RETROSPECTIVE 2011

Hmmmm........in almost random order.......

Celebrated New years on a High note ( at floor 122 of Burj Khalifa ( world's tallest)......
Got an Ipad........
Nestled at the shangri-la in ever gorgeous Muscat....
Saw the Social Media revolution ..aka bahrain, egypt, tunisia etc.
took my folks to see dubai for an all expense paid vacation....
Got 'her' sucked into the corporate vortex of design.....
Saw barcelona in a side car....
Had 10 days of tapas and Ham, hence craved desi ness...
Saw Flamenco at valencia....
smelled paella at sevilla....
Saw the geni-ii of Gaudi and calatrava up close and personal....
Visited world's best bar at Madrid......
Improved Sign-language skills while in Spain........
Maintained sedative levels for Sumam.....
Flew business with a free upgrade.......
Did that ever pending group trip.even if it was only to Dubai....
Witnessed A R Rahman unplugged.....
Acquired new motor skills on my PS-3
Saw the exchange rate and Gold flirt with my wallet.....
Some Strategic Decisions played out according to plan.......
Got a bed and pillows that matter....
Saw MI -4 yesterday - (only matters cuz seeing someone jump off a building you know is rare.........)
wondered how so many greats died in the same year - MF Hussain, Steve jobs, shammi Kapoor, Jagjit Singh
Added some more people on the interesting schmuks aka friends list....
Learnt more about money.........
& Remain married to a beautiful woman......


Overall a good year.....
Thank you God for 2011........Bring it on 2012......Let's wrestle it out.

Penned on a lenovo keyboard parked on an office desktop in Manama on This day - 19th Of December, 2011.
note to self:
1) review  location of desktop.......
2) see tamer @ lebanon.......