When I was younger, I had many aspirations and goals. I wanted to travel to countries, acquire new skills, explore the unknown, go on as many adventures, be in good shape and more importantly have a partner to share with them. I was able to follow my dreams these last 10 years, I am proud of my accomplishments and personal growth and wouldn’t want it any other way. However there is a doubt creeping up these days that I could have achieved a lot more.
At age 35 it has been becoming more and more clear to me, the constraints and challenges we face in our lives, some within our control a some not. Best example is my fitness. Even 5 years back, I could run 5 miles, lift as much as I could and really push myself without any soreness or injuries or ‘pain’ Now when I go running with in the first half mile I have pain on my foot, have issue with itching or I get hives..it feels more and more like an uphill battle
Travel has been outlet for me whenever I feel down, want to introspect, want to take a break. I have had a lot of plans for my 35th birthday and everything fell through. Things I thought were working out seem to be now on back burner for various reasons, goals which seemed so near yet so far.. this really got me thinking. I find myself uninterested in the daily chores of a middle aged IT guy, wish I found a way to escape, rejuvenate myself
What am I supposed to do next, how do I tread the rest of 2020 with so much uncertainty, the future looming,? All this made me realize I am at a crossroads
Look forward to seeing my puppy soon. I named him ‘Frodo’
I first heard of Corona Virus from my mother after my return from China in mid january. I didnt take it seriously, never heard of it while I was in fact in China
As heard and began to know more about it, with the death toll slowly starting to climb in Wuhan, I started paying attention
Coincidentally I too got extremely sick towards end of jan, with sudden high fever, fatigue and feeling very weak. I called my hospital/primary care and after hearing
my symptoms they suggested i am not a candidate for Covid-19. It took me 2 weeks almost to recover my stength
Feeling bored one day I arranged for a date with someone I met online at Chocolati Cafe (Feb 4 or 6). I felt like we had so much in common. I was more impressed with her travels,
and the hikes she did around (far more than me). We went to a bar and had a good meal/drinks. I love drinking with people I like, even though I dont usually drink or like drinking any alchohol
I belive it just adds to the experience sharing it with someone and reveling in their love for alchohol. I promised her that day whenever we met I would get her unlimited shots/drinks
as much as she can handle. While saying goodbye, I was not sure what to expect but she gave me a sweet good bye kiss under the rain. The memory is still so fresh and it is one of the most romantic things I experienced
Somehow after returning from China, for various reasons including losing a lot of money I got into severe depression. My worksouts started feeling like chores I just want to get over with, getting addicted to junk food, sugar and Pizzas. Feeling fatigue and lethargic all the time, I just wanted to sleep on my couch all day long. I started gaining weight, my waist started ballooning, I started feeling like shit. Unfortunately for me depression really affects me two fold, it makes me lose interest in things I love to do or things that cheer me up or inspire me. It is like a double whammy and I have to put extra effort to get back from it. So far in my life, have been fortunate enough to have enough control over myself to get back from it.
Coming back to S, for our second date, took her to Din-tai-Fung. The more I talk to her, the more I started falling over for her head over heals. It a scary yet exciting
Here is blone blueeyed badass who works with power tools.. how can anyone top that? I asked her to come over sometime for dinner the following Sunday. I love to cook. I think I made chicken Biryani for her. And later watched some shows, listened to her favorite songs and showed he Ek Pal Ka Jeena video song. Had a great time and said goodbye/good night after kissing.
I received a text from her soon if I wanted to join her and her friend on a hiking trion Tour Mont Blanc in Switzerland in August. I couldnt believe it. I had to say yes. We did discuss about loving travel, but she went ahead and invited me. I was beyond elated. We even exchanged our favorite trips on bucket list and seem like NZ is on top of the list for both of us besides HI or Costa Rica.
Reason why I talk a lot about her is not only beacuse how thankful I am for her to be in my life, but the start of our relationship coincided with my depression. Time with her, thinking about her has become a beacon of light, her thoughts inspired me to become a better man. Coincidentally I even fought of my depression slowly and eventually
Our regular dates on Sundays also conincided with shelter-in-place orders. We both have a great time, just being in each others company. Isnt that beautiful? I really love seeing her dog Forrest and feel like it too has become part of my household. This coming from someone who never owned pets.
