2018 was a good year with few milestone moments. My Interview podcast series was finally off the ground. Even though I did less normal blog posts but my regular Saturday-Pentacle post (Best 5 things of past week) which I did regularly was loved by the readers.
So I thought it would be awesome to compile a list of my top 5 most loved posts of 2018 apart from Saturday-Pentacle. For one reason or another, the posts below are the ones which were most loved (i.e. engagement rate was high).
Hope you enjoy this recap and find something useful inside these post.
This is the last Saturday-Pentacle of 2018. I hope your year 2018 was as amazing as it can get.
Here is to the new year 2019. Talk to you in the new year!
Ama siempre Himanshu
“Saturday-Pentacle”
A product I’m using again –
Coffee for Athletes, 100% Premium Arabica Coffee with Isomaltulose – I am loving this coffee from unived again. In between, I stopped drinking coffee (any type of coffee) but I’m trying it out again. I make this coffee by the filter coffee method but without the milk and use Stevia as the sweetener sometimes.
My most popular Instagram post recently —
Standpipe!
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The Breakfast Club (1985) – I recently stumbled upon this 80s movie and found out that critics consider it among the greatest films of all time (Source). This is a comedy-drama and the main theme of the film is the constant struggle of the American teenager to be understood, by adults and by themselves. I’m sure It’s gonna be worth your time if you watch.
Here is the trailer of this movie –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6iG-KRry-0
A song I loved —
Holocene by Bon Iver – This is one of my favourite band’s (Bon Iver) song. One comment in this song (on YouTube) made me listen to it. I think this comment sums it up, why you should listen to this song. Here it is as quoted –
“This is the perfect example of a song I cannot listen to without my eyes getting watery. Whether Im thinking of those I miss…or thinking of those I’m grateful to still have with me, I just CAN’T listen to this without getting emotional. I love the song but it is very sad to me…because even when it makes me think of everyone I’m happy to have with me, and I’m appreciative, I quickly think of how nothing lasts forever and we have to seize the moment, and that truly saddens me. I sure do hope they’re is a Heaven, because I cannot bare the thought of never seeing the faces I love so much again. It’s pretty amazing to think with all the technology and medicine we have…and as far as this human race has come, death will always be a mystery. They’re has to be a reason for that….I mean it’s not like we remember anything before we were born, and they’re were centuries of humans evolving, and RIGHT NOW we are alive in a time where we have good music like this, internet to connect us, and all sorts of inventions and progressions we have gained over the thousands of years…but here we are still hoping they’re is a Heaven, JUST so we can be with those we love forever. Yeah sadly this song makes me think too deep about what we all must face, and all this love I have for humans and animals…I still can’t understand how or why ANYONE would ever choose to pick up a gun and kill.”
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Atlantic puffin – It’s a seabird with a brightly coloured beak during the breeding season. They feed primarily by diving in the water. What makes the above pictured puffin is that it’s the only puffin who is native to the Atlantic Ocean.
This puffin has a black crown and back, pale grey cheek patches and white underparts. Its broad, boldly marked red and black beak and orange legs contrast with its plumage. One more characteristc to make it special is that It moults (means releasing some body parts like snake leaves it’s skin) while at sea in the winter and some of the bright-coloured facial characteristics are lost, with color returning again during the spring.
7 Passive Income Ideas for 2019 – The title may sound filmsy but It has good ideas to start generating passive income. Specially the ideas which may be relavant in 2019 as well. This post is by one of my favorite money blgos (Dough Roller)
A song I’m going back to —
Oceans by Seafret – This song is close to my heart since the day i heard it in mid of 2015. And if you are wondering, yes! the girl in this video is Maisie Williams who played Arya Stark from The Game of Thrones series. This song is beautiful.
Quote I’m pondering on lately – [Found it in the pre-roll (00:01:56) of the movie – The Breakfast Club ]
“…And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations.
They’re quite aware of what they’re going through…”
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Arunachal Pradesh – I’d love to make my way to East India. Ride on that easternmost road of India and Meeting the forest man of India. This amazing state is the northeastern-most state of the country. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south and shares international borders with Bhutan in the west, Myanmar in the east and is separated from China in the north by the disputed McMahon Line. Itanagar is the capital of the state.
