Year 2009

During last week of 2009, there were few threads running on my head to recollect all funny events and to add some important events and make up a nice story out of it. I kind of made up a story too. But, there was a different plot penned by him, for me. So, here I am…

When 2009 just started I was at Los Angeles with my cousin and he wanted to take me to clubs and dance floors. But I was not carrying my passport and I dint had a Driving License then. He gave me proper lecture to make me realize how important it is to have DL here in USA, not just for driving, but also for witnessing every other types of fun.

So, the year started with me getting my Driving License here and also I started working out at LA fitness. Though it was not even 6 months since I came here to USA, I had lost 4 kgs and I was left with 2 months to gain that lost weight before me visiting home[India]. Else my mother would worry the moment she sees me.

I went home during March, had some good time with mom and sister and screwed up my personal life, which was completely f&%$ed up long back [Oh yeah, you are right, it’s about love, we guys live with past].

And the first thing which I did after coming back was buying a car. Yeah, it was love at first sight. I went to BMW showroom, saw that car and fell for her the moment I saw her. She was black, bright and vibrant. I drove her for ten minutes and she was so smooth, she was so strong and she was well in control. There was nothing much that I had to do with her, just enjoy the drive and have all pleasure!

Though it was well beyond my budget and limit, I made sure that I got her. I got everything that she needed to make sure that she will be all safe for next 5 years. And she was mine. I owned my first car, which was BMW 335i. And we lived happily, making a nice pair.

2009 was all about road trips! We drove to San Antonio, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Big Bend. It is absolute fun when you drive; it is more when you drive like crazy. There were bad experience also; I got 2 speeding tickets during our trip to Colorado, that too within 5 hours gap. Once I was speeding up to 82 mph in 65 mph speed limit and the 2^nd time I got it when I was driving at 35 mph in 30 mph speed limit zone. Interestingly, when my friends were ripping off at 100 + mph, nothing would happen. The timing and the bad luck used to be just perfect with me, whenever I drive.

A friend of mine sends me links to few nice blogs and I liked this particular lines in one such blogs “If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it”. But it was too late by then and of course now it is irreverent ;-)

If you are a failure, how much ever you shout, whatever you tell, how much ever you make sense – nobody is going to give any damn to you. If you are a success, your every damn action will carry hell lots of meaning and messages. You don’t have to do anything; people will get things out of it.

Got confused or not making any sense? You are right, I am a failure J

There were some funny things as well. I was discussing [using communicator chat] with a friend of mine about movies. I was suggesting her few movies and even she was suggesting me few.

She said, “Watch this movie [I forgot the name], it’s really good. But it has lots of violence”

“Violence!? I don’t enjoy violence much, I don’t like too much of blood in movies”

“Oh, then watch this movie [I don’t remember the name of this movie as well, I wish I remember ;-)]”

I started looking for my to-watch-movie-list file and I said, “Yeah, sure I will watch it”

“But, it has lots of sex; I don’t think you like sex either!”

I was left with no words to respond back to comment. I regrouped all my courage and responded with a smile and closed the chat window, not even bothering to save the movie name. Yeah, there was some history with this girl, which is not important to share here. Things dint end there. I did the next stupid thing of telling it to two of my friends.

And their response was, “I wouldn’t have felt this bad if she slapped you on your face, but not this comment from a girl”.

And finally, 2009 was about to wind up and letting 2010 in and we guys decided to have some fun at Austin. We drove to Austin and this time I took my car as Austin is close by city, hardly 200 miles. We had good time, we welcomed 2010 at 6^th street of Austin downtown, with loads of crowds dancing and getting crazy, wild on the road.

We came back to Dallas on Jan 1^st night, had proper dinner at close by Indian restaurant and I was driving back home, less than a mile away from home. I saw a lady on phone blocking our way, the SUV in front of me waiting for her to let him move and I braked my car to halt and I was looking at that lady telling, “What the hell is she doing?”

That was the only thing that I remember and by then it was too late to realize that she was f&%$ing with me and I got f%$#ed badly. A car behind me, coming with all his will [speed], banged my car from back and my car was thrown out of the road, hitting and jumping the curb and finally falling on the grassy area. Air bags ejected out to save us and we realized all these only when everything was over. Luckily none of us were injured, we were all intact. But my car got smashed beyond repair, front and rear bumper got crushed, my laptop which was in the trunk got smashed, I lost all my personal data in the laptop and I lost my car, which I love like crazy. It was the most shocking 15 minutes of my life. I don’t think me having bumper to bumper insurance on my car [through BMW for next 5 years] and full coverage auto insurance will help me in getting back my car in shape and that same experience.

I wanted to start 2010 by ending 2009, by letting the past move on as I failed miserably to correct things which I wanted badly. I had realized that there is nothing that I can do about it and what I want can never be realized and can never be what I have to do. So, only way was to let things go.

But what happened next is, “Girish, you can’t escape from your past. I have different plans for you; let’s start your new year with a BANG and not by ending PAST”