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 It is not feel to be a good or safe time anymore. But one is going through it so I suppose there is some form in which one will need to get succour from one's thoughts and stories. I had started this post yesterday but I have been getting so distracted that I am not able to finish it. It is 4:52 in the morning. I have a cut of hot chocolate on the table and it is still dark outside. I have not yet lit a lamp at the altar (what do you call it in Hindi?). But I want to finish this post before I do that. Actually, it is distracting me so I will in fact go and do that. I did that. I don't really light a lamp. It's a tiny tealight but I like watching it's flame as I work. Sometimes the flame is steady. Rarely it flickers. But it's a quiet reassurance of light, strength, and power. I like fire. 

Anyway, here are all the things that I am grateful for:

1. Papa is well.

2. I started my leave and thus far it has been peaceful. I had to review a couple of things and I got done with that. (I am so distracted! There must be something to this - why the mind just does not want to focus on this post.)

3. A friend had come over the other evening and we had a late-night dinner. I had ordered some sushi from a place called Tokyo sushi and a chicken miso soup for him. He liked the soup. I did not quite enjoy the sushi as much. It was cheap sushi and you could tell. But really, sometimes, I am so very glad that I am in Bandra and you can get a quick order of sushi even close to midnight. Or even post-midnight.

4. My cook made some nice cauli rice.

5. I had watermelon today. It was lovely! So juicy and yummy! I sprinkled some peri peri makhana on a bowl of cubed watermelon. It was a really good spicy and salty mixture on the slices. 

6. Some good projects may come my way in the next few days.

Here's one thing that I learned:

My friend told me about skeumorphic design. This is when a new design retains visual elements, textures, or functionalities of an older or familiar version, even when they are no longer necessary. For example, the trash bin icon on your phone, or the floppy disk icon on your document, etc.