3. I rarely eat Maggie anymore but Ninni often cooks noodles at home with vegetables and all. Although they are more healthy than Maggie but I should limit them too.
4. Mithai, pastries, biscuits – I’ve not been able to avoid these and still consume some or the other almost daily. 10 months ago
I have finished reading Moonwalking with Einstein – Josua Foer yesterday so I’m taking that off the list and adding a couple more titles. The first revised list is as under…
01. From the Holy Mountain – William Dalrymple
02. Lolita – Vladimir Nobokov
03. Sons and Lovers
04. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
05. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
06. The Night Watch – Sarah Waters
07. From Beirut to Jerusalem – Thomas L. Friedman
08. After Tamerlane – John Darwin
09. The Class – Eric Segal
10. To the Lighhouse – Virginia Woolf
11. India After Gandhi – Ramachandra Guha
12. Sea of Poppies – Amitav Ghosh
13. Bourne Identity – Robert Ludlum
14. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
15. The Emperor of all Maladies – Siddharth Mukherjee
16. Churchill’s Secret War – Madhusree Mukerjee
17. A case of Exploding Mangoes – Mohammed Hanif
18. Machine of Death
19. Bourne Supremacy – Robert Ludlum
20. Bourne Ultiatum – Robert Ludlum
21. Three Men in a Boat
22. Catch 22 17 months ago
I have finished another book today – Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer. 17 months ago
I have rounded up 19 books that I want to read in 2012. This list is not yet complete and I shall be adding a few more into the list soon.
1.From the Holy Mountain – William Dalrymple
2.Lolita – Vladimir Nobokov
3.Sons and Lovers
4.To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
5.Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
6.The Night Watch – Sarah Waters
7. From Beirut to Jerusalem – Thomas L. Friedman
8.After Tamerlane – John Darwin
9. The Class – Eric Segal
10.To the Lighhouse – Virginia Woolf
11.India After Gandhi – Ramachandra Guha
12. Sea of Poppies – Amitav Ghosh
13. Bourne Identity – Robert Ludlum
14. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
15. The Emperor of all Maladies – Siddharth Mukherjee
16.Churchill’s Secret War – Madhusree Mukerjee
17.A case of Exploding Mangoes – Mohammed Hanif
18.Machine of Death
19. Moonwalking with Einstein – Joshua Foer 17 months ago
I planned to read 43 books in 2011 but failed miserably in that goal and one of the reasons might have been the fact that I wasn’t specific enough.
So for 2012 I am going to make a list of books that I want to read and then read them. 17 months ago
I managed to finish only the following books this year. The Blue Umbrella – Ruskin Bond, Animal Farm – George Orwell, Matarese Countdown – Robert Ludlum, The Silence of the Lambs – Thomas Harris and I’m reading Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte now.
Pretty far from the lofty 43 that I dreamed of finishing. 17 months ago
I have reached 1306 views. I was not active on the website for a very long period now. Sadly, I do not think I will even reach the half point – 1500 views by the year end. 17 months ago
