Its a brand new year !

Well, its 2008 here in India and still a bunch of hours left in 2007 in other places - Funny, aint it ?

I am not exactly suffering from one of my somnipathic attacks tonight - but keeping myself awake because tomorrow appears to be a bit of free day - because no one appears to be planning on coming to work.

I had a VERY nice week (last week) nice bit of a spell of good work after getting back from all the sights & sounds of Bangkok.

I scrubbed the entire apartment clean [ the 3 washrooms included ] spending about 3 hours - then spent an equal amount of time at Crossword bookstore across the road & took home about 4 books - 1 book on the Knight Templars (nice one not too bad), Orhan Pamuk's Istanbul, some new release from Manfredi (the Alexander guy, i cant remember the book's title - theyre normally no-brainers - good for a lazy sunday afternoon) and 1 utterly wasted Wilbur Smith [I was hoping for some interesting epic centered around ancient egyptians, but i think thats the last Wilbur smith i'l ever buy - the Asshole must be hanged if he isnt dead already]

Interestingly, bought Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner for my anticipated 10hour sleepover at the Airport in Bangkok [ Because my hotel threw me out at Noon and refused to extend my room for another day. I spent the rest of the day by the pool, then the health club, then the gym shower THEN went down to leave for the Airport for the flight which was leaving the next day around 11 am or something]

- The book, being the first in the genre was interesting enough - but i am 100% certain [ i looked at his other book, A thousand splendid suns] that similar stuff written around similar characters, locales etc. will make it less interesting.

Music: Toh Phir Aao, Tera Mera Rishta - Awaarapan (O$#a TOP), A bunch of recent tamil songs being performed Live on Vijay TV earlier this evening - nice bunch of young singers - krish, chinmayi, Kartick and a host of other new guys


Enough messing around - other stuff -

2007, oddly, if i look back will probably be a defining year in my life - hell, not that i did anything HUGELY big - but it will go down in my puny history as the year in which i found my footing, identity in my little society - my immediate family and more importantly, at work.

Ola 2008, Here we come !