Goodbye '07 !

2007, one of the best years of my life, is coming to an end in a few hours. '07 has gone by ridiculously fast. Like I did last year, I'm going to blog about the important events of 2007 (international and personal).

Please excuse me for not being well-informed.




January :


International events -


1) South Korea's Ban-Ki-Moon took office from Kofi Annan as the UN Secretary General. I love his name ! Ban-Ki-Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon.


2) Shilpa Shetty won Big Brother (Jan 28th) with 63 % of the final vote after an international racism controversy involving her and 3 of her fellow contestants.


3) Sidney Sheldon, one of my favorite authors, passed away on January 30th. RIP.



Personal events -


1) I remember that in January, we had the whole 'Big Fight' going on (refer to mine and
Kapil's blog). I miss those days.


I don't remember much else. Wow.




February :


International events -


1) The Dixie Chicks won 5 statuettes at the Grammy awards. I know that isn't exactly an 'international event', but WOW !!


Personal events -


1) My first ever surprise party ! I love you guys ! http://shalakalaxman.blogspot.com/2007/02/surprise.html


2) The inauguration of Stupid Cupid. http://stupidcupid77.blogspot.com/


3) My birthday, which was on the same day as the EVS exam. Still, it was pretty cool.




March :


International events -


1) Storms hit the USA, killing 20 people.


2) Two earthquakes struck Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 70 people.


Pretty dreary month, internationally.


Personal events -


1) Plant-A-Flower Day. I'm sure some of you remember that.


2) Mine and Vihaan's birthday party.

3) INDIA ! After 2 whole years ! And, it was fun ! Worth missing the extra classes for atleast.


4) DESERT ROCK !!!





April :


International events :


1) A student from Virginia Tech shot 32 students and killed himself in a shooting rampage.


2) The Abi-Ash wedding.


3) Afghanistan became a member of SAARC (or is it 'the SAARC'?). FINALLY.



Personal events :


1) Tenth grade began.


2) I went for my first ever debating session. And, it turned out to be quite good, even though I was .. well, scared.


3) Discovery of Anime.




May :


International events :


.. I'm not really getting any. Please remind me ?



Personal events :


1) SO many birthdays !


2) I was in love with Sasuke and Gaara. Those were the days.


3) The play for the Ecofest. That was fun !

June :


International events -


1) Rajnikant's Sivaji broke all earlier records for regional films in India. No surprise there.


2) Tony Blair resigned as Premier and made way for Gordon Brown.



Personal events -


1) Unforgettable birthday parties. :)





July :


International events -


1) HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS RELEASED !!!!!


2) Also, HP and the Order of the Phoenix, the movie released.


3) Smt. Prathiba Devisingh Patil became the 12th president of India, and the first woman president.



Personal events -


1) I became a volunteer of SFS, and that's got to be one of the best things I've done in my life.


2) I met Puja !


3) Some of the most amazing movies came out this month.





August :


International events -


1) Sanjay Dutt was granted an interim bail by the Supreme Court.


2) TrES-4, the largest planet in the universe, was discovered.



Personal events -


1) On August 1st, I discovered Tokio Hotel (as my favorite band, my obsession).


2) August was the month during which I met the most amount of people and made the most amount of friends.





September :


International events -


Again, please remind me ?


Personal events -


1) Bill and Tom Kaulitz's 18th birthday.


2) Schmizel's brilliant gig.


3) More debating, except this time I had to start speaking.





October :


International events -


1) Aqua announced that they would reunite for a tour in 2008 and release a compilation album featuring new material. Well, this does somewhat count as an international event. Aqua were fun !



Personal events -


1) It was a jampacked month. I remember I was really busy.


2) The best Dandiya EVER !





November :


International events -


1) Madhuri Dixit made a comeback to Bollywood after six years.


2) Pakistan president, Pervez Musharraf, declared a period of emergency rule.


3) On November 1st, the MTV European Music Awards were held in Munich. TOKIO HOTEL WON AN AWARD AND WERE DECLARED AS THE BEST PERFORMANCE AT THE EMAs !!!!!! One of the happiest days of my life.



Personal events -


1) November was an awesome month after the exams. The Gothic party, Creek Park, Bhavi's etc etc.

