Year To Recall..

Another year end. Another one of these 'reflection' posts.

Sitting here, trying to recall what my last 356 days had been like.

2010. It's been a decade since the turn of the millennium. Seems like it had been such a long time, yet so quick time flies, it could have been yesterday we were worrying about the silly Y2K bug. For me, this ten years is probably the most meaningful ten years in my life so far. Standing at the end of 2010 looking back at the start of 2000, I don't think I have the vocabulary to succinctly describe the experience. As I run through the ten years, I do feel substantially aged, but somehow, feel like I am only beginning to understand what life really is. Perhaps I'm a fast learner and i am learning a lot about life. (yes, more than half my youth, I was in absolute daze.) It's been a mere ten years, but I have witnessed so many changes in and around me, I still can't quite fully fathom.

I stepped into 2000 a student, and step out of 2010 still a student, albeit a different kind of level. (oh no, this isn't good)

I stepped into 2000 with friends still in school uniforms and complaining about nothing, but just playing with crayons and made the teacher complain about our cuteness. 

I step out of 2010 with friends in still in school but from cute, they have turned to ugly and facing the challenge of "puberty."(Trust me..This Phase Sucks!)

I stepped into 2000 immature, excited and naive about reaching adulthood, and step out of 2010 (hopefully) a little wiser, mellowed and wishing to relive my cute childhood.

If you were asked to describe the last ten years of your life, what would instantly come to mind? Being an emotional person, my instant association was the spectrum of emotions I had experienced. The laughters and happy times, the tears and sad times, the anger and frustrating times, the fear and despairing times... I find it amazing how, in retrospect, all of it becomes equally nostalgic; it's like they become the old photographs in the old photo album I am now flipping through. And these emotions, they link to the things I have done or experienced that are particularly memorable. So I look back at the 30 most memorable experiences of my 2010, and this is what my list is like:

1. I Grew Interest in Acting, Acted In A Play And came second out 48 teams in a city level play.

2. I Did Hit On A more than 50-year-old woman.

3. Drank 7 cans of mountain dew and pepsi in a little more than an hour.

4. Performed on a stage with more than 200 people watching. Six Times.

5. Got my first Android product. (I'm never the gadget geek and I'm surprised I did that)

6. Scaled the Qutub Minar for the most breathtaking view of Delhi.

7. Lost 14.5 kgs in 1.5 months.

8. Traveled to an exotic island, the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Wow, What A Place!

9. Partied Like Hell Inside A Class While The School Was On, Without Getting Noticed By Any Adult.

10. Got tanned in The Beach Of Andaman.

11. Made My First "Cheese Omlette" And Boy, It Was Amazing! 

12. Did Bungee-Jumping.

13. Did Gave Mr. Arindham Chaudhari A Moment Of Total Awkwardness.

14. Learned How To Hack An Email Address And Hacked Users. 4 times.

15. Watched Friends Whole Ten Seasons. Three Times.

16. Got an autograph and photograph with Ex President APJ Abdul Kalam. Very star-strucked.

17. Used My Pick-up Line For The First Time. It Was Awesome!

18. Watched my first theater:Aab-e-Zindagi . For a local production, I was impressed.

19. Owned a tag for "Mr. Awesome."

20. Broken some treasured friendships.

21. Rediscovered old friendships.

22. Went snorkeling and finished with very sunburnt feet.

23. Made a globe and got an A+ For it.

24.Saw Inception And Is One Of The Few Who Understood It Completely.

25. Learned How To Sing, Play Keyboard and Play A Guitar.

26. Dated 8 SuperHot Girls (really hot).

27. A bunch of students confessing they missed me lots... actually, my classes.

28.Fell In love With Chocolate.

29. Owns A Sony Psp and co-owned a ps2.

30. Rediscovered the joy of spontaneity and unrestrained laughter with many friends who made much difference in my life.

I think I shall extend my list for 2011 with more memorable experiences.

Here's to a wonderful 2010 and a promising 2011.

Happy New Year!

Yours
Mr. Awesome!