08 January 2012

retrospective

allow me to post one set of backward looking ramblings before i launch into future musings and observations....
during the course of the year 2011, i visited 7 countries on 3 continents; i read 11 books; spent 12 nights sleeping in a tent; [too many] hours on planes, buses, trains; successfully grew 4 plants from seeds of fruit i had eaten myself; attended 3 live concerts (really? only 3?); had countless encounters with people - brief ones to deep ones - which all had an impact on my life in one way or another......and hopefully touched the lives of a few people around me.
unlike many of my peers, i found myself at midnight of  the 31st of December not wishing the year that's gone good riddance but rather looking back at it with a smile, trying to consciously appreciate all it has brought me - happiness, trials, insecurity, hope, but above all, the feeling of a year well lived. 

here's to an equally exhilarating yet quintessentially different year to come. 
may we all rise up to new challenges, take leaps of faith and step out of our comfort zones in 2012!

3 comments:

  1. 7 countries?? you amaze me!! which ones? and even MORE amazing...4 plants?? can you eat the fruits yet?

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  2. i only went to only one new country last year. and then thailand THREE times. THREE times - can you believe that?? time for my parents to move :).

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  3. ok, slight disclaimer - i didn't go to seven NEW countries.
    most of these, i'd been to before.
    in fact, the only new one was Tchad.
    and i didn't go anywhere THREE times but i did go to Germany twice and to Egypt twice....

    and no. i can't eat the fruits yet! They're a LOOOOONG way off. so far it's stems and leaves.

    i'll take some pics and post them if you're interested :)

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