Dawn of a New Year 2013

So it's the dawn of another year, just returned from a really nice mass at Lourdes Church, where the priest gave a sermon using power point presentation. Needless to say, we all stayed awake...

Anyway, here are a few images from the past few days...

My house lit up for the holidays...

My room...

Snowflakes on my window...

Christmas tree at a mall (citi centre) in Madras...

A Christmas star and a decorative kolam... at a neighbour's place.

My twin brother's Superman / James Bond themed birthday cake....

And this was taken just a few minutes ago (again at a neighbour's place)

And with that I'll leave you with a Blessing for the New Year...

Lord as a new year begins, we come to You and ask for Your blessings. We pray that You would give us joy to fill our days, peace to fill our heart, and love to fill our lives. Thanking God for you and praying your new year is blessed in every way.

Happy New Year Everybody... May our days be blessed with hope, joy, peace and love.

Comments

Cooking Quidnunc said…

Happy New Year!

8:13 AM

mahesh said…

Very well done :) have a lovely 2013 ahead :) the cake looks yummy - lucky are your brothers who get such a delicious cake from their loving sister :)

12:47 PM

Carol said…

sisters- plural

10:49 PM

Karen Xavier said…

Wishing you the same Natalie...
Mahesh, wishing you a great 2013 too, and me and my sister hit upon this Superman/Bond idea.
Carol, atleast he got you to comment...

12:05 AM

Nice Ad....

Wouldn't you say so... Nam and me were in this huge clothing store and we were making fun of all the models on display (there was one of hrithik in which he looked kinda gayish) when we came across this one. Seriously, dark people are more better looking....

I hope the world doesn't end in 2012, I have a whole lot of books to read...

I heard bout Flipkart.com from Anju and that site has changed my life. All the books that I have been searching for since centuries, are now sitting prettily on my book shelf. Landmark is a thing of the past now... in fact Landmark is not what it used to be anymore, they do not seem to have stock on most of the good books. So I am deliriously thankful to the creators of flipkart, I seriously love you guys... continue with your fabulous work. Talking of books, here are a few people who have enriched my life with their recommendations of the written word... My brother Manoj for buying the ' The Partner ' by John Grisham . Now I hadn't heard of Grisham before so the book was just lying there at home. One day I got bored and picked it up, that was the start of my love affair with Grisham and legal thrillers in general. This was the first John Grisham book I read and it was in a word mindblowing. I couldn't set the book down, my heart was racing away with Patrick Laniga...

My school teachers...

So I got to thinking bout my school days recently and it saddened me that I was starting to forget a few teachers who had shaped my life, I have already forgotten nearly half the classmates... though its not my fault. Some people just don't want to join facebook, then how can you find them in this big world. Even if I do find them, there is not much to talk beyond the 'where are you & what are you doing' phrases. But the teachers are another matter, they deserve to be remembered for moulding us. I gotta hand it to the convent school I studied in, they really knew how to select their educators... all the teachers I had shared a genuine passion for teaching and above that they had strong moral values and faith which invariably shaped our lives. To them being a good person was what mattered the most and they made sure we grasped this knowledge, it also helped that I had staunch catholic parents who cemented this view. Anyway, I just wanted to jot down stuff bout my teacher...

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