Today marks the 36th day of fasting...

...from Facebook.

It wasn't that hard. I found more time to read; discovering new and not-so-new great books, and have been getting calls and texts from people who need to get hold of me instead of us engaging in some virtual communication. Yeah, as someone at work remarked, I am old-fashioned.

It started from an unofficial 'commitment' which, ironically, was declared on Facebook itself. Back in the 1st quarter of the year, a few friends gave up FB for Lent. I cheered them for such a vocation a...