Read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse - lots of quotable wisdom. Celebrated Diwali with traditional Abhyanga Snan and faral - Ibhan’s first time. Found a gem in Pizza 4P’s Indiranagar, especially their cheese platter. Balanced festivities with workouts, including a 10K run. ...
Attended 1-day Vipassana course at Dhamma Paphulla - first since 2004’s 10-day course. Hitting 40K kg weekly volume in resistance training, up from 30K. Bengaluru rains gave Ibhan his first taste of online classes. ...
Finished The Freedom Manifesto audiobook and os.me creative writing course. Completed first open water swim. Ibhan wrote daily logs during Dussehra vacation, making progress with cursive writing. ...
Started Naval’s Almanack and 18 Maha Puranas. Masinagudi trip: spotted wild elephants, bears, gaur. Ibhan’s show-and-tell as Jambavan (though teacher thought he was Jatayu). Managed 13K daily steps even during vacation ...
Deep dive into Docker multi-stage builds and Kamal 2.1.0. Lunch date at Lupa, family visit to Art of Living International Center. Training: added 4% incline to walks, completed 1K swim. ...