(Some of them may look
like normal stuff to others, but these are the moments I cherish. they made me
most happy, and they still make me happy)
And note that these
exclude the default ones like, clearing exams, getting job, birthdays, promotions,
engagement, marriage, news of becoming father, holding my baby for first time etc.
·
When I was in school (8th std), a
class mate of me told to another classmate that “don’t challenge him with
anything, He can do anything”. On another occasion I heard them talking “Even without
studying, he scores so much, what if starts studying” – this brought about a
turning point in my life… I DID start studying after that, and the rest is
history J…
I am so very much thankful of their conversation.
·
Some very memorable moments playing cricket(@home,
@school and other grounds) –
o
Amazing diving catches,
o
Some wonderful drives (and on one occasion, I replayed
the same drive back to back, which on both occasion went through the legs of the
fielder :D)
o
A memorable pull shot
o
A number of superb spin deliveries
·
On the first day in my college, while returning
back in bus, my seniors were calling me “Hero”, for reasons which happened
during the day.
·
One day at NIIT, when the girl I was in secret crush
with waved hands at me, spotting me far away, while talking with her teacher. (She
was not my batch, and her timing was quite different from mine).
·
All the times when the couple of chicken we had
raised into fully grown cocks, ran and came into my hands as soon as they saw
me at a distance
·
When one of my colleague fought (verbally) with
Asst. Commissioner, because he referred to me as “novice”, when I was demoing
the application that I had built, at Chennai Customs office. He did not have
any part in the application, nor did we have any friendship. He was there just because
it was being demoed from his machine. I didn’t even knew what it meant at that
time. I got a feel of it only by his reaction, and later went back home and
checked the meaning :D
·
My last weekend in Bangalore (8 yrs back), when I
was departing a good friend of mine, she came really very close to me
physically (probably, she was expecting a goodbye hug or a kiss), but I was too
naïve and innocent to understand that, and all I ended up doing was “Cough” :D.
·
When in my previous company, and I was about to
go on a 4-5 day leave for attending my exams, one of my closest friend, came
running up around my desk. She did act like she was there for some other
reason, and met me by accident. But you know it.
·
Once in Mumbai when I was having lunch alone,
another girl that I had a secret crush on, came upto me and talked a lot with
me… it was more like an interview.. We had never met or talked before. I had
just seen her a couple of times.
·
When I sponsored a costly dinner for the first
time. It was 3 of us (Me, my colleague and my manager) in Mumbai. And a couple
of occasions when this manager had praised my free spiritedness.
·
A number of moments in Thailand, where the colleagues
and generally most people showed a lot of respect and helped in all possible
ways.
·
When I took off my vests, ran and got on top of
a huge rock, and stretched my arms wide open, in heavy rain, in front of a
waterfall, in the middle of nowhere, during our Brisbane to Cairns road trip.
·
A number of memorable moments with a bunch of
very good friends in and around Brisbane.
·
Extracurricular:
o
Completing 14 Kms in a marathon
o
My solo sky dive
o
Participating in flash mob
-But on none of these occasions, I had
anybody around to share a hug L
- so these would feature in both feel good and feel bad lists.
·
Dance related
o
When my dance teacher appreciated me during my
first ever dance class. It may have been just a formality, but it had a big
impact J
o
When another dance student talked me into and encouraged
me to join for social dancing, after the class had completed and I was trying
to hide away.
o
When a couple of girls (my dance class mates cum
friends) hugged me during my birthday celebration at dance class. I hadn’t expected
it. Those are the only ever hugs that I have got aside from family members.
·
Celebrating Christmas eve with a couple of Danish
bros in Melbourne. They were missing their family a lot. So cooked chicken for
them, bought cake and showed them around the Christmas celebration arrangements
in the city at night.
·
When a girl (who I had met just 1 night back and
talked with, for maybe an hour or so only), woke up early next morning to say
me good bye, and stood outside waving her hands till my van left. This was when
I was on a road-trip in Tasmania.
