Well, I am back in R, extremely bored and have yet another
New Years Eve to look forward to with no plans whatsoever. So, left with a lot
of empty hours, and swamped with a deluge of twitter trends like
LastFridayOf2011, 2011In3Words, MyCrushOf2011 and the sorts, one can’t help but
look back at the year that has been. So here’s a (hopefully) small rant about
2011 and what I thought of it.
2011 has been a good year. It came with its share of highs
and lows, but all in all it’s been good. It’s been a year of many firsts (not
all good), first debating tournament in college, first intern, my first ‘6’ in
a course, first SG below 8, and of course, my first blog (and many more
actually). I am not a person who is terribly excited about changes. To be
honest I detest most of them. Even then, I don’t regret the many firsts that
this year brought with it. Some have made for happy memories, some have taught
lessons I’ll remember for a while. But more than anything, it’s taught me to
hate changes lesser, to try new things, and that in life, more than the things
one does, one always regrets the things one doesn’t. So, do whatever you want
to, follow your heart, we all have only one life and it is now.
This year has introduced me to a lot of new music that I
have now grown to really like. Fellow Dodo, Simon and Garfunkel is a real
pleasure, I wish I’d heard it earlier, way earlier. Chest monster, I guess it
should suffice to say that if I start listing every song you’ve suggested and I’ve
liked, it will have to be a different post.
I’ll also remember this year for the books I read. Shantaram
was an experience I’ll never forget. It’s one of the deepest books I’ve read,
and looks at Bombay in a way no other book has.
I am a different person from that which I was at the end of
2010, and I am happy that’s how it is. Cheers to 2011 and everything it brought
along!
