The Life of an Ambivert

 I got exams coming in four weeks., so obviously it's time to get back into my extra-curriculars again. I started to sway away from TV to reading books and novels. Apart from my studies, I hadn't touched a single book since the past three years or so. I got around to reading a fiction novel (Airframe by Michael Crichton) but gave up half way for no reason. Now I began my expedition into non-fiction, starting with The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. My father recommended it a while back.  As I suspected, it is a self-help-ish guide for people who want to attain and maintain power. It's not a bad read. Each law draws lots of inspiration from historical anecdotes, whether talking about revenge, conquests of love and war, or the intricacies of human relationships. Quite glad I picked this book to revive my dead habit. Airframe was so technical with its story-telling, although it does get interesting at times (this is M. Crichton we are talking about), it feels heavy on the ...

 Just finished an assignment and I am waiting to go to the gym. It's early in the morn'. I have begun the horrible tradition of destroying my circadian rhythm by staying up the entire night and then working out for two hours on zero energy. I don't care whether it's self destructive or life-threatening because god forbid I want to bring some relief to my daily routine. (I don't think I used the 'god forbid' phrase accurately, I mean to say that I really want to  keep things fresh and reduce the mundanity of everything right now.)  It seems like common sense gets regularly thrown out of the window, especially when it comes to religion. Not even the scary four-digit statistics are enough to get the government to close down those festive bazaars that have been open for the past month. The people don't care, regulation is amateur and in some places found non-existent. India is already a cesspit for this 'syndrome', it seems that Malaysia is following...