yes the year is almost over. another one. personally i regard it as the most significant ever. in a general view though it definitely isn't the way i would have wanted to the year to go. in an air of fear. its very difficult to ignore the omnipresence of fear, akin to the winter chill all over the country. i'll be going back to college, apparently now no more a very safe place. a possible target for terrorists, they said on the news the other day. beefed up security.
i came home a few days back. for the villagers who read this page, it should be heartening news that kgp won the gc at roorkee. a most unexpected but pleasant outcome. in a series of unexpected events, our football team fell to a lot of bad luck and exited in the first rounds itself. but as a part of the athletics team, i managed my first ever inter iit bronze in the 4*100 ms relay. i also clocked my fastest 100 ms ever- 11.75 s. (sadly this was the heats, the finals i screwed up :( ) but i shall get better yet. the relay was defintely a confidence builder.
the second phase of my journey was super! i learnt a lot and i think its given me a lot of things to think about. a change in perspective too. hopefully i can accomadate all of the baggage as i move into the new year.
my favourite places in mumbai now are marine drive, juhu chowpatti, haji ali and all the cafe mochas. i'm sure we'll find better places still in more trips to follow.
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there are a lot of thing i'd want to write about. about how it feels to visit places you've lived in 16 years back. of childhood memories revisiting. of watching the sunset over the mumbai skyline, while sitting on marine drive. of the feeling of my body going hollow as the train pulled away from mumbai cst.
i think i'll let it be for some other time.
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heres wishing all of you a great new year ahead!
