Things I am glad I did this year.
- Went to Singapore and Malaysia, and saw REAL cities.
- Got published in magazines and e-zines WITHOUT working for them as staff.
- Made tonnes of new friends, most of whom are totally so adorable.
- Got to know lots of awesome people. [This is for you, Pr, Ra and Sa. Also, kinda Al)
- Started writing for this blog seriously
- Started contributing in the comments section of Nepaliketi ko blog. Awesome writer, you should totally check her out[wherein by 'her' I mean, her blog. I swear, Nepaliketi Di, I wasn't telling people to check you out. Though I'd totally do it if you wanted me to]
- Watched Prawin dai's film Kohi Mero... and two other Nepali fiilms
- Went to Gud Cinema Gwarko, and watche film at third the price of what I usually pay in Big Cinemas
- Did the flashmob kathmandu thing
- Kind-of worked with Ujwal dai ko movement. This year, I want to do it better
- Learned to play Counter-Strike, became quite good at playing it with touchpad, and multiplayed it with the guys
- Taught LOTS of people how to open a gmail account, and how to join a google groups group. Also, taught things to several techno-dumb people.
- Started using google for ABSOULTE everything---including controlling facebook and twitter from reader.
- Attended Scribble-Wibble
- Discovered vent(ventzine.com)
- Discovered xoxoxo is hugs-and-kisses, and NOT xxx, which apparently means 'hardcore'...
- Started using bad words in my blog
- Sent people SMSes that meant absolutely nothing to them, to get replies saying that I had sent them msgs intended for someone else
- Did NOT imbibe alcoholic beverages of any concentration, despite the several opportunities and situations to
- Finally learned the art of completely ignoring people
- Fed chickens from my own hand/cleaned chicken poop
- Got rid of all the baggage of anger I had been carrying, and reset all my relationships with everyone! So now YOU! could be my next BFF!!!!! <3<3<3<3<3
- Became an Approved commenter on both Gawker AND Jezebel. Greatest. Achievement. Ever.
- Finally got over the Rato-Bangla-mania that almost every BNKS alum has. I love you, all the peoples
of RBS, for whatever you are. I am never everr everr comparing BNKS to rato bangla again.
- Started several flame wars in the internet, and at one point was 9 out of the sixteen participants in the flame war, from the both sides. It was more of a performance art than provocation, and I will definitely write more on this later
- FINALLY read lots of Dave Barry, Joel Stein and David Sedaris. Read the entire Murakami short stories collection
- Got interested in photography/photoshop
- stopped bothering su with weee-ird emails
- Did not threaten the stupid-email forwarders. Tried to accept them for what they are without being judgmental: stupid dumb-asses who have no regards for other peoples' time.
- Went to more restaurants than I had in all the previous years
- Found something that's almost(and maybe, is even more) better than Harry Potter-- Discworld! Terry Pratchett Rocks!
- Did all kinds of funny/stupid/weird/dumb things throughout the year that made some girls from BNKS think I was gay(FYI Im not ketiharu, but whatevs, i dont care)... I would definitely want to do these things again and again...
- Did NOT eat Durian fruit (message on many hotels in Singapore: Weapons and Durian are not allowed here)
- Kicked Mr Ma.Ku.Ne's Official vehicle on the tire
- Threw up only four times because of seasickness
- Discovered Achmet the Terrorist and that funny dirty-talking British comedian
- Watched more than 50 NEW hindi films(I lost count after the first 19. What dork counts all the movies anyway?)
- Watched absolutely all movies of Ranvir Kapur
- Resisted all impulses to post in that sebsonline forum
- Met Miss Nepals and other 'big people', was just as unimpressed as I'd though I would be
- Got bitten by a grasshopper of undiscovered species in chitwan
- Picked mangoes and bananas and oranges and other fruits from our baari while NOT being bitten by the many snakes who appeared to be disturbed.
- Kind-of danced with friends
- Avoided absolutely all the parties I could avoid without getting into trouble
- Got Namrata Shrestha's autograph, and shook hands with her