Straight to the point; Wishing all who read this, a Grand, Phenomenal New Year with astonishing things all around through out the year! I'm sure, this will be a remarkable year in your wonderful life!

Last year, I have had a merry-ride through out the night, with 3G, (our Sreeji) on my Bike's back seat. We went almost till Bandra, landed up at St. Andrew's Church and thus could attend the New Year Mass, and continued to roam around the place till early morning having multiple Masala teas. We wanted to have a fun-raid alongside the Juhu shores, but there was some riot going on during those wee hours and hence we dissuaded the plan. The next day, papers showed the news of two young women who got molested at Juhu by a group of men and that had caused the riot-like situation. A large number of men had been arrested.

The year before that, I have had a New Year toast with my Aunty and Uncle at Kalina. We have always shared a toast for all major occasions and Aunty had a special charm to 'Okay' my toast plans for New Year, as she would get new Glass tumblers from the wine-shop as gift on New Year sale.

This year, I'm with Ebie, which is something I never thought of an Year before. We went for New Year Mass together, came back and watched the Fireworks at Skyline Villa, where are staying temporarily. We invited 3G for today's lunch. Ebie cooked one of the tastiest Prawns curries I ever had and later we watched a movie, Kanchipurathe Kalyanam, which turned out to be stupid time pass.

The New Year celebrations are over, but not the New Year. Most of it is still there and we are only at it's tooth's side. So let's take it to heart and treat all the days in this new year as New Year Days. Lets celebrate each day.

One more point. A New Year is, was and has been expected, but not all the happenings in it. There would be goods and bads. There might be be all nights and no days. There could be rivers stop flowing and mountains dancing. But let's be cool and be prepared. Lets be strong in mind, but easy in demeanor.