Hi everyone.
It’s been five weeks and three days since my last post and believe me, I kept a count. It really wasn’t planned that way but one day led to another and I let it happen somehow. Maybe I just needed a break that I was delaying and it found a way for itself anyway.
A hell lot has happened during this time. My haiku got featured on Discover WordPress, to begin with! I want to thank you all for participating in In One Piece because it was its myriad of interpretations that made it what it is today. Thank you for that.
On the reading front, I finished War and Peace for real! Now, I wouldn’t go into cliches about how fantastic and magnificent it was because that’s old news. One thing that I do want to add, however, is that it will make you feel like you actually were present in its battlefields. Guess we have to thank Tolstoy’s army experience for the vivid battle scenes. Also, it makes me want to use terms such as ‘front’, ‘redoubt’ and ‘outflank’ all the time π
On the learning front (I warned you!), my Russian is going pretty well. I don’t mean able-to-watch-Russian-shows well but just scoring-nicely-on-Duolingo well. My hiatus was not because I was lagging behind on something but just a little mental screeching that begged me for a break. I guess most of us can relate to that feeling but I really want to apologise. I promised to write weekly updates on my Russian learning and I failed. Sorry.
In order to make up for this, I have considered posting the updates of five weeks altogether but it sounds too long a post. Therefore, I will do posts for two weeks clubbed together for the next four weeks so as to give you all a more reasonable account of my progress. Watch out for Week 17 & 18 update this Sunday. Little hint. It’s pretty colorful π
I missed you! Thought about you recently too…Was wondering where you were. Welcome back!
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I missed you too, and all our conversations! If I would have been gone for one more week, I was thinking of sending you an email or something, which I might still do π
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Sweet!!!!! Good to have you back.
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Thank you β€
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Good to see you back π
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Thank you, Abhinav π
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Great to see you back. Done achievements while you were away. Happy blogging and congratulations in the haiku feature
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Thanks a lot, Shantanu! I am thankful for not having wasted my hiatus in entirety at least π
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Yeah. Way to go
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Pretty inspired by the way you used time – with books and languages!β€οΈ
Congratulations and welcome back!π
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Thank you, Sameera! It was such a weird time. I would miss you all over here and yet just didn’t come back. So glad to be finally back. It is such a great feeling β€
How have you been? I have kept my tea-time today to catch up on your poetry. Can't afford to miss out on that π
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Hi Neha. I am glad to see you here. π
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And I am glad to be back, Vasil. How have you been? π
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I work and write tiressly. Have a beautiful day!
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That’s awesome. You have a great day as well π
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Congratulations and welcome back.
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Thank you π
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Nice to see you back. Have been wondering about your whereabouts and blaming it on Russian!
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Haha. Russian actually brought me back here β€
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Thatβs good!
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Welcome back!
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Thank you π
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Welcome back Neha … congratulations for the feature
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Thank you Sakshi β€
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My pleasure
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Welcome back. Congrats on the poem being featured and War and Peace is an accomplishment.
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Thanks Drew! I see you have churned up a lot more poetic accomplishments in my absence. I am still catching up π
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Take your time dear. It is great to reconnect with you.
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Same here π
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Congratulations on being featured on Discover WordPress!
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Thank you so much π
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Great to have you back! I read War and Peace three times (once in French and twice in English) and now…. I feel like reading it again! It is wonderful about your progress in Russian, mine is very very rusty! Π΄ΠΎ ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π°Π½ΠΈΡ! β by the way I am moving my blog, this one without ads as I acquired the domaine, would you be so kind as to just hit follow on the link so that we do not loose touch. Thank you! https://caramelcaramelo.com
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Hey! I agree about War and Peace so much. Regarding Russian, I am so, so far from the end goal that I can’t even see the goal yet π
P.S. Followed your new blog π
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Thank you! Good luck with Russian! Seven different ways to say going through a doorβinsane language! (smiles)
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It sure is π
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Congratulations !! Neha on your WordPress feature.Way to go girl. Guess what, I was reading the WordPress discover and I saw your blog name and so pleasantly surprised.So happy for you.Welcome back after a long hiatus.
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Thanks a lot Megha! Which post did you read? Was it the same one I shared? Actually I came to know about this five days late so I don’t know what the complete process is for getting featured. Do they have any other article as well?
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Yes if you search for WordPress Discover..They keep on featuring posts from different writers on WordPress. Your was based on the Haikus featured on the WP
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Oh alright! Thanks for telling me, Megha π
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This is quite an achievement to be featured on WordPress.I’m so proud of you.
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Thank you Megha! I am so grateful to receive words of praise from a writer of your calibre π
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My pleasure Neha.Keep writing.
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Glad to see you back! May be now you should read Dostoyevsky! You’d love this genius man! π
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I am sure I will love him as well π
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I read your article on discover Press. It was really nice and you write well also. I request you to visit my site and provide me your valuable feedback.
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Thanks for reading my work. I will definitely check it out π
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Congratulations in the Haiku feature.
But what I am amazed at is you finished war and peace!!!!
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Thanks a lot, Moushmi! I am surprised with myself too on this π
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