My 2010 in a nutshell.

Having taken a year off from doing anything that includes studying, working or travelling I have to say - it was a break well spent(read wasted)!

I had just one thing in mind when i decided to leave AIG. Discover myself. So, on November 20th, 2009 , I officially parted with the company with no immediate plans but to sit back and relax for a bit. After about a month, restlessness getting to me, I remember making out a list of things i should do while starting to look out for a job i might like. These included going to the gym, learning the guitar, going abroad for a holiday, visiting my brother in Hyderabad, GMAT and learn a foreign language.

Unfortunately, around the same time, i was introduced to the unforgiving ,relentless, extremely addictive world of online gaming.

About half a year later, the only thing i could strike off that list was "visiting my brother in Hyderabad" which i have to say, was quite a weekend. Oh and i did do my GMAT as well after some very half-hearted preparation; leading to a very mediocre score.

I had gamed online for 300 hours during this time.

Did i mention i took up cycling?? Well i must have cycled about a 1000km very irregularly over the past year.(i was becoming fat.)

There are a lot of minor incidents and happenings as well that went on over the year , but it's easy to notice the one thing that has dominated the whole thing. I love playing computer games i guess. Although i wouldn't want another year like this, it has shown me something i will take into 2011 with a lot of heart.

I'm starting my MBA in January and am hoping to marry and settle down in Canada in about a couple of years time.

The next big thing in music is.....

***drumroll***drumroll***drumroll***drumroll***drumroll***

Why, Diane Birch of course!!

Let's rewind a bit and lead up to why i'm forced to write about this , shall we? To be quit honest, i've gotten sick in the stomach seeing Justin Beiber, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Justin Beiber, Ke$ha and suchlike gibberish "popstars" hog the music scene wherein some insanely talented musicians and true artists are made to fight for their very existence in the industry.

And thanks to these suckers, there's no point listening to the radio or watching VH1 these days. Damn this commercial music!

This though is a well-laid out trend in the music industry. These teenyboppers make up the bad part. And the good part usually comes very soon after these fade out. I could come up with a gazillion examples of this having happened in the past decade , but just take my word for it. Or if these guys dont fade out, lets just kill them ok?

Diane Birch probably has enough potential to blow away Beiber or Perry or even a BeiberGagaPerry hybrid thingy. And i wish it happens sooner rather than later. I'd highly recommend anyone to listen to her debut album Bible Belt(not a Christian album, thank god!).