Thursday, January 03, 2008

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

The Year that Was....

- My first New Year outside Orissa [my state]
- My first appraisal [ Met Expectations ]
- My first salary hike
- My first birthday in office, the corporate way [ was a different feeling ]
- My first thumb ring.
- My first trip to Pune.
- My first Go Karting experince.
- My first homesickness
- My first near death experience.
- My first night trek [ what a place, Kalaverahalli Betta]
- My first trip to GOA
- My first "Rave".
- My first taste of wine [ Red ]
- My first taste of Absolute Vodka
- My first fasting [repeat every Saturday]
- My first flight [ was awesome, managed a morning flight with a window seat ]
- My first encounter with a fraud [ a female aged something like 45 ]
- My first experience with Windows Vista [Sucks]
- My first heartbreak.
- My first realization of fresh pain and insecurity.
- My first realization of life and relationships.
- My first love [yes realization came after heartbreak, pain justified intensity]
- My first attempt for GRE
- My first gifts to Mom and Dad
- My first cell robbery [ currently using the fourth set ]
- My first laptop [ Dell Inspiron 1501 ]
- My first trip to Hogennekal [round boats, "Chhoti si asha" from Roja]
- My first tryst with Pink Floyd
- My first burn marks [3 deep craters, on my left hand self inflicted on 31 Dec 07, with 3 red hot cigarettes].

and a lot more...



"...you know when you get old in life things get taken away from you, that's part of life; but,you only learn that when you start losing stuff..." -Al