December 30, 2008

New Year....

It's that time of the year again when we get all misty eyed about the year that is almost over. Most of us try to cling to the year which is almost over and yet look hopefully towards the beginning of a new year. We try to recollect all the good memories of the year by gone and try to forget all the not so great moments.

So let me also join the bandwagon and try to recollect some unforgettable moments of 2008.
  • My first new year in USA. We ushered in 2008 by going out for dinner and celebrating the new year's eve with our friends.
  • My bro started his engineering course.
  • My dad was finally able to return home after his tenure in Mumbai. (This saved us a lot of tension during the Mumbai attacks.)
  • My mom started working as a counselor. She had always wanted to do something apart from the normal routine and she finally took the plunge.
  • Lot of trips - My husband & I spent some wonderful time visiting various places including Vegas, Grand Canyon, NJ, NY, PA, Niagra and of course my first camping trip in Cape Cod.
  • Best friend's wedding... Only, I couldn't make it :(
  • A new addition to our family. My cousin gave birth to a beautiful girl.
Of course we had our share of tense moments and a few disappointments but hey this is a time of celebration and hope. So let's hope that the coming year brings all of us a lot of joy and prosperity. All of us need a little boost in this bad economy. So three cheers for the new year :)

And don't forget to make all those resolutions you always wanted to make and do try to stick to atleast 4 - 5 of them :)

Happy New Year everyone!!!!

Nenjukkul peithidumaa mazhai...

What a beautiful song. I have been humming this song for almost a week now. When I heard the songs of Varanam Aayiram none of the songs impressed me initially. After hearing all the songs 3 - 4 times I fell in love with this song. It has such beautiful lyrics and the guitar strummings are amazing. Of course the voice of Hariharan adds to the magic of the song. Everything about this song is amazing. 

I tried watching the movie but didn't like it so much. What was really ironical was that the characters spent most of their screen time talking in English but when it came to songs they were all pure Tamil. I couldn't figure out how the characters could sing in pure tamil when they could not speak 5 sentences together in tamil :)

Thamarai is the best lyricist around right now. Kudos to the entire team for giving us such a refreshing song. Hope we get many more songs like this.