Friday, April 27, 2012

And we turn five!

Five years and five readers later, I can still proudly claim that I am as passionate a blogger as I was when I started way back in 2007, on a Friday morning, getting bored at home in Kolkata, waiting to begin the B school journey.

A lot has changed in the past few years: from a young, slightly naïve and temperamentally unstable girl, I have become older, more naïve and more temperamentally unstable…

I have been to B school, figured out it was a completely useless waste of time (except Corporate Communications), failed a few finance papers, drank a gallon of alcohol and made some really good friends…

I have also worked in two world-renowned MNCs, done well for myself, fought religiously with the bosses, started a new team, drank a gallon of alcohol and made some really good friends…

Having worked for the aforementioned world-renowned MNCs, I have figured out that I am not made for Corporate World and I have continued to chase my passion for writing, hitting the wall each time…

I have gone out with people casually and not-so-casually, fallen in love and fallen out of love, got stuck in the moment, moved out and moved on…

I have changed houses frequently, lived with the best of friends and then learnt to live alone, take care of myself and embrace the loneliness…

I have also helped India win the cricket World Cup…

But while I was doing all of this, I have continued to cherish the longest lasting relationship of my life: with this blog!

Happy 5th anniversary

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Heyy cheerss!!!

WOW! this is sooooooo cool...

umm... but I dont understand... why do u keep saying u helped india win the world cup???? i mean how?

-Soumya

Makk said...

Please repost your post for India win.( not that you need that, but you know...)

So people wont ask such stupid question.

survivingbrain said...

Congrats!!!

And yes, i can see you hav the same passion and am kind of jealous that you can keep on writing !!

And yes, happy that the blog made me meet you too !

Carpe Diem! said...

Eeee!! Happy Birthday, Another Brick in the Wall! :D

~ Icarus said...

Amazing ... I wish I could collect and transpose my thoughts as often ... :-/

Kappu said...

Whoo, FIVE years man!! ;-) Amazing! Ahnd THANKS you have been giving us consistently good food!

little boxes said...

congratulations!
i'd kill to keep that passion going...here's to many more words.

Nefertiti said...

@ soumya
i did... end of discussion!

@makk
it's ok... these people are my friends, so they are entitled to as 'stupid' questions...

@sb
chalo SOMEONE is jealous of me. I am flattered...n nice meetng you too

@carpe diem
thank thank you... the blog is pleased to have readers like you. so when are we meeting, now that your exams are over??

@mohit
collect? thoughts? transpose? i dont do anything of that sort... I just RANT!

@kappu
thank YOU for reading...

@little boxes
thank you and here's to many more comments!

~ Icarus said...

@You - Yes I know. I just cant write till the time I really have a line of thought ... And since usually and invariably I have thousands of parallel thoughts running within, I just cant start off ... :-)

survivingbrain said...

and yes, since it is 5 years now, take a resolution that you will STOP counting readers !! :P:P

Rekha said...

For 5 years of light-hearted, yet thought provoking writing, for 5 years of making your readers (may their number ever increase!) laugh, smile and think that someone out there knows how they feel, for 5 years of never giving up on your passion through all the ups and downs in your life - cheers girl! You make us all so proud! Here's to many more years of wonderful writing!

Nefertiti said...

@mohit

see this is what happens when you grow up and complicate things. me, I am still a kid and things are simpler that way

@sb
and you STOP pointing out that I am weak in math

@rekha
and finally, the great rekha comments!! I am honoured... and yes, here's to many more years of bitching and bonding...

prachetash said...

Oh boy, all I can think of is how different life will be in the next five years. It's almost scary. But I know for a fact that this brick in the wall stay. Knowing that, gives me comfort...somewhat like knowing, that a friend is only a phone call away.

Congratulations!!!