The Unruled Notebook

Motivated by an Italian who collected Australian coins; my interest for Numismatics began as a competition. Anto, my Italian friend used to collect these 2 dollar coins, specifically. He had a huge collection of other coins too, but at that time, his fascination was confined to this. As an instinctual move, after seeing his passion for these 2 dollar coins, I started collecting them involuntarily . Every time I got coins for change, I checked for 2’s and made sure I saved them in a separate purse. After a while, when we were at home, eating the yummy pasta ricotta cooked by Anto himself, I showed him my collection. He was completely impressed. :) He was so impressed that he shared some of the doubles he had and also gave me some exotic coins from other countries. That was the starting point for me!!! After that incident, I became a coin collecting maniac. When I used to travel a lot and when I saw people from different countries, all I wanted to ask them was to give me o...

I am blinking vigorously. My eyes are turned inside out. A wave of claustrophobia closes in on me. I haven’t blogged for so long and as you see, I feel super dramatic about it. Pardon my superficiality, will you? So, what have I been up to? All I was doing during my hiatus was being ‘classic’. An overpowering sense of laziness had me possessed and I am resolute to break free from it. Classic! Would you believe me if I said I wanted to write every day in December 2014 and I ended up writing only on December the first and then, now. Classic! I have been bragging to myself about what a wonderful year it was. Classic! Tried licking off (with my fingers, of course) the leftover pasta sauce from a non-stick pan and I ended up smelling toxins for a week . Classic??? Nay! I have been trying to buy a good folder pouch to hold my coins collection. Yes, I am a numismatist! Pretty Classic huh?! #Brag-o-phobia Too much visual effects buzz me off, I hated the trailer of...