Murphy's law

After returning, I discovered that a lot of things had gone haywire. My laptop was on the blink, the TV was behaving erratically, the cupboards smelt as if they had been soaked in water and left on their own to dry and most of the eatables had fungus all over them. The humid weather of Bengal had taken its toll. It took some effort to get the laptop running again. I had to format the Hard Drive. This resulted in my losing all data and most importantly, my pre-loaded OS. With a locally loaded OS, the machine was on its feet, but with crutches. Another hurdle remained – loading drivers. This was again a Herculean task. Somehow, I got it working enough to connect it to the ‘net. The search is now on for the right drivers and software to protect it for malware. Lesson learnt – sometimes, you have to just let things go their own way. Too much of caring might result in a catastrophe. I had decided to leave behind the machine to protect it from ‘human’ viruses and because I did not think I would require it for a physical training course. But then Murphy was right when he said – if something has to go wrong, it will.  

            The weather here is turning pleasant as the days progress. This time, I think the winter will be comparatively more severe than what it was last time. Last time, the cold was palpable on around January. This time there is a nip in the air in the mornings in October itself. In the foothills, it was cold in the mornings and evenings. I spent a week in Dudhiya, overseeing an official event. In such outings one gets to meet other people from the Force, listen to divergent views, experience the richness and at times the paucity of human resource, have discussions on anomalies of the recommendations Sixth CPC, of how our 2IC is more burdened than his equivalent in the Armed Forces. Our Force requires a synergy at all levels of we have to take it forward.