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.