A Happy New Year and Harry Potter and Shakira!

Severus Snape will help Harry in defeating and or killing Voldemort, at the very last moment. Voldemort and Snape will have Harry cornered, and then Voldemort will ask Snape to do something to Harry, which he will disobey, and instead inflict some kind of spell or curse upon Voldemort. Voldemort will weaken, and Harry, Ron and Hermione together will finish him off. This way Severus Snape would prove that he was actually on the good side, and killing Dumbledore was only an action for faking his obedience towards Voldemort, so that he can help Harry in finishing him off.

I finished reading the 6^th book in the famous Harry Potter series, namely “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince”. When I started reading the book, I really didn’t expect much from it. I actually bought the original copy of this book for my sister, thinking that it’d be a nice present for her. Well, she liked it, but she never got the chance of reading it as her HSC examinations are knocking at the door. Instead, I started reading it, without taking in to notice frowns and disapproving statements from a few friends. Some frowns were generated due to the fact that I haven’t read another HP book and others were generated cause “Ei boyoshe HP!” As in, I’m too old for books like these. I myself was quite skeptical about the whole Harry Potter culture. This was particularly due to the fact that I really didn't like the first Harry Potter movie much, and I haven't see another movie since that one.

However, I am glad that I stuck to my own decision. This book is great, and it’s more than a fairy tale. It's a very enjoying book, and I finished it real fast.

I tried to predict the outcome of the last Harry Potter book in the first paragraph. The book is scheduled for publication sometime in 2006. Apparently, the author J.K.Rowling hasn’t started writing yet. It’ll definitely be tough for her to finish the series. Why does she need to finish it off anyway? Can’t HP be a character like Masud Rana, who is evergreen, and who always seems to find his espionage edge, no matter what’s going on in the world?

Anyways, a very Happy New Year to all of you whom are reading—may all your dreams and wishes come true this year!

I got a lot of SMSs this year, and I sent a lot, too. It’s nice to have friends and people who care to send a New Year’s greeting.

I am thinking about creating a New Years Resolution list. It’s like a list of things that I’d like to do this year. Hmm….let me see:

1. I’ll learn swimming
2. I’ll go visit Rangamati
3. I’ll propose someone (?!?!)
4. I’ll drink Cognac (!)
5. I’ll start my MBA
6. I’ll try going abroad
7. I’ll try to be nicer to my friends
8. I’ll be a better child for my parents
9. I’ll become a millionaire (this I believe, will not be possible at all)
10. I’ll buy a car (if I try doing this, number 9 will not happen)
11. I’ll get out of my game addiction
12. I’ll be more honest and truthful
13. I’ll write 2/3 more stories
14. I’ll read all the books from Harry Potter series
15. I’ll try to have a 3.8+ CGPA in my MBA
16. I'll lose some weight and I'll do regular exercise
17. No more procrastination!

Haha, that’s quite a mouthful of a resolution’s list. And it's my first resolution list ever.

The New Year started in a bitter sweet manner. Just a day before the 31^st, I had a very unpleasant conversation with a best friend of mine (well, yeah, she’s a best friend, as I have at least 4-5 people whom I can call best friends—ignoring the grammatical law of superlatives on the process), and she just hung up. I haven’t really tried to mend the situation yet, and I have no clue whatsoever. I’m so bad in communication….at least in a personal level. People often take the wrong meaning of my words, especially the ones with whom I am close, i.e. my parents, sister, cousins, good friends, etc.

On the 31^st, I went away to stay in a friend’s home. This was the first time in my 25 year brief life that I stayed out on a new year’s night. Well, was the joy of freedom too high? Did I do anything wild? Not really. It was mostly an uneventful guy;s night out thingy. We stayed in Ashique’s home, which is very near the Khilgaon Flyover. My mom baked a chocolate cake for us, and there were other food items like kebab naan and chanachur.

We came out and walked around the flyover at around 2 AM, and walked ahead in search of a tea stall. We found one, had tea (some of us excluding myself also treated themselves to freshly fried eggs) and came back. We watched a movie for a while, and then everyone decided that we should get some rest, and by 5 AM, all of us were sound asleep. I woke up at 9:30 AM, and managed to reach office by 11:45 AM.

The first day of the year was somewhat uneventful, but the ending was good. I got a laptop from office. It’s been a while since I was promised a laptop, and the long awaited day finally arrived. I’ve been working with the HP Compaq nx6120 throughout the day today, finding some “migration” difficulties, as this is the first time in my life I’m being a full time laptop user. But it’s fun, and I am quickly getting used to it. However, the absence of a numpad will be really, really hard to accept.

I really don’t feel like writing about my recent trips, although I had a lot of fun during the trips. Now back to the resolutions list....I wrote it in one stretch, with actually doing the thought process along with the writing, earlier today. So I wouldn't claim that it was a very well thought out list. I did plan about writing this a day before, while I was returning home via rickshaw, probably from Ashique's home. But only the proposing related resolution came to my mind.

The end of the year was marked by my rejuvenated interest in reading, and liking for Shakira! Yeah, I've grown myself a silly crush(!) and obsession about the sexy pop-diva. I knew I was obsessed when I stared at a picture published on India times for about 4-5 minutes on a Jet Airlines airplane, going to Calcutta from Delhi.

The thing that brought in the crush is her live video of the song "La Tortura" at the Live 8 concert. She's such a great dancer!

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Swimming is something which I really, really need to learn. Whenever I go outside of Dhaka, I try to at least take bath in some river, at least for once. Every time I go inside water, a feeling of insecurity straddles me, and I feel the need for learning to swim. This knowledge is long due, and it's high time I acquire it.

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Visiting Rangamati is just another thing that I've been planning to do for quite some time. Me, with my friends, visited Coxsbazar, St. Martins, Tangail, Netrokona, but haven't visited Sylhet and Rangamati yet. Maybe we'll visit there very soon.

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This one's weird! Why do I have to propose someone this year? Well, it's like if I really, really like someone, I shouldn't be beating around the bush, right? :p

By the way, I am not saying that I have someone out there for proposing...this is just a hypothetical situation (a).

Maybe I'll touch the other resolutions later, or perhaps it's best that they remain self-explanatory

This entry takes my blog in to a new era..it has always been free of smileys, till today.

Will write more later.