As gyms have been closed, I slowly started getting back in to running. It has been so many years since I stopped running that I literally had to learn how to run/jog at a set pace. I struggled withs ever pain/cramps in my left leg, that I had to force myself to run slower than I walk. But after 5 weeks or so, I have worked out a decent pace for a 2 mile run. I sometimes balance it out with a 4 mile cycling or a HIIT workout at home. I have also been doing squats/deadlifts/pushups/plans/situps whenever I felt like. I am beginning to feel better
Courtesy of S, I also started making improvements in diet taking in more protein and veggies. Out Costco grocery shopping date is also very memorable. I was feeling so proud to have a gf like S and we doing groceries together. She takes good care of herself especially her diet and there is a lot I can learn from her. I am still very far from doing a 5 mile run though
Looking back, I feel like S entering my life is the best thing that happened to me in recent memory. While it is hard to imagine what the future holds, I feel content and happy.
I stll have a way to go to completely recover from the low in my life and depression I dealt with in early 2019.. things are definitely improving.
Who knows may be this COVID-19/shelter-in-place may be the best thing that happened to me and I am sure I will look back at findly this time… I am hoping so
I believe some of you have seen this show, As someone from India I wanted to add some perspective and also want to get feedback/opinion
To start with, the bills in that discussion are NRC and CAB
A brief history:
India also a huge problem with illegal immigration with additional burden of surrounded by not so friendly neighbors like China, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The history of this region is very complicated going all the way back to 11th century since the first Muslim invasions. But the gust of it is Pakistan Intelligence (ISI) wages proxy war with India. One of the ways they use is through Bangladesh. Indian state of West Bengal shares border with Bangladesh (East Bengal Originally). However the local government in West Bengal likes to play identity politics and for the sake of votes from muslims, it encourages illegal immigration from Bangladesh which is predominantly muslim country. Pakistan ISI takes great advantage of this. I can share a lot of instances of terrorism in India perpetuated by an immigrant from Bangladesh who was merely a puppet here.
The governments prior to current government were afraid to tackle this due to lack of absolute majority in the parliament and also being support and possibly losing muslim votes (30% of population).
Current Government:
BJP headed by Modi has in fact ties to RSS as mentioned by John Oliver. RSS has hindutva ideology (India/Hindustan belongs to Hindus) and its founder (who is not even worth of being names here) idolized Hitler/Nazis. But current RSS is being portrayed in media as fundamentalists. There may be bad apples and some in leadership might even instigate religious riots if it riles up citizens and gets them elected, but they are not terrorists like the numerous terrorist organizations from that region in Asia which are again unfortunately predominantly muslim. This is a huge difference between being fundamentalists and being all-out terrorists
A bit of background on Indian ties with Nazis/Germans during WW 2: During WW 2 there were two school of thoughts that were formed in Indian National Congress. One side headed by Gandhi, Nehru wanted to support the British on promise of independence and another side headed by Subhash Chandra Bose wanted to join Hitler’s Nazi party primarily along the lines of (The enemy of my enemy is a friend). He formed first Indian army (Azad Hind Fauz) and even met Hitler in person. But he unfortunately died in a plane crash and subsequently other side won out the popular opinion. Rest is history
This is why some of the Indian leaders during this time viewed Nazis/Hitler favorably.
With this in mind the current government passed significant bills/referendums
Withdrawing Kashmir special status – Kashmir state at present is predominantly Islam. It enjoyed a special status. Do you know what this Special Status entailed?
It has its own flag.
It has its own citizenship
Indians from rest of the country cannot own land/property in Kashmir
Kashmiri women stand to lose Kashmir citizenship if married Indians from outside of Kashmir
Kashmir is in fact a Hindu kingdom annexed by India after independence after the king decided to join the republic. It’s population used to be predominantly Hindus like Kashmiri pundits who have been driven away in the years following. Where is the outcry over this?
