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Dear friends, Seasons Greetings 'n a very Happy New Year well in advance!
What a year it was!! huhh.. started smoothly in the cosy Bangkok and eventually took us on a rollercoster drive across the continents and finally all set to make us land in the laps of our mother hometown in majestic himalayas where we learnt to take our first steps. I was a complete buquet full of all colors and patterns.. It was a melodrama comprising of all emotions.. It was a satire that taught us the lessons of life in the most effective way. Lot of smiles alongwith few tears.. lot of happy returns from our serious efforts and lot of learnings from quite a few mistakes made this year a truly immemorable year for many many years to come.
At one end we cherish the nostalgic memories of beautiful Thailand and a short but eventful trip to Australia and on other it encapsulates the quick sorties across quite a few cities in India, and an interesting trip to London and cambridge. Most of this year we were in travel mode and I'd like to recall it as a 'Learning Year'. Overall it was a good travelling (I mean 'learning') experience and will enrich our life encyclopedia with quite some pragmatic real life examples.
An appreciable part of this year spent in India was pretty interesting and a kinda good learning experience which we'd like to revisit time and again, and will guide us towards a better future. As we labelled this year as a learning year at the start of the year, it also lived upto our expectation and was truly a learning year for each one of us. I admit I certain tried to grow up a professional and a human being (though there're quite some areas of improvement). Hema better equipped herself to deal with unexpected and frequently changing circumstances.
Oshin has been a lucky kid to witnesss so many real life scenarios at such an early age. The ease and temperament with which she embrased so many quick changes in such a short span of time really overwhelmes us and really diserves elaboration. The zeal and speed with which she accepted the indian culture has been amazing, we were apprehensive about the cultural shock that she would experience once back to homeland after such an appreciable time away from India but she almost proved us wrong and the ease with which she sings kumaoni and hindi songs and dialects leaves everyone speechless. Though her regular schooling suffered to some extent due to this extensive travel but being a wunderkind we share the pride to update that she concludes NCERT class III syllabus at the age of 6 as I write. Oshin's a dream child and Hema and I are one of the luckiest parents on planet earth.
- Oshin's Oasis
