2008- The year of turbulences

Another year gone by.........another one takes its place. Was 2008 any different from the rest??

Oh yes!! Twas the year of joy and sorrow, of hope and despair and all that comes in between. Coz' it was the year I experienced every damn emotion that my brain could think of.

I turned 18 without much ado. I got my driver's license but lost interest too soon. So what if I turned 18. Theres no huge change in my life or anything.

2008 started with exams.....exams and more exams. I still remember that feverish studying, that crazed apprehension all due to the arrival of the day I had spent two years studying for. But CET came and went. Leaving me horrified at the blunders that followed. I lost out on the coveted government medical seat....and was more depressed than I could ever be. I must confess those days sitting at home were my darkest days....despair I had never known.

Somehow, through sheer luck, I got through a private medical college....and breathed again. Fears of a new college, new people soon evaporated when I got myself a set of dedicated friends at Terna. It helped with the travel too.

Then there was 26/11 the shocker, horribly etched on everyone's minds. That led to a lot more patriotism and me yelling "Jai Hind" at home a good 10 times for no apparent reason.

There was a flurry of 'growing up' stages with a crush gone wrong, dear friends letting you down and also acqaintances gradually turning into best of friends. The last 12 months taught me that nothing, absolutely nothing is what it seems.

In the end, I wont mark 2008 as a great year or a real horrible one either. I still believe everything happens for good. Im glad 2008 happened. Just as it did. Coz' twas the one year that taught me more than what anyone or anything ever has.