Now with special status removed Kashmir is like any other Indian state. Notice the hue and cry from international media and how Modi was portrayed immediately following this event. Even Pakistan PM Imran Khan joined in on it, like how it will lead to ethical cleansing and he is worried about Muslims in Kashmir when in reality nothing happened after that? Did you hear/see anything.. of course No. As opposed to Pakistan having the worst human rights record particularly against religious minorities. Following independence, Hindu population in Pakistan was around 20-30% and now it is less that 2%.This is one of the reasons why India passed the CAB bill
NRC/CAB:
As John Oliver portrayed except outside of fringe organizations not many are opposing this bill as he portrayed it to be. In fact Muslim Leaders in India support this bill. If you are Indian (whether are not you are Muslim or not) you have nothing to fear. This bill primarily speeds up citizenship for minorities persecuted in other neighboring countries. Does it negatively impact some muslims in India.. probably yes and that is a genuine concern no doubt about it.. but there is no widespread opposition to these bills like mentioned by John Oliver
He also brought in 2001 Godhra Incident when Modi was Chief Minister of Gujarat:
Even in this incident Hindus are usually portrayed as bad guys (like in Slumdog Millionaire) and media conveniently skips the causation.. burning alive 1000s of Bajrang Dal activists alive without any provocation by probably some terrorists which in turn started these riots. As a CM he didn’t do much to cull this, which I do find him at fault as innocent people have been killed
Is Modi a great person/leader? – of course not. he has is flaws but the current environment in India requires strong leadership to protects its citizens and he ticks most of the qualities. He did make some blunders like the currency conversion which portrayed as a failure although the government did recover some percentage of black money.
Is the NRC/CAB bill unconstitutional: Yes. Not the bill itself but the fact that it has the potential to target some muslims unfortunately. Rather than discuss and debate about this and finding a solution, saying there is widespread opposition to the bill itself is bullocks
In general how religious minorities (Christians/Muslims/Sikhs/Buddhists) are treated in India:
Religious minorities enjoy 4.5% reservation in higher education and all government jobs including representation in goverment Link Below
https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=132836
Religious festivals like Bakrid/Ramzan/Good Friday/Christmas are public holidays in India
TLDR: Don’t always believe everything in Media as there are always two sides of the story. Unless you grew up in India, it is hard to actually know what is happening and it is easy to get carried away
I will take more time and link actual verified news articles to some of the points I mentioned above
China has been a country I always wanted to visit but was skeptical about what to expect, because I didn’t knew much about it. Thanks to Hong Kong it is mostly negative we hear about the Chinese government. Coming from India, we are not actually on good terms with Chinese
But when I found a deal for a 10 day trip to China for $600 on groupon getaways from Inter Trips, it is an opportunity I couldn’t miss. Due to the fact that I had to pay 1.5 times the price if I go by myself I instead invite a friend of mine to accompany me. Group Visa costs an additional $150 each. If may I suggest, never get a group visa to China (which is a separate piece of paper) and instead get a visitor visa on Passport. Half the time we were more worried about accidentally tearing up the piece of paper
I received trip itinerary 20 days before the trip and group visa via fedex few days before the start. A friend of mine actually went on this trip sometime before and got me prepared well.
Climate: China can be cold in winter. Beijing is in particular. I never imagined it to be so far north. There also happens to be a lot of smog in big cities. Depending on the air quality you may need to put on a mask
Customs: We had help from the intertrips rep. It was a simple process but they do take biometrics. No they don’t check your phone or computer. You can take what ever electronics you want to take. I myself just took my phone.
Apps: I managed well with following apps. I did travel a lot using the subway. Didi for cabs. Alipay for payment. Metroman for subway guide for most Chinese cities and google translate with Chinese(simple). Need to add creditcard info for Alipay and Didi before hand
Cleanliness/Sanitation/Water: Either bottled or boiled water only for drinking. I found China especially Beijing to be very clean and light years ahead of India. For some reason I always thought China and India are quite similar but realized China is light years ahead and the similarities end with certain aspects of society like close family ties etc. Sanitation facilities are quite satisfactory in all places our group has been to.
Day 1: It is supposed to be a free day. Plan is to do Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Jingshan Park. We woke up early and took subway to Tian’ anmen East and walked the rest to Forbidden City. The walk itself was fun and gave us an oppurtunity to explore China for first time. First thing I observed was how clean the streets and in fact even the metro stations were. Public Restrooms are conviniently located at almost every corner. We spent a good 3 hrs in the vast expanse of Forbidden city and took a break at local starbucks. The French Caramel Bread was very delicious. We had some good nododle soup for lunch and went back to the hotel. In the evening just I went to Jingshan Park. The park closes by 8pm and they stop selling tickets by 7:30pm. It was almost a race against time. The park is in fact a small hill with multiple pavilions. Each pavilion offers a unizeq view. But due to presence of street lights I couldnt get good pictures. When I went there the following day there were almost no street lights and I got to take great pictures. For people who like to relax and be in peace while enjoying night time views Jignshan Park is a must
Forbidden City
Jingshan Park
Day 2: Jade Factory: We learnt different types of Jades, Jadeitte being the hardest, the colors that jades can be like purple, yellow, white, red. The process involved and how to differentiate between the real and fake one.
