New Year's Day 2007

So, I'm in Bombay, and all I have to show for jet-lag is the fact that I sleep at 9pm and wake up around 5am every morning. Talk about early birds.

Yesterday we all met up... Champagne, Ananymous, AA and I. The four of us. The well-known college group, meeting after more than six years! The last time I met AA was in Dec 2003... and for perhaps a total of six hours over two days... and without either one of the other two. Well, if 2007 gives two of them some part of their dreams, they'll be geographically much much closer to the two of us at some point this year. I've got my fingers crossed.

At some point of the day, we happened to land up at Cafe Mocha. Back in the days when we hung out after (or during) college, Mocha was non-existent. So was any other coffee / dessert / hookah bar, for that matter. Walking in with them, I was suddenly seized with a sense of 'un-belonging' - very aware that the average age of the other customers was about five years less than mine. We had far too much to talk of, however, for me to feel it for too long. By the time we walked out of there, I'd made a memory so strong that I'd forgotten to worry about the peripherals. Old wine is so exclusive that even drinking it in a cheap glass doesn't take away from its flavor.

I wish you a lovely 2007 and the fulfilment of all your dreams. If my first day was any indication, I know I shall have a good one this year!