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Day 180

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Guys are overrated – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 11: 11 PM on day 180 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself Chapati – an unleavened flatbread – vegetable curry for breakfast, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no luck – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my campaign some more – @Pitbull1970 (Al) made a $6 – thanks Al 🙂 – start reading book Sea of Miracles by Amy Oscar (@AmyOscar on Twitter) – I haven’t read much of it but I could really relate to the parts I did read 🙂 – watch the Cricket World Cup match: South Africa vs. India – it was a close match but congratulations to The Proteas – our national cricket team – who beat India in India – it was the funniest thing my mother, my father and my brother were supporting India while I was supporting South Africa LOL 🙂 – feed myself Batura – deep fried bread – for dinner and watch Aquamarine – a coming-of-age movie about a mermaid – I had watched it about a hundred times before but my sister insisted that we watch it again and I didn’t have the heart to say no – I’m a total pushover when it comes to family 🙂

As you may or may not know I do not date because in my culture dating is prohibited until such a time that you are ready to settle down and have a family and although it used to bother me when I was younger looking back on it now I realize that not being able to date has forced me to love myself from the inside out so I guess that’s one thing my parents did right – thanks mom and dad. Do you seek love from the opposite sex because you don’t love yourself?

Day 173

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By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. –  Grenville Kleiser 

It’s 11: 25 PM on day 173 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself a chili-omelet – or at least what was intended to be an chili-omelet – for breakfast – my brother made it so naturally it didn’t came out exactly right in fact there were even a few shells in it but I ate it with a smile of my face because I truly believe it’s the thought that counts and not the execution 🙂 –       tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no luck today but someone did promise to make a donation on Monday so I’m happy 🙂 –      feed myself rice and curry for lunch, watch TV and feed myself  butternut and Batura – deep fried bread – separately –  for dinner.

 This morning my aunt and uncle came to visit and the first words out of her mouth when she saw me sitting in front of my laptop were your probably on Facebook, right and I thought to myself with my blood now at boiling point ON FACEBOOK… do you have any idea what I do all day but chose to say yes I am because I had promised myself that I would NEVER EVER use my philanthropic endeavours to look good in the eyes of others and judging by the way I’d behaved this morning I’d say that I’m doing a pretty good job of keeping that promise. Have you found greatness of character within you by practising self-control and discipline? 🙂

Day 146

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There comes a time in everybody’s life where you have to decide that people are going to treat you with dignity and respect or not at all – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 9: 38 PM on day 146 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to continue reading The Last True Cowboy by Kathleen Eagle,   brush my teeth, feed bun and baked beans for breakfast, played host to our family members who came for the prayer in memory of my grandfather – it is annually event that takes place usually of the anniversary of my grandfather’s death but this year we postponed it for two days because everybody’s had prior commitments on the actual day – we are Jacobites [pronounced yacobites] – one of three denominations of Christianity in Kerala – our place of origin – and as such we believe that it is necessary for us to pray for the souls of the deceased in order for them to be accepted through the gates of Heaven –  tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – somebody – you know you are –  promised to make a donation   – I am SO happy 🙂 –  feed myself rice and curry  for dinner and exercise for 10 minutes.

Today I was lying on the bed minding my own business when my mother waltzes in and announces that we – all five of us – might be going to India in June or December and in that moment I suddenly had a flashback to a few months ago when I BEGGED my  father with tears eyes to take me to my cousin’s wedding in India and when I finally snapped out of it I realized that my father was my father so long as he didn’t have to be seen with me and I knew I deserved more than that so I decided to sever my relationship with him before it eroded my whole heart. Do you put up with disrespect from those you love because you want them to be a part of your life? 🙂