Aur Ek Saal

Another year passed by, initially I didn't wanted to write anything on it, but read Akhands blog (last two posts) and got inspired to write one .What all you write in such a post, if I follow on Akhanands line I should write on the take homes and negative take homes from this year . But won't it be a post mortem analysing and dissecting the 365 days went by, I have always hated this , like coming out of the exam hall and "Q 3 me kya likha aur Q 5 me, arre bhai jo likha woh to likh diya na, so whats the point discussing . Another exam related postmortem which i have always hated was the no comparisons , what did u get in Q 7 , ok u got 3 I got 5 ans follow after that, Some people even made tables for the top scores, it sucked big time then and It sucks big time now.

But I think I will do a quick recap rather than a Review, Akhand has correctly pointed out that the cribber or the pessimist me comes out every time I write something, so this one has to be different (Akhand to review) . One definate gain from this year has been the 10 kg (+ 20% margin) weight I have put on this year , again a good looking female colleague
who has given me the maximum adjectives this year was first to point out and called me a "Mota", me a fatso no way I have just started looking healthy , a khaate peete ghar ka baccha rather than a Somalian. And the credit for all this goes to the "Peena " part of my Khaata Peeta ghar. Let God be praised and belly be raised.

I also saw a lot of movies this year , if try to fit tem in a mathematical equation :movies watched in 2007 > 10 time (2005+2006) , last year I used to wonder how shitty movies did a X crore business or a Y crore business, the puzzle is solved now, so my contribution to b ollywood has been significant this year . The movies which I will remember forever are
Darling, Naqaab, Saawariya, Transformers, Aag, Nishabd, Laaga Chunri me daag (in no particular order), some of them made me think of bringing the License Raaj back .

I read a lot also this year , this year saw the transformation from a Sidney Sheldon to Orhan Pamuk , Rohinton Mistry etc, I thought If you sit with a book like Snow in hand the girls sitting next would be impressed wrong assumption i guess but anyway this is one which I hope to continue, Snow I will rate as the best book I read this year followed by A fine balance and Sacred Games. (Kudos to Master, santy and Bagla for this)

On professional front I have written so much earlier that I don't wish to write anymore, I will just sum it up by describing it as a Enriching and satisfying experience, I have some thing major coming up in January; which if happens then hmmmmm.


On my credit worthiness , I started this year with Rs X in debt now have Rs 5x in debt, but the fundutilisation this year could not have been better, I gifted something to Dad and the feeling I tell you is worth a life time , the power to fulfill someone else's dream is amazing , you actually end up realizing the power of money, not that its all about money but a decent salary always helped. I am yet to meet him but feel like humming the song "mere paanv jameen par nahin padte".

On Social front, with my elder brother getting married in January, so they say "raasta saaf" hai, only hurdle is JUST to find a girl , even made some unsuccessful attempts this year, but why do I always end up liking already engaged types , even the ones I liked dint have good things to say:-)

Though at all times I had my friend standing by me. My backbencher group, Akhand, Nitin, Patro, santy, Rohit,Nikku , Abhishek, Rakesh,Sahil, the list is endless (if I missed your name, then you might not have called me recently, remember I suffer from Amnesia)(Avijit :spcl mention for agreeing to lend me money in march . Baaki picture abhi baaki hai, I'm 26, single have always been ready to mingle:-), I actually liked that line from OSO "agar aap sach me kuch dil se chahte ho to puri Kaayanaat aapko woh dilane me madat karegi"

My expectation from next year is zilch because "kharidoge Babool to close up kahan se lagaoge", so will will definately plant some roses this year:-) and will continue with my current funda of living each day to its fullest.

Update:Had a blast last night, will write about it in the next blog