Here's a little list of a few things I did before they were cool (in that order) :
1992 - got my parents to adopt a street puppy! It stayed on at our home for 4 years. I was just 5 yrs old back then. Lot of people frowned upon that idea (street puppy in the house, no way!) But today it's so cool, just so cool!
2000 - made my own website. Yes, people did think I was a bit narcissistic 7th grader, but who cares. I was happy writing code in HTML and putting bits n pieces of info on things that captured my interest. Although angelfire.com was the webhost, I opted against using those pre made themes or templates and instead "wrote from scratch", barring the ads. Www.angelfire.com/art2/sush_2001/enter.html - 2001 why you may ask? I was futuristic you see! :) on a serious note, I started working on it from 2000... but launched only in 2001 : millennial cyber savvy kid I was, with procrastination as a forte ;)
too bad I've no photos of the puppy - no-one made cameras for 5 year olds to use in the 1990s... and didn't I say my parents thought it was not cool back then :-|
2012-13 - in the age of smartphones when everyone was using them for maps and photos, I travelled alone without one. A total of 45 days throughout the length and breath of Europe. Not got lost once (ok, so you know I'm smart even without a smartphone ;)), interacted with a great bunch of locals to ask for directions - some conversations went on for 30minutes, with absolute strangers. .. what an experience! Some memorable ones - with a Canadian lady on a bridge over river Seine in Paris and then then one with an Italian lady in Lucerne (her so called brother tried to hit on me and ask for a dance, which I duly refused!) And of course, "locals" of the purest form in cities like Monaco (yes they were friendly), Munich (where I lived!), Barcelona, Zurich, Milan, Budapest, Vienna, Luxembourg, Stockholm, Denmark. .. long list! Not constantly checking up my phone gave me more time to fully absorb the experience. The only downside - having to carry both a basic phone and a camera around!
1992 - got my parents to adopt a street puppy! It stayed on at our home for 4 years. I was just 5 yrs old back then. Lot of people frowned upon that idea (street puppy in the house, no way!) But today it's so cool, just so cool!
2000 - made my own website. Yes, people did think I was a bit narcissistic 7th grader, but who cares. I was happy writing code in HTML and putting bits n pieces of info on things that captured my interest. Although angelfire.com was the webhost, I opted against using those pre made themes or templates and instead "wrote from scratch", barring the ads. Www.angelfire.com/art2/sush_2001/enter.html - 2001 why you may ask? I was futuristic you see! :) on a serious note, I started working on it from 2000... but launched only in 2001 : millennial cyber savvy kid I was, with procrastination as a forte ;)
too bad I've no photos of the puppy - no-one made cameras for 5 year olds to use in the 1990s... and didn't I say my parents thought it was not cool back then :-|
2012-13 - in the age of smartphones when everyone was using them for maps and photos, I travelled alone without one. A total of 45 days throughout the length and breath of Europe. Not got lost once (ok, so you know I'm smart even without a smartphone ;)), interacted with a great bunch of locals to ask for directions - some conversations went on for 30minutes, with absolute strangers. .. what an experience! Some memorable ones - with a Canadian lady on a bridge over river Seine in Paris and then then one with an Italian lady in Lucerne (her so called brother tried to hit on me and ask for a dance, which I duly refused!) And of course, "locals" of the purest form in cities like Monaco (yes they were friendly), Munich (where I lived!), Barcelona, Zurich, Milan, Budapest, Vienna, Luxembourg, Stockholm, Denmark. .. long list! Not constantly checking up my phone gave me more time to fully absorb the experience. The only downside - having to carry both a basic phone and a camera around!
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