Happy New Year

Hello all,

Herez wishing you a very Happy and Prosperous New Year.May the New Year bring lots of joy and happiness to you and your loved ones.



A common exercise that I do every year as a Blogger is to reflect on the last year and see how things had shaped up.And then state how the year 2005 was for me.


-‘High’ moment of the year.
-Getting admitted to Queen's MBAst program
-Meeting Narayan Murthy face to face
-Meeting my nephew for the first time.





-Your ‘low’ moment of the year
-Something Personal ;)


-Faux pas/greatest regret
-Could not attend K's marriage,in spite of being in India


-Something that got you 'almost famous' and nearly catapulted you into the Hall of Fame.
-Winning the Tata Crucible Regional Final
-My blog getting noticed by members of Queen's university and by a few newspapers who wrote an article on bloggers
-An article that I wrote for rediff.com that got mixed response




-The 3 things you wanted to do the most this year, and did!
-Read more books,magazine
-Get closer to home
-Organize a school reunion.( a start to end project)
-Start a Toastmaster club ( actually helped start two !)


-The 3 things you wanted to do the most this year, and couldn’t/didn’t!
-Loose weight
-Learn french ( stopped the course mid way after falling sick)
-Do Yoga ( Had a accident and had to stop it)


-Number of resolutions you made for 2004. And how many you actually stuck to.
7..I think I stuck to 50% of them..atleast made a honest attempt at everything.


-The list of cities/ places/ countries you visited in 2004.

USA
Denver
Philadephia
Pittsburgh

India
Bangalore
Mumbai
Ahmedabad
Hyderabad
Bhubneshwar


-Your movie of the year award goes to...
-Swades ( Released in 04 but I would have watched it atleast 15 times in 2005 !)
-Batman ( Nice dialogues)
-Iqbal ( Inspiring)

- Books that I liked
World is Flat,The Monk who sold his Ferrari


A friend found
Lots over the internet. :).


A friend made
Bharani,Vijay,Srilakshmi,Anita,Yatish,Vishy,Dola,Salil,Maheep


You will remember 2005 as the year...
-When I grew old yet more confident :)
-Was prone to injuries


The 3 things you really want to do in 2006.
- Do well at Queen's.
- Loose weight
- Do something worthwile that creates an impact.


-A set of words that will be your keywords for 2006 Determined,Motivated, trustworthy,energetic