2007 Survey
1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?
Where do I start!!! (I will skip all the small ones :P ) Quit my job(first ever job so yeah it was the first time I did that) and started my very own startup with my friends :) , Bungee jumped! , Read a couple of books I have been waiting for years to read :) and Wrote something important to me :)
2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Yep I did and will do again :)
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope but think a few friends might become mommies next year :P
4. Did anyone close to you die?
–
5. What countries did you visit?
:( nope but hope to this year
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
Lot more traveling(It died down towards the end of 2007), maybe being a bit more social(relationships?), lot more sports
7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory?
28th June 23:45 pm(give or take 2 minutes)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Drone keeping in mind my future… The Sculptor’s Statue keeping in mind my past :)
9. What was your biggest failure?
Failure… hmmm I believe in “What does not kill you only makes you stronger…” so cant term anything a ‘failure’ but yes have had a few tough lessons :)
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
The regular cold, throat infection and viral fever
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My Bike and my Laptop!!!! There is one more planned purchase before Jan 1st :) (will talk about that later)
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Indian Cricket team in the T20 World Cup!
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Nope, nothing to fit this category :P
14. Where did most of your money go?
Bike and Laptop
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Start of the F1 championship (bit of a melodrama this year) Waiting for my Bike and laptop to be delivered :P and most definitely the Final of the T20 world championships!
16. What song/album will always remind you of 2007?
Saawariya… The closest thing to a good musical
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder?
Sadder actually but I know its just the calm before the storm.
ii. Thinner or fatter?
The same… still underweight :P
iii. Richer or poorer?
Probably poorer :P Well I did buy a couple of large gifts for myself :P
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
More reading and writing… My personal journal was very neglected this year and I wrote just one story this year and wrote 2 plays(short ones)
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Obsessing over irrelevant incidents… Its something I just need to get out of my system
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Spent it at Work… But I will be making up for it big time in a few months time :P
21. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Well I believed I did… am too confused to be sure :P Fall out of love yep once ;)
22. How many one night stands in this last year?
None
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Psych, totally am in love with the lightness of the show :P I continued watching all my favorite shows from previous years though.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
lol nope… become fonder of a few ppl though
25. What was the best book you read?
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
That I can listen to Kishore Kumar and Mohd. Rafi all day and everyday!!!
27. What did you want and get?
Opportunities
28. What did you want and not get?
A Surprise. Its been a long time since someone did something/bought something for me that truly surprised me.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Ooh tough one… Johnny Gaddaar & Rocky Balboa
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
23 and I ran around all day!
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A cup of coffee with ***** :P
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
Lol, well it was ‘Just Haas’
33. What kept you sane?
Theater and writing
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you like the most?
SRK I think, was very impressed with the way he handled things around him. Vijay Mallya too(for Force India ofcourse)
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Karnataka’s politics… thought it was like a bad play
36. Who did you miss?
All my friends that decided to live on the other side of the globe
37. Who was the best new person you met?
If you have read *every* post I made in the last month or so… then you already know
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
“Most often than not we have no idea what we actually want and what is good for us”
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Here we are – we’ve just begun
And after all this time – our time has come
Ya here we are – still goin’ strong
Right here in the place where we belong– Here I Am by Bryan Adams