2006 - A year gone by.

Quite an eventful year. Here are the key events. A few can relate to it. Not in chronological order.
- Surprised a friend at Koshy's. He knew something was fishy but never guessed it.
- Had a feeling of being reborn. Happiest time of the year - early february, march. Two reasons.
- Missed my friends birthday. He understood. Dont know how he did.
- Shabarimala. Had a lot of faith.
- Vikrams birthday.
- Birthday party in Indiranagar. Made a few feel awkward.
- Brother visited India. After 4 long years.
- Trip to Goa. Unforgettable.
- Shouted at a friend at the Railway station. That was not the reason why I shouted. But he too understood. Dont know how.
- She called to ask if anything was wrong. He was with her. He called up to say he was not in our league - single or pseudo-committed.
- Joined DSF. The best decision of the year.
- He punched me in the face. Dint know when he got angry.
- She thought I was gay because I used to cycle.
- Removed the blog post. She was offended by it.
- He found a job. He was desperate.
- Malleshwaram school.
- Another trip to Goa. He was sitting and talking in the restaurant after all the lights went off. I slept on the beach. He woke me up at 3AM. Went back to Germany.
- Almost thought I was totally in charge.
- She called me shallow.
- Applied for Indian Army. Never got a call.
- Quit Infy. Good decision. A very late one.
- Fulfilled a lot of craving. They always fed me with what I craved for.
- He asked me to join the sales dept of his start-up. Considered it. Ditched it.
- The name of the company changed. Met the elders on that day.
- Navrang School.
- Trip to dharmasthala, Udupi and Kukke Subramanya.
- Long standing wish of going to the Himalayas fulfilled. Stayed in McLeodGunj for 10 days. Fantastic.
- Virumandi.
- He got married. Could not go. He felt bad.
- She got married.
- Trip to Pondicherry with them. They went for a massage. I slept in the room.
- Joined MindTree. Good decision. Not good enough.
- Cheap pleasure of telling my PL that I am going to quit. It was a crunch situation.
- A letter sent. No response.
- Worked really hard for 3 months.
- My birthday. Did not get what I expected. Got what I did not expect. Loved it. I swing in it.
- Lost a thing. Got it back. Well.. almost.
- Applied for REC Kharagpur IPR course. Got it. Ditched it.
- Cleared NDS interview. GTNexus was good too. Was on a high. A few did not know. A few did not like. The rest appreciated me for it.
- Fought with a friend. All this more than compensated for the high.
- They theatened me to have biscuits with coffee. He called me a rich guy. The biscuits were good. Coffee was excellent. Brought back a few old memories.
- Her engagement. Failed myself.
- Gopalaswami Betta. Amazing.
- Patched up with him.
- Swore the second time. First was long time back. But cannot be forgotten.
- She called me selfish.
- Planned to buy a Scorpio. Plans changed as mood changed as people changed.
- Stopped using my cell phone. I can live without it.
- Party at my house. I cleaned up the basin in the morning. My hands still smell. Who is the he who did it?
- B11, SOS, Firangi Paani - a zillion times.
- Unlimited movies.
- Walked away from a friend. First time in my life. Was very angry.
- Waited for a lot to happen.
- Played a lot of badminton. He got me a raquet from Jalandhar. I lost it. Then he bought me another one.
- He got engaged. He got married.
- Bought 2 headphoes. One for each. It was a deja vu when I bought the second one.
- Gave the keyboard. Got it back. Did not want it back.
- Bought the shares.
- Went to Kalari for 8 months. The irregularity got the better of me.
- Went to HajiAli.
- Trip to ShivanaSamudra with school kids. Things had changed a little.
- Met him. Last I met him was in his marriage.
- The Delhi trip.
- A few single dates. Made no difference. I was too closed.
- Continued gymming. Stopped gymming.
- He went to Singapore.
- Stopped eating meat.
- A few lunches at my place. A few did not come. Everyone else came.
- Missed the Janmashtami lunch in his house.

Principles are tricky. I dont even know a kannada word for it ...

Conversation with an auto driver.

[Scene opens] I sit in an auto in koramangala to go to Vijayanagar. Autodriver spits on the road.

Me: Why do you spit on the road? Arent you making the place dirty?
Autodriver: This is not Singapore anyway...
Me: So, you dont have any intentions of making this like Singapore?
Autodriver: No. We are not paid as highly.
Me: So if you are paid enough you will not spit on the road?
Autodriver: Yes.
Me: So, do you spit inside your house too? You are not paid enough, right?
Autodriver: No. House is like a temple.
Me: huh? And the city is a dustbin? Cool. You can keep the city clean if you want to. It has nothing to do with what you are paid.
Autodriver: Hmm.. true. I like cleanliness. But now I am chewing tobacco. So cannot do anything.!
Me: Keep a pot on your auto. Spit in it.
Autodriver: Hmm... I like cleanliness a lot. But ...

[I start listening to songs. No point educating him. Or did I already do it?]

Haji Ali.

I have not blogged for a long time. Reason - could not get myself to blog on anything particular. Finally I decided that I dont have anything particular to blog about.. :)

I am going to Mumbai on 27th of this month. Very excited about it. Will be visiting Haji Ali. I want to listen to "piya haji ali" song in Haji Ali. That would be awesome.

More later.