>>* Write the definitive maritime history of India; interesting! what got you interested in this area: fascination with the Indian ocean trade routes? (subrahmanyam, ashin chaudhuri etc...)
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Bonobashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- On Sat, 15/11/08, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [silk] When I Have The Time > > To: "Silk List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Saturday, 15 November, 2008, 10:36 AM > > Mohit (मॊिहत) wrote, [on 11/15/2008 9:05 AM]: > > > > > I need to learn how to use chopsticks...and > > swimming...and > > > dancing...and smiling while stabbing someone. > > > > That reminds me of all of the various things that I will do > > When I have > > The Time (small unrepresentative sample follows) > > > > * Masters degree in cryptography > > * Learn Perl > > * Find those treasured old college ripped jeans and lose 2 > > inches around > > the middle so I can wear them, dammit > > * Krav Maga > > * Finish off my TBR pile (~200 books at last count) > > * Get back to reasonable fluency in French > > * Meet up with all the several dozen friends with whom my > > primary > > interaction these days is occasional phone calls saying > > "we MUST meet" > > > > Share yours, o wise ones? > > > > This has the makings of a[nother] monster thread. > > > > Udhay > > * Get my Master's degree in History; > * Write the definitive maritime history of India; > * Re-learn German; > * Learn French and Sanskrit; > * Tour those corners of India that I haven't seen yet, on my own set of > rough-roading wheels; > * Go to Leh by road, and bum around Ladakh for as long as I can afford > (two days, at present levels); > * Lose 20 kgs.; > * Photograph Calcutta before it auto-destructs; > * Try to understand the different Indian philosophical schools; > * Try to understand Economics (if it's really possible; sometimes it > seems to be something that Economists invented to keep themselves in an > occupation not to be described as idling their time away); > * Learn to ride a motor-cycle; > * Complete my collection of Western classical music; > * Listen to as much jazz as I can; > * Travel through Cambodia (without losing limbs, it is to be hoped); > * Travel through Scandinavia, and the Baltic states; > * Backpack through Africa, and South America, and travel to China and > Russia (they don't encourage back-packers, it is said); > * Scuba-dive at every feasible Indian location; > * Collect and print my daughter's poems; > * Find my ancestral village in Bangladesh (there are two, one easier to > find than the other); > * Learn to fly a plane; > > I'll be happy to achieve even one of these, any one. > > bonobashi > > > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to > http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
