{mosimage}It started as a normal and a happy year as usual but I realised that it is going to be tortuous at the end of January itself. I was mentally prepared to become bit stronger. Coimbatore had made me very softer and vulnerable by keeping me happy always. I had already written that how much I loved being in Coimbatore. I still remember the moments I visited Thirumurthy Hills last time. I was praying that I must come there more often. I was offered this job in April mid and I enjoyed that summer to the most extent. All the kids were at our home for almost a month. Day by day the number started increasing so as their mischief. I was praying that the tickets must not come soon. At last the tickets came for 20th May and the kids also left back to home after the vacation. The scenario shifted to Dubai.
I liked Dubai the moment I landed there. It was no different from Chennai or Mumbai except that it is still more sophisticated. But that happiness was short lived. I was moved to Abu Dhabi. The initial days of Abu Dhabi were luxurious as I was put up in a 4 Star hotel for a week. Then we moved to a spacious flat that will put my Dubai colleagues to envy.
Life in Abu Dhabi is dull and boring. I am missing India very much. I feel like having left all my happiness there itself. May be I hadn't got any close friends here I might be feeling so. I am eagerly looking forward to return back to India. But everyone here says that they also had felt the same way initially but couldn’t go. Let me see whether I'll be an exception.
Career
There was not much of forward movement in my career even though I had a job change. But considering the money wise it is fine. I had been able to send some money to home in 6 months, which I would have taken almost a year and more, had I been in India. Besides this money factor, nothing is exciting me in the work place. I hope things turn well in 2005.
Tsunami
Towards the end of this year happened this disaster which moved me very much. I couldn't forget that couple of hours in tracing down where my mother went at that time. Also another thing that irritated me is some people talking that Tsunami is the act of God against arrest of the seer.
Friends
I have got some friends here but I can't claim that I can take them close to my heart. Things are still in initial stages. Whatever friends I have are from India only still. I am bit upset with my some friends in India, especially with Selvaraj & Raja. They are friends since school days but now they are not in touch with no matter how much I try to reach them. Another person who disappointed me is Senthilnathan. Better if left unsaid. Except him I am still in touch with the ABT gang. In fact I feel closer to them now.
Another thing I learnt is not to get too much closer before knowing about the person fully in the friendship. Creating an image that you are introvert till you are sure that this person is reliable, is the best lesson of this year for me. I have decided to be in that way here after.
Another interesting thing is I happened to get a chance of being with someone over whom I was crazy during my school days. I did all sort of nonsense to grab his attention then. We both moved away due to studies and career. When we came together again after almost a decade, I feel that he hadn't changed a bit. He is no more appealing and I am keeping him away now. A revenge. Equations change here.
This year showed that you could never be a friend with girls after their marriage. I was very close to a girl in Coimbatore and I was very happy for her when she got married to the guy she loved a lot. I attended her marriage and whatever we spoke that day happened to be our last dialogue. Now I heard that she is back her home for delivery and I called to enquire about her health, share the happenings, I sensed that she is very uncomfortable. Don't know whether wrong is on my part, I took the lesson as "You can't be a friend to married girls".
Romance
I have been a romantic person who had never fallen in love…. To be precise whom hadn't got an opportunity to fall in love. This year proved that I am unlucky in love. I had a deep crush towards a girl and was pondering whether I am serious or not. After a long time I decided to go ahead and wooed her with a love letter inspired by a song from the movie "Lakshya". And…… my love also flopped. Only saving grace is that girl is still in friend with me and we are still in touch, myself confiding all the happy, important and trivia with her.
I am not watching TV, not seeing movies, then what I do after office hours? I have rediscovered my first hobby - reading. These days I spend a lot of time in reading. Hey… not any heavy philosophical or personality development stuffs as I was doing in Coimbatore. I enjoy reading Tamil novels. I read 'Ponniyin Selvan', 'Parthiban Kanavu', and 'Sivakamiyin Sabatham' along with many Balakumaran's creations. I am now reading a short story collection of Jeffrey Archer and a novel by Rudyard Kipling. Reading is one of the best things I have rediscovered.
