Writer's Block: A BACKPACK FULL OF A DECADE…. and MIXED FEELINGS !!

I'ts that time of the year again. The moment it hits an ELEVEN on the Month Slot, it seems the hours are closing down upon something that one wished would stay longer, something that one wished should have happened and something that one wished would never have !!!

I'ts November guys, just like the 11^th minute of an hour, the 11^th hour of the day, it’s the 11^th month of the year!! Kinda each one`s second last chance to ponder upon the past, kinda time to gather guts and say “ What happened was history, dead and gone, what lies ahead, is sheer awesomeness, a ray of hope that would light up the lives of us and the people we cherish”. Nevertheless, these are feelings that come with the season, but this time around, its special!! We’re all about to step into a new decade, trying to get over 10 long years of the Second millennium.

On a personal note, its been one helluva journey. A crucial decade, and most would agree, of moving from our crazy teens to what we are today, a decade of knowing and learning people, a decade where we made friends that would last a life time, a decade where we realized life is about moving on, a decade when we saw peace prevail over the Babri judgment, a decade when the first Black was voted a world leader, if for nothing else, a decade where we have witnessed history and maturity. This happens once in a life time !

The last I saw a zero being knocked out of a year was way back in 2000, err…. must`ve been in the IX standard. Years dint have much relevance then. It was just about stepping into the second term of the year post Diwali and looking forward to the awesommest of all celebrations …. CHRISTMAS and NEW years eve!! It was about visiting and being visited by cousins and friends, it was about a picnic on the beach, about crackers and laddos for Diwali and about carols and cakes for Christmas!!

It’s a decade gone by…

On this note, it would be perfect to remember my heaven on earth…. GOA!! The thought of that place simply lights you up. Come November, morning temperatures suddenly dip to give you that festive chill, its time to be in your best, look your best and be with the best!! Try avoiding it, I betcha if you cant hear the music hum within. You want to run out and announce on the streets that holidays are here and that you care a hoot for your new semesters to begin, coz through New Years till February, books and classes were the last things on ones mind. Getting to college would be excuse to meet friends, getting to class would be an excuse to yawn, and getting out of college would be an excuse to say folks back home would be worried as usual. Add to that college tours and inter-col fest preparations!!! Those were the days!! Miss them….. Here, you don’t need a reason to celebrate, the season and you are the celebration!! One cant wait for the day to pop up to feel a sense of peace to hit you in the sunlight and neither can one wait for the night where streets and celebrations light up!! Undoubtedly, it’s the best time of the year…

Back to the present, come November, Work is the last thing on ones mind!! Whoever you are, whatever you do and wherever you come from …… you would feel new, you would feel the chill, you would feel the spirit, you would feel GOAAAAAAAAHHH!!!

Here`z a Wrap Up

To all the people who have been awesome company in the past few years, thank you!! I cherish and love you`ll.....
For those who don’t wana b anymore….. Hard Luck …… you just missed out on the most precious company you could ever have!!
For those of you Who`d had break ups …. Remember …. Your folks taught you to give away your old toys in charity….. you deserve a new one
For lost opportunities….. care a shit…. there sumthin better out there...
For Something that has not happened…. It was never meant to be….. or you might not be living today…..
For those who have had the worse….. here on… it’s a journey uphill… ..no turing back
FOR 2010…. You rocked and SUCKED EQUALLY ….. adding a ONE to youz gona be much much BETTER...welcome 2011....