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The year that was 23
23 was a giant tiered cake! It was a cake I ate slowly, savoring every bite. Letting every flavor tingle my taste buds and allowing myself be hit with every crunchy munchy within its many layers!
My foundation layer came with my solid base, the family with its unparalleled love and unending support. Year after year, my faith in what I now pronounce a fact 'Our Family is our ONLY source of strength' is restored. They see me through my worst and at my best, they extend all the support I need. Dad, Mom and Pooja they are my foundation layer with its pillars supporting the rest of the many layers! And every inch of this layer is topped with rich creame that states 'Thankful'.
The layer over that came the layer of all the love I have gathered over the last 23 adventurous years! Friends and extended family who have been there through thick and thin over the years. The ones that came and never left. The ones who gained my trust with the least effort and the ones who'll guard me. The ones who'll join me in my craziness and not once say 'I told you so'. The friends handpicked by destiny, so different in every way, yet so similar in many ways. My comfort zone. Saniya, Anisa, Naina, Namita, Shrikala, Andrea, Aakriti, Natasha, Pallavi, Ankur, Shegan, Kavish, Evelyn, Kausar, Arathi Aunty, Moothamma, Vernon, Sneha and Siddharth, Ritty Chechi! My nieces and nephews who make me look forward to the future- Nandika, Fariya, Akshith, Inaaya, Ethan and the newest joy in my life, Tristan. Surya and Rishabh and another bundle of joy along the way! Saleela's lil Aditya. I wish I had the chance to know more closely Vikram's brat Aryan, Vidya's half Indian, half Brit brats and Harsha's half Indian, half Spanish angels, Amrita's brats too. Achan and Amma, without whom Life today is unimaginable. Without being physically here always, they are always in my thoughts. And it goes without saying how much I wish Granny and Grandpa were a part of my comfort zone too. All the lovely cousins from Dad and Mom's side who have over the years been kind and so warm to have extended their regards at every opportunity.
With the foundation strong and the layer above that, rich, the next layer of my cake, the top most layer was carved out with all the new people who crossed my path this last year. Who touched my life and some where left a good memory, a not too tasteful one, a hilarious one, a glance and miss one etc. The Princeton-ians, Namrata, Priya, Shehzad, Ishaan, The MBA lot, the layer of chocolate in my cake, my batch mates - the first befrienders: Arnika, Adwitee, Alka, Anshika, the room mates: Shama, Pradhnya, Kalpana, Bhoomi and Jenny, the neighbors: Siddhi, Shreya, Farah, Atipriya, Manasi, Isha, Lakshmi, Jina, Jenny, Neha Singh, Neha Varma, Atika, Ankita, Amrita! The study group mates: Karthik S, Jay, Santanu Das, Prateek Mohanty,Ankit Papriwal, the friends who turned teachers: Rohan, Saurabh, Shray and Vikrant and the bunch that made Division B what it was, Pratisurya, Pratik, Ankit Jain, Ankit Narula for being the only person who came to me and said with such conviction that I would cake walk through Statistics Internals and I did. The out of place raisins that I didn't appreciate being a part of my cake, Niranjan, Vikas, Jagan Sam, Gajendra, Samata Raje *puke* The seniors who came about to add the layer of jelly, Nikhil, Parag, Parth, Pankaj Baid, Shekhar, Vasav, Rajesh, Apoorva Soni (who yelled at me every time she saw me sitting on the parapet), Tanvi Babar. The teachers who added value: Azar Khan, Dhanorkar Sir, Asawari Ma'am, the co ordinators, PAT, Adya Ma'am, Smita Santoki, Chitnis Ma'am, Sunita Raman, Vaze Sir! This layer was also glazed by many many nuts who added the crunch to the year just as it came to an end, the Bangalore Internship - My nut case roomies and the PG 'gals', Smita, Shruti, Neelam, Bhavana, Akriti, Aditi, Jyoti, Preetu, the nuts I met briefly through Anisa: Suchi, MoonMoon, Abhiram, Mallya, Sam, the nuts I bumped into from bba days, Nadha and Sarath, the nuts I met after eons, Pooja SK and Sameer! The nuts I met at work: Meher and Divya! The gorgeous nut who ensured I got back to the PG safely from Hyderabad: Alexandra!
That pretty much took care of all the fatty yummyness of the topmost layer! Some of these will hopefully with the coming years seep down, to the layer with my comfort zone where they would continue to add the crunch and the munch!
The year also saw some candles melt and burn away- JT, Loli, Rituraj, Abdul, Cheeru (the taste of Malaka Spice) and the year also saw falling out, of a friendship that was perhaps not meant to last.
However, the highlight of my cake, of my giant tiered cake with all its creame, chocolate, jam, nuts garnishing. The highlight of it all, the cherry on my cake, the giant round shiny red yummy that shimmered through my year: Ansh. He came through all the layers and settled on top! I consider it the prime post, the one that makes my cake attractive, the one that adds the glitter to all its layers, the one that is reserved only for the birthday girl from this year and on forever!
I hope 24 proves to be better, richer and blessed with love and warmth of loved ones, new friends and many new experiences!
