A very happy new year to all of you!!!! It was a very exciting 2010- I must say. It’s a sorry that we have to say goodbye to that wonderful year. But onwards to 2011, another great year for us and humanity…blah blah blah….we keep repeating this same clichéd stuff on every 1st of January, but still haven’t gotten used to it.
1st jan has become a global phenomenon (as Captain Obvious would say), but why??? Are we celebrating the birthday of the Gregorian calendar? Instead of saying “happy birthday Grego. God bless you” we get to shout “happy new year”:D. Are we celebrating the movement of the second hand from 59 to 00 and the consequent change of minute hand from 59 to 00 and then the consequent change of hour hand from 11 to 00 and then the …….you get the general idea don’t you? Or do people celebrate 1st Jan because they know they won’t get to enjoy another wild party for the next 365 days?
Whatever the reason preparation for New Year’s Eve is a hectic task for many people. Pyrotechnicians from all over the world are supposed to produce a dazzling display of fireworks in major cities. (Point to be noted- Doha gets this job done 13 days earlier on December 18th). Then we have the journalists and reporters, they have to compile a whole freaking list of various freaking topics, evaluating the works of dozens of freaking awesome achievers. TIME doesn’t play bluff with its person of the year at all. After a long evaluation only did Mark Zuckerburg become “TIME Person of the Year 2010”. The jobless reporters in E24 and ZOOM do need to create and present the most unforgettable moments of Bollywood (note- unforgettable doesn’t mean that we won’t forget it, it means that these channels will make sure we don’t forgot this nonsensical crap). Reporters at zee news and india tv must pick some new suckers to show (the man who didn’t take a bath for 18 years, the woman who can talk to ghosts) and some more sucking news to break (breaking news- kalmadi wears a pink underwear which has a mickey mouse label).
As it happens with every year, many special dates are set for the jolly fun of it- this year it happens to be first of January itself (1-1-11). Bless my soul, as if I am one of those freaking 6.5+ billion people who witnessed this rare occasion. Serious threats are also issued each and every year- this year the earth is predicted to have 4 days on which it will get destroyed. Poor mother earth can’t handle so much attention. I feel sorry for her.
One thing which is always connected to New Year is a resolution which we never have followed and our only new year resolution is that we shall not fulfil any of our resolutions (this one surprisingly is fulfilled on a large scale). For the past 3 years, I pledged not to eat pasta sauce with biscuits (while this note was being written, 10 biscuits were dipped in pasta sauce and then digested). Many people make a resolution to deactivate their facebook account. Had this one been followed to the book, Mark Zuckerburg would have been the biggest pauper alive. Had we actually fulfilled our pledge to study hard, everyone on this freaking planet would be an IITian.
Well, looking back at 2010, it was eventful no doubt. The year when Sachin Tendulkar became the God of cricket, the year when Julian Assange hit the jackpot by exposing the US cables, the year of FIFA WORLD CUP- deservingly won by Spain, deservingly lost by France and Italy, a major competition to Messi and Ronaldo in the form of Diego Forlan- the year of the Vuvuzuela, the year FIFA showed the balls by giving chance to Russia and Qatar, the year of huge flops in Bollywood and a huge hit by Salman Khan aka Dabangg, the year where Hollywood gave its best in ‘127 hours’, ‘Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows Part 1’ and ‘Inception’, the year where Eminem stole the show with Recovery and Lady Gaga stole our common sense with her wardrobe (does she actually put MEAT in her closet ?!?!?!?), the year of reign of FITTJEE, the year in which I turned a year older and the year which marked the end to another decade.
Looking forward to next year, we have the 2011 Cricket World Cup, we as Indians will have the tag of living in the most populous country, we have a free Aung San Suu Kyi, a tensed but about-to-be-50 Barack Obama, more leaked cables on Wikileaks, a shock break by A.R. Rahman from composing music, and more magic from Zuckerburg’s keyboard and Tendulkar’s bat and award ceremonies like the Oscars and Grammys. I will become a man (18 years), have my driving license and a second hand car.
Moving on, we have 2012, the year of doom (note- I’m not talking about 21-12-2012, im talking about March 2012 when my 12th boards arrive to haunt the hell outta me). This will the decade when sagas like Harry Potter (loved it!!), Chronicles of Narnia(boring!!!!!) and Twilight(sucks!!!!!!) will finally end, when India shall start looking at its priorities and become a major superpower(hopefully!!!!), when most of us graduate and chose- to be handsome men/beautiful ladies or the geeks who rule the world, when major developments happen in Qatar thanks to 2022, when leaders will change, governments will rise and collapse, global warming will show its true effects, people will die and children will be born, but most importantly, my friends the decade when we, when this generation starts ruling the world.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
