SS # 12

Then: August 1999

1. Age: Younger an entire decade younger :)

2. Romantic Status: If you can count the chemistry lab apparatus...I was smitten by the spectroscope

3. Occupation: Part time teacher

4. Fun night out: With books....cramming for xams

5. My BFFs: Had loads of them...

6. I spent way too much time: Teaching the kids

7. I spent not enough time: Studying

8. I wanted to be when I grew up: I was already grown up and was trying for the PhD exam

9. Biggest concern: Whether I wd finish the degree and get through the next and more important whether the kids I taught would pass their exams

10. What my biggest concern should have been: I shd have had no concerns but focused on studying

11. Where did I live: Agra the city of Taj Mahal

12. Dumbest thing I did that year: Nothing I could think of....year went off pretty well

13. If I could go back now and talk to myself I would say: Leave your hair open dear and get a smaller specs

14. Picture of me then: Oh me had those huge specs which covered half of my face but my hair were beautiful although I hated it back then for I couldnt manage them

Now: August 2009

1. Age: Keep guessing!!

2. Romantic Status: Single not ready to mingle :)

3. Occupation: Consultant

4. Fun night out: Warm bed, lights out, quiet, and a good night snooze

5. My BFFs: Check 2

6. I spend way too much time: Doing these meme :) nopes in planning for the backup plans in case my original plan fails

7. I spend not enough time: in implementing the plans

8. I want to be when I grow up: Oh hello I am old already....whaddya mean grow up...ok I know I want to be someone who has lot of patience and doesnt get angry easily

9. Biggest concern: Is trying to achieve my 101 in 1001 goals

10. What my biggest concern should be: I wish I knew where I should focus my energies

11. Where do I live: In a beautiful city :)

12. Dumbest thing I have done this year: Oh as I have grown older I have done loads of dumbest things

13. What I think I would say to myself in 10 years: Stupid you are a grandmomma now...old lady

Summary:

1. What do I miss most from 1999: Nothing I had the best time then....but if you insist I guess my hairs

2. What do I miss least from 1999: Nothing at all

3. What have I accomplished in 10 years that I am most proud of: Well that year itself I achieved a lot...I finished my Masters, got job in a school - my first job, and then decided to move to a new field which I am enjoying. How did you know you had to choose the same year :)

4. What have I NOT accomplished in 10 years that I wish I had: Well I have doubled procrastination instead of reducing it and have yet to get over the unstable part...then I knew what I wanted and tried for it...now I am unsure as always...I should have been more sure about things