Episode 35 : Vive 2006!

I walked the streets of Bombay till I got lost
So that it wouldn't remind me of anything
With a graveyard tan carrying a cross
So that it wouldn't remind me of anything

I had planned a post for December 31st, but somehow could not get to a PC to publish it. I suppose it is a good thing. It gave me the chance to change it.

The things that I've loved, the things that I've lost
The things I've held sacred, that I've dropped
I won't lie no more you can bet
I don't want to learn what I'll need to forget

2005 had quite a few similarities with 2003. And I had this conviction that if I got out of Madras and said hello to 2006 from a different city, 2006 might be, in some ways, similar to 2004.

I like butterflies and radio talk
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like trance music and subtle praise
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything

In 2003, I went to Bombay. This time I went to Bangalore.

Bend and shape me
But I love the way I am
Slow and sweetly
Like never before
Calm and sleeping
We won't stir up the past
So discreetly
We won't look back

Alone on my bike. To get rid of demons preying on my mind. I do not know if I got rid of all of them, but I do know that long bike rides will not make me nervous now.

2005 ended in the way I had hoped for. With nothing to remind me of the previous 364 days.

But 2006 did not quite start the way I wanted. Halfway through "One night @ the call center", I found the story not helping my cause and I began to have my doubts.

Then I got this message-

"i know everybody says happy new year... but often thats a tall order cos face it life doesnt work that way. i pray for you that u will c God's hand thru the happiness n pain, thru darkness n light, thru the ups and downs, in the mountains n plains. may u find the wisdom to trust Him thru doubts, fears, confusions. may every encounter bring u one step closer to the person God would want u to be. may God bless you and keep u... all the way thru."

I could only muster a 'Thank you :-)' in reply.

It could have been sent to more than one person. But I didn't care. Between those lines, I got my message.

Maybe my resolution for this year should be to reduce my cynicism.

2005 est mort, vive 2006!

Let's see what it brings.