Little Joys of Life

Got this as a forward email and couldn't resist posting this :) Sorry for not replying to all your comments. Will surely do it next year :P

I know it's a bit early, but incase I forget or don't have time or don't make it or get hold of you I am just taking this opportunity to thank everyone , I mean everyone , who made 2009 a fabulous year..

Hoping 2010 will be even better.

• For all those I've made promises to and never kept - it was not deliberate but I will "improve" in 2010.
• Those that I owe lunches, movies, night out , etc..., I'll fix that as well, I'll make time . For sure.
• For those that have supported me and made me smile through all my hardships...I salute you! halaala.
• For those I've disagreed with, argued with and just never got along with......well, I'm Sorry!!!!!!! Let's try again next year.
• Those that I've hurt.....unintentionally/intentionally....I've already apologized "I'm Sorry" again...
• For those that stuck a knife in my back the past is all forgotten.... forgiveness is the best revenge Maybe!!!
• For those that have let me down.....oh well.... I should have known better
• All the true friends that I have: you Rock!!..Awesome!
• Congratulations to all the new mommies & fathers, newly weds etc..., no funerals please guys

But all in all, you guys have made 2009 a great year; I wish you and your loved ones prosperity, good health, wealth, happiness, greener pastures, abundant blessings,

• And Oh!! a wonderful festive season.

May 2010 be the year you achieve wonderful things in God's guidance and strength.
May God Be With You.........Be Blessed!!!!!!!

Regards

For people like me who keep on thinking about topics to post, tags are a boon :)) And this time zanychild helped me by tagging. Here goes her tag..

Are you better than where you were when the year started?
Yes

Did you get a notch up on the ladder of wisdom?
A few steps ;)

Did you laugh more till you cried or cried more till you laughed?
Both. first half of the year was faced mostly with tears and second half with more laughter :)

Did you meet new people?
Undoubtedly yes

Did your friend list swell a little?
It shrunk a little and also swell a little. So now it is back to same size ;)

Did you have to let go of people?
Yups

Did that hurt you a lot?
Not exactly. Holding them was more hurting. Letting go off was more easier.

Did you have to put up a false smile and bear things with a grudge?
Nopes. Evenif a situation comes, I dont think I could do that.

Did you have to act happy when you hurt inside?
Nopes.

Did you achieve something great this year?
Will you accept starting this sweet little blog as an achievement :P

Do you regret anything you did this year?
Hmmm.... yes.

Did you fall in and out of love, necessarily not in that order? :p
Luckily No :)

Did you grow?
Physically, mentally, Emotionally - Yes in all ways :D

Was this one of your best years?
If you consider only the second half

Did you learn something new?
Quite a lot

What was the most memorable in this year?
My Dream come true moments - Attending ARR's concert, Visiting Tanjore BIG temple
My visit to Madurai
My trip with friends to Nagercoil (Especially the send off my friend gave me @ Tambaram station :P)

Would have done anything differently this year if given a chance?
Yes. But at any cost, I dont want to go back to those situations in my life :(

You travel a lot this year?
Undoubtedly YES.

Will you mark this year as one filled with fond memories or bitter ones?
A mixture of both :)

After passing out from school, I hardly remember celebrating Children's day. And now, After all these years, the thought of celebrating children's day brings a huge smile on my face :) Yes, We are going to celebrate it @ our office. In our organization, they have a CSR initiative which was started approximately during the same time in 2004. Every year they used celebrate their anniversary on Nov.14th. And this time, as they are completing 5 years, they have decided to celebrate it for 1 complete week (Nov 16 - Nov 20). We do have a lot of attractions. Completely decorated office, kids invited from homes, movie screenings for them, stalls, games for children and for us too :))

The top one on the list is the part "High school Musical". Each floor in the organization is supposed to be one school and people have to come in school uniforms on last day (Nov 20). After a lot of discussions we decided our uniform will be of white and khaki combination. (White shirt and khaki pant for guys, white chudi and khaki dhuppatta for girls). We are asked to come with school bags, if possible with a lunch bag too ;))) We also have interschool competitions to exhibit our talents :))) Now, with all these introductions, I am eagerly looking fwd to the new week :))

This is one of my favourite song which takes me back to my wonderful school days.

The original season 1 song.. but the clarity is really bad :(

This little angel Kurinji malar(a) pappu 's bday was on Oct 28th and her mother sandanamullai (a) aachi arranged a special bday party for blogger friends on Oct 11th (Spl ppl get first preferrence u see ;)). I was so unlucky to miss the party, as I had to go for ARR's concert. Surprisingly, she called on friday and told there is another party on this saturday for pappu's school mates. It was so nice of her to reinvite me and I confirmed her that I would definitely be there for the party.

Next day after few roundings (in search of her street) @ Madipakkam, I reached her house. Initially pappu dint recognize me (as we had met only once and that too was longtime back). But within few minutes we got along nicely and split up into two teams. Pappu and myself in one team while aachi and aadhi (Her neighbour's kid) formed another team. We started creating an elephant using building blocks game. Slowly people started coming in.

I was so happy to meet varshini & venmathi (pappu's classmates - Whoever reads aachi's blog would have known known them very well as most of her posts are about pappu and her little world :))) ). Then these motherly talks started. I was surprised when aachi told, "everyday pappu will be asking her to put different types of hairstyles ( two plaits one day, just a clip another day.. ), the reason being varshini, who came with that particular hairstyle on the previous day :D She proudly said varshini is the role model for pappu :)

Varshini and pappu were in full form to roam around the house playing hide and seek, karate fighting, lifting each other etc.. Venmathi on the other hand was so reluctant to move away from her mother even when pappu and varshini called her for n no.of times. Later they decided that she will not come without her mother and directly called venmathi's mother to come with venmathi :))

There was this kid Harshith (If I remember the name correctly). He was reacting like a big man saying no for photos and girly games. He was more interested in getting updates about cricket score. Then there were few neighbour's kids. Then we had tailing the horse game and cake cutting ceremonies. After snacks session, as everyone left, venmathi was busy painting. Aachi and venmathi's mom got busy with their motherly topics. So pappu and myself were left alone and we started playing with an imaginary cat. We were running around hiding from the cat, but the cat finally got us and started biting :( So we throwed the cat via balcony gate and returned to our room. After few seconds, pappu with a sad face said "poonai azhuvudhu" (Translation for swaram - cat is crying ;)) Then we felt pity for the cat, took it back and gave it shelter :))))

Before starting aachi was giving return gifts to all kids and surprisingly she gave me one too :)) A key chain and a camel miniature :))) Enna innum kozhandhayaavae paakkara ivangala ellam nenacha.. avvvvvvvvvv... enakku azhuvaachi azhuvaachiya varudhu ;))) [Sri, I leave this translation part to U :)) I know u could do it better than me ;)]

On the whole it was a very fun-filled evening. Special thanks to aachi and pappu :)))