Mandate! 2023, Please Be Kind!

 1. What did you do in 2022 that you’ve never done before?

Took Maa to hospital -_-
Bikini

Shidhur Khela

Bought Cocktail maker and used

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions and will you make more for next year?
Not kept, so the resolution continues for this year

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Lost the idea of who is close and who is not. Lots of Babies happening all around.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
R’s Mom

 

5. What countries did you visit?
Indonesia! (AND Thailand and Malaysia if transits count! Gareeb ko achha laggega!)
Also, in India,

Kolkata, Shantiniketan, Chandigarh, Vidisha, Lucknow, Ooty, Kochi, Munnar, Alleypey, Dhotrey, LepchaJagat, Darjeeling, DudhSagar, Dandeli, Palmaner, Gokarna, Landsdowne, Powri, Khirsu, Dehradun, Hosur

6. What would you like to have in 2023 that you lacked in 2022?
Healthy Lifestyle
Work Travel


7. What date from 2022 will remain etched upon your memory?
Don’t know about date but DivD Elections from Dhotrey, the palpitation, the tension, the network, the win! WHAT A DAY!


8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
GL Retention
Making it through 2 weeks of in-laws visiting


9. What was your biggest failure?
Not investing one second to wanting to do Masters


10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
The skin is tearing apart SO MUCH
And, Covid


11. What was the best thing you bought?
Scooty for Maa


12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Not anyone I can think of


13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Everyone’s during the 2 weeks of August


14. Where did most of your money go?
Travel (and happily so!)


15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Maa’s retirement
Bali

DivD Elections

Durga Pujo


16. What song/album will always remind you of 2022?
Hey Samalo (Coke Studio Version)


17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
1. Happier or sadder? Happier
2. Thinner or fatter? Fatter
3. Richer or poorer? Richer


18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Exercising my brains! I can feel cobwebs inside, really!


19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Crying


20. How did you spend Christmas?
Wrote letters to Santa (S wrote too this time!)
Stayed indoors
Watched something stupid till 4 in the morning
Had Mulled wine at Toit (Did not particularly like the hype)

Finally learnt Monopoly at R’s

21. Who did you spend most of the time on the phone with?
Maaaaaaaaa! <3


22. Did you fall in love in 2022?
No


23. How many one night stands in this last year?
None.


24. What was your favorite Tv programme?
Emily in Paris

House

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No.


26. What was the best book(s) you read?
Bought a single book in a house that has over 500, read Shreya Sanghani’s story (fangirl forever).
That’s It. Shameful. Yes.


27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Jolene

28. What did you want and get?
Hike


29. What did you want and did not get?
Northern Lights (AGAIN)


30. What were your favorite films?
I think I watched 365 movies but cannot remember anything right now.


31. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
30+ till 40 :)
I did not go home :(

Big pre fight, Gokarna, Beer, Sea, Rides!

S gifted me a Keeeeeyboard :’)
Maa ordered a Bengali thali :’)
Decided to not miss home on Birthday next time

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Maa’s good health


33. What would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2022?
M to L


34. What kept you sane?
Maa


35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Alfie from Emily In Paris (SO HOT)


36. What political issue stirred you the most?
None


37. Who did you miss?
Kolkata


38. Who was the best new person you met?
Noone

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2022?
Old Age Demands People and Money! Plan Well


40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?
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