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Many days and weeks went by without a post. I don't want a month to go by without one.
The past couple of months have been quite hectic.
On Nov. 13, we drove to my home town in Kerala. There was some house-related work to be attended to that required me to be there for two or three weeks.
I could do that because we now have the option of working from home, almost unheard of just three years ago!
It was after many years that we were travelling to Kerala by car. A distance of around 625 km. The highways are quite good. In fact, many cities have been getting connected by good roads over the past few years.
We got back to Bengaluru on Dec. 7.
A year-end tends to be more of work rather than a holiday for me. There are usually too many people on leave, which makes it difficult for me to take leave. Planning to take the accumulated compensatory offs next month.
PLAYABLES ON YOUTUBE
Sometime earlier this month, I got a notification on YouTube about "Playables". They are a set of games that can be played on YouTube.
I decided to check them out and promptly got hooked on a few of them, like Element Blocks, Stack Bounce, Jewels Planet, Words of Wonders, Collect Em All, and Carrom Clash.
The last time I played games on a computer was more than 20 years ago when I got a desktop. But I lost interest gradually, mainly because of lack of time, the hassles of downloading them and, on the mobile, the intrusion of ads.
One advantage of playing on YouTube is there is no need to download the games. These games, in spite of all the flak they tend to get, do help in sharpening our cognitive skills.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
What plans for New Year's Eve?
Tomorrow is a Sunday, and I will be able to take my weekly off. We might take the metro to the CBD, stroll around a while, grab a bit or two, see the lighting, and get back home before it's too late.
Cheers to a New Year full of possibilities!