Sunday, September 6, 2009

I am 31

I turned 31 today.
What?! Am I the only one growing old here? Most others I know are stuck at 29 for quite some time now. Guys, update your profile. Otherwise you will die looking a grandpa or grandma but still 29 on social networking!

A lot happened in the last 1 year.

Life and Wife - I was having an argument with my wife late last year and I said "You changed a lot from whom I knew before". And she replied "Yes, but you didn't change a bit". I think I fell for her for the very same reason. She is quite brilliant to present things sharp and effective. Truth be told, there is nothing like a "they lived ever after happily". It's more like "hopefully they lived ever after happily". Life is all about constantly altering your self to adjust with your companion.
PS: Now my wife is acting immature like me to adjust the level. Love ya honey!

Daddy cool - Someone finally decided to do a movie for all "hopeless husbands, but great dads" community. I asked my daughter few weeks back (she is 3) - "what do you like the most in the world?". And she said without a moment of hesitation - "Chicken". She didn't want to say "Dad" or "mom" to make us happy. She said what she thought she liked the most in this world :-)
So far she is the best thing that ever happened to me. Period.

Being a son - My dad surprised me again. Well, he is a great hubby. You would already know this if you have ever had a chance to stay with our family for an hour at least. This time he raised the bar of expectation by standing for straight 3 hours in a flight bound to India (from US) so that my mom can sleep on the two seats! Remember, he is 58, not a newly married 26 year old. Well, for all the hubbies out there who remember to buy bouquets for their wives on February 14, here I present my dad for whom everyday is a Valentine's day.

Where do I stand? - I am still the hard core Socialist and more than that a Nationalist (a combination is often an oxymoron though). Recently someone asked me, why are you in United States when you are such a self-esteemed nationalist. I said, a nationalist lives and dies for his nation. He doesn't have live and die in the nation itself :-)

Work - Not very exciting, I could say. But I won't. I foresee that in near future I will laugh on the challenges I faced in 2009. I took some stupid decisions and might have off-tracked myself from some of my career goals. However, I believe in destiny. Whatever path you take, you are just doing things to reach your inevitable destiny.
Sounds too philosophical? Come on, give me a break. I am 31.