A serious fitness resolution!

You may have seen on the home page that I have taken a gap year from mainstream studies. One of the main reasons for the thought of taking a gap year was always my fitness. In my younger days, I was a very sick kid (I fell sick very often, often chronic). Although I have become healthier over the years, my parents have been worried whether or not I will be able to care for myself once I am on my own. I started slow training at first (as I was never a lot into physical activities), but I was quite unwilling to go for exercise every single day (believe me, it is tough for a couch guy). My father on the other hand, has been regularly exercising for a few years now. He even ran a 10km run recently. He is continuing to train on a regular basis to run a Half-Marathon in December.

So, on the 23rd of October (a week ago), I decided - initially with a half-heart - that I would run a 10km in December too. I created a custom six-week plan for myself and started following it. The furthest I have run yet, is slightly more than 4km (I track my activity with the app RunKeeper). My aim is to increase this gradually every week and run a 10km on the 4th of December. This would be my first milestone in my fitness goals that I could proudly boast about!

-Suhas

31/10/16

Back on wheels!

Hello all!
It has been a really long time since I have posted on this blog. I was doing IBDP (International Baccalaureate Diploma Program) and I just finished my DP-2 (12th standard) examination this week. I did not have much spare time to tediously write blog posts (well, my parents would disagree to this...). I am looking forward to update this blog more frequently from now on. Along with that I would like to tell you something about what I have been thinking about for a while now.

I had a lot of activity take place in the past one to one-and-a-half years that I did not post on the blog. I will be doing some pre-dated posts which means that although I am posting them now, they will be showing the events of the past.

Along with the above, I am thinking of a major change. During my 10th standard, I created an astronomy blog for school activity (www.suhasdara.wordpress.com). It is pretty tough to maintain two blogs at the same time and so, I was thinking of merging this blog with the astronomy blog; into the astronomy blog and close this one. I might do so soon!

Thank you for visiting the blog!

My Aunt's flower vase decorations

My aunt Rama (my mom's elder sister) is very fond of vases, plants and flowers (of course ME too :D). She is very creative in making decorative arrangements with them. She is always on the look out for things that can be turned into vases. These are some of her creations:

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