The Year that was...

Looking back at the past year, it has been quite a mixed bag. But let me recall the brighter side.

One of the most memorable things was the trip to Singapore, along with just three of my cousins. It was my first ever trip abroad and very memorably so! It was the first time that I experienced the true taste of Indian(Airlines) hospitality, with all its stewards and hostesses openly displaying a hostile attitude! Upon any requests from passengers, they would bark, stare, scream, groan and mutter profanities under their breath , desperately supressing their natural urges to bite back...or atleast so it seemed!

There was this clash between a not-so-decent-passenger and a particularly snobbish hostess....

P: I asked for a non-veg meal but u have served me veg.
AH: I'm sorry sir. We have run out of NV meals.
P: Oh no, you've not. I'm sure u have hidden them away to sell it to somebody and make money!
AH: How dare u speak like that...You think we are that cheap...Blah blah...dishum dishum ...thump... thwack...

The guy was sitting there all the while having a smirk oh his face. He seemed to be enjoying the one-sided brawl. Perhaps that was his idea of in-flight entertainment!

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And how could i forget my amazing 21st birthday! My near and dear friends had put in 3 days of painstaking work and effort into arranging for an amazing birthday surprise whilst i was boasting to everybody that i could never ever be surprised by anyone! So much for me and my mouth...

They organised a complicated treasure hunt, with decorative clues all over and around my house, making me sweat on-route to collecting the treasure! They even took care to play one of my favourite songs while i was just about to find my bounty! At the end of the day, i couldn't help the streams of joyful tears that rolled down my cheeks...I am indeed a lucky guy!