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They say that how your year will be is partly decided by what you're doing at 12 AM on 1st of January. If this were true, then 2009 should have been a year filled with action and drama. On the contrary, unlike the past 3 years before, 2009 was different. I like to term it as the year of tranquility.

I sat with Smokey for a bit yesterday and went over the entire year that has been and realized that it hasn't been as tranquil and/or boring as I had first assumed. I went month by month and came up with these:

2009, the year that was; my highlights

- rode a rodeo bull... couldn't walk straight for 2 hours

- karaoke'd for the first time; Coldplay - Yellow... was too drunk to remember how terrible I was

- first Hard Rock cafe visit in Bangalore; spent a bomb on drinking... got drunk again... friends got pissed, some still are; spent another bomb on a HRC T-Shirt

- had my first pool Birthday party; threw the party with my bestest friend and celebrated it with all my other besties; drank for the first time on my birthday... didn't get drunk

- gave my final year college exams without studying much; graduated with awesome marks; Bachelor of Arts with Majors in Economics now

- went out of the country for the first time; backpacked across Malaysia; saw the Petronas towers and was amazed by a structure for the first time; trekked in the oldest rain forest of the world, Taman Negara... survived on tuna, bread and stream water... got bitten by flying ants and at least 4 dozen leeches... thought wasn't going to come out alive... made a mental will... did survive, had 5 glasses of Milo; saw the most beautiful place yet, Perinthian Islands... had a lot of beef burgers and some beer... snorkeled for 2 days, fed fishes and sharks... got stung by jellyfish... tried to learn diving, couldn't... jumped off a pier... saw Manchester United lose to Barcelona amidst a bunch of drunk locals

- went to Singapore from Malaysia... got interrogated in a room with one light, a table, a good cop and a bad cop for not having a print out of my return ticket; had some more beef burgers; had a chocolate tequila shot; danced on Hindi music in S'pore till 5 in the morning... witnessed a Chinki-Indian brawl; got my first ink; spent 15 days with my best friends

- saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 5 times... got goosebumps on Prime's entry and resurrection every time

- flew kites on 15th August in Delhi in a very intoxicated condition; came back to Ahmedabad with something unexpected

- threw my first house party... got everyone drunk, made Sahil puke... met someone... got over my 8 month old demon in 3 hours

- sang at BBQ nation with Sahil; had dinner there 5 times that month

- talked on Skype a lot

- one ended and started another; long distance one with Sahil

- became best friends with Jack Daniels

- worked 2 jobs for 3 months; earned in dollars; met 20 IBMers from every part of the world

- got a BlackBerry... got an iPod Touch... got a Superman Sweatshirt (5 years in waiting)... got black glasses like Clark Kent's... I'm broke now

- completed 2 years at Norquest Brands, the 'bag place' as many know it as... realized that I've an awesome boss... a Subway treat... she'll comment after reading this post

- met someone... slept in the morning many nights... chipped a nail, hospital visit at 2 AM... lived like an item boy dancing around at 3 places for awhile... talked a lot... got the biggest phone bill yet, still paying...

- kept up this blog... thank you to the few who do read and care to comment

OK, so all of it may not be interesting for everyone, but has been for me. Might have missed out on somethings, will update if I remember.

Try doing this, I had a ball thinking about the entire year and listing all this down.