Too much, too fast.

 

First day back in office today. Technically, that was last week, but everyone here takes and extended one week off into the new year. So, Jan 7 it is.

Weather has been playing games, last week it was so hot, and this week it is now back to winter ! And..it rained on the weekend.

But reading the news, it seems the world too wants to hit the ground running. So much happening, and it has been only 7 days into 2019.

Mr Trump is still trying to build his wall, and now wants  AMERICANS to pay for it, instead of Mexico. But there is a place where somebody is really building walls.

Down south in Kerala, my place, they built a human wall, a women’s wall, to show their strength. It was a massive success, and while all this was capturing attention, two women finally achieved that which scores of others had failed at.

Then , there was the strike. Embarassed, and insulted, religious men decided to show their strength the only way they can, by shutting places down and destroying public property. Too bad for them, merchant’s association decided to boycott their strike. Is this all really happening ?

Meanwhile, more earthquakes hit Italy and Indonesia. And one more mass shooting in the US, and the yellow vest protests in France. And Indians are still trying to claim their scientific superiority by making absurd claims about its past. And Australia is only worried about its climate, and its cricket losses.

So much happening. Too fast.

This is going to be a long year.

 

All roads lead the the Gym !

 

It has happened. The annual casual visitors to our building gymnasium. Since new year’s eve I have been seeing a lot of totally new faces. People I have never seen in the facility in the last few months. Suddenly I feel the gym is now crowded, there is someone always waiting at every machine, and most of the dumbbells are missing. There is only possible explanation for this new found fascination for the gym : new year’s resolutions.

Its a powerful thing, resolution. And its fascinating how everyone resolves to take exactly the same decision every year. Interesting to see how synced up we all are. I wonder if the whole world thinks like this.

Curios, I checked it out on google trends.

Yep. Verified. Interest in these topics have definitely peaked globally in the last one week,  on New Year’s eve.

Now if you will excuse me, I have to ask this gentleman to get off the bench press.