Mandate: 2024 - Please Be The Best

 1. What did you do in 2023 that you’ve never done before?

Drove Maa
Published a book
Saw the Northern Lights
Blew up security alarm in Germany (that is more of S, but still counts :D )

Visited Red Light District

Got DTM pin

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions and will you make more for next year?
Not kept, not keeping

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
So many babies happening my God! Kuhu was such a treat to be with though!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Pishu

 

5. What countries did you visit?
Norway
Netherlands (Germany and Kuwait, with transits)
In the country: Delhi, Rampur, Calcutta, Mangalore, Udipi, Calcutta, Karwar, Goa, Badami, Calcutta, Puri, Calcutta, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Calcutta

6. What would you like to have in 2024 that you lacked in 2023?
Promotion


7. What date from 2023 will remain etched upon your memory?
Buying a car
Obhimaan being up on Amazon and Flipkart
Watching the lights


8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Bidesh bina onsite!
Starting MBA!
Obhimaan


9. What was your biggest failure?
Not doing anything significantly great work-wise


10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Weeklong Fever! Back in my life after a very long time.
Note to self: Add more machh to meals

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Air Fryer for home
Iphone for S

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Mine


13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Boss


14. Where did most of your money go?
Travel (and happily so!): No change to this touchwood


15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Car
Tromso
PUJOOOOO

16. What song/album will always remind you of 2023?
O Mahi O Mahi 


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


18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Certifications/Switch


19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Sleeping! Mindless endless non productive sleeping.


20. How did you spend Christmas?
Wrote letters to Santa
Woke up feverish
Went to Friends Cafe for Steak and Beer
Could not have the food or beer
Fought with S
Called it a night with Antibiotics

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


22. Did you fall in love in 2023?
No


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


24. What was your favorite Tv programme?
A million vlogs on the Arctics

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?
Obhimaan
Amrita-Imroz
Humayun Ahmed (Finally visited Boi Mela after many years and bought a Humayun Ahmed! Should do more of it)


27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Just Breathe

28. What did you want and get?
Northern Lights
Book with my name on it


29. What did you want and did not get?
Better job


30. What were your favorite films?
12th Fail ! OMG!


31. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
30 till 40 :)
Went home
S came along
Went to Puri with everyone!
Sea, Sand, Family, Anxiety, Fear, Wanting to cease everything that very day till forever
Best :')

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Staying in Calcutta 


33. What would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2022?
Accepting size L and buying size L


34. What kept you sane?
Nothing! The year had a lot of anxiety issues.


35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Virat Kohli!


36. What political issue stirred you the most?
None


37. Who did you miss?
Home


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

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2023?
Cherish the good rather than worrying about the temporary in good! (That is the lesson, not the learning from the lesson)


40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be