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I am 2 days away from turning 26. 

My birthdays have been horrible ever since I can remember. Last few years my friends have made them really special…at least for the few hours they are with me. But most of the day is marked with disappointments from close ones. It’s as though my all year through lack of sentimentality is compensated for on this one single day.  Any disturbance that I would brush off with a smile on an ordinary day weighs upon me heavily on my birthday…for some reason and I don’t know if it happens to most people….

I was reading through a few blogs today and saw most people have recounted the year that went past. So I thought…why not?

Early last year I left LA. LA…the city I love. The place where I was fearlessly free. The place that gave me lot of peace and love when I was going through troubled times the previous year. LA for me is a friend…a comfort…a solace that I did not get anywhere else. And I had left it. Soon I lost my visa. I also got a crr 3….an unjust rating of my work. I learnt there was politics involved …I learnt the number games at my workplace. I also learnt there was nothing I could do about it. I let it go.

Mid year was marked with work. Lots of it. And then there were lies…heart breaks. More lies, more heart breaks. There was depression. And then there was revival. A revival that did not give me hope. But it did not give me pain either.

Not much of travel this year. Most of my trips got cancelled or didn’t take off from the paper at all. And as if to reflect my general mood, there was the great economic depression.

Later part of the year was busy again. This time it was shopping and wedding preparations. Learnt a lot again. Handling parents, relatives and grossly conflicting ideas/opinions on the same subject these people can have.

Though the year has been marred with bad spots mostly, there were a few bright spots….really bright ones….

Stacey Freeman…the e-card this girl sent on my b’day. I had met her jus a few weeks back and she actually remembered my b’day. She grew on to become a close friend.

Aru and Karthik :) Their names make me smile. Their company makes me leave behind everything and fly and be happy as I can be. :)

Maithri…the sweet heart I met in Blore. Adorable. One of my best finds this year.

Pradeep…he made me smile every time we spoke…we met…and he has started 2009 with a really wide smile for me :) :) :)

3 special weddings. Met most of my college time friends. It was such a fresh breath of air.

My best friend became a mom :)

Discovered a new interest - mehendi

Made many new friends. Got closer to old ones. Got in touch with lost ones.

 

So…that’s it…quarter century and not out. 

P.S:This one comes straight from my heart. Please don't leave behind any advice in the comments section.