2009 - Looking back...

Wish you a very happy and prosperous 2010. Hope all your wishes come true this year.

This has been my longest vacation in last 6 years since joining IT. Though its not as relaxing for a vacation this time, it feels nice to be out of work for a change.

Looking back, 2009 had been an amazing year for me. The new year began in a train bound to Ahmedabad. We were on our way to visit Bhuj and Kutch there. It'd been one of the best trips yet.

The day started with offer letter from IBM and followed by NSN on 2nd. Putting down the papers on second week was a different moment altogether- filled with agony, confusion and above all excitement as well.

Nortel's fall was another big moment this year. Mike Z couldn't help the giant stand the game. It's been fun to look for new articles on allaboutnortel.com every morning.

The Bangalore stay had too much fun into it. Looking back, I attended many concerts this year. Pankaj Udhas, Wadali Brothers, Kailasa, Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam, Shilpa Rao, Runa Laila and the list goes on...

New work also brought about many new friends with it. An interesting work, filled with many interesting people and lots of fun. I sat at 5 different locations this year (though changed job only once)- Kulupwadi Road, MG Road, Hosmat, Manyata.

Number of trips I had gone would probably give you a figure on how much masti we had in the year- Kutch (Gujarath), Ganapatipule (Maharashtra), Dandeli, Chikmagallur, Mysore, Kollur-Kodachadri, Nandi Hills (Karnataka), Madurai-Rameshwaram-Dhanushkodi, Yercaud (Tamil Nadu), Delhi. Its been a journey well travelled. And I could learn some more about photography (checkout albums on orkut).

And to top it all, the best achievement of the year had been finding my soulmate. It got fixed by September and life has been more of fun since then. It makes us stronger when we know that there's someone who's going to be with us no matter what we do.

The year 2010 begins with a grand opening. I'm all set to marry Jesi on 3rd of Jan. Hope its going to be another rocking year this time just like 2009.

Once again wishing you all a very happy new year...

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Celebrate World Toilet Day Today

It’s not just the dog but toilet also has a day these days. Today is celebrated as World Toilet Day.

Wish you all a very happy and prosperous day to all of you. I hope you all had an amazing celebration today morning, but I couldn’t contribute too much because my stomach was working normal.

I wish I had a friend whose birthday matched with the toilet day. I checked my orkut friend list for any matching birthday after reading the article “Celebrate World Toilet Day today”.

Jack Sim has made some valid points regarding the situation: “The toilet has always been an intimate part of human civilization. But these days, there is a stigma associated with sanitation habits and the ‘toilet culture’,”

Jack abandoned his business and established WTO (World Toilet Organization) in 2001 for the same cause. “Toilets have to catch up with the growing standards of living in India, hence the need to privatize them — fast,” He adds.

So wish you all a very happy toilet day.

P.S: From the book “Mother Teresa: a biography”:

No task was too menial or disgusting for Mother Teresa to undertake: One sister, repelled at the thought of cleaning the toilet, hid herself away. Mother Teresa passed by, not noticing the Sister in the hall. Seeing the state of the toilet, she immediately rolled up her sleeves and cleaned the toilet herself. The sister never forgot the experience and applied herself more fully to her tasks.