A new year, a new beginning !

A new year, a new page,
A new beginning, a new race!
Run the distances, to face the challenge
Higher is the risk, stakes are less to change
Joy and Peace is what, we all expect
Let’s hope and see the next year's best.
Time to enjoy and to make dreams,
Wishes are many, it always seems!
Rear is different, Front is serene,
Make the future an everlasting dream.
Treat the nature and make the planet green,
Rendezvous with life is written and is seen.
A wish is empty without the hearty words in it,
A life is empty without the meaningful endeavors in it.

So wishing everyone a very Happy New Year and good luck in all your future endeavors!!

I thought of writing about my experiences and memories of 2016 but then those are precious to heart and will take a lot of time to write down on paper/blog. Hopefully I will share them soon. Until then, I wish you all a very Happy New Year' 2017 .



Linking the post with BlogChatter weekly prompt 'New Year'.

Knock knock! Santa is here! :)

I came home from work quite late yesterday and found an amazon package on my bed which I didn't order. Well, there is no-one on earth who doesn't like surprises but when there is no occasion around and especially your B'day is also not near then it becomes even more exciting to open gifts. I had no idea that who sent me the package but like kids I opened it with great curiosity and glittery eyes. There was nothing mentioned on the front side of the invoice either, that who ordered it. I don't get gifts often so I thought it would be ordered by someone for one of my flat mates, also my college buddies (as sometimes we order things online on each others' name as per our availability at home). But I was wrong, totally wrong! As soon as I unpacked the package, I found this....

And somehow I knew that this gift was intended for me,not to my friends. I knew that none of my friends had the habit of sending gifts and that too a photography related gift.Ahhh! Never! To be honest, more than the gift, what I really loved about it was that it was a book and related to photography. I just cannot express how happy it made me last night, after a hectic day at office. Extremely happy! :)

Well, I searched for the sender's name inside out of the package and after spending some time, I found it on the back side of the invoice.And as soon as I read the name, it brought a big smile on my face. The sender was Jaibala a.k.a. Jai, a very experienced and lovable blogger and one of my favorites. Also, it came through Blogchatter's Secret Santa initiative, in which many of the wonderful bloggers enrolled with Blogchatter to send a gift on the occasion of Christmas to the person randomly selected by Blogchatter's algorithm (I believe). ;)

I never met Jai in person and we had only interacted thru comments on blog posts and twitter. Also, I didn't mention any preference of gift on the Blogchatter's link. And when I saw the book, it was actually a big surprise for me that how Jai figured it out on her own that I have a thing for photography. I believe, she noticed my love for photography in my blog posts during blog hopping and chose this wonderful gift for me. Well, her comments on my blog posts weighs more than any physical gifts and this book was a cherry on the cake. 

I can't thank you enough for this lovely gift, Jai (Beautiful Santa)! Hope we meet soon. And loads of love to S and you! :)

Wish you merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year in advance!

Memories of 2011

New year is round the corner and we are coming to an end of eventful year in some sense. For me personally it's an end of my life's second phase and the awaited beginning of the third phase. My graduation completed in this year, so it's an unforgettable and the most valuable year of my life. Though I am partly sad and alone because I am no more a free bird now but the sense of maturity has arose me from the student phase to a professional phase. Third phase of life always comes with some meaning to your future businesses, or I should say the most meaningful  things like your job, career, marriage etc. It's a year of many bad fortunes along with some good ones too. India winning the world cup after 27 years is one among them, whereas in bad fortunes; many big names have lost their bodies and disappeared into heaven for its betterment. Yes it is the best way to console your heart, that these wonderful souls are resting in heaven. For Bollywood fans it's a more horrible year than any other creatures of the world. Though Steve Jobs was a big name on the world stage because of his inventions of Mac OS, Mac book, IPod, I phone, I pad etc. but still in count India has lost its most beloved pearls in the names of Shammi Kapoor, M.F.Hussain, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Bhupen Hazarika, Jagjit Singh, Dev Anand. The deaths of these wonderful men were mourned by the entire nation and the world. At the end of all this, that had happened correct or incorrect in this year 2011 we have to move ahead for 2012 and wish & pray for the best  in terms  of everything to god. May god bless every individual on this earth with peaceful heart and healthy beginning in new year i.e. 2012.