Naya saal mubarak... Well, firstly as I awaken finally from the weekend party stupor, HAPPY 2006 to everyone who reads my blog. To the rest, well, a good 2006 nevertheless.

2006 for me arrived kicking and alive. No, literally, because the party that I attended, at Hotel Leela in Mumbai, hoping to welcome the new year with a vodka and a dance, was so crowded that I was kicked a few times in the knee / foot area during my several abortive and futile attempts to dance and was kicked a bit more by angry guzzlers trying to get their share of the spirits.

However, the party was fun as I had some great company, my fiancee Poonam, and hey, the kicking did ensure that I managed to remain awake after having spent the earlier night at a binge - so, I did not have much cause to complain.

While returning home after the party, I also realized that, thankfully, while I was just getting kicked in the party at Leela, some of the more adventurous party animals (!!) near Juhu beach were getting whacked on their backs and heads by police lathis. After two years in IIM B (in RG), this relative well-being made me feel quite positive about the year ahead. Resolution: Wear knee / shin pads when you attend new years parties at good hotels. Wear crash helmets and chest guards anywhere else.

Am back in Chennai now and have managed to read a few good blog-posts about their new year experiences, check out the links below:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/bong_on_target/ (Dada's New Year and some gyan on nerds and babes)

http://www.livejournal.com/users/ggollerkeri/ (a re-run in the re-run season)

http://www.feathers-and-stones.blogspot.com/ (Ravikirans New Year party in different moods)

Happy reading...  ¶ 2:33 PM