My Birthday diary II

It took me more than a month now to continue my last post today - a day from a week which itself in its own accord has got some importance - will deviate to it in next post. Now - let me focus on my 25th year on earth.

I remember celbrating my b'day with 2-3 new dresses and from 1.30 pm CST the previous day. And recving bumps later that night when i cut the cake - first time in my life, but better-not-to-mention start. I was in fiserv team then("was"!!!). But life was cool then, vidhya leading the team, me not with responsiblities and worries, living a wake up late- sleep in office - play pool - stay cool life in Westwood.

And it was the time i might have felt that I am gonna stay onsite for long and will be earning much that i started making trips every possible long weekend - July 4 - florida - Sep - Atlanta, etc. All with sustainment gang. And in Florida - Keywest - I swam(??!!) in the ocean - North Atlantic as it turned out to be... Well, by swimming i didnt mean "kutraleeswaran" type channel crossing effort, but just to float in salty deep blue sea with water jacket. First in my life...

And then Atlanta in sep - me, sundar, vel to visit vijay and not to hurry ourselves as in FL, and relax. We did relax, highlight being the latenight ihop dinner, voracious eating in that indian restaurant and knowing how to live happily in US from jerald and co.

Then suddenly i was aware that im spending too much, and had plans to go home for vacation that I decided to curb myself from any more tours - eventually i spent the longest long weekend of thanksgiving in the coldest cold of minnesota - waiting for the black friday deals for God-only-knows-we-get. Went to BestBuy the night before, and started playing cards out in cold waiting in queue.

But one of the best "first of my life" happened in August - Much dreamt, but a bit disapppointed - my lovely, sweet and troublesome - Toyota camry LE. I hated everything about it and would not have gone for it on a normal day, but with all my options gone, i almost ended up with this, but a big acheievement whatsoever, in life to own a car. In India it would not have happened with all those traffic and not affordable too. Thanks to Uncle Sam - Well, it is my biggest personal purchase after my mobile and laptop.

Then comes one of my most awaited career "first" - I wrote my first line of Development code - although unofficially when I did a module in Vidhya's proj - CCH, yet it was awesome to step into the land of .NET Development and my first successful step towards my dream destination right from my 11th high school- It was long deviated, struggled and finally may be fortunately turned towards what I dont know if that is the best for my career. Thanks to all those who played a part here - Vidhya, Sourav, Baskar, etc.

Time and space running up - few more are : First full year in US, Credit card and credit history, postpaid moblie connection, my cutey-motty-Sony Ericsson w600i, India vacation, Anna's marriage, Park Meadows Tennis & volleyball, etc - a very eventful year indeed. Let me see if I get time to grab these in detail, in next post.