Lookin Back... and New Yr Wishes !

Got this Comic off Ahmedabad Times - dated 31st Dec..
That frog with his tongue sticking on the Cactus has to be me..

This comic summarizes my experiences with the year 2007 !!
Took unbelievable risks with life.. Enjoyed a few.. and fell apart with few..

but like they say, experience is the spice of Lyf.. My life looks a little too Spicey.. :-D !

the biggest one being changing companies.. from a multi-national, me jumped careers and joined a start-up.. and the foolish me switched companies without an appointment letter.. :P .. the experience has been worth it though.. working for a start-up has to the best thing that happened this yr..

met a set of most beautiful people on the planet.. and made a couple of very special friends.. will cherish those moments spent with you guys forever.. :)

did the weirdest of things.. drives at 4 am.. coming back home at 6 am from work and parties.. sleeping for 4 - 5 hrs for months together.. managing 2 jobs for a month.. dinner at 2 am and early morning Reshmi Tikka at Mogul Sarai !

life was actually good.. busy, hectic, lot of parties, lot of work, lot of travelling, lot of friends.. everything in excess.. "Bhagwaan jab deta hai toh chhapad faad ke deta hai" types..

i hope this continues in the coming year as well..

the other best experience has to be managing family, a job and 2 businesses at the same time.. yep.. was in Amdabad for Mum's knee replacement surgery, which went of pretty well. Had plans of staying for a month, but the chhota vacation turned out be 2 months long..

Part of the stay was my stint in Amdabad... managing my Dad's business, my own business plan, my job with Apricot and Ghar ka kaam.. Not in that order and everything didn't happen at the same time.. with a few mistakes here and there like depositing the cheque in the wrong bank account... the cheque ended up at some Calcutta dudes account :P.. and burnt fingers while cooking, the BSNL dude disconected the Broadband cus the cheque was out-station.. and some more careless errors..

It was more like testing myself for the future.. and I passed the test.. :-D

the resolution for '07 has still not been accomplished.. :P

the resolution for '08 is goin to be deleting the the Orkut, OpenBC and Ryze Profile.. :)
LinkedIN and Facebook are goin to be my networking companions for the rest of my life.

Thats more or less about my one yr...

and here's wishing all my readers a Very Happy New year..

Wishing all the luck for the coming year.
Hope it turns out to be more fruitful and full of life than the previous year's.

Luvv.. alwaysss..

Adi

10 days to the End of the Year !!!

unbelievably fast.. i mean, i had jus started enjoyin the days. wen I realized tat its almost the end of one more awesome yr..

nonetheless.. one hell of a roller coaster ride.. and i enjoyed every bit of it..
thot of puttin down things which I will miss out on in the last month of '07..
becus of varied reasons..
not really sad over it, but I guess, time wasn't in my favor..

read on :

6th Dec : a trip to Goa with three other friends... and a Budday Bash.
14th Dec: Scorpions live-in concert in Mumbai
16th Dec: Scorpions live-in concert in Bangalore
25th Dec: a Christmas bash at Prive' organised by Plan B Entertainment... the name says it all !
(apparently this club has been on the must-visit list since a long time. Holds the
priviledge of being the best club in Mumbai and the monopoly of hosting the best DJs
from around the globe)
26th Dec: Mood Indigo at IITB... it is the best cul-fest till date.
31st Dec: a New Year bash at Taj Lands End... New Year on top of the mountain in some distant
corner of the country... a New Year Surprise Visit...

and a couple of Friday get-togethers organised at Tribal Route.

well... :) ! free entries are always there, but Scorpions, Christmas and New year come only once in a blue moon.. actually, Christmas 07 and New Year 07 wil nevah come again na !

yeah.. wat a month..
Nonetheless.. guys if you wanna party on the 31st in mumbai, you can get in touch with me.. the entries will be done.. not for free though.. :)

cheers

Aditi


(P.S. I think I should start managing Events ! )

the year that was.. and some good wishes

woah.. the last post of 2006... ain't it something .. kinda feelin nostalgic, thinkin about the past..
thinking over it.. guess, im kinda satisfied with how things went. will not forget this year for a lifetime.. reasons are many !!

Finally, settled down in lyf.. somethin to think abt - a gal like me, who can't focus on one thing, has finally decided on what she wants to do wit her lyf.. though, most of it is still "where lyf takes me" types !! but yeah, got a pretty good job wit an awesome company and a beautiful set of colleagues.. gonna miss it whenvah it comes to an end.. (hope it nevah does).

moved outta ahmedabad.. one more great achievement.. nevah wanted to stay there, but kinda had to cus of the academics.. i do miss the frens i made in this city and kinda sad cus i've not been in touch with most of them. Resolution for '07, will meet up wit my lost buddies.. miss ye loads.

yeah, i've started reading books.. drastic change ! and a good one.. and my obssession with IIMA is over.. all thanks to mumbai - its IIT now :-)

guess, thats about it.. made awesom friends this year.. nevah gonna forget you guys..

wud end this post, by thankin all the people who've made a difference to my life, to the year that went by and for supporting me thruout.. ending this post, without mentioning the names of people who've made a difference to my life in someway, wud not do complete justice. Do read thru the rest of the post...

* don wanna put his name here. i hope 'he' reads it. pyaaru, i miss u like always.. don really knw how things turned the wrong way. please come back no.. wishing u all the luck for '07 - wit or without me.

* meenal, nidhi - guys keep rocking. you guys were my only support wen i moved in to the city. miss u loads and have a rockin start to '07. nidhi aap toh rock kar rahe ho US main! seen you thru so many things.. i', reaally happy fer u.. meenal, kuchh kaam karo.. khandaan ka naam roshan karo!! he he

* neha, manish .. guys! u like make me jealous everytime we meet. freekos have started their own business at the age of 20. no they are not MBA or some other jazz like tat, simply Psycho/Eco grads. rock on guys, hope next year proves to be more fruitful than the year that went by.

* Xavierites - the MA gang, i knw i'm not around, guess things can get more happenin!! jus kidding.. rock on guys. wishin u luck for the coming year.. priyanka, rutu, svetlana, and the guys frm the TY - when are we meetin next.. don ya think 4 months is a long time and deprivin my from meetin u wud be reaaly bad for my emotional well-being :-).
Salonee and Ruth, guys rock Pune.
Anjali - happy married life and all my luck is with you.

* my colleagues - Tinaz, Kabir, Neha (both of them), Charmie .. u guys, have made me feel so close to home. I cudn't have survived in this city without the support i got from you. Sandeep, of course, and Sami for all the support and the induction in the organisation. can nevah forget this experience. wish you guys luck with everythin in the coming year..

* Swati, Nikhil, Sunil, Abhay, Tina, Sree and the K.B Gang - it was awesome to get in touch wit u guys after almost 15 odd years.. and had a great time wit u guys.. its a very special feeling. and luckily it wasnt difficult to break the ice wit u guys.. made special friends also.. Hope to meet u more frequently in '07 and wish u luck with everythin.

* my friends around the globe.. wishing all of you a fruitful and an even better '07.
AIESECers, MAVites, Xavierites... keep rocking! and do keep in touch.

long post.. ! finally comes to an end..
hoping for a smooth, excellent start.. for me as well as for all of you out there

~a~