Great Wall of China: In my own experience there are few things in the world that can blow away life time of expectations like The Tajmahal or The Colloseum.. Great Wall of China belongs in that list. It is magnificient decorating the Yanshan mountain range like a necklace. Our bus parked near the entrance to no 7 watchtower and we were given 2 hrs time in total. Even though I felt it was not enough.. I set my timer to 45 minutes. I was able to hike up all the way to No 12 watch tower and actually felt a bit happy the way forward was closed. I got to experience the amazing vistas while meeting some nice people from all over the world on the way. I finished my hike with Jasmine Tea and reached a moment of Zen. Hope to come back here again in future
Day 3: I took a break from the tour group and opted to visit Temple of Heaven instead. Didnt realize it is a place of animal sacrifice and religious rites for chinese royal family. The park is beautiful and one thing I remember from the morning is the chilly morning breeze cutting into the bones. It was a sunny day and a cup of coffee felt just tight In the afternnon our group caught a 3:45 high speed train to Suzhou.The train traveled at around 301 kmph
Day 4: Lingering Garden in Suzhou. Learnt about traditional family structures, process involved in creating Chinese Bonzai, Fenshui. From there our group headed to a silk factory. Learnt a lot about Silk and its properties. I spent over $1000 on bedsheets, purse and silk underwear. Love the fact that silk comforters felt so comfortable to touch, they keep warm in winter and cold in summer, and machine washable. We headed to Wuxi from there. Stopped over by the Tai Lake where I rented a boat and got to explore on my own. We did the grand canal tour in the evening.
Day 4: We visited pearl factory and from there went to Hangzhou. It was drizzling, while I first did not like the idea of another boat tour, I had a great time. The scenery was beautiful. It is surrounded by lake towns, including one that has a pagoda. The sesame beef fried rice I had for dinner was exceptional
Day 5: We visited Tea Village in the valley. This is where I got ripped off by $2500 .. as there was a miscalculation on what I ordered. I should have been a bit more careful. From there we headed to Shanghai and did the night river cruise. I was blown away by the night views of Shanghai. In my opinion easily beats even Manhattan
Day 6: Last night in China. I slept most of the day and managed to visit the Oriental Pearl TV Tower which is 351 meters tall. Most of the attractions within the tower like the space observatory or VR roller coaster are sub – par and not worth the money
Parents: both my parents are getting old. I wish I was there to help them.. I wish I spent more time with them.. atleast I made plans with my parents to take them to Europe this year.. I want to show them as many places as I can.. I do need to travel to India at the least once every 2 years
Language: I really miss listening to my language.. seeing it’s script everywhere… when I do go back to Hyderabad, the first thing that makes me feel like I am home is seeing the sign boards in Telugu or listening to it from the announcements. It makes me feel safe.. gives me a strong sense of belonging
Food:
Even though I traveled all over the world, and tries as many cuisines as I can L.. I feel like nothing ever comes close to traditional South Indian food eating Idli with peanut chutney and drinking filter coffee early in the morning.. or eating my mother’s home cooked food..
Any restaurant you go to, from a street side vendor to a 5 star restaurant .. the food will exceptional. That is the speciality of Hyderabad. It’s local cuisine is so famous in India that restaurants in other cities across India now have menu items hyderabadi this and hyderabadi that
Who wouldn’t want to explore Iceland.. In my research I realized Iceland offers unique experiences in summer and in winter. It also helps that we do have a direct flight from SEA to Keflavik airport
Why I chose winter? Well I found myself with unused vacation end of 2018. I also read a blog that describe winter time in Iceland and orange hue that stays for the 4-5 hours of sunlight. A chance to see Northern Lights and it being cheaper and less crowded during winter months
I traveled Dec 17-25 right before Christmas. I booked myself an Airbnb in the heart of Reykavik besides the city center. I landed early morning on 18th. The check in time was 3pm and I underestimated Iceland winter. Yes there is the gulf stream still it was very cold probably in 20s.. no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t stay in the airport and took a shuttle to Reykyavik. I loved watching the dreamy scenery with green snow capped mountains amidst the landscape completely devoid of trees. 11 am felt like 5 am in the morning. From the bus stop I had a 3 mile walk to my Airbnb. I chose to walk and not take a taxi as I thought I wanted to explore the city.. In spite of the cold I loved every minute of it.. On the way I crossed residential neighborhood where everyone decorated their houses with Christmas lights. then on to a vast lake with lots of ducks, swans. From there I turned onto the town center including town hall. However the last few hours before my check in time felt unbearable because of my fatigue from travel and walking all day long. Note to self: next time I am in Iceland I should make a reservation a day earlier
