"A year goes by...."

"Happy New Year"

Thank you all for the tolerance courage and patience you have shown for the past 22 years. I thank the human race for taking me in and making me feel one among them inspite of my many distinct differences.

When I look at things I have gained and lost in the past years the loss seem so insignificant. I've gained good friends, a ever supporting family and a lovely life with its little strifes without which life would get really monotonous.

I have gained experience from my mistakes, troubles and worries. All these have made me what I am today good or bad I cannot say all I can say is that the Akshay I know today is a lot more confident and prepared to face the challenges life has in store for him. Yes I continue to torture the world with ohh so much ease... comes naturally

Time for some Gyan...

THINGS I HAVE REALIZED OVER THE YEARS:

LIFE: Live it to the fullest!!! and enjoy every moment cause wanting what you get is more important than getting what you want.

LOVE: No idea still figuring this one out, gimme another 22 years.

RELATIONSHIP: Its never perfect not even close to being perfect.All you can do is enjoy it while it lasts.

FAMILY: At the end of the day these are few people who you can go back to UGLY, DIRTY AND DRUNK and be sure to be accepted, loved and taken care of no matter what. They deserve to be made happy and it is not really difficult.

FRIENDS: Well friends are like the world to me. Choose them well, let them be , don't try changing them you will learn a lot from your friends cause they help you see life from all angles, shades, sizes and colours. I am blessed with an interesting set of friends from all over the country i thank you for liking me for who I am and letting me be of some help to you all by sharing all your secrets..psst..think twice before you tell me YOUR secrets it might no longer be one.

STUDIES & CARRER: Absolutely no short cuts here..perservere and be focussed SOMEDAY you will get where you want to be.

EXPECTATIONS: My simple theory in life one of the toughest actually is to expect as little as possible from people cause ultimately when it doesn't come around you end up feeling really hurt. People who know me personally always remember the spirit I carry 24/7 and a bubble (I know I'm suffering from chronic verbal diarrhoea) I have in my voice well the secret is having a comparatively low level of expectation. I enjoy simple things in life like getting wet in the rain or maybe mom getting me coffee when I am dropping dead in front of the comp writing a meaningless blog much like this. I'm the easiest person I know to make happy send me the most cliched of e-cards or msgs, just call to say hello, I'll still be happy, low maintainance guy is what am called... Well I like it this way (and so do my friends) and that's all that matters.

THINGS AM PROUD OF: My family and the fantastic relationship I share with everyone from Dad to the smallest of my cousins. My friends like I said before a lovely lot. Very tolerant, poor tortured souls surely going to heaven after a hell on earth with me. My ability to completely forget the most painful and agonising fights with friends and keep being there for them. Man feels like a self appraisal form...

THINGS I WISH I COULD DO: Read all the books in the Oxford library before I die, atleast one fourth. Write something more meaningful than this sheesh... Speak my mother tongue, russian fluently by the end of this year. Search my russian biological parents and get back to vladivostok and live my life all over again... (That bit was for my supposedly foster mom...). Grow a few inches taller maybe aahh..forget it am destined to be vertically challenged. Be a lot more patient with people. AND... Save you from yourself !!!