I watched the LOTR part 1 and part 2 in 2011 along with my brother and later he moved to a new city for studies. I have always watched movies with him. And without him around it was difficult for me to watch the LOTR part 3 alone. Its high time I admit this, I am not a big-time movie watcher. I find it difficult watching movies alone. I have always had the company of my friends or family while watching movies. And to add to this weakness, lately, I have started dozing off during the movie. (This is because of my tiring schedule: P). So, coming to the point I had abandoned LOTR without watching the third part.
So, now fast forward to 2015.
I took a temporary hiatus from the world and went into hibernation for a year. This is when I found the love of my life – Amazon’s Kindle and rekindled my past love for reading. Now, I had taken an oath to read all the three LOTR books along with Hobbit and then only watch the films. So, I finished reading the first two books of LOTR series and half part of Hobbit by end of 2015 and then I got busy with my life.
So, now fast forward to November 2017.
I attended this amazing TEDx talk in my city where there was a singer who performed my all-time favorite song, “I see fire” by Ed Sheeran from the movie “Hobbit: The Desolation of the Smaug”. And this gave me goosebumps and reminded me of my oath. I still have no clue why I hadn’t taken such an oath in the first place.
So, now fast forward to December 2017.
I come home for holidays. And the first thing I see on the TV was the movie Hobbit. FYI, I hadn’t watched TV in months and when I sit down all I see Hobbit all around.
Is the universe conspiring? Thanks for all the signs Universe.
Today I decided to make another amendment to the oath by putting a deadline. I am a true Engineer who is deadline driven and I work best with deadlines around.
Oath: Finish reading LOTR and Hobbit before I graduate.
Deep In Reverie 