Traveling
Another thing I learnt is not to get too much closer before knowing about the person fully in the friendship. Creating an image that you are introvert till you are sure that this person is reliable, is the best lesson of this year for me. I have decided to be in that way here after.
Another interesting thing is I happened to get a chance of being with someone over whom I was crazy during my school days. I did all sort of nonsense to grab his attention then. We both moved away due to studies and career. When we came together again after almost a decade, I feel that he hadn't changed a bit. He is no more appealing and I am keeping him away now. A revenge. Equations change here.
This year showed that you could never be a friend with girls after their marriage. I was very close to a girl in Coimbatore and I was very happy for her when she got married to the guy she loved a lot. I attended her marriage and whatever we spoke that day happened to be our last dialogue. Now I heard that she is back her home for delivery and I called to enquire about her health, share the happenings, I sensed that she is very uncomfortable. Don't know whether wrong is on my part, I took the lesson as "You can't be a friend to married girls".
Romance
I have been a romantic person who had never fallen in love…. To be precise whom hadn't got an opportunity to fall in love. This year proved that I am unlucky in love. I had a deep crush towards a girl and was pondering whether I am serious or not. After a long time I decided to go ahead and wooed her with a love letter inspired by a song from the movie "Lakshya". And…… my love also flopped. Only saving grace is that girl is still in friend with me and we are still in touch, myself confiding all the happy, important and trivia with her.
I am not watching TV, not seeing movies, then what I do after office hours? I have rediscovered my first hobby - reading. These days I spend a lot of time in reading. Hey… not any heavy philosophical or personality development stuffs as I was doing in Coimbatore. I enjoy reading Tamil novels. I read 'Ponniyin Selvan', 'Parthiban Kanavu', and 'Sivakamiyin Sabatham' along with many Balakumaran's creations. I am now reading a short story collection of Jeffrey Archer and a novel by Rudyard Kipling. Reading is one of the best things I have rediscovered.
Traveling
The passion that was ignited by the beautiful Coimbatore continued to do so here also. The only problem is that there are not so many places to visit like in India. The locations are very much limited. Yet I loved what I saw because for someone who loved lush greens alone, this is a new experience. The memorable locations I visited here are Jebel Hafeet, Al Mubazzarah in Al-Ain and other hangouts in Dubai & Abu Dhabi. I am looking forward to visit Hatta, Fujairah and Korfakhan in coming months. Once my salary increases I also love to visit Salalah and Bahrain.
Besides U.A.E and India, I had been to another country Qatar for 15 minutes. Sounds interesting? While coming back from Al Ain, we passed through a place called Buraimi, which is a part of Qatar. That’s how my visited country's count raised to 3.
Movies
Besides U.A.E and India, I had been to another country Qatar for 15 minutes. Sounds interesting? While coming back from Al Ain, we passed through a place called Buraimi, which is a part of Qatar. That’s how my visited country's count raised to 3.
Movies
Autograph is the only one Tamil movie that I had seen this year and the only one to excite me also. I had become so choosy about watching movies not only because of compulsion but also a change in tastes and preferences. I saw 7/G Rainbow colony on the 1st Jan 2005, and I liked that movie. It is something different. Now I see the movies as another form of literature, so inclined to see only that is poetic and the ones with that literature quality. Besides that the other movies I saw this year are 1. Manassinakkare (mal), 2. Perumazhakalam (mal), 3. Yuva (Hin), 4. Manjnu Pol Oru Pen Kutty (mal).
Crushes
Crushes
After seeing Manasinakkare, I had found a new crush - Nayantara. After that I hadn't come across anyone beautiful and talented. Heard that my crushes Asin and Nayantara are the rising stars of Tamil cinema. My crush towards Meera Jasmine had grown into respect after seeing her winning a national award & an excellent performance in "Perumazhakalam".
