2010 to Me

Years are poor specimens. They give us the time we gave for everything, and die before they could celebrate their first anniversary. This is my tribute to a year which is about to die in a few minutes from now, an eulogy that will be read after it (the year) is dead, in the ceremony that will embrace the infant year, born at the timed demise of the passing year.
Roughly about a year back, 2010 too was received with much the same enthusiasm and fanfare. The world celebrated it's arrival in varied many ways, with fireworks and lavish parties on one side and parleys and hungar and distraught and prayers the other. The year, however, slipped sleekly in and promised the same time for everyone.
The year was different for different men, here is what it was to me.
I could hardly remember how it all began, however, i'm sure that I was quite the lost in the darkness of its dawn, having not any plans for my future, when it was clear that I would complete my ug soon. And my worst fears proved right when I completed my bachelors from MCC, and failed the entrance into IITs. So, it was decided to act positively on mom's counsel and apply for a management course, which I did reluctanly for more reasons than mom's advice.
Departing from old friends wasn't the challenge, given the way I was raised and the resulting ability to locate the oasis within myself. The migration was simple and easy, but not without bitterness. There were moments of deep agony, which were just not displayed. Such, got shrouded in the hectic schedule that followed culmination of college. We knew the inevitable will sweep our lives sometime, and we didn't shy when the time had come. And we were sure that we cannot be divided merely by space, when love had connected our lives.
Faring the entrance in DGV was no task at all, and I took the entrance and sat the interview with minimal preparation since I had sheer contempt for the course. I badly wished Satz got through the selection, but was content when Sandhiya had made it. And had mixed feelings when Maiths made it. Ultimately it was Maithreyi's selection that convinced me to take up the course which I might have otherwise never considered.
Classroom metamorphosed from being an obnoxious whole to a fantasy world filled with thrills and pleasures I had always dreamt and desired all my life. It, now, feels like my prayers were finally answered. Still, like every rapacious devotee, I wished it happened much earlier in my life. Here, I earned the aquintance of twenty nine fantastic individuals, many of whom honored me by accepting me as their friend. We bonded well in very little time, thanks to the tyranny of the dept. head and the ample opportnities the course offered for interaction and team works. Very few like Vaishali aks, as I fondly call her, have forever changed the person I am by granting me their love, appreciation and unconscious support, which I cherish the most.
Internships,libraries, noisy exam halls and debates on obtaining sponsors and other means for raising funds set minds and mouths erupting and sketched academic life.
Treats, outings to parks, theme park, friends' home, beaches and many other places topped the dish the year 2010 was.
Amidst the new tide of activities, old friends weren't forgotten. We regularly met to celebrate birthdays, and watched films or simply met to chat, on common holidays. I cannot describe in words how my friends made each other feel important about oneself, despite the teasings and public humilations. If you have a friend, you sure knew it.
The most outstanding achievement of this year in my life was, me mustering the courage to propose a girl.I gathered all my courage, stood before her whom I'd known for long enough to make a marriage proposal- if love is the foundation for it. I did so more out of despiration to know if she loved me at all, though the role of the spontaneous temptation to cuddle her, boosted by the rare privacy we had, cannot be disputed. And finally after several rehersals in front of the mirror, I told her looking intently into her eyes all lies, about how much I love her and how badly I wish to be with her all my life. To my horror, she accepted the proposal, which I least expected, and made me the happiest man on earth that day. Little did I realise that it was a ploy to escape the privacy; she'd suspected my intentions and saw me a mere villain. Well, that was all of her chapter, no calls or SMSs from her any longer and won't respond to mine either.It was the culmination of my first fourth love, sadly this too in failure. he he he, u beleived in all of it didn't you??? lol!
Learning to drive car, discovering new routes-short cuts to places- in the plesant company of a distinguished friend, and the adjoining adventures under unpredictable skies made the year a truly remarkable one indeed.
It wasn't without bitter episodes; but those are for the new year to overturn.
The new year is born, yet 2010 will not caese to exist; not at least in my heart.
Farewell to you 2010, farewell to you!!!!