I sat down to write about the year that is about to end; 2008 as it happened to me and many. The year brought lot of ups and tremendous number of downs. But its no fun writing about what has happened to me or to the country or to the world. Everyone will write about economy, Obama, terror attacks and many more facts of 2008.
So let me try and put it in a different way. 2008 was a leap year and that means one extra day, 24 extra hours, 1440 extra minutes, 86,400 extra seconds or 86,400,000 extra milliseconds. Why am I counting to milliseconds? …that millisecond mattered to Usain Bolt or Michael Phillips who made history at the Beijing Olympics. That millisecond also mattered to the fortunate passenger at the CST station who just missed the bullet and also to the unfortunate passenger who wasn’t that lucky on 26th November.
As I think about the year gone by, I can’t resist thinking about that extra day. What day would you choose out of the 366 days that did matter the most to you; in a good way or bad? For everyone, there could be that one day of this year that changed something dramatically in their life. It could be the best thing that ever happened to you or could be the worst nightmare that came true on that day. You will either hate it forever or cherish it forever. All in all, you will never forget that one extra day.
Million dollar question!! Or should I call a billion dollar (bailout question) is that if not for the extra day, could we have avoided the economic crisis? Who knows? For now, I will welcome 2009 with open arms and clear mind…
Happy New Year to all!!!
3 comments:
Very well put. I hope you remember 2009 for the 365 great days!
I guess I would remember that 1 extra day as the last day of 2008 which I celebrated on my flight back to singapore while welcoming new year!!! I hope you got what day was it.....
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