Bye 2011. Hello Doomsday! :P

Hello everyone! I wish you all a very happy new year! I hope everyone is out enjoying or staying with their families and friends having fun. Like every year, I am staying in with my family celebrating new year. On this day, we like to stay in and just be with family to celebrate and thank God for everything we have and pray for another glorious year. I don't know about the 2012 Earth theory, but I really hope I at least live to see my University of Toronto degree hung on my wall, lol. Since, I spent 4 years in misery, I would like to at least see the result and appraise it myself, like many of you who also go to the hell chamber.

Well well well.. there is just so much to say.. everyone is sitting down and recollecting thoughts at the end of the year and I really can't think of any way for putting it all down here. All I can say is.. I blogged much more in 2011 than I did in 2010, which means there was probably more good or bad and more events that I dealt with. This is my 188th post on Blogger. I had 73 posts in 2010, and 113 posts in 2011. Let's see how many I wind up with in 2012.

I am probably not gonna sit here and think about everything that happened this year. First, because I am sitting with my parents (and their continuous chit-chat is so distracting), and the TV is on and I don't have my peace of mind right now (like I usually do when I blog). For example, my mom is asking me what she should wear with the top she just bought from Suzy.. argh! And secondly, I just cannot sum it all up. So, I will stick with the highlights of this year.

1. My India Trip

 I cannnnottttt even forget about this trip. It was the most amazing thing that happened this year. I am nostalgic as I write. I've written many blogs about it in the summer when I came back. I went to India in April of this year and came back in the end of May. It was just uh-amazing. I cannot forget all the people that I hung out with, the new friends I made, the new relatives I discovered that I never had (yes, we are brown), the childhood friends I got in touch with and everything else that I did. We celebrated mom and dad's 22nd wedding anniversary in India. It was a lavish celebration at the best hotel in Jalandhar and that party is unforgettable. After spending that entire day shopping for mom's clothes and accessories, getting a haircut and blowdry, doing her makeup and setting up her lehenga, wrapping return gifts for everyone, setting up the hotel room for the couple, doing makeup on random aunties that gathered in the room, getting 15 minutes for myself to get ready, the dancing, the speech, and at the end of the night when the party was over, we went to Holly Hock for a wedding! Can you believe it? Planning a party, being involved with it till the end of the night, and then off to another party (wedding) at 2:00 am and eating and dancing again! Ahh.. just lovely.

2. Meeting my significant other.

Some people find it weird that I call him that. I do not want to say "boyfriend." He does things that are way beyond what a 'boyfriend' can handle. I just put him in a different place than anyone else in the world because he is very special. He means a lot to me.. and I have become a little superstitious over time and I don't wanna write anything else in this category because I feel "nazar lag jayegi." I just wanna say that I wanna thank you for making this year special for me and doing all the things you do. You are a wonderful human being and just keep being yourself because people cannot be what you are even if they try. Thanks for forgiving my mistakes and making compromises and sacrifices and doing little things that make me happy. Thanks for eating Taco Bell every time I wanted it (while you hated it). Thanks for letting me go to parties I shouldn't have gone to (which I realized later, I never take an advance alarm from you). Thanks for understanding me. We went shopping together one time and I loved this polka-dot cardigan that was not available in my size. Thanks for going to a different mall on your own time and looking for a size for me while the chics in the girls section stared at you as if you were a lunatic. Thanks for supporting me whether I was right or wrong. Thank you for taking me out on those wonderful dates at Sweet Mahal, Moxies, Tandoori Time and so many others that I cannot remember. Thanks for eating a Cheese Pizza slice because there was only one Vegetarian one left. Thanks for dropping me off to university when I had exams just to save my time, so I can study more. I cannot ever thank you enough for everything that you do. Thanks for those wonderful cards. Thanks for getting me the Caramel Cheesecake for our fourth month when you were too sick to even get out of bed. Thanks for everything sweetie <3 I love you.

