Idle musings

I had a week off from work in the last week of December 2017. I had planned to visit Trichy and Madurai, but that was not destined to happen. Instead, I have experienced the simple pleasures of getting up later than usual, read the newspaper leisurely, savour breakfast and lunch and enjoy afternoon siestas ! On one day, I walked for a couple of miles on the spur of the moment. All in all, the week was restful. Like me, there were a few other friends also who decided not to go out. To one of them, I suggested that she could stream and watch Malayalam movies, as she is from Kerala. Another friend of mine had sent me a link that showed me that a Kannada hit movie that I had seen in the theatre was available online for viewing. I suppose this was when I realised that I could also watch movies during my week off, since I purchased the Google Chromecast device a couple of months ago. Typically, I have used Google Chromecast to stream old Hindi and English serials. My mother, my wife, my