OK that pic of my amazing stereo boombox probably already got your attention. Before you start snickering lemme tell you thatit actually has served me well for ages – during my hostel days, then at Chennai, during my DCH, back at home, during my stint in Kerala and now again during my MD. Ok the cassette player died long time ago but the equaliser and volume slider work! And that blue wire you see snaking around connects it to my portable CD player. That CD player too aint a pretty site but it’s been to Sri Lanka, played music at Church functions and of course kept me great company. Sadly they both seem to be close to retiring.Even after soldering…

I did the night shift at the Casualty today as Swati was still on leave. It was quite busy when I took over, but by midnight things settles down. After a couple of coffees, some tea…. there I was at 2 AM with no new patients and feeling wide awake… playing Solitaire on the comp. The caffeine finally wore away and just as I was starting to feel drowsy, I had a couple of patients. I catnapped twice after that but the caffeine kept kicking me awake I guess. I left happily at 7.30 AM and made it to church quite early.Worship led by Mebin was great. Christina aunty continued on Romans for her sermon. On the whole it was…

After deciding to shift my blog over to blogger, I was trying to figure out how to shift all the posts from pmachine to blogger. After some thinking I guessed the lease complicated but more cumbersome way to do it was to copy and paste each post from my previous blog here.After steeling myself I did exactly that.Lol… I’m crosseyed now, but it went on quite OK.Hope that this blog is easier to maintain!

After finishing off the phone bill work today, I lazed around. slept a little and after dinner left home to take the bus back to Vellore. As usual God took care of all the details like the autorickshawa, a quick bus, some sleep etc and I reached Vellore at 1 AM.Slept peacefully and was all prepped up for work.

We were all hoping that we could go to church today. Hoping that my dad would be fit enough and also hoping we could get ready on time. It was a special service and being late would mean no place!To put it in a nutshell, we made it on time and found place to sit. The sermon was excellent. We also managed to meet some friends who had been praying for Appa’s recovery and all went on well.Praise God

After the bank work we realised that there were several things tipsy turvy in the house.1. The phone had been disconnected: The bill hadnt been paid and it had been disconnected. There was nothing we could do except wait till monday and pay it.2. No charger: We opened up the bags and found that the mobile Nokia charged was missing… maybe we left it in Vellore. A frantic call to Vellore showed that it wasnt there at Vellore. My mobile was down on battery and my dad’s would probably last a day more -especially as the home phone was disconnected. The only option was to buy a new charger – an unnecessary waste of money. Amazingly the problem got sorted…

One of the reasons I wanted to reach Chennai before noon was because we had to go to the Bank to cash in 2 cheques (from my brother and sister) and try to get the cash today itself.In most circumstances the ban would credit the check immediately and then adjust the dollar rate on actual realisation of the check.Today however they were a little moody as it was Sauturday and they couldn’t get the rates. However after a little persuasion and patience they agreed to credit it at Rs. 43 per dollar and then adjust the rate when possible. 15 minutes later we walked out with the necessary cash.If we didnt get the cash today it would have meant that…

After a little delay we finally left just after 9 AM and drove to Chennai. The driver Ravi was good and we had a safe fast journey back. The car behaved itself except for a few vibrations and the roads were good – no complications!

Over the last few days I bravely decided to move the site to another host which offered more space. It was quite an adventure. It involved downloading all the files from the server I’m hosted with now, then uploading it to the new server. I then had to make the necessary DNS changes so the domain pointed to the new host!I managed to shift most of the site without much problem. The move however left the forum with lots of errors that I couldnt sort out.One look at the error message and I couldnt figure out what on earth it meant. Finally I decided to convert from the old, old IPB forum to phpBB.There were quite a few scripts that…

At church each of get a card with a verse each for a Command for the Year and a Promise.Although they seem quite random, I prayed about it before picking up my card and these are the verses I got.Promise:Mark 9:23Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”CommandHebrews 4:16Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.I pray that I will hold on to that promise and fulfil that command this year and also for the rest of my life.If you’re reading this do say a short quiet prayer for me! God Bless!