The New Year harkens

I know this has been a much delayed post. But between then and now, a lot has happened that has kept me busy. So let me start with the most trying of them all.

After living for 5 years in this alien city like a vagabond, moving from place to place, sleeping uner rented roofs and eating pre-cooked (and often, stale) meals, having a house of your own makes a big difference. Its a place you could finally call home. Quite such a momentous turn of events has landed me an apartment in Naigaon. Naigaon? Where the hell is that? Well, look up your maps, its 4 stations after Borivali. Quite a nice place, serence, flanked on 3 sides by mountains. The apartment was clinched at a damn neat price, and the people who sold it to me were one of the sweetest couples i have ever met. But the paperwork...AAArgh!

The bank needs a million documents for them to know that the guy standing in front of the manager's desk is me. I need a trillion letters, a kazillion bank statements, old agreements,new agreements, stamped papers, four dozen signatures and an equal sum of mug shots. If the bank doesn't wear you out, the society documentation will. Of course, the fact that the society and the bank are at opposite ends of the city is enough reason to turn any sane person mad. Add to that the fact that my guarantor lives in anotehr state. And that i have never experienced beauracracy at such intense levels. On one single day, I've got my bank manager, my vendor, my Mom, my Dad and my Aunt giving me a earful, each giving me mutually opposing ideas and advice.

After all paperwork and dust has settled, it does feel mentally draining. But the fact that i now own my own 900 sq. ft. 2BHK apartment is more than enough consolation.

On a much sadder note, one of the most promising actors to have walked the earth passed away. Heath Ledger, who dominated the cinematic landscape with his roles in Monster's Ball, Brokeback Mountain, I'm Not There and the yet to be released The Dark Knight, was found in a state of unconsciousness at his New York apartment. This tragedy has shocked all of us at the TDK community. Heath always took up challenging roles. going up against the best, deviating from the trend set for his peers and emerging as the bravest actor of his generation. His career was to skyrocket with his maniacal potrayal of the Joker. And just when all was going well, he was taken away from us. I, along with everyone at the TDK Community at Orkut, and all his fans across the world, grieve for him and his family.

What i dont understand is how insensitive and downright ugly somepeople can be. People like John Gibson, Fred Phelps and all the other idiots at teh Westboro Baptist Church disgust me. People like them ought to burn in the lake of fire.

Well, here's to my next timely documentation. Hopefully i can keep it more "indepth".

Cheers!