Quite honestly, I don’t remember when I stopped blogging. Well, stopped writing for Cafenut. I think at some point, I began to post things over at cafenut.tumblr.com instead of this site. Possibly because I had a feeling I wouldn’t be able to afford a renewal at the time. Last night, I decided to pull things together and resurrect the website.
After paying a few fees and working out some issues with Dreamhost, I was able to get the site up and running. I was afraid I might’ve given up on Cafenut and deleted the entire site. Fortunately, I had three backups saved on my laptop.
I was a little reluctant to keep up my old posts because I might’ve had things that would embarrass me now. But honestly, I could care less. Those old posts help me see what’s changed about myself and what’s still the same.
I’m not sure how frequently I’ll be writing here because I’m usually tweeting these days. Twitter has changed the way I blog. I think my early posts from Blogger (circa 2004-2005) are similar to what I’m usually posting on Twitter now. I’m still considering whether or not I should make my Twitter feed public again.
Anyway, this blog needs an overhaul. I think I’ll be working on improving my writing. I don’t have the time to focus on the layout of the site or anything. We’ll see where things go.
It feels nice to be blogging again, or at least attempting to begin again. I was looking through my old posts and I realized how much I’ve changed. It’s nice to look at the things I wrote back then. It let’s me understand myself a bit better.
It’s almost time for me to go to Bangladesh. I’ll be there from this Tuesday to September 2nd. I’m hoping I can have a good time. It certainly feels strange to be leaving everything behind especially since this was the summer I was planning on doing lots of things. I’m glad to be going, though. As much as I’d like to stay with my friends, I think two months away from here will do me some good. It should help me get forget about things I had to worry about during the school year.
While I’m in Bangladesh, I plan on studying, eating, and exercising. Next year, I’ll be taking AP History and AP Biology so I have summer assignments which include reading chapters from textbooks and essays. Every relative I know in Bangladesh will try to make me visit their house and stuff myself with food. I don’t want to gain a lot of weight from all the food so I’ll have to work out. My cousin and her husband are both doctors. My cousin’s husband is gonna be my trainer.
Wow, I haven’t written in a long time. Just so you guys know, I’m still alive. These past few months have been extremely busy for me. Summer vacation’s coming up but I have tests to study for. Also, I’m heading towards Bangladesh over the vacation so I have no guarantee as to how often I’ll post.
So much has happened to me since my last post. I wish I could begin to describe it all but I can’t. Two reasons: there’s just so much and a lot of it is personal. But, anyways, I need all the luck I can get at this moment. Wish me luck!
Last night, it was raining and I decided to crack open the window next to my bed. It really helped me fall asleep faster than usual. The sound of rain drops as they hit everything outside is very soothing.
Lately, I’ve been growing fonder of rainy days. I remember dancing in the rain when I was younger. It was so much fun. It’s like happiness is amplified in the strange and gloomy feeling that rain can bring. Getting my clothes wet is worth having rainy days.
On the way back from Barnes and Noble with Sudman today, I happened to come across someone I’d known when I was younger. She walked out of the subway car in front of ours with who were probably her mother and younger sister. I ran up the stairs and out of the station.
Then I realized that I probably should’ve at least said hi to her. Somehow Sudman knew who I was talking about. Turns out, she recognized me as well and was looking at me.
I was quite late for something, mind you. Else I would’ve tried to make time.
My school’s leadership team recently set up a team to walk for WalkAmerica. I’ve always wanted to do a charity walk so I decided to sign up. We’re walking to raise money for the March of Dimes. In case you don’t know what the March of Dimes is, they do research to prevent premature birth. Premature birth is the number one cause of newborn death in America and it can cause many disabilities.
If you’d like to donate money, you can donate at http://walkamerica.org/cafenut I’m hoping to reach my goal of $100 by the day of the walk.
I saw The Namesake yesterday and I enjoyed it. One of the reasons I liked it was that I could relate to a lot of what happened in the movie. Many of the things that Gogol goes through are things that all South Asians go through when growing up in America. Kal Penn did a great job portraying the main character. It was much more of a serious role than what he’s done before.
One of the only things I didn’t like about the movie was that the guy was going out with a white girl. I’d say that’s one of the biggest stereotypes about Asian guys that grow up in America. Many people automatically assume that if you’re brown and you live in America, you will, at one point, have a relationship with a white girl. I’m glad they didn’t make the Bengali girl seem like the perfect match for the guy.
The movie also showed the struggle immigrant parents go through in America. It made me see how it was for my parents when they first moved here. I, too, moved out of an old apartment and into a house when I was around the same age as Gogol in the movie.
The Namesake is definitely not one of those crappy Bollywood movies. It has a lot of meaning to it and is very enjoyable.
After almost half a year, I’ve decided to start blogging again. Boy have the times changed. So much has happened to me over the past few months. Just so I don’t stop blogging again, I won’t try and write about the void.
See, the reason I stopped blogging in the first place was that I’d put off writing and try to finish posts. Didn’t work well for me.
I’d wanted to try a new design or something, but I have not time for that right now. That’s also another reason I got fed up with blogging, no time to redesign. Of course, back when I used to blog nonstop, I didn’t give a shit about the design as long as I could read what I published.
So that’s all for now.
School is so hectic these days. I miss the easiness of elementary school. Being a sophomore is tough. At least I have friends who care about me.
One thing that makes no sense is when new kids are admitted into a school based on the amount of square feet available. There are way too many kids in my school now.
