Happiest Moments...

I am done with my work for the day! :) :)..I have been damn lucky since past few days..Work from 9 to 5, go home, have dinner (and I am not cooking :) ), watch couple of episodes of Friends and hit the bed around 11. Can I ask for more...

Anyways, in this idle time of mine, I realize it's been a long time since I have been this relaxed in professional life. This thought is followed by another one.. "what were the happiest moments of my life when I was really really really happy?"

Well, here the list goes, in no particular order of chronology or preference.

1. when I got to know I would be traveling to Australia for a project. The prospect of going to a foreign country that early in my career was thrilling. And I was happy throughout the trip. The trip changed a lot of things..one of them is I started wearing jeans (ya, I did lot of things late in life) and got compliments for that too!!

2. when I got to know my pre-university results. I got a whopping 98% in PCM and was in top 30s in the entire state. Even as much as I know I am not an Einstein, it still made me feel damn good, because I had really worked for it and the hard work had paid off.

3. when I see my nephew or his snap. I have never felt such selfless love for anyone in life (... or I dont know if it's selfish again, afterall its your own nephew). I could not stop myself from going to the cradle every now and then even while he slept...Oh! babies are real wonders of life.

4. when I wore saree for the first time for my tenth standard send off and I got so many compliments for it..for the first time, I felt feminine and proud of my looks :)

5. when we won carrom mixed doubles 4-3 in my 2nd year of college when we actually trailed 0-3 at one point and went on to win the next four games to beat the over-complacent seniors..hahaha..and the entire class was around us encouraging!

6. when I first drove the car with permanent license, it was the most thrilling and liberating experience (yes, liberating, you will understand if you come to US without the driving license or a car)

7. when I cut my hair short back in 2003 so I could let it loose without having to tie it or plat it and I looked good and made me feel damn good! It was a complete new ME. Believe me, a good hairstyle can actually make you feel completely different from what you were before. From then on, I have never allowed my hair to grow so long that I have to tie it (exception is when I had to get married and mom did not allow me to go for a haircut :( )

I guess the list is complete...not many considering that I have been living life for almost 3 decades!!