2K7 - A Retrospect

December, last month of the year, always brings smiles on many faces. It's the month to recollect the cherishable memories of the whole year and ponder some decisions that may or may not have affected our lives. It's about time to reflect on some of those events, incidents and predicaments.

This year has been an eventful one, in many ways, to me. I still remember moments of my stay at home on Jan 1st , 2007. It was a delightful welcome to New Year, with my family after so many years. Last time I spent my New Year day at home, with family, was in the year 1998. This time it was quiet an auspicious start to a new day, new year. Since that day I had enjoyed another a week of joyous stay at home before I made myself back to rathole (believe me, I had to), that is to US. I fell ill with the change in weather but more bothering turmoil was the reaction I received from people here, it was like rubbing salt into my wounds. So the month which started off with a peak ended up as a rough slide into a deep valley of fluster.

Feb was the month when I wanted to be in India. Of course, some dreams remain as dreams. Feb was the month of marriages; my good friends tied knots and jumped into a new phase life. A little disappointed for not being able to make it there, other than that, I am very happy for them. As a matter of fact, Feb. and March, both months truly belonged to marriages. They say spring brings hopeful attitude, but for them spring brought something more than hope. A new season, a new life, and blooming flowers greeted them warmly and prompted them into green stage of married life.

April was a regular one for me. Except for one blissful trip to Boston, nothing great to ponder on. Few of our friends got together at Groton, CT. We spent couple of days with ourselves and with our past lives. During that trip, I paid a visit to MIT and Harvard Universities. It was a memorable one. At last I could make it to MIT, somehow. Like always, time spent with my friends was surely heavenly. I feel these get togethers are like pit stops, where a car stops during a race for refueling, for new tires or for any repairs. And I believe we all essentially need these to keep ourselves alive in the race of life.

May was most sober month of this year. I dint go anywhere, spent my time with the work and work. The only positive is that I learnt few things about engineering, especially about steam and valves. Other than that, it was month of rest and relaxation. So was June. Nothing notable or great happened during these two months, except for some unusually interesting and undoubtedly understandable phone conversations. As a result of these unanticipated confabulations, I made few friends and I lost some much sooner than expected. After all, these phone services are not reliable ones. You never know when a bad/cross connection kicks in.

This is me in the first half of the year 2007. It was a fairly smooth ride, except for couple of bumps, but those hiccups were not big enough to put them on the paper (some were too big to put them on paper, better if I keep them to myself). But in all occasions and actions music (ArR's RDB) was there, constantly backing me up and keeping my spirits fresh and alive.