My Tag..

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
Got Married :) [!!!]

2. Did you keep up your 2008 resolutions, and will you make more for 2009?
Waking up DAILY at 5:15 am is/was the resolution tht i've been taking for the past 5 to 6 'new' years in a row!! Wht a coincidence!! :P

3. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
Discipline Discipline & Discipline

4. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes..One of my cousins-Ashakutty-gave birth to a tiny tot Nandus on June 13th the FRiday!! :D

5. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why:
My first encounter with aniyettan => March 23rd, a Sunday
My first Pennukaanal in & around EKM => April 29th, a Tuesday
My last day @ RASET => 15th May, one Thursday :(
My First(!) Engagement => 22nd June, a Sunday :)
My Wedding Day => 19th October, another SunDAy !
Dec 15th => Aniyettan's Bday..surprised him on the eve with cakes, gifts & all.. :D

6. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finally got married!! & that too to the man of my dreams!!!

7. What was your biggest failure?
Cannot think of any such failure as such.. Honestly!

8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes! Of course! Not without my yearly doses of Viral Fevers, Coughs & Colds.. And for the injury part, yes got a deep cut in my fore finger while i was packing things off fr my hostel room @ EKM..

9. What was the best thing you bought?
I didnt buy anything on my own..But after coming to Mumbai, we bought this PC from the money we got as a wedding gift..

10. Where did most of your money go?
Whatever money i've in my purse is going hayware @ the sight of foodies, Vegetables, & such Grocery items nowadays!! HouseWife aayennu ippazha oru thonnal okke undaye! :P

11.What song will always remind you of 2008?
"Tu Muskura Jahan Bhi Hain Tu Muskura.." - Yuvraaj/Alka Yagnik/AR Rahman

12.What do you wish you’d done more of?
I too agree with panackal...enikkum ippol oru maveli-look vannittundu..nannaayittu! Pandu college-il bhavathil mathreyundayirunnullu 'maveli' enna peru..Ippam roopathilum thani maveli thanne! :D

13. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Sleeping.. SNorr Snorrr..

14. How would you sum up your 2008 in one word?
"Fulfilling" :)

15. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
LAt year this time means around JAn?? ummmm.. i dont remember if i hate someone who i didnt hate then{!!}.. No one as such..definitely!!

16. What was the best book you read?
'The Prophet' by Khalil Gibran
There we so many wonderful quotes abt life, marriage, love & so on..

17. What was your favorite TV program?
KoffeeWithKaran, Kylie Kwong's Cookery Show (Travel&Living)

18. What was your greatest musical discovery?
MUsical discovery?? Wht does tht mean??? I didnt discover any music as such!! Pazhe malayalam, tamil & bollywood; pinne carnatic, hindusthani music thanne kettittullu..

19. What was your favorite film of this year?
Jab We Met(Hope this was released last year only!)

20. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you
In a way this was my last bday with achan, amma, kochitta, achu, muthassi & all..ammu was also with me..Cake cutting was there... Above all got a BiGGG Surprise courier frm aniyettan-a big teddy elephant!! We named it 'Banku'!!

21. What kept you sane?
Home, Books, Music, TV, Phone etc etc

22. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Farhan Akhtar - the Master Jack!!

23. Whom did you miss?
Personally, its always my muthassan.. Everyday i'll have something tht brings his memory back & i terribly am missing him.. especially during my wedding days..
Pinne mIssed the life @ MCET (i still do), life @ RASET & Aashiyana Hostel..
Now am missing achu the most!!!! Its really hard.

24. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Just as always => Everything happens for a reason & a good reason at that!! Whtever happened was the bestest to happen frm the other possible alternatives! :)
Happy NEwYear !!

Tagged !!!

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1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
Went onsite :-) It was a total surprise... didnt even think of getting a chance so soon coz the waiting list here is too big...

2. Did you keep up your 2008 resolutions, and will you make more for 2009?
Did keep up a resolution... that was to stop hot drinks.. but fufu resolution was a failure...
I have already taken a resolution to stop fufu this year.. since that was a bit hard, i have changed it to "reduce" and thats going on fine till now..

3. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
More peace of mind and more time to relax..

4. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Some of college mates... and also one of my collegue who is very dear to me..

5. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why:
My sister's wedding, the day i travelled to onsite and also the date i came back..

6. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Became closer to some new friends...

7. What was your biggest failure?
Couldnt keep in touch with many of my old pals...

8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yup.. got a horrible food poisoning when i was in dubai.. it took away much of my hard-earned fat :-(

9. What was the best thing you bought?
My new laptop

10. Where did most of your money go?
Still trying to figure out.. i better start investing... allengil njan ellam puttadichu theerkum.

11.What song will always remind you of 2008?
Rock On - Tum ho tho...

12.What do you wish you’d done more of?
Exercise... kudavayar okke chaadi oru kochu maveli aayi...

13. What do you wish you’d done less of?
fufu

14. How would you sum up your 2008 in one word?
Exciting

15. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
The hit list is the same.. no names added, none removed :-)

16. What was the best book you read?
I dont read books... tried reading one.. 'My three mistakes' by Chetan Bhagat.. pakshe kurachu pages kazhinjappo athinte print prashnam aayi... so couldnt continue :-(

17. What was your favorite TV program?
TV adikam kaanan pattiyilla.. Used to watch idea star singer junior for a while..

18. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Nothing much.. but started listening to English songs other than westlife.. Rockus need ur advice :-)

19. What was your favorite film of this year?
Didnt watch any malayalam movies...
English - Death Race bcoz the story was something different
Hindi - Golmaal returns... as usual, no logic.. but a fulltime entertainer...

20. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you
Celebrated with a cake cutting... I turned 24

21. What kept you sane?
Music :-)

22. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Deepika Padukone - She was looking gorgeous in Bachna Ae Haseeno

23. Whom did you miss?
I miss my family...

24. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Work hard only if u want to learn.. otherwise just pretend :-)