What are you doing in the new year of 2018?
It’s late.My husband is snoring gently and hardly moves in the bed. I try to listen to the sound of his breathing. Generally it calms me until I can fall asleep; but this time I can’t seem to concentrate on it.I slip out of the bed, barely disturbing him, and walk into the dark lounge. Everything looks different under the veil of darkness, almost like dream images that have not quite come to life. I sit there for a long time with my Kindle before me, the brilliant light on the screen flashing about, like a beacon of light in the darkness and making the shadows loom and flicker giddily.I can’t read either.There is a great moon in the sky and it reaches in through the curtains, dappling the ground with light and summoning me. I step up to the door, try the handle which creaks too loudly. I listen: my husband is still snoring sweetly, not in the least aware of me. I push the door open and stand there, only the gate standing between me and the silent, brilliant moonlit night.This next year is going to be very different for me. My brother, with whom I have always been as close as if he were my twin, is on the brink of marriage: the principal actors in my life are all being reshuffled, playing new roles.There are many whispers in the silence, many possibilities that draw me. Is this the year? Will I finally be able to start the long wished for journey as a novelist; or is it still too soon? There is another whisper that terrifies as much as it draws me, another indistinct figure that flits through my thoughts though I’d rather keep it out. I am not as young as I was once and yet so much about my life is still unwritten. Do I want to bring that ghost into my life, to write it into being? What will it mean if I do?So I stand on the brink of 2018, haunted by the shadow of the unborn.
What are you doing new years eve?
wow, sound like you'll have fun! we always drive up to my great aunts house, along with a bunch of other people (mostly old people :(, and we play euchre for like 4 hours until the ball drops, then everybody eats some food, and then some people go home, and some people (like us) spend the night there. it's a lot of fun because all the old folks are very nice and really funny too!
What are you doing this New Years Eve?
Going to my friends party
What were you doing this time last year?
Rigopoula Talarantas Tsambounieri's answer to Why are you on Quora at Christmas?This is a little difficult to talk about.This time last year I was fighting for my life.I’ve always pushed myself to extremes, and last year I just went ahead and did it again.I was flown to Crete, by the Greek military, as we do not have the proper medical facilities here on our Island.I remember the helicopter flying in and the medics, and soldiers rushing out towards me, I blacked out.I remember going in and out.I remember the roar of the military helicopter, flying low over the Aegean, the Aegean being at its wildest this time of year, the roaring of the blades were deafening, but it helped to keep my mind off the pain.As I slipped in and out I remember a young military officer, sitting next to me encouraging me to stay awake.I remember at the hospital the doctors wanted to shave my hair off, I remember I threatened to kill them all, if they touched one hair, ‘I’d promised I’d never cut it’.“Do what you have to do, with my hair intact”, I said, They did.I remember the soldiers coming to visit me in hospital.Suffice to say, I survived, I remember spending my Christmas day on Quora, I remember that the last person I wanted to see flew to Crete, I remember a ‘friend’ who would message me through that difficult time, by my side through it all.I remember flying home from Crete, thinking ok, now what?Well, nothings really changed, I still do things that put me in danger, that’s just life!Thats just me!Where I go danger follows, wound up breaking my arm not long after.It’s just that as I look back things don’t seem as bleak, Christmas looks a lot brighter.The New Year, well who knows, it’s going to have to adapt to accommodate me, I’m set in my ways, and that’s how I’m going out.However the winds-blow…Happy Holiday’s, to all my friends here on Quora, many of you were with me this time last year, unbeknownst…Hopefully next year, I’ll be writing about what I am doing this year. ;-)Image courtesy of the Internet.
What were you doing when you were 20 years old?
6 years back when I was 20 !! I had no clue about what I was doing with my life.20th year of my life gave me the biggest disappointments :|I was doing my 3rd year of engineering, desperately wanted to get out of it !!Used to fight with my parents for no reason.They cursed me for having a child like me.I find I was the biggest failure.Broke up with my boy friend and I cried the hell out thinking that's the end of the world.I got drunk almost every weekend to get rid of my heartbreak. Hash was easily available in our college and smoking was a usual thing.Arrear papers started increasing one by one.Got suspended from college for misbehaving.Kicked out of the hostel because of too many reasons.I was blamed for the things, that I have never done.Low attendance because I never went to college.Lost some of the friends due to ego clashes.Met with an accident for the 1st time because I was driving in a wrong side.20th year in earth, I made a lot of enemies including my relatives and it's the worst year of my life !!!!But 21st year !! The final year of college... Some miracle happened. (May be I started learning from my mistakes) Cleared all the papers. Came out of the college with an engineering degree. Felt like throwing those certificates to my relatives face who thought I will never complete it. Finally spoke to my parents about what I really wanted to do. But they asked me to get married instead, so I walked out. Few years later, I proved they were wrong.6 years back I had no hope at all, I was a spoiled kid. I regret most of the things I have done back then. I was a big zero. I never thought I would reach this point. But hard work definetly gives you results. Now, I'm one of the happiest soul :) Few weeks back, I saw my parents telling my aunt that they are really proud of me, which is the biggest achievement of my life ;) ( I still do some terrible things tho... shhhhhh :p )
What were you doing 10 years ago today?
Hey guysAt this time 10 yrs back, I was busy in discussing which branch I should take in engineering.In 2008 I just passed 12th and was asking all my relatives and friends for more information about engineering due to lack of knowledge.At that time our financial status was not good. My family income was 1 lac rupees per annum.When I decided to take admission in engineering all my relatives advised my father not to entertain in engineering and asked me to pursue either BA or BSC.My father one day asked me if I really wanted to be an engineer and told me not to think of our financial situation. He also said that if I pursue engineering it will cost approx 1 lac rupees per year.I don't know what happened to me suddenly I started crying , my father asked me and I said that I want to pursue engineeringThen after thar my father decided that either he will take to loan or sale any property so that I can continue my studies.I did my engineering in electronic and communication.I was my batch topper.At then end I wanna say my childhood was not so cool as I had to struggle a lotI still remember till 2006 I used to go to my friends with my cattle to feed them after my school and used to carry one book always with me in field.I first bought smart phone in 2015 so stating 23 yrs of my life I did not take any selfie or any social media app.Now working hard to have good financial condition of my family( including uncle's family as its my responsibility as my uncle passed away in 2015)So my childhood was normal, still I m very simple person.ThanksJai Hind
What are you doing for your birthday this year?!?
My birthday is in 10 days time but I have no idea what I`ll be doing ...
How do you see yourself in ten years? What are you doing and who do you think will be with you?
I look at myself being a successful entrepreneur (hopefully), who earns a good amount of money (but isn't driven by it or isn't all about money) and is a philanthropist as I want to give a lots to this world for what it has given me. I just want a descent life and try to make it better for as many people as I can and however much I can. I would love to do this is in India (which is where I come from) and Kenya (where I've lived for quite some time now). I love helping out other people as much as I can and I never reject anytime if someone wants my help, and I want to continue being like that. I want to get a nice home to live in, a car I've always dreamed of and relax my way in life and like I said, do as much good as I can in this world for everyone.
What were you doing at this moment 16 years ago?
I was sleeping in at my best friend’s house in Seattle. I hadn’t seen her in two years and just flown in from Germany the night before. We had been talking and drinking wine until late. Around 8 am I woke up because the phone rang and, strangely, I knew from the sound of it it was my mother.My friend picked up and, indeed, my mother was calