Happy New Year!
one of my new year’s resolutions is going to be trying to get back into blogging with this. Anyway I saw Janice do one of these on fb and I thought it would be a great way to celebrate 2009!
What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Moved to California!! Lived on my own financially!
Did you keep your new years’ resolutions?
I’m sure one of my resolutions was to lose weight and exercise more I did get a Texercise pass this summer and go to a few classes!
Reflecting On…
New Years: Spent it with Nidhi, Janet and Anusha at Nidhi’s house playing Wii fit! Super fun! And got a call from Naeem at midnight!
Valentine’s Day: Naeem was gone interviewing :( I’m pretty sure I stayed home and watched Degrassi
Spring Break: Was excited because I had just found out I got into Caltech!!
Memorial Day Weekend: I think I was back in Austin by then, bumming around with Naeem :D
Fourth of July: Saw fireworks on Boston Harbor with Naeem, Hemon, Bhuvana and Chethana!!
Summer: Best summer of my life! I just bummed around Austin and really got to enjoy the city and Naeem before we started doing long distance! AND went to Boston with Naeem to visit his bro and sister-in-law and saw the city like I’d never seen it before! Had an absolutely amazing time. I was also in India for about 2 weeks, and it was good to see grandma! Moved to California!! Drove up California’s coast with Naeem on rt 1 which was amazing and beautiful and got to live in Berkeley for a little bit before moving down to Pasadena!
Thanksgiving: Was on a plane flying to Houston :( Did get some nice dinner with the parents.
Christmas: Was pretty ehh. There was still some residual drama after telling the parents about Naeem two days before. Hopefully next Christmas will be better!
Your Birthday: Dinner with Jerry, Genevieve, Skim, Jonathan, Megan, Chhavi and Shaon at Saba! Went DT with Chhavi, Shaon, Richa, Nidhi and Spoorthy!!
Did anyone close to you give birth? Naeem’s sister-in-law!
Did anyone close to you die? no, thankfully
What countries did you visit? India
What was your biggest purchase of the year? Spur of the moment plane tickets to Berkeley when I found out I had a Friday off (was TOTALLY worth it though!!)
What do you wish you’d done more of? Made more of an effort to make friends at Caltech
What do you wish you’d done less of? spend money on random things :(
Favorites of the Year…
Movie: Away We go
Book: Love in the Time of Cholera . for some reason I LOVE LOVE LOVE reading Marquez in India (maybe because it’s in a tropical location like most of his settings)
TV program: Glee!!
Musical Artist: The Dream
Restaurant: Cheese Board in Berkeley, Beard Papa’s and Thai Dishes in Pasadena, and Sweetish Hill Bakery in ATX
Celebrity/Public Figure: Snookie!! haha LOVE her
Where did most of your money go?: Eating out/plane tickets
What song will always remind you of 2009?: soo many! any Lady Gaga, You Belong with Me by Taylor Swift! Meet me Halfway by Black Eyed Peas!
Compared to last year
happier or sadder? I think waay more nostalgic. I get super happy from random moments but it’s not consistent :(
thinner or fatter? fatter :(.
richer or poorer? RICHER! Thanks for the monies Caltech!
Which political issue stirred you most? Stupak Amendment :(
Who did you miss? Naeem Shahab Husain :( I miss living with you soo much!
Who was the best new person you met? Christina Glazier!! Love that girl!!
Tell me a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009: You really shouldn’t take a lot of things you have for granted
Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? I hate the 400 miles between me and Naeem
What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? If somehow Berkeley and Caltech decided to transport their campuses to Austin and were like a block away from one another
What kept you going? Knowing that I’m finally independent and headed, maybe not directly, to a career that I’m going to love
Whew that was long! Anyway I thought I’d add some more New Year’s Resolutions to this just so I can check back later! This year I want to
1. Be more social in Pasadena!
2. Not eat out as much (ie try to save more monies)
3. Try to figure out what career I wanna eventually be in
4. Exercise more, not to lose weight, but to be more healthy (as Kayla put it!!)
