Another year has gone by.... nothing to celebrate. Perhaps, there is. Every day warrants a celebration and a national holiday, but that would send the economy reeling. Therefore lets celebrate all that is to celebrate in life now. Today is as good as anyday.There were some highlights, some milestones reached, some enjoyable moments in the past year...
Opening ceremony 2005: Sydney. By the Harbour Bridge.
Achievement of the year: Finished 'A suitable boy'. It took me 7- 1/2 months to read this mammoth tome. My longest ever for any book. Excluding the Engineering books that took me a few years....wait a sec, I haven't finished them yet.
Most memorable event: Have to say Rahman's concert in Sydney.
Scariest event: Chennai traffic - crossing Arcot road being the most frightful. Second best is the non-existent lane discipline.
Most enjoyed
Movie: Tamil - Ghajini, Hindi- Salaam Namaste, English - Sin City, International - Maria-Full of Grace (Spanish)
TV series: Taken (it was screened in Australia only this year)
Books: A suitable boy, Siddhartha, My sister's keeper, Angels and Demons
Music Album: Thiruvasagam in Symphony
Song: Sutrum Vizhi
Dinner: My birthday dinner in Jehangir
Evening: International Students Nite at Uni of Canberra
Most awaited book: Harry Potter and the Half Blood prince
Classic revisited: Mario Puzo's The Godfather
Most memorable trip: Great Ocean Drive and Melbourne (First experience camping)
Most exhausting trip: Bushwalking in Morton National Park and Budawang
Most rejuvenating trip: Trip to India; watching the rain batter Chennai, mug of steaming hot filter coffee in one hand, a very readable book in another, and a plate of crisp bakhoda within hands reach. Now thats life!
Closing ceremony 2005: Canberra. Atop Mt.Pleasant.
3 comments:
ahem ahem... work is worship, brother ;). and then there is typical NRI trouble, too.
work is worship. i totally agree. thats why i do it only once a week.
NRI toruble. true. But pls note there was no supercilious air to that statement abt traffic. it is something u will realise only when u have lived abroad.
okay... if you say so. so much for the psychological anticipation, i had in mind "non-existent lane discipline" and "Most rejuvenating trip" (especially the food part :) only)
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