A song I can’t stop listening to —
Apocalypse – Cigarettes After Sex – Close your eyes, imagine yourself riding under an open sky listening to this. Yeah. That’s it.
Quote I’m pondering on lately –
“There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be…”
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Life is like a bike ride. You have to take the risk and get out of your comfort zone sometimes to race ahead in your life. But sometimes your intuition tells you if you took over that dangerously speeding vehicle you may risk everything. Is it worth it? Never is. Never will be. So slow down and relax your ego. Move forward not upwards!
My most popular Instagram post recently —
The Yacht Club!
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Bijay Nair – He is an Author, Ex-Armed Forces guy, a runner, a Motivational Speaker, a Husband and a Father. What fascinates me is the thin line he walks and still balances all these aspects of life. His writing has a punch of humour and he rocks it on the Facebook groups. Truly an inspiration.
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Elvis Presley – I love his music since long. But the power of his personality was so damn high. You can just take that into perspective by the fact that in 1956, Elvis received his polio vaccination on national TV. His appearance helped raise immunization levels in the US from 0.06% to 80% in just 6 months.
The Japanese art of Origami – The small number of basic origami folds can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. The best-known origami model is the Japanese paper crane.
Here is a video of the making of Japanese paper crane –
A song I’ve been listening to —
Stolen Dance by Milky Chance – This has been running as the song to go in the late nights.
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Defying Taboos of Tattoo art – Recently I sat down with Chirag Jhala (one of the top tattoo artists in Mumbai) to listen to his stories in our conversation for my podcast Lifestyle Architecture Lab. From learning to do tattoos, raising his business and travelling for long periods, this conversation captures a lot. You can listen to this audio episode here –
Jim Carrey – I’ve been watching and loving Jim’s movies from childhood. However, his new Avtar as a super intellectual crazy human is the one you cannot ignore. I’m fascinated with most of his new projects.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BleHWbPA2H3/
A song I’ve been listening to —
WALLS by Kings of Leon – This song has the music which will take you back in times and into a different world. Just listen to it with headphones on. Lyrics of this song are just outstanding.
Quote I’m pondering on lately –
“Difference between motivation and inspiration – Motivation is external and short lived. Inspiration is internal and lifelong”
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In this episode I’m talking to Chirag Jhala, he is one of the best Tattoo Artists in Mumbai and the Founder of ‘Inks N Needles’ tattoo studio. His studio is one of the oldest tattoo studios in Bombay. His experience goes back to more than 15 years in the Tattoo industry. Chirag is the perfect example of architecting a lifestyle of his own choice. He comes from a completely different academic background but his passion for art was so powerful that he put everything on the line to pursue his passion and now he gets paid well while doing what he loves.
Micro Succulent plants – I’ve been pondering over these micro plants, which can be grown in small glass tubes or even inside a cork or a wine bottle. I bought one some time ago for my desk but unfortunately, it died due to my lack of its maintenance knowledge. I’m contemplating to buy a few new ones.
A song I’ve been loving —
Hurt Me by Låpsley — Loving this song by Låpsley, the beats sound so amazing even though a little mellow.
Quote I’m pondering on lately –
“The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.”
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Post of the week – Recently I sat down with Amit Mehta from Unived to talk about his story on my podcast Lifestyle Architecture Lab. It was an amazing conversation covering a lot of things. Here is the podcast episode –
Thanjavur – Look at the below painting, how it gives you feel of real texture and a sort of realness to the whole picture. Having been brought up in an Indian family, I’ve seen these paintings around. But I never knew it was an art form in itself. Which is called Thanjavur or Tanjore, originated in South India in 1600 AD.
You can recognise a Thanjavur painting by its use of gold foil, that’s what gives it glitters and lends the painting a surreal look.
An oldie song I loved —
Obladi Oblada by The Beatles – I’ve been loving this old gem from The Beatles this past week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJoQbLV2sQU
Quote I’m pondering on lately –
“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
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