2013 was indeed a not-so-bad year for me :) ..... I enrolled for driving classes in January .... first was theory and then the practicals... Obviously....I was waiting for my practicals to start....!!! I remember the first day clearly... I arrived at the driving institute by 6 am... yeah my class was from 6:20am to 7am ...!! In short .... I was in the first batch ... early bird :)
As I saw my instructor, I started getting into the passenger seat next to the driver's. Half way through, the instructor came up to me and asked..."Have you come for a tour or something?" .... I said ,"Well, no..." ... Then she replied... "Then get into the driver seat" :) So, thats how it started..... I had no control over the steering.. well, who could possibly have on their first driving class ... !!!! End of the day, I could see almost half of the red cones down ... Yeah I crashed into them while trying to take a u-turns... So basically the first day was fully u-turns .... and driving in "8" shape :) ...
Well... I made mistake...more mistakes.... but I finally succeeded by getting the driver's license :)
Then after that it was purely job hunting.... browsing through appointments section in Gulf news ... registering in career sites ..etc etc... But I was a fresher .. so getting a job right now.. that to after 2009's recession was a bit tough... But of course if you have hold in a company...or if any of your relative has a hold with someone in some company... then you're guaranteed of a job ... :)
Therefore, by April I guess, my MBA 4th sem results were out ... n ya... I passed out :) And that's when I decided to go to Kerala for a week ... for 2 reasons :) !!! Primarily, to apply for my mba certificate through the university... and secondly.... to meet my friends after 6 months .. :)
Thus, I planned my trip for a week.... May 28th to June 2nd ... days might differ (I actually dont remember the exact date..but I guess that dates are correct)... I landed at Cochin airport ... stayed with my uncle n family... went to the university with Savio, Anusree, Aisten n Savio's sister.... in Savio's car.. it was too good.... !!! Although the university procedures took up most of our time.. we managed to get back home by 5:30-6 pm....!!!
Then ya... I had to meet my friends right...so we planned.. nops... I planned to meet them at Lulu Mall in Cochin.. it was newly opened...n I've never been there... !! we had a great time... !!! To name everyone - Abhishek, Kiran, Savio, Jerin, Varghese, Colin, Aiswarya, Nishana, Fatima, Sharon, Meekhal n Sherynn :) We hogged at McDonalds... stuffing ourselves with fries and McFlurry .... !!Then headed to the play zone... did bowling .... then took a stroll in Lulu supermarket ... !! Finally.. it was time to say good bye :(
Wonder how a week flies so fast .. I returned to UAE ... back to job hunting... Thankfully got a job as an HR Executive ... joined by June end ...
Therefore, I entered into work life ..... Used to take the company transport initially.. then shifted to driving .... Yeah, I had accidents 2 times in between :( .. but I was safe .. Thanks to the Almighty :)
Finally I decide to quit my job in December due to health and personal reasons... Thus back to 24-hours-at-home-right-now mode ...
Meanwhile... I celebrated my 25th bday in August ... n in December ..it was my lil bro's 15th bday :) My parents gifted him a tab ... n I gave him a Superman Tee :)
So basically, 2013 was a not-so-bad year for me :) I had my share of ups and downs this 2013 ...
Meanwhile.. I started experimenting with photography more seriously ... and I used to send my entries constantly to Gulf news :) until it got published ... :) On December 13th, I joined a group of amatuer as well as professional shutterbugs in Dubai ... They are called "Photowalk Dubai" ... I was a member of their FB group.. hence the photowalk on Dec 13 was at Sharjah scrapyard ... the basic requirement was to use a 50 mm lens... I had one ...n so I joined them.... it was a wonderful experience with those guys... got to learn many stuffs .... So... that was a good thing I had this year apart from my driver's license, mba result n job .... :)
Ohh ....The sad part is... I couldnt continue my blogging in the past 6 months... so I've decided to do it regularly.. to jot something or the other ... I hope it works out ... :)
By the way... Happy New Year folks .....
This has been the first time since I didnt get a single sms on my mobile for the new year... Usually my mobile was loaded with sms's exactly at 12 ... !! And, ya... I didnt forget to send sms as usual.. to many of my closest buddies :) .... But in this era of whatsapping ... and with a forward button.. a common "HNY" msg can be forwarded to all... I have heard technology connects people... not thats not the case right now...
