hobbies

Well I do not have many hobbies, except eating and sleeping, and that is why I am overweight. I prefer to live a quiet and peaceful life, thought it seems a bit of misnomer in New York City. I wouldn't claim that I am a man of least desires, but certainly I do not have many desires in life. Each evening when I am able to fill my stomach and find a cot to lie down, I feel happy, satisfied and content.

I am sober in nature and conservative in thoughts. I am an introvert and religious person. No week passes without a visit to the temple. Though it takes me one and a half our to travel one way to the temple, I find it mandatory to visit there atleast once in a week.

I like watching Hindi Movies, and I watch them a lot. Recently, after coming to USA, I have started watching English movies also. But, I watch them less frequently. My favourite figures from Bollywood are Sonali Bendre, Raj Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar whereas from Hollywood are Cameroon Diaz and Tom Hanks (Do not miss these two movies of Tom Hanks: Forrest Gump and Philadelphia). I have watched a couple of Italien movies also (of course, with English subtitles. One of the Italien movies that I watched is Life is Beautiful. It is quite famous and it has won many Oscar Awards.).

Cricket is my favourite game, thought I have never played it. And, in fact I have never played any game except Ludo, Chess, Gilli-Danda and Goli. I like watching cricket matches and keep a record of them. My favourite cricketers are Azhar (yes, even after match-fixing scandal), Steve Waugh, Brian Lara, and Arvinda deSilva. In bowlers, I like Shaun Pollock.

My third hobby is listening Hindi songs, especially the oldies of Kishore, Mukesh and Lata. I have more than sixty audio cassettes and aleast nine audio compact discs. The hard drive of my PC is full of MP3 songs. My PC and my room are often referred to as Vividh Bharati.

All of my hobbies must tell you that I am a lazy person, who prefer to sit and do nothing. Yes, that is true. I am a passive person. But, there is one more thing that I must tell you and it must be included in my hobbies. I love walking. I walk a lot. Though, I am fat, overweight, lazy, passive and paunchy, no one has ever beaten me in walking. If you want to test me, then Come On. have a bet.

I am not a talkative person. I often feel shy and do not talk to stangers. But, once we are introduced, I talk a lot and a lot means a lot. I can go talking forever.