I feel proud of myself at times. I guess that is a good thing. I find pride in knowing that I actually make use of my time. The fact of the matter is that a whole lot of people have no time to do anything. They are busy either with work or with telling people how busy they are. No really, I know people who spend a half hour on the phone trying to explain to you how much work they have and how their minds have been molested by the unwanted.
I don’t have any work to do. But I have heard “the wise owls” say, “you are lucky. Make use of this time and do things you always felt like doing. Take up a hobby.” What do you know? I did.
I always felt incomplete when the world around me spoke of the magic of books in their lives. All of them, except me, in their school days and college days seem to have finished reading bundles of books. They discuss authors like they were old pals and poets like they knew the very essence of why they wrote. It made me feel out of place and also a little bad about the fact that my parents did not push me too much to read. There it was, all too easy to blame them and sit back and grumble. Until a few days ago, I kept procrastinating, the idea of actually starting with a book. I feared font size 8 and 512 pages like it were a beast out of the bush. Then came along the power of technology and the introduction of a concept that hard core readers swore at and I would swear by: e-books; absolutely convenient to say the least. E-books are available so easily off the net and can be magnified and bookmarked and sometimes if you feel too lazy to read, ask the damn computer to read it out to you.
I finished four of Dan Brown books and I enjoyed them all. Then an Ayn Rand book which I almost slept through. Othello is next on the list but right now, its one of the greatest epics that managed to form cults all over the world: The Lord of the Rings. Enthusiasts will be glad to know that I have this book complete with the prequel (The Hobbit) and the maps (all the maps) and the tree chart of the families. I am presently hunting for Macbeth.
That’s not all. I am also watching the entire first season of LOST at my own pace. It is an awesome series. Next on the serials’ list would have to be “24”. Also I finished an entire game called “Hitman” recently and am planning to upgrade my comp so as to facilitate more games.
The point, my friends, is that when one has time, making use of it leaves no scope of regret later. I am thrilled to know that I am not busy with work or telling people that I am busy… on the contrary; it is fun when people nickname me “Lucky bastard”… (muhuhahaha)