So guys... I have got the subject for my next blog I guess .... Now to decide..whether to write up a feature on that .... Till then.. see ya ..
Takecare .. Have a wonderful , awesum n rocking 2014 ...
Regards,
Aleena
As I saw my instructor, I started getting into the passenger seat next to the driver's. Half way through, the instructor came up to me and asked..."Have you come for a tour or something?" .... I said ,"Well, no..." ... Then she replied... "Then get into the driver seat" :) So, thats how it started..... I had no control over the steering.. well, who could possibly have on their first driving class ... !!!! End of the day, I could see almost half of the red cones down ... Yeah I crashed into them while trying to take a u-turns... So basically the first day was fully u-turns .... and driving in "8" shape :) ...
Well... I made mistake...more mistakes.... but I finally succeeded by getting the driver's license :)
Then after that it was purely job hunting.... browsing through appointments section in Gulf news ... registering in career sites ..etc etc... But I was a fresher .. so getting a job right now.. that to after 2009's recession was a bit tough... But of course if you have hold in a company...or if any of your relative has a hold with someone in some company... then you're guaranteed of a job ... :)
Therefore, by April I guess, my MBA 4th sem results were out ... n ya... I passed out :) And that's when I decided to go to Kerala for a week ... for 2 reasons :) !!! Primarily, to apply for my mba certificate through the university... and secondly.... to meet my friends after 6 months .. :)
Thus, I planned my trip for a week.... May 28th to June 2nd ... days might differ (I actually dont remember the exact date..but I guess that dates are correct)... I landed at Cochin airport ... stayed with my uncle n family... went to the university with Savio, Anusree, Aisten n Savio's sister.... in Savio's car.. it was too good.... !!! Although the university procedures took up most of our time.. we managed to get back home by 5:30-6 pm....!!!
Then ya... I had to meet my friends right...so we planned.. nops... I planned to meet them at Lulu Mall in Cochin.. it was newly opened...n I've never been there... !! we had a great time... !!! To name everyone - Abhishek, Kiran, Savio, Jerin, Varghese, Colin, Aiswarya, Nishana, Fatima, Sharon, Meekhal n Sherynn :) We hogged at McDonalds... stuffing ourselves with fries and McFlurry .... !!Then headed to the play zone... did bowling .... then took a stroll in Lulu supermarket ... !! Finally.. it was time to say good bye :(
Wonder how a week flies so fast .. I returned to UAE ... back to job hunting... Thankfully got a job as an HR Executive ... joined by June end ...
Therefore, I entered into work life ..... Used to take the company transport initially.. then shifted to driving .... Yeah, I had accidents 2 times in between :( .. but I was safe .. Thanks to the Almighty :)
Finally I decide to quit my job in December due to health and personal reasons... Thus back to 24-hours-at-home-right-now mode ...
Meanwhile... I celebrated my 25th bday in August ... n in December ..it was my lil bro's 15th bday :) My parents gifted him a tab ... n I gave him a Superman Tee :)
So basically, 2013 was a not-so-bad year for me :) I had my share of ups and downs this 2013 ...
Meanwhile.. I started experimenting with photography more seriously ... and I used to send my entries constantly to Gulf news :) until it got published ... :) On December 13th, I joined a group of amatuer as well as professional shutterbugs in Dubai ... They are called "Photowalk Dubai" ... I was a member of their FB group.. hence the photowalk on Dec 13 was at Sharjah scrapyard ... the basic requirement was to use a 50 mm lens... I had one ...n so I joined them.... it was a wonderful experience with those guys... got to learn many stuffs .... So... that was a good thing I had this year apart from my driver's license, mba result n job .... :)
Ohh ....The sad part is... I couldnt continue my blogging in the past 6 months... so I've decided to do it regularly.. to jot something or the other ... I hope it works out ... :)
By the way... Happy New Year folks .....
This has been the first time since I didnt get a single sms on my mobile for the new year... Usually my mobile was loaded with sms's exactly at 12 ... !! And, ya... I didnt forget to send sms as usual.. to many of my closest buddies :) .... But in this era of whatsapping ... and with a forward button.. a common "HNY" msg can be forwarded to all... I have heard technology connects people... not thats not the case right now...
So guys... I have got the subject for my next blog I guess .... Now to decide..whether to write up a feature on that .... Till then.. see ya ..
Takecare .. Have a wonderful , awesum n rocking 2014 ...
Regards,
Aleena
superman!!! :)
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