I'm typing this in the middle of three months of time off in Sri Lanka. Even at the end of our time on this island, we will still be hitting personally-uncharted parts of SE Asia for another month and a half.
If I have one really big sin, it's surely my pride. So, give me a tender slap. Today, though it's easy for me to see how far I've come, if not in distance than in experience. I realize people are put together differently. I know happiness is not a uniformly distributed commodity. I'm even aware my goals have never been typical. These three facts, however, cannot help me but feel a little sorry for a great many people I've come across in my life. Loads of acquaintances never seem to get much beyond their own shadows. I have a hard time comprehending how the tiny and inconsequential routine, that some friends have dug, can bring them satisfaction and fulfilment. Maybe it really is true; one can't miss what one's never had.But then again, what do I know? Lal and Jay's elder sister arrived today. Lal and I proceeded to drink a bottle of arrack plus a little more. I went to bed for the night at 6:30 pm.