Milestones in 2011
Many things I did this year are ‘something I did for the first time’.
It has been a very busy, satisfying fulfilling year - lots of travelling and meeting new people and learning, making decisions on my own and following it through.
Again a big shift in direction in my life.
Did only 21 blogs this year – not impressive - compared to 49 last year. It is because I was too busy doing so many new things that kept my mind occupied.
January
· Went to Bangalore to attend Kalyani – SK’s 80th birthday
· Stayed overnight with my sister Kala at Pyramid valley, near Bangalore and also attended a talk by Dalai Lama.
February
· Went to Bombay for a week to attend my brother Sridhar’s 60th birthday
March
· Had a surgery – total removal of thyroid. Smooth recovery. Highlight of it was that my brother Santhanam was with me in the hospital all throughout and l could spend a great 4 days with him
April
· Had a great week-long trip to Shillong with Sridhar, Daya and Neha. The trip was great and so perfect. The highlight of the trip was my son Rajan from Australia, joined us in Calcutta and made it the best holiday.
· Read Robin Shama’s book on Leadership in the Officers’ Mess in Shillong that motivated me and gave me courage to do so many things during the year
May
· Went to Mumbai to attend my cousin Saroja’s grandson’s poonal.
· In Mumbai, had a get-together with Sridhar’s friends to discuss our concept of a Dream Home
· 5th May – 1st trip to Coimbatore looking for a retirement home to live in and to buy land to built Dream Homes for retired family members and friends. Identified a good Home I can stay in
· On Narasimha Jayanthi, went to Sholingar temple, something I have wanted to do for a long time, but was not brave enough to venture into climbing 1300 steps. Robin Sharma motivated me to do it.
June
· 2nd trip to Coimbatore to look
for land with a Real Estate agent (contacted from the net). Was able to identify a good location. Also went to Erode to attend URC Mr. Devarajan’s son’s wedding.
· Spend a week in Mumbai, in honour of my nephew Sujan’s visit from Australia
· 3rd trip to Kovai to finalise buying a property; negotiated with the land-owner and sealed the deal
August
· Went to Kodaikanal with Sridhar and Kala and visited Daya’s mother in Dindukal.
· My friend Ramraj bought me a laptop
· Went for a weekend retreat to JK foundation in Chennai; Enjoyed the experience
September
· 4th trip to Coimbatore to verify the documents with the help of a lawyer and to get clarity on the payment details
· 5th trip to Coimbatore on Sep 12 – Registered the land. Had a wonderful weekend with Kala and Sridhar
· Published the 60th issue of the in-house magazine of The Journey
· Retired after more than 15 years of service in TCL
October
· Finished compiling TCT’s annual report and got it printed.
· Went up the Anjaneya hill in Sholingar to worship Anjaneya, to complete the pilgrimage, which I did in May
· I turned 70. Had three birthdays – two as per the Tamil calendar / star, one on 2nd Oct and and another on 16th Oct. and one as per the English calendar on 10th Oct. Didn’t know about the 2nd; on 10th I was busy the whole day that I could do nothing more than wear a new saree. On my friend Dhanam reminding of my third chance, I celebrated my birthday on 16th at the Thiruvallikeni Parthasarathy temple, inviting all the family members and friends to have the sakkarai pongal prasadam. It was also to say good bye to all of them before moving to Coimbatore. It was lovely.
· Went to Coimbatore on a four-day trip by car with Ramraj and family. It was a wonderful trip.
· Enjoyed the get-together of family members at Ranipet as a send off for me.
November
· Moved to Coimbatore to live in Aarogya Kudumbam. This move changed my life style completely. I feel relaxed and in a holiday mood all the time. I feel I have come to my final resting place
December
Had so many new experiences, met so many new people. Had the first meeting with an architect to design our dream home. Mr.Devarajan of URC will be guiding the team to do this project.
Jaya, A very Happy New Year to you!
ReplyDeleteAre you receiving the emails I have sent you to your new email?
Dear Ms.Jaya, In case you do not remember me still, I am Kalyani who visited Aarogya Kudumbam, with my husband Krishnamurthy and son Sekhar, late in July,2014, spent a couple of days there when we had the pleasure of spending a few hours with you. We enjoyed the friendship, though very brief, with you and Ms.Lakshmi, and would be happy to reconnect with you both and keep our contact alive. In fact, we wrote to Ms.Lakshmi a couple of months later buthave had no response. May be it did not reach her hands. My email id is < kalyanikrish11@gmail.com >. Hope you both are keeping well & cheerful. Will be happy to receive a line from you in reply. Affectionately, Kalyani
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