Happy 2010

Here's wishing all regular viewers, the lone follower and any accidental visitor, a very Happy 2010.

I am on leave today simply because I was on leave on the same date last year. Last year was pretty good professionally and since I didn't really change my style of working, I think only such superstitions can see me through every year. Touch wood.

Choose your greeting

Since today and the next couple of days have a lot of religious and social and political significance, I request you to choose one or more or all of the greetings listed below:
1. இனிய பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்துக்கள்
2. Happy Sankaranthi
3. Happy மாட்டுப் பொங்கல்
4. இனிய தமிழக அரசு புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்

Bloody friendship day nonsense

First read this, just to prove that this is not the first time I hate this bleeping "day".

So, when this Sunday started off with a few of these nonsensical friendship day wishes forwarded via SMS, I went in for a pre-emptive strike and sent off another SMS.

Don't get me wrong. I fully appreciate the kind of feeling that the people had and why they sent it to me. But I only fail to understand, why they chose not to use their logical thinking capacity.

I cannot think of one logical or even emotional reason why I should tell a friend of mine that today is "Friendship Day". What the bleep?

If you really think that you must commemorate a friendship by greeting your friend on one particular date, only to prove that you are both friends (yikes yikes yikes on multiple levels), then why don't you send that wish on the day that you first spoke to that person?

Extend the same to that bloody killer day in Feb. Also to the insane days in May and June dedicated to fathers and mothers.

Why the hell aren't we celebrating a "Happy Son/Daughter day"? Is it because we mature over the years and realise how ridiculous such "days" are? Why not a day for Uncles and Aunts? For cousins. For nephews and nieces. For grandchildren or grandparents for that matter.

I guess it is too much to expect this out of Indians who pray for foreigners and prefer being ruled by one.

In any case, this was my SMS:

"I dont believe in special days created by greeting card companies, primarily to rake in huge profits by taking advantage of juvenile sentiments commonly found in people, especially those in their teens and those who want to be in their teens. So I'd rather greet people on the day that has a religious significance at some level. So here's wishing you a happy 'sani peyarchi' day. Hope the Saturn lord doesnt trouble you that much this year."

Have a great 2007

I am likely to wish you in person or by email or both.
But since this is my blogging year, I thought I will wish you first through this.
And in any case, I will not be blogging for another one week at the minimum. Coz my doctor asked me to stay away from computers for 3 weeks!!!
Since that's not practical, I will be using my computer only for official purposes and prune my non-official work to a bare minimum.

So here's wishing you a fantabuloustic 2007.