About change, and about smiling at it

I wonder for how many people does the notion of a New year bring fresh energy and enthusiasm, that is, a prolonged and persistant one. Most of the time, people start out scribbling their resolutions for the year, hardly unique from others, hardly different from the last year's new year resoltions. And at some point when they find themselves sloppily hugging their pillows in the soft sunlight filtering through the curtains, they're all like "It's still January?!".

As for me, although things aren't entirely different, the month of January gives an additional push; it's my birthday which falls on the 18^th of this chilling and beautiful month of the year. Yes, it was my Birthday which just passed by!
Birthday in January has always been a good thing to me. When I was a kid, I could easily calculate my age when in doubt. In 2000 I'm 10 and in 2001 I'm 11. It was pretty simple math; I never had to bother much as to whether my birthday had passed.
And now I'm 21. Thoughts about it? Nothing. I'm already out of teenage, so there's no filmy farewell to be given to the same. And its not yet an age when I have to bother about getting older or becoming increasingly vulnerable to the common illnesses for which uncles and aunties jog around in the morning chill.

I can feel the youth, slightly. And its needs: reaching out, creating, making a difference? I look back and see how immature was my first puppy love, or how silly were a number of other conversations I had. And now, there is a pleasure in helping people out in my own way, with the things I've learned.
At college, a number of things we do becomes the last of their kind, for us. The final lab record, the final semester exam.. It is a peculiarity of the final year to force this prefix onto everything we do. A wonderful college experience was what I expected and for which I got disappointed. A wonderful life is what I expect and for which I won't disappoint myself.

I wish I had a lot of time, for the things I want to do right now. Time management - there's always a limit to it(Wow that'd make an awesome demotivational poster, with kittens on them?).

Today morning I had a dream of getting a job at Apple, and I went to Steve Jobs' house with a colleague of mine. He(Steve) was walking around in a green t-shirt and trousers, and he seemed too busy to notice us. I had a Mac in my hands, with the keypad unusually small. And then I was suddenly in my room(at my home), thank god, with the Mac still in my hands. My mom was standing beside me and shouting, "Hey, you have this whitish laptop now, why don't you give your old laptop to your sister?". And I replied.. "No mom, I'll keep both of them. Let her continue using the bulky desktop".

The dream switch back to Steve's house, from where we got out without ever talking to him. The colleague was starting his bike. I told him "Hey, I'm also coming". But he says "I'm going the other way", and rides off into the distance. And I kept staring at the empty road.

No, working at Apple had never been a title in my conscious dreams :D.

Images!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sara/215916577/

http://www.guardiangiftexperiences.co.uk/novelty_gifts/showallcard5-1.aspx

http://www.techdreams.org/cool-stuff/steve-jobs-portrait-created-with-apple-fonts/2539-20090513

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xScribble - Let there be colours!

Son, you login to Googletalk and, instead of typing, start drawing what you want. Savvy?

Here's xScribble, the only Gtalk client providing graphical chat functionality!
With this simple application, you and your friend can now draw on a pretty little canvas, together, and over the Internet using our very own Gtalk.

Let there be colours in your chat. Let your creativity flow and have double the fun. :)

xScribble is now in its alpha version, and hence work with minimal chat client functionalities. However, the drawing system will suit all your basic needs. See it for yourself!
There is even a Scribbles Gallery which features the scribbles created by users.

Try out the test version now!

Click here for downloads and more details about xScribble's alpha version.

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In the late 2010, I learned to smile at more things. 

And it helped me learn that the only things we need to do is to respect our time, stop being lazy, push our limits,  and sit back with a smile.. and life gives you what's possibly the best. Its *that* uncomplicated.
This policy has kept my happiness curve always above the line of frustration throughout the year. Let me just believe that more smiles have made me more handsome :)

One of my best creations in the year that was would be the Penciling blogger template. The new strokes and paints in the design did compensate for all the naivety of a first-time template publishing. I wish to bring more ideas in the coming year that would splatter colours in people's mind. Its a good feeling to know that more than ten thousand people have tried out your template :rainbow

Social networking became a more important part of life. That was not a general statement. Typing this with my laptop on the lap, connected to The Internet over the air, am I feeling a little bit.. geeky? Facebook has become an unavoidable fact. But it helped me find my long lost penpal :h
On the other hand, the blogging world is ever more beautiful. I feel proud and happy, looking back at the blogger friends from the yesteryear, and at those who came before and stayed until now. And those whom I'm looking forward to meet someday. *ahm*

You watch a movie like Into the Wild, you read a book like Atlas Shrugged, your best friend helps you identify some part of your life that you could never comprehend, and you're never ever the same again.

I don't consider it a great thing that I didn't make any severe enemies in the past year. It is possible that I may be making compromises. But the really good thing is, I don't remember losing any friendships. It is possible that I'm close to the finale set of stable awesome friends.

et on Fire, the comic, did well. Not that I was much regular on it. But it seems that et has walked into the hearts of a bunch more people.

No resolutions.
The idea is to let creativity fly. Create more colours, as I mentioned earlier. Face more of the real world.
I also want to catch up on some of the interesting movies, books, songs, games whatnot.
And let life surprise me with the sparks of luck, its occasional gifts of moments, or may be a whole surprise party if I'm doing really good.

PS: I also did take a look at my last year's New year post. I'd like to say I'm pretty impressed by the amount of positivity and about the amount of progress I'd made back then. It is titled 'Walking Up', and its good to know I've been indeed walking up.

Picture source: http://blog.scs.sk.ca/tado/2007/11/

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