A load of crap from an idle brain

Ignore the negativity, celebrate the miracle that we survived 64 years

Picture courtesy: Santabanta

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• Completed 10 years in Singapore.  Never thought that i would last so long here.

• Celebrated my 2nd Wedding Anniversary.

• For the second consecutive year, didn’t fall sick even for a single day.

• Lost more than 13 kgs in 4 months and overall 17 kgs to bring my BMI down to a healthy 23.

• Significant investments done in equity and mutual funds.

• Bought Gold ETFs for the first time ever.

• This blog had 100,000 hits after almost 2 years of moving here. My previous WordPress blog used to have so many hits in 1-2 months itself

• Blogged infrequently, but wrote more original posts unlike last time when i just blogged more about the news.

• Read 13 books and quite a few audio books too; making this year the most prolific when it came to reading.

• Had just one holiday this year and that was a visit back home to India.

• Read more about finance, investing. Diversified my investments and started reading more about the financial reports of the companies I had invested in.

• Got my MBA convocation certificate. Bringing to an end a 3 year juggle between life, study and work.

• Watched tons of movies, but was so busy that hardly had time to update the Movies page of this blog.  Hope to be much more regular next year.

• Made some significant plans for the next year and will disclose them as and when they happen

Overall, nothing great about the year.  Looking forward to the new year with excitement.  Hoping and wishing for an exciting new phase of life.

Previous recaps here – 2009 &  2008

Let me take this opportunity to wish all of you and your loved ones a Happy & Prosperous New Year – 2011

Meanwhile, let me leave you with a few images of the wonderful skyline of the beautiful city of Singapore where the New Year celebrations are to be held.

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Above images courtesy: Marina Bay Countdown

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The other day I had been to Changi Airport, Singapore and clicked the first pictures of Christmas decorations this year.

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Another year has sped by.  Time to have a re-look at my priorities

Previous posts of the day  2009,  2008, 2007

Above picture courtesy: Mix111com

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This blog completes 1 year today

The number of views and posts have been beyond my wild imagination.  Am already reaching 400,000 (4 lakh) hits soon.  I do see that the frequency of posts have gone down post marriage.  I do agree that there is a very beautiful distraction in my life now, but i have no intentions of abandoning this very precious obsession of mine.

As we approach the 61st year of independence, its time to highlight some of the achievements and the things that make India that it is. Hope to put up more articles on the hidden gems that prop up the country inspite of the bad news all around.

Thanks for reading and all the support this past one year.  Made some great friends on the net through this blog.  Hoping for a continuation of this incredible journey.

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