Or: “Home is Where the Wi-Fi Connects Automatically”
🌍 The Nomad Diaries
I promised myself I’d root down this year. Instead, I’m on the road (again), clocking 15+ days outside Bangalore. Calling it “home” feels ironic when I’m never there—like naming a plant you forget to water. This trip’s a mixed bag: my parents just moved into a new apartment (a maze of unpacked boxes and that new paint smell), and I’m stealing time to see I, who’s become my anchor in this chaos.
As for my grand plan to track “interesting” weekly highlights in Google Keep? Crickets. Maybe life’s quieter lately, or maybe adulthood is just 90% mundane admin and 10% panic. Either way, I’m learning to be okay with the blur.
🧶 Projects: Wins, Losses, and Lessons
- 1. BCBCbath PHP Conversion: Code, Chaos, and Google Credits
Finally tackled migrating the BCBCbath project from Python to PHP. The roadblock? Stack Overflow’s advice—grabbing thegidfrom the public URL—was a dead end. Enter @Samal, who dropped the golden solution (hero status: confirmed). Extracting SheetIDs from Google Sheets using their API.
I’m sitting on INR 50k of Google Cloud credits (thanks, past me for hoarding!), which I’m now burning through to automate potluck data updates. Progress is glacial, but hey—baby steps.
Technical deep-dive here.
Next up: Google Books API integration. Send coffee. - Crochet: A Love-Hate Affair
Finished the pouch. It’s… organic (read: uneven stitches, questionable symmetry). I nearly trashed it, but I insisted it’s “full of character” (their words, not mine). So now it’s a metaphor for love—flawed, handmade, and somehow still worthy.
Behold the evidence.
Next: Coasters. Because nothing says “adulting” like pretending you don’t own a single mismatched mug.
📚 Brain Fuel
- Book: Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Still reading. It’s slow, but there’s beauty in its quietness—like sipping tea while the world rushes. Makes me wonder: What conversation would I revisit if I could?
- Article: 50 Ideas That Changed My Life. Highlight: “You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Cue existential crisis about my rotating cast of delivery guys and Google Calendar.
🍿 Screen Time
- Rewatched: Sathya (Bollywood’s digging up relics these days). Funny how time rewrites memory—I’d forgotten how raw 90s cinema felt. Nostalgic, but also… dated? Growth is realizing your childhood favorites aren’t always timeless.
- Hidden Gem: Flaming Hot (Disney+). The story of a Frito-Lay janitor who turned Cheetos into a cultural phenomenon. It’s a reminder that brilliance isn’t about titles—it’s about grit, spice, and refusing to be invisible.
💪 Body & Mind: The Eternal Tug-of-War
Traveling means my routine’s in shambles. My parents’ gym? It’s right there. But between jet lag and their insistence on feeding me like a hibernating bear, discipline feels… aspirational. I’m leaning into grace this week: a 10-minute walk counts. So does laughing instead of stressing over dessert. Balance isn’t a straight line—it’s a scribble.
Next Week’s Quiet Intentions:
- PHP without tears (or at least fewer).
- Crochet something that lies flat.
- Find one tiny habit that sticks, even on the road.
P.S. If you have tips for resisting parental guilt-eating, slide into my DMs. This is a cry for help.