Well, I too have a BLOG! Duh!

Am I trying to tell the world what I think about the stuff that goes on around (which is not much) me?

Do I hope to receive lots of hits and subsequently turn this BLOG into a commercial venture?

The answer to the above questions is a definite NO! But it is without objectives that I am embarking on this project. Broadly, my goals behind this website and the BLOG can be outlined as below:

• Get a feel for this BLOG phenomenon that has been going on around me for almost a decade and which I have ignored, almost on purpose. See what it entails and see where it takes me.
• After I moved to Taiwan couple of months back, we were hit by Typhoon Morakot. Within a couple of days I got a few calls and emails from worried souls asking me if I’m okay. I hope to share some bits of information about my life here through this BLOG. Hopefully someone will bother to check on me occasionally too see what I’ve been up to and realize that though little is known about Taiwan and Taipei in India, it really is one of the better places to stay in Asia.
• To create a mini dairy of sorts, like the one that I kept for half a year while in college in Sulur. I recently read that dairy again and it was such a thrill! I hope this platform can deliver the same feeling a few years from now.
• Act as a knowledge base for myself. Through my years of loneliness while in Singapore, Internet has been a constant companion. Without being bashful, I’ll admit that one of my favorite pastimes was (and still is) is reading Wikipedia articles. Mostly stuff that has absolutely no use whatsoever (does which countries have nuclear submarines count as useful info? I don’t think so!), but some useful bits as well. I hope to log some of the information that I come across here so that I can (and anyone else) retrieve them should I need them.
• Lastly, I feel that over the years while my technical skills have improved with every project, my writing skills have not kept up. In fact, I think it’s much worse than what it was when I was fresh out of college. Why else would I dread documentation and why else does it take me so long to write an important email? I hope by writing more and by inviting people to read them, I’ll expose myself to criticism and through these criticisms I can improve my writing skills. I’m not aiming for a career change but hope to improve my writing skills which I’m sure will come handy often in the future.

So that’s it folks, when time permits, take a peek here. You might even find something interesting.