Niranjan's Web Journal: 2009

With the year 2009 end nearing, I turned back and looked at various weirdness (which is normal to me and my friends know that) I have been a part of this year!

All in all a good year. I achieved well professionally but lost a lot personally.
What I achieved or lost is a whole different post, but here I wanted to list the places I visited and will visit in the remainder of this year.

Listing all big cities in the order I visited them in 2009 (and late 2008). Not that this is interesting to you, but it fascinates me when I turn back and look. Also to note that I relocated in the middle of 2009 which was a very sad parting for me because I was very attached to Phoenix, AZ. It was a second home to me! I miss you and I will be back!!! :)

Here is the list (to the best of my knowledge in the order I visited these places):

- San Francisco, CA (Road trip: via Los Angeles, to my best friend's place on his B'Day was a surprise for him)
- Los Angeles and San Diego (Road trip: Universal Studios, Sea World etc.)
- Raleigh, NC (Flight: in Feb to Sai's place who is a friend from college)
- Princeton, NJ (Road trip: through Washington D.C., Virginia etc. a day trip with Sai and was fun!)
- Kansas City, MO (Flight: for an interview at Cerner, verbal offer but not worked out later)
- Salt Lake City, UT (Flight: for an interview at Motorola)
- Bozeman, MT (Flight: for an interview at Rightnow, written offer but did not join as got a better offer at Motorola)
- Relocated to Salt Lake City, UT (Road trip: was fun but long)
- Chicago, IL (Flight: business trip to Motorola mothership ie HQ just after a week of joining)
- Yellowstone, MT, WY, ID (Road trip: for camping)
- Salem, OR (Flight: business trip customer visit)

More visits before end of year 2009
- India (Obviously flight)
- Mumbai (transiting but still will count)
- Nagpur (parents living there now)
- New Delhi (for visa stamping)
- Indore (my HOMETOWN where I grew up)
- Wardha (my parents are taking me there)
- Nasik, Shirdi, Shani Singnapur, Pune (pilgrim tour)
- may be more places which I am not sure about at this point

- Los Angeles, CA (Flight: to meet Sai)
- Las Vegas, NV (Road trip: to celebrate a very eventful year 2009)

Wow! was that not a long list. I think it was long but still not enough and I would like to travel more and more. I hope I travel more in 2010 and all for good reasons!

Think about it and may be you can also recollect something which would make you jot a list on a blog that you do not post to anymore.

Happy recollecting 2009 and Best Luck for 2010!

-Niranjan