2008 in review…

Let’s see. 2008 brought a lot of major changes in my life.

Firstly, at the beginning of the year, I was totally frustrated with my job, I felt as if I was stuck, not work wise or anything. But I had this feeling as if nothing was moving; I was stuck in a place where I could neither move forward nor backward. I wanted a drastic change which only a change in place could give me. So after lot of consideration, I got a transfer to Bangalore, packed my things and left Pune in March 2008.

Although, I didn’t like Bangalore so much, it gave me a lot of things to be thankful for. The independence, the new friends, and an experience to work and live in a totally different culture.

I was just entering into a relationship with J when I left for Bangalore. He was in Indonesia at that time and was supposedly going to work from Mumbai after that. But fortunately he had to work from Bangalore as his Mumbai project got delayed. That gave us a valuable 5-6 months together during which our relationship only strengthened.

I came back to Pune in August almost the same time he got transferred to Mumbai.

My elder sister got married in July to a wonderful man and as I was always so worried about her, it makes extremely happy to see that she is very happy now. Touchwood.

I told my parents about J and that we want to marry. They refused because we are from different castes. They say I can go and marry him if I want to, but they won’t be with me in my decision. I am still trying to convince and I am still hopeful.

The next year is going to be very important to me in that sense. I have to decide what to do with my relationship. Breaking up with J because my parents don’t agree is not an option for me. It’s my life and I have the right select my life partner. I hope my parents realize that soon enough.

The many terrorist attacks In India, be it in Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Delhi or the recent Mumbai attacks need to be mentioned too. I hope we come up with better ways to fight against terrorism and make India a safe place to live in.

As for my resolution or goals for 2009 go, I don’t have any resolutions yet.
On a lighter side it would read more books. My count is 45-50. But other than reading just to increase the count, I’ll focus more towards exploring new authors and genres. I’ll write post or page for that.

Work wise I would like to continue what I am doing with equal amount of dedication and hard work.

What else?

I was suffering from viral fever for the last 2-3 days, so I have taken a sick leave today to recuperate. Please forgive me for not visiting your blogs and wishing you or wishing you from my own blog for that matter.

So I hope everyone had a nice and happy Christmas.

I have heard from many that 2008 was a very bad year for many people. I bet many of us are looking forward to the new year. I certainly am.