Food: They had a brownish Rye bread which tasted really good in combination with lamb beat. I also became a fan of their local Turmeric Café with Oatmilk and drank it almost every day
Wool: Icelandic Wool is wold renowned. I bought couple of socks, sweaters, mittens and caps some of which I gave away to my sister. The wool there is very light weight, soft to touch and cozy to feel
Family: My father retired as a Supreme Court Justice (for our state) and mother has always been a house wife. I have one sister who I consider to be my best friend. We are small middle class family of 4
Probably I was days old in 1985 with my mother
Growing Up: My father used to get transferred a lot every 2-3 years, I always used to find myself as the new kid. I used to be very quite and introverted. There are times and places where I did very well with good friends and there are times where I was bullied and lagged in my studies. I always used to consider my sister and my mother as my best friends and for me fun is just talking and playing with them (as long as I remember). Growing up in close proximity to strong women helped me to understand woman’s perspective more. Our favorite time is hanging
I grew up in a privileged household.. my father used to have servants everywhere. One for laundry, one for dishes, couple of them for security, coule of them for running errands/chores. If I walk to school I never had to carry my own back pack. If we go to a movie and the theater is full, furniture will be rearranged to accomodate us, if we go to a temple with my father, they will drive everyone away from the inner sanctum so that we could be alone.. at the same time my parents taught me and my sister how to be humble, a strong sense of righteaousness and justice
I have always been a very simple person… I never used to ask for more, probably something I learnt from my sister. We grew up learning to live a simple life and find happiness in simple things.
Heat and Humidity: In our extended family our grandfather is the only one who had a car. When we used to visit his place every summer to gether with my cousins we used to fit in 9-10 people at a time in one car with no A/C. Sometimes the electricity will be turned off in the night, the heat becomes so unbearable that only options are to stay awake or pack up all mattresses and sleep on the terrace while star gazing and telling stories. When we had company like cousins or friends we used to welcome this so that we could all hang out on the terrace.. no need to do homework either.. Anyway it is in one of those car trips when it was around 110 degrees mid – day in peak summer trvaleing with 8 other people in a small car with no A/C, I decided if I ever settle in a place it has to be something sorruounded by mountains and cold
Hobbies and Interests: It is very highly competitive for middle class families in India. Not much encouragement for hobbies and interests.. What every free time I used to have I sometimes play cricket with friends, play with my sister or I used to cut down trees and branches to make weapons while role playing mythological heroes. I had a general idea of what I want to do in life .. and I had to wait until 24/25 years old after I moved to US and established a career that I had a chance to start exploring my own interests.. It has been a wonderful journey. I started with walking/hiking/cycling/running in Ridley Park and Valley Forge Parks near Philadelphia.. then I got into fitness, swimming, dancing etc.. My goal is to learn something new everyyear. 2019 provided me oppurtunities to learn to become a handyman which eventually became my second job. I have a guitar now to practice for 2020.. fingers crossed
Rain: I always have a fascination with rain. I love the smell of the earth and the sound of the rain. I used to love to take a walk sometimes with an umbrella and play in the puddle making paper ships. It also has something to do with most of the my favorite songs from movies being shot in rain or drizzle or snow
Helsinki Allas Sea Pool early morning walk to Löyly sauna and taking a dip in the sea working out at the local gym Hot chocolate at Cafe Esplanad Ferry to Tallinn
Tallinn (United backpackers Hostel) Cycling to the light house and Paldiski cliffs Early morning walk around the old city on the day I left Ferry ride from Helsinki Pakistani food at Zaiqa (better than any I had in Seattle so far)
Riga – (Naughty squirrel hostel) Bus ride to the beach and light house. Watching sunset at the beach walking around city and taking pictures Mikhail Tal Statu Pauls Stradiņš Museum for History of Medicine Pumpkin Cream soup. Couldn’t get enough of it and fried fish Local cuisine
Vilnius (Best western Vilnius) hiking to Gedaminas Castle tower in rain amidst fall colors in fading evening light Walking around old town and trying Lithuanian cuisine
After months of anticipation and getting hyped by Youtube videos, I made the move to purchase Tesla Model 3 before Christmas. Being a ‘go big or go home’ guy and specifically seeking self driving the MSRP came to 59000 for my Metallic Blue, 19″ Sport Wheels , AWD and Self Driving Tesla Model. I recently took a second job to support myself financially so that I could afford it.
