Finally the year has come to an end, it has been a roller coaster ride this year with loads of ups and downs both on the professional and personal front...
Lemme see, If I have to appraise the year that was...I can sum it up as follows...
1) For the first time in my life travelled alone (for fun and not on business), generally I am used to travelling in a group with the arragement taken care of by others, this year I managed to plan and visit Birmingham all by myself and had a blast of a weekend with friends who live there...
2) Started writing my blog (I have Vin to thank for this)...major mental block in this regard cleared...
3) Finally visited the Prince of Wales Museum...guys this is a must visit in Mumbai...all the history that is housed here really humbles you...it reminds you that you are nothing but a grain of sand on the shores of time...there were others before you and there will be many more after you, helps keep you in perspective...check out the painting section it is really awesome...
4) Finally drove a car on Mumbai roads...lemme tell you it took a lot of trying...my brother leaving for further studies was the last nail the coffin which actually drove (pun unintended) me to sign up for driving lessons...
5) Lost some serious weight :P... still have a long way to go before I look like Kate Moss...but then every little helps...
6) Made a spot of profit on the stock market...finally made some profits after two years of a losing streak...but still ending the year deeply in the red again...
7) Let go of loads of emotional baggage...learnt to live one day at a time...learnt that you can't have everything the way you want it to be...
8) Completed my collection of Jane Austen books...Yippie...finally :)
9) Gave my first live singing performance(Carols)...for the record it was a hit and I am still trying to get my hands on the recording of the same...
10) Learnt how to play the guitar...long time dream come true...
11) Got my first promotion within the same company...all other promotions in my life were on account of changing jobs...
12) Last but not the least made some great friends in blogosphere...
Guys, wish you a very happy 2009 and thanks for being part of my life, you rock and hope you continue rocking in 2009...
My message for the new year,
If you love something...set it free...
If it comes back...it is yours...
It is does not...it never was!!!
Cheers!!!
Cheers Happy New Year to you...let your sorrows get retrenched in the recession...Have great year...and cheers for the blogship we are enjoying...
ReplyDelete@ Lancelot...thanks and wish you the same...
ReplyDeletehe he he.. u lost some weight in the year.. I had put on some.. you made some profits.. I lost some (well okay.. more than some) money in stocks :)) but okay.. happy new year indeed.. let us hope good good for 2009.. cheers!!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!Have A wonderful year ahead.Let your encounter(s) be successful[my message to our gang..since all are facing encounters theses days] :-)
ReplyDeleteHapppyy Neewwwww YYyeeeaaarr:))) m still waitting for that recordin, hope to hear it before next christmas :)
ReplyDeletesen - in continuation to your message for new year -
ReplyDeleteif you love some thing, set it free
if it comes back, it will always be yours
if it does not come back, it was never yours to begin with..
But, if it just sits in your living room, messes up your stuff
eats your food, uses your telephone, takes your money
and.. doesnot appear to realize that you had set it free..
you either married it or gave birth to it :))
hmmm...this year has indeed been the landmark year of ur life..if thats what they call it!
ReplyDeleteSen, i wish for u a new beginning n a little magic too starting this new year :)
Happy New year, Gurl !!
@ ST...yeah right...thats the reason I continue to bat strong and still have no intention to walk down the aisle anytime soon :)
ReplyDelete@ Vin ...yeah hope you too get a liberal dose of good magic in your life...let 2009 be the year when all dreams come true...
hey u forgot to mention a fun team at work! i think the atmosphere has become slightly more entertaining over the last couple of months? okok some of us do tend to get out of hand sometimes...but theekh hai na kabhi kabhi?!
ReplyDelete@ Vibes...yes agree...it s a joy to go to work these days :)
ReplyDelete@ Sen - most importantly u got to know me better... i think i will be too modest in saying "One of the highlights in 2008" what say ;-)
ReplyDelete@ LV...yeah right :P
ReplyDelete@ Sen... i knew u would agree me (stop thinking about my angelic face)
ReplyDelete@ LV...I love my life and want to be in the land of the living...thats why I do not disagree with you :)
ReplyDelete@ Sen - how can u even say i can dare do anything harmful to you (read - angelic). Other word for me is innocence
ReplyDelete@ LV ...if you are angelic...I dont even want to know what messengers from Hell are like...
ReplyDeleteOh god...I have said it...Guys I am done for....If I go missing from blogosphere please catch hold of LV...heheh
hehe....nice to see LVs one-liners here as well. But i wonder why these dont get translated to her blog too? Seno, any particular reason u think?
ReplyDelete@ Vibes...see the timing of the said one liners (they were left on the days i was on leave)...she was missing me so bad that she visited my blog to enter into a written duel with me...maybe the day I leave the PRU for ever and go incognito...she will start penning them down in her blog :P
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