I stood gazing endlessly at the bright starry sky and at those tiny things in the water that looked stars, one after the other. Time had almost came to a halt when someone screamed 'HAPPY NEW YEAR' from behind and I started hugging everyone who bumped into me for the next ten minutes. It has been three lazy weeks since then and the feeling of entering another new year is seeping in. Musing over last year, just as I try to settle down in the ambience of the new college campus, I realized that 2008 has not been just another year.
The year began with an overdose of fun, adventure and sport which made me realize that MBA had taken its toll on my fitness. This was followed by the converse as I tried my hand at studies after ages. The academic year ended in March with a tinge of good news. The next two months saw me through countless hours of joblessness on the job. Gtalk helped me survive this insufferable torment with a little help from the T20 series. Meanwhile China and Jaipur saw their worst time in a decade, and my solitude didn't even allow me to realize what they went through. After a ray of hope from seemingly infertile relationships and a small reunion with buddies, I somehow managed to conclude this long spell of boredome. "All's Well That Ends Well", I said to myself.
After a few days of toil, the boredome returned, loaded with even more free time with nothing to do. As I incessantly struggled to kill time, 'Home is where the heart is' sounded like the biggest barefaced lie of all ages. While I desperately tried to keep up with my regained fitness, mom stuffed me with food and flushed all my sweat down the drain. When the time came to bid farewell, I was delighted at the mere thought of getting back to normal (read busy) life. While I ended my longest spell of leisure at Goa, terror loomed large on the world around me with serial blasts rocking Bangaluru and Ahmedabad.
At college, I rediscovered myself, and this discovery came as a shock because the 'new me' liked to slog his arse off, which I don't approve of. I like to assume that this change was the after-effect of surviving three months of absolute inactivity. In the next few months, as time ran past me in full throttle, miscellaneous events like financial crisis, mumbai blasts and placement day passed, and I realized that 2009 was already at my doorsteps. The year had not been a pleasant one, and to top it, december was rife with distress and despair with all rays of hope diminishing contrary to my expectation.
I did not wish people on new year this time, with the exception of a few who are either close or around. I never make any new year resolutions, but I'd like to make one this year; to remind myself of Murphy's Law every morning.
"Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong."
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