!Citizen Kane!

LO & Behold... this may not be the annual key-note by Steve Jobs... or the launch of tata nano!!

but i bought a bike... and i'm mighty pleased about it...

the Hercules WOW n my bike is called KANE... what with the red color n the fancy grafix :))

anyway... after much random thinking... and all those meetings with bicycle guys all over india.. i got fascinated... and decided to buy one of my own :)

i've owned it merely 30 hrs... and i already have a tale to tell.. (this is the mark of a good purchase.. i say!)

so.. last night.. we took delivery of the bike.. and then went out for dinner drinks.. n blah... got back by some 3 AM... n i didnt quite feel like sleeping... so i took off at 3 am... and went over to their place.. (which is a good 8kms away..) we watched some tv.. bummed arnd 4 a bit... n generally chilled... course.. more importantly they all thgt.. it was a dead-stupid idea.. to be on the road at 3 am... but sometimes.. you just gotta do those things i guess?

so yeah.. the 18 geared beast completed that journey in 30 odd mins FLAT :)

the simplistic joy of riding... of having something at yr disposal... n not having to worry abt how u will manouver it in traffic.. or will there be parking.. when you reach the destination.. is quite divine... not to mention the fringe benefits... like its eco-friendly... and that... it is good exercise :)

anyway.. we spent the night there.. woke up late... lazed around... saw a movie... and decided to come back in the evening.... again a leisurely ride on the bike :))

i saved about 180 bucks of cab fare on this round trip... i say the tgt is to break-even on the bike in the next 6 months..

i dunno if its abt re-visiting yr childhood... or being plain silly... or taking ones job too seriously.. (lolz) but i don't think i've felt this excited about anything i've bought in the last couple of yrs... n tht cant be a bad thing :)

happy 2007

s so... we try to review a year... which started with breakfast at shiv sagar (juhu)?

funny... how much we take the familiar for granted... in our present tense :)

a year... which was all about change... a year.. maybe more significant.. than the 24 before it... that in itself.. loads the yr with so MUCH baggage.. .but then a stray thgt says.. these changes have just begun... and who know how much more will be different.. and how many more important yrs are to come by.. anyway.. to stop philosophising.. and start reviewing..

a yr that saw us get placed... in dear ol' retail... the roller-coaster... which ensured this.. is one i guess... which you had to experience to believe... but then.. there is something romantic about fulfilling a long cherished dream!

a yr tht saw us travel... with friends to goa... all of north & shimla... to shingapur.... to kolkata... to rest of north for work.... to china... and other such south east....
this... for a boy.. who was born n happily brought up... in the beautiful city of bby... who jst abt travelled north (home) and to gujarat 4 a yr... is quite a LOT to fathom!

a yr.. that saw us... setup a brand new home.. .for ourselves... in the city of kolkata... oh what a joy it is... to fall in love with a new city... and discover it with a new set of ppl...

a yr of work.. yr of responsibilities.. of all things new... oh so new.. so much freedom... and so many questions :)...
a yr of a car... tht almost was and was-not.... feels lucky now...
a yr... where i spent an afternoon with her... i think... more time... than in 8 long yrs.. heh

a yr of... 7 months away from home... and 7 trips home :P its almost like.. i may have moved.. but the umblical chord... has almost not snapped yet...

a yr tht ended.. in the only way... was appropriate... for sucha yr to end... in gurgaon... away from both home's... and with some old n new friends :)
(this mind you... would be the first new yrs eve.. i've spent out of bby city-limits... a fact tht even amazes me.. right now) :)

its hard to put a finger on how the yr was... how much we liked or hated it.. and how much we wished for it to pan out differently... but i guess... at the stroke of midnight... when 2007 began... nothing any1 wud have said.. .cud have prepared us for any of this...