2016 Calendar
– the year that was...
I’m too lazy to have a
daily journal so I decided to make a yearly journal instead ;) The fast
flashback on the year 2016 was, was the perfect way to bring in the countdown
to the year 2017 will be! When I lived it day-by-day, I still remember how much
each day was dreadful but still felt it flew by just like the pages being
turned while showcasing a cartoon
flip-book. Now when I look back I have a feeling of contentment and happiness
over the things I have done, achieved and gone through in this year of the
Monkey. I guess it rightly suits the way my 2016 went by. I hope my journal not only takes you down the ups and down of the past year plus the positivity we should have for the upcoming year. So let’s take a
pee-a-boo into the year that was….
January
I’m literally cranking my
head up to think of the things I did in this month, only because it’s been so
long back. What I do remember distinctly is that we were just recovering from
the after effects of serious Flooding of 2015 in my city that had given a hard
felt reality check to all who thought money can buy anything and everything and
it’s the utmost important.
We were all getting back to normalcy at
home and our workplaces, as most of us had dispersed out of the city. The only
perk it provided me was that I was the only one working from the base location
and away from my PM and PL’s prying eyes, provided me the liberty of leaving
office as early as 5-5:30 pm and catching the Ladies special bus back home. My
whole team had been shifted to some other alternate location to provide
continuous support to the clients and my absence was left like a tight slap on
my seniors, who had taken the work I did so diligently and without any qualms
for granted. In a phased out manner my colleagues and friends were oozing back
to the city, but still working at different blocks. The craziness they all had,
for being together and sharing their half of the stories of the recovery from
the floods, led them to take 2mins bike ride daily for lunch from one campus to
another which was just a gate away. It was like a new year, a new beginning, a
new work location and new levels of craziness.
I also
got to experience a new kind of an alumni meet in the form of HOD’s daughter
wedding reception. Everyone from our department from lab assistants to
secretaries, from old and new staff to seniors and super-super seniors, all
packaged in one hall; the only difference being the college auditorium was replaced
with a wedding hall and a few extra unfamiliar faces who were the relatives of
the couple. It was surprising that even after 5-6 years of passing out of
college, more than half of the staff remembered me by name( I was good student
but not so popular). It really felt good to meet all of them in one roof and
not having to sit through some boring lectures. Meeting up with my college
friends was the icing on the cake. We all made it a point to meet their after a
number of failed reunion plans. Though it was a short time and after don’t know
how many months, the way we picked up from where we left didn’t make us realize
the distance. Of course we all were in touch through various means, but nothing
in this virtual world can beat the face-to-face meet ups.