I fell in love with the car but I knew it cannot replace my trusty VW toureg TDI yet, so my initial idea was to have two cars. As with its 250 mile range (70-80% charge) I cannot be comfortable taking it around Olympic Peninsula or Vancouver Island.. It being a sedan with lot ground clearance, I wont be able to take on forest service roads to access my favorite trail heads nor I will be able to carry my tool and ladders
Self Driving: I really loved the self driving capabilities making a 30 min traffic commute feeling like a breeze, but I felt that it is not there yet. It has enough capabailities to let you relax while driving but at the same time expect you to pay attention by a constant remainder every 10 seconds to hold steering wheel. sometimes when you are navigating using autopilot it will say “Auto pilot ends in 400 yards” when it comes to exists that are not compatible.. I wish it did a better job as if you are not paying attention to the chime there is a likely hood of an accident which I found to be very dangerous.. if you try to force auto driving in an exit it will take off at 60 mph (speed limit on the freeway) even if there is a sharp curve requiring to go at 25 mph. I felt the extra $7000 is not worth this if I constantly have to pay attention, I might as well drive by myself
Finances: I made a miscalculation when I purchased.. I didn’t realize the financial impact it will have on me. I was focusing solely on my monthly payments assuming that I can pay from my second job. I paid 16000 down payment which would have required to pay $750 for 6 years on top of that having two cars bumped my insurance to $2100 for 6 months from $900. There were additional costs such as $2000 wall connector (the connector cost $518 + installation).. and on top of that I am still paying $150 to VW credit until June 2020. Even with taking into account my expected bonus, tax returns, pay rise in early 2020 I realized it is a huge burden for me. As a result it caused me a lot of stress which in turn forced me to take more risks with HT. After reading about Tesla return policy I was able to return it on Day 7 with full refund expected in 6-8 weeks and sighed with relief. I also started the process to return my wall connector.
What Next: After having first hand experience that the EV infrastructure and Self Driving technology is not there yet, I am going to take a wait and see approach. I am closely looking at Ford Mustang Mach E (270 miles for AWD $$55k) or Rivian R1S (starting at $72K not including $7.5K Federal Credit).. perhaps if I save enough. Right now I am just going to take it easy, ignore all car videos recommended by YT and plan more traveling this year
Pros:
Style- I really loved the style and look of the car with bright shining metallic blue with a sporty, trendy look Performance – While i never actually owned a sports car the model 3 with its low center of gravity powered by 450 HP (252 rear and 198 rear) is the closest I been to owning a sports car. 0-40 in 4.2 seconds with option 2.8K upgrade to bring it down to 3.9 seconds this is the fastest car I ever drove or owned. Interior – Minimalist and comfortable Entertainment – I enjoyed the giant screen. You can watch movies, listen to spotify, offers crystal clear surround sound, etc etc..Apparently support for Youtube is in plan too.It also has some nice Easter eggs Comfort – I felt the seating to be very comfortable with a leather like material, lot of leg room (I am 5’8). Cargo Space – Has a huge trunk with option of folding back row seats, additional space in the front trunk which can washed if needed
Cons: Touch screen – It is susceptible to hand prints even after minimal use. Buttons or lack there of- Have to go through series of steps to open glove box, adjust mirrors etc Poor visibility – unless you see the 3D real time rendering of traffic on screen.. the visibility seemed to be very less on the back mirron and side mirrors..No matter how I positioned I couldn’t get a comfortable view of traffic surrounding me Charging – You cant just go to gas station accessible at every nuke and corned and fill in gas in 10 mins. You have to lookup super charging stations and plan for additional wait time. It took me 25 mins to get 130 miles at the Tesla Super Charging Station in Fred Meyer
Once again I find myself spending the new year eve/day alone.. part of me loves being alone but also a part of me craving companionship.
I strongly belive in being thankful for what I have, but there are times like this that make me wonder how my life would have been if I found a partner This feeling comes in waves.. being content and being lonely/desperate. But I try to stay positive and keep my focus on making myself and things I have control over
What is my plan for this year?
Take good care of myself and get into better shape Keep looking for a compatible partner to share my interests Save money this year to buy a car of my dreams next year Travel more: Apart from China, plan to go to Mexico, Belize and more importantly take my parents to Switzerland, Austria, Germany Continue to work with HT but tread the fine line between fun/more money and stress.. as this past week has thought it is a fine line indeed Be thankful to what I have and the amazing people in my life
