One year gone by… There have been so many incidents in the past year which have changed my life forever. (Pretty clichéd, yes, but can’t put it in any other way.) I really wonder where to begin… the events of the past year have made a complete new person of Jayashree (That’s me. Quite obvious, but I thought I’d make it clear. Just in case, you know…) A year back, I wouldn’t have believed that I’ll be what I am today. Sometime in the year, my thoughts and ideas entered a tornado and now, at the end of it, I don’t know in what direction they’re heading. I feel I’m much more sensible (and two years back I thought I couldn’t get more sensible! Probably, two years henceforth I’ll be saying the same thing…)

The year has seen me go crazy with happiness and success, drop down to the depths of depression, come out of it with Herculean efforts, get on with life like nothing ever happened and learn things the hardest way possible- by raw experience.

But no, even if I were given a second chance to set right all that went wrong, I’d have none of it. I’d enviously guard all my experiences- the bad ones included. For without them, I wouldn’t be the Jayashree I am today. (Why am I sounding dramatic today??)

On hindsight, 2006 has been kinder to me than I thought- I met like-minded people, made wonderful friends, ones I can depend on for almost anything. Above all, I learnt that what is most important in life is to be an individual, to be what you are (easier said than done!) and to be proud of what you are.

Happy new year to everyone and may 2007 bring you loads of happiness.

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P.S. - I have been dormant for ages. Somehow, I wasn’t in the mood to write. I’ll try to be more regular henceforth. See you all!