December :


International events -


1) Argentina witnessed its first woman president when Cristina Fernandez was sworn in. Also, there was a rare husband-wife, as she took over from her husband.


2) Pervez Musharraf lifted the state of emergency.

3) RIP Benazir Bhutto.



Personal events -



1) Children's Day ! :D

2) Birthdays. Loads of birthdays.


3) Christmas ! Even though I didn't do anything, I got THE LIVE IN EUROPE ZIMMER 483 TOUR DVD !! Brilliance.

4) Puja came, and we partied !







This was done in a hurry, and I apologize for the shabbiness.


Goodbye '07. You shall be greatly missed.

Elves, Santa and Christmas

Merry Christmas !



I promised I would blog on a specific topic within a week's time, didn't I ? So here I am, blogging about Santa and his elves. Apt for this time of the year.

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Once upon a time, it was believed that Santa's elves lived up in his good ol' village in the North Pole. Many kids still believe this, so don't ruin it for them. Everyone should go through their Santa Claus/Tooth Fairy/Boogie Man phase.



Anyway. In 1925, people discovered that there are NO reindeer in the North Pole. It must've been the shock of that year. I wonder how the kids took it. BUT then they also discovered that there were lots of reindeer in Lapland, Finland. Of course, no one has actually seen the place where all the reindeer reside because it's a secret place only known to Santa and the elves (And the reindeer). We know that it is somewhere on the Korvatunturi mountain in the Savukoski county of Lapland, Finland, which is on the Finnish-Russian border.

On the sixth of January, the elves come running down from their secret village in the mountain to play in a secret field to celebrate the last day of Christmas.



Now, you might be wondering, how many elves ARE there ? That's somewhat of a mystery. There's no need to worry though, I'm sure there will never be a shortage of elves. :D



Obviously, there are many types of elves. I guess they all wear something to make them feel uniform .. Maybe a red and green hat ? I'm sure the elves have names too. Apparently, some of the elves have icelandic names (Askasleikir, Bjugnakraekir, Faldafeykir, Stekkjarstaur, Gattathefur, Giljagaur, Gluggagaegir, Ketkrokurog, Kertasnikir, Pottasleikir, Skyrjarmur, Stufur, Thvorusleikir). I SWEAR I didn't make the names up.



I read somewhere else that the elves with the Westernised names have certain duties too, six of which are :


1) Bushy Evergreen is the inventor of the magic toymaking machine.



2) Shinny Upatree is Santa's oldest friend and cofounder of the secret village in Lapland.



3) Wunorse Openslae designed Father Christmas's sleigh and maintains it for top performance. He also cares for the reindeer.



4) Pepper Minstix is the guardian of the secret of the location of Father Christmas's village.



5) Sugarplum Mary is Head of the Sweat Treats, and assistant to Father Christmas's wife, Mrs Claus.



6) Alabaster Snowball is very important. He is the Administrator of the Naughty & Nice list.


[I, once again, SWEAR I am not making this up.]





Please watch :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf4DpJys3Wo&feature=related



I don't really want anything for Christmas. Except Bill Kaulitz. Ya, that would be nice. :D

Is There Anybody Home ?

I'm back after a nice, long break. Maybe not nice, but loooooooong.


My thoughts as of now (since as usual I have nothing specific to blog about) :


1) Everyone has an autobiography to write. As the years pass by, the book gets thicker and thicker. It makes sense if you think about it. After all, everyone's life IS unique and there are pages that can be filled with their lives. Some people actually do write autobiographies and some people don't. Some people do pen their lives down on paper, and some people don't.

2) The 12th graders are leaving. They're actually leaving. I knew you guys would eventually have to go, but not so soon ! What are we going to do without you guys ? Along with the 12th graders, quite a few tenth graders are leaving too. Great. Yes, I know everyone does leave eventually and it can't be helped, but I don't want to believe it. I really don't want to believe it.

3) We need 5000 signatures by July for the Tokio Hotel petition. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

4) Why can't I blog about anything specific anymore !?

5) http://youtube.com/watch?v=FinnvMqSTFM -> Very addicted to this song.


My next post will be within a week, and it will be about a specific topic. That's my pre-New Year resolution. Everyone has those, right ?

Till the next time !