See you at the other side! *clink clink*
Miss Rascal. (July 19th 2013)
My foundation layer came with my solid base, the family with its unparalleled love and unending support. Year after year, my faith in what I now pronounce a fact 'Our Family is our ONLY source of strength' is restored. They see me through my worst and at my best, they extend all the support I need. Dad, Mom and Pooja they are my foundation layer with its pillars supporting the rest of the many layers! And every inch of this layer is topped with rich creame that states 'Thankful'.
The layer over that came the layer of all the love I have gathered over the last 23 adventurous years! Friends and extended family who have been there through thick and thin over the years. The ones that came and never left. The ones who gained my trust with the least effort and the ones who'll guard me. The ones who'll join me in my craziness and not once say 'I told you so'. The friends handpicked by destiny, so different in every way, yet so similar in many ways. My comfort zone. Saniya, Anisa, Naina, Namita, Shrikala, Andrea, Aakriti, Natasha, Pallavi, Ankur, Shegan, Kavish, Evelyn, Kausar, Arathi Aunty, Moothamma, Vernon, Sneha and Siddharth, Ritty Chechi! My nieces and nephews who make me look forward to the future- Nandika, Fariya, Akshith, Inaaya, Ethan and the newest joy in my life, Tristan. Surya and Rishabh and another bundle of joy along the way! Saleela's lil Aditya. I wish I had the chance to know more closely Vikram's brat Aryan, Vidya's half Indian, half Brit brats and Harsha's half Indian, half Spanish angels, Amrita's brats too. Achan and Amma, without whom Life today is unimaginable. Without being physically here always, they are always in my thoughts. And it goes without saying how much I wish Granny and Grandpa were a part of my comfort zone too. All the lovely cousins from Dad and Mom's side who have over the years been kind and so warm to have extended their regards at every opportunity.
With the foundation strong and the layer above that, rich, the next layer of my cake, the top most layer was carved out with all the new people who crossed my path this last year. Who touched my life and some where left a good memory, a not too tasteful one, a hilarious one, a glance and miss one etc. The Princeton-ians, Namrata, Priya, Shehzad, Ishaan, The MBA lot, the layer of chocolate in my cake, my batch mates - the first befrienders: Arnika, Adwitee, Alka, Anshika, the room mates: Shama, Pradhnya, Kalpana, Bhoomi and Jenny, the neighbors: Siddhi, Shreya, Farah, Atipriya, Manasi, Isha, Lakshmi, Jina, Jenny, Neha Singh, Neha Varma, Atika, Ankita, Amrita! The study group mates: Karthik S, Jay, Santanu Das, Prateek Mohanty,Ankit Papriwal, the friends who turned teachers: Rohan, Saurabh, Shray and Vikrant and the bunch that made Division B what it was, Pratisurya, Pratik, Ankit Jain, Ankit Narula for being the only person who came to me and said with such conviction that I would cake walk through Statistics Internals and I did. The out of place raisins that I didn't appreciate being a part of my cake, Niranjan, Vikas, Jagan Sam, Gajendra, Samata Raje *puke* The seniors who came about to add the layer of jelly, Nikhil, Parag, Parth, Pankaj Baid, Shekhar, Vasav, Rajesh, Apoorva Soni (who yelled at me every time she saw me sitting on the parapet), Tanvi Babar. The teachers who added value: Azar Khan, Dhanorkar Sir, Asawari Ma'am, the co ordinators, PAT, Adya Ma'am, Smita Santoki, Chitnis Ma'am, Sunita Raman, Vaze Sir! This layer was also glazed by many many nuts who added the crunch to the year just as it came to an end, the Bangalore Internship - My nut case roomies and the PG 'gals', Smita, Shruti, Neelam, Bhavana, Akriti, Aditi, Jyoti, Preetu, the nuts I met briefly through Anisa: Suchi, MoonMoon, Abhiram, Mallya, Sam, the nuts I bumped into from bba days, Nadha and Sarath, the nuts I met after eons, Pooja SK and Sameer! The nuts I met at work: Meher and Divya! The gorgeous nut who ensured I got back to the PG safely from Hyderabad: Alexandra!
That pretty much took care of all the fatty yummyness of the topmost layer! Some of these will hopefully with the coming years seep down, to the layer with my comfort zone where they would continue to add the crunch and the munch!
The year also saw some candles melt and burn away- JT, Loli, Rituraj, Abdul, Cheeru (the taste of Malaka Spice) and the year also saw falling out, of a friendship that was perhaps not meant to last.
However, the highlight of my cake, of my giant tiered cake with all its creame, chocolate, jam, nuts garnishing. The highlight of it all, the cherry on my cake, the giant round shiny red yummy that shimmered through my year: Ansh. He came through all the layers and settled on top! I consider it the prime post, the one that makes my cake attractive, the one that adds the glitter to all its layers, the one that is reserved only for the birthday girl from this year and on forever!
I hope 24 proves to be better, richer and blessed with love and warmth of loved ones, new friends and many new experiences!
See you at the other side! *clink clink*
Miss Rascal. (July 19th 2013)
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