Auld Lang Syne

Hello all….
My watch says 4:40 am and it’s officially New Year. Wishes to everyone. A year that began eventfully at Varanasi finally ends without even a drop of alcohol! After the cold coffee, I am even more parched! Zipping down the neon washed deserted Kolkata streets, one tends to retrospect ...especially when he is sober. The early morning fog adds to the mystique and makes a philosopher out of a cynic. I was no exception. Much sewage has flowed down the neighbourhood Kestopur canal and I had made new friends, lost some, fell in and out of love, bought the big ass Nikon D300, played Shylock and exacted more than a pound of flesh, blah blah blah......the list continues. And while they are relics of the past now, a new common minimum program has already emerged to serve as a control for my experiments with life running into its 24th year.

There goes my first ever public 10 point directive generally referred to as the New Year Resolution. Let’s see how the Battle Plan survives the first contact with the enemy.



Get Some
I am taking money you dirty, depraved mind! Lucre, cash, dough! My eco prof preached, ‘Money is a matter of functions four, a medium, a measure, a standard, a store.’ So here is to the search for pecuniary nirvana… various combinations of numerals prefixed with a Rs or $.

Victory- The Battle Of The Bulge
The Aim- To achieve a perfectly sculpted body with minimal workout! I am talking neo-classical Rambo with Amir Khan abs, John A. butt and Hritik Roshan flexibility. (NO Salman Khan please...but wouldn't mind Katrina *Wink)
The Catch- All that without waking up when I generally go to catch my forty winks and a drop of sweat.
The Result- Keep my ever fluctuating waist in shape and help me fit into old pairs of denims (I don’t give a damn about children in Africa....I am not giving them denims away for charity).

Photo- (Ec)centric
Wish list-
* NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S
* NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S
* NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8 G ED-IF AF-S VR
*Crumpler dSLR/Laptop Bag- Karachi Outpost (KO03A)
(ORGASM)
*Have 12 photo-series by the year end
*Win at least two contests of repute

On Being The Oracle Of Delphi
I have found my calling- Journo/photographer. So Agony Uncle/Career Councillor NO more.

WanderLOST & Found
Give in to my wanderlust and travel more. Dream destinations this year include- Agra, Delhi, Rajastan, Goa, Kerala and the Jungles of Uttarakhand and MP.

Light(en) Up
Sorry all you puff addict friends, the fiend with a fierce dislike for nicotine waft is here to stay. Come 2009 he promises to take a proactive role in enforcing the Ramadoss interpretation. G and Soumik, take special note.


Blog Regularly
More Blogging equals more posts equals more of my life out in the public.
Good exercise for a future great.

Be less Judgmental
I, Chhandak Pradhan the resident of snobville do solemnly swear that I will be less snooty, opinionated and bitchy than last year.
* *Raises his left hand and makes a solemn face :|

Plan-err
Will try to stop planning so much and act more spontaneously.
‘So should I kiss her...should I take up that job? emmm errrr.....’ **scratches his head. [Narrator prompts from side- 'First get the girl and job you moron!']

Commit_meant _for _ME
It’s official! My 14 year old cousin has a girlfriend with whom he dreams to spend the rest of his life with. And look at me..... SHYTE! This glass being half empty crap sucks...big time. So this bohemian blues manager promises to put more heart into whatever he does this year.....bohemia or otherwise.
Let’s see if he can achieve the stable ‘thing’ this year =)

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