3. My Birthday

How can I EVER forget this day? I wrote a huge blog about it in three parts before, so I won't repeat myself. But I definitely wanna thank Arshia, for "trying" to plan that surprise party. I know things didn't happen the way you wanted them to but I was just happy with the fact that you started to plan it a month in advance. Making me feel special was on top of your checklist and I believe you should put a "tick" there. Thank you Nishant for telling me that day, that you love me. Thanks for saving this for two months just for this special day. I remember getting pissed off at you and being frustrated with myself for two months because you wouldn't say that you are in love yet. I did not know that you were saving it just for the perfect moment. Thanks to your roommates, for being a part of that party and joining in my happiness. Thanks to all my friends (I won't name you all because there's a long list) for wishing me on my birthday and being there for the house party. I love you all. Thanks for taking your time out and making my day oh so special. I really mean it.

4. Friends (Some come, some go)

Some misunderstandings were cleared this year between some friends and some were created. Not everything can be your way, and not everything can be my way. Finding that middle ground is very important but sometimes you cannot justify a situation. Thanks Aprajita for getting in touch with me this year, and actually meeting me. There are some friends that are distancing themselves from me this year, and I am unable to figure out why. I messaged one and asked because I cannot hold it in and I did not get a reply that I was looking for. But that's okay. I will hope that everything will be okay. I apologize if I have hurt anyone knowingly or unknowingly with my actions and words. Please, do forgive me. I am not a bad person. Sometimes, I may be a little weird.. but trust me, I don't mean half the things I say.

5. Beenish's Wedding

This was probably the biggest highlight of the whole year. My best friend, Beeni-Weeni got married this year. We attended her Dholki and I remember shopping for a Turquoise suit in India, as per her request. Her Dholki was a blast, but it was a little sad. It's hard to see the girl you studied for an exam with at UTM is now gonna be someone's wife. Correction, she already is. Her wedding was scheduled in Pakistan and now she is a married woman. It was a little hard to accept at first because she was the first one of my friends to get married this early. But I am truly happy for her from the bottom of my heart. She is not on Facebook to read any of this.. but if Annam, if you'r reading this, you can pass on this message to her :) And my meeting with her ever since she got back from her wedding was the sleepover. Thanks for inviting me. It was great one. And you guys are very sneaky to have pulled that prank on me in the morning. Annam, try harder next time :P lol. I love you guys!

6. All the birthday parties (Beenish, Jasleen, Komal, Arshia and others that I missed)
I wanted to thank all of you who invited me to your birthday parties this year! Birthdays cannot be left out in the blog because that day is special for everyone. I hope each one of you had great fun. The first birthday I attended was when I came back from India, it was Beenish's birthday. Even though I couldn't be there for the dinner party itself,  I still came over prior to the party to make my presence and let you know how special you are. Thank you Jasleen for inviting me over to your birthday party. Dancing on the roof at 3:00 in the morning (doing Bhangra) was just priceless. Getting my knee scraped by climbing your window was awesome too, which I discovered the next day at home. Komal, thank you for inviting me for your birthday party. It was really nice to get together with your family and go crazy dancing. I loved the Biryani your mom made, it was the best I ever had! Arshia, I am not gonna thank you for inviting me to your birthday because I had to be there no matter what. I am sorry I could not make your day as special as you made mine, but I tried. If that one douche wasn't there, it probably would have been a lot better. But I still had a lot of fun. I remember getting ready at your place before your dad dropped us off. Those times are unforgettable. I am sorry if I forgot to mention any other birthdays. I hope you all had great fun.

Last but not the least..
7. Weight Loss

I thought I would mention this because it would be a lie if I say I am not proud of it. Well, not anymore (I gained it all back). But I wrote two blogs about my weight-loss, that a lot of people were inspired by. Thanks for all the support and messages that I received from everyone after that blog. Some people have been on the weight loss and are looking great! I am sorry for disappointing those who thought I would continue and be closer to my goal. But dont' worry, this is the LAST day. A new routine will take place starting tomorrow. And I want all of you to wish the best for me for next year, as I wish for you. I hope I am able to meet my goals and be proud of myself. Nish, I am doing this for myself, and not you.. just so you know. And I know you will be the one constantly supporting me through this. Love you once again.
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So many of us are graduating next year (2012) and it's the last day of this year. For those procrastinators (including me), let's hope to do things on time this year. Don't worry, I will get to all that in my next blog. I hope all of you have a very wonderful night tonight. About three hours to go for the countdown :) Enjoy!