bye-bye 2005

Yet another year passed. 2005 gonna be an imp year in my life. Lot of events, lot of surprises, lot of lessons. Lots of ups and lots of downs. I surprised myself, reorganized myself(one of them is a major one)a lot of times, for betterment of myself and for the people around me.
For two reasons ,i will remember 2005 for ever. One is KV's marriage, the first marriage in our batch, that too after all the things he has under gone. Really an event in all our lives to whom he matters. Still remember the smile on his face immediately he tied the knot :-). It was a great trip to kothegudem, fun and educative. Educative???. ya, The mafia game, thax to jaya, is really an eye-opener for me. It just teaches you how to survive in this world by making dynamic friends and enemies. But the powerful lesson i learnt in that game is the need and the art of expressing. One needs to express himself cleverly n clearly to survive in this corporate world. 'vai ualla pillai pillaikum' is the tamil saying which reaffirms my learning. Though i am very poor in that, luckily i have big n great friends around me who are very professional in that area. They are professionals in making sarcastic, authoritative voices without hurting most of the people, so that their job is done. I am yet to imbibe those skills, hopeful of doing this by the end of 2006.:-)
The other reason is my job change. oops. what i had undergone. what are the tradeoffs, mind states, &&^^%^*(&. The Ultimate lessons at the end of entire exercise are 1. Happiness is the state of mind
2. There is nothing like great work for more that 75% of software enginners. :-)

If i ask myself how much i grew physically and mentally in this year, the answer will be a lot. Physically grew a bit wider :-) , lost some hair :-(. But mentally ? lemme see. what was i at the starting of 205 and at the end of 2005?.
1.2005 start: Always Nice to every one and help everyone. Never hurt a friend. 2005 end: IF anyone hurts you, don't hesitate to give back immediately or later. Be happy with yourself. Don't trouble yourself too much for the sake of others who don't value your actions or sacrifice. But be fair in ur dealings.

Another change is wrt my reading habit.
I always thought English novels are great. i was amazed by the works of Archer, Grisham and Crichton. When i read TimeLine i felt i was transported to 13th century, to their castles... I always wondered why no such things in Tamil. But my mom gave me a perfect answer. Then I Started reading Tamil novels. Currently i am
reading Ponniyen Selvan and i am literally living in chola dynasty. Kalki is great.

Freaky saka to moderate saka:
Earlier part of 2005 is the time i would have roamed the most till now. I didn't have a bike, yet every week end i will be in forum or MG road, thanx to jaya. Now, i have a bike, lot of friends in Bangalore , still no enthu to roam. Feeling old ?? may be!!!

Better organized:
I never knew how much i spent, how much i owe and how much i need to get back from whom. Never consistently went for jogging. But now i am much better. thax to robert and his activity management classes, i am better organized financially and in other aspects also.

What else in 2005:
Lingu's Marriage, subbu's Marriage, jaya's engagement, one of my teeth got removed :-( which made me miss the yerkadu trip, realized that i need to take care of parents and so i bought a couple of things to parents, started dealing with shares, Manoj’s arrival to Bangalore and my house shift, Bhasha’s move to my house, the rise of blog mania among my friends, Formal groupism of PV’s SPAM under platform9, visit to fashion shows and some good places, failing to get a personal loan for my friends sake, Managed to get a vehicle loan for my bike, shifted to windows from linux, Mothers health, chain mails mania , etc etc.. Ofcourse the Greatest thing for which the world will remember 2005 is the 80th birthday celebrations of SAI.

so how 2006 is going to be? Hopefully better. With all the bomb threats going around, i better insure myself :-) . 2006 will host the marriage of jaya n deepa, the must watch-out couple in Bangalore :-) . December 2006 will host the marriage of another great personality, Mr chak wedding Ms.???. And ofcourse those people
who are expected to marry in 2005 itself will get married in earlier 2006. So 2006 is gonna be YEAR OF MARRIAGES for my friends circle

bye-bye 2005 and Hi 2006. U better be nice to me ...

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
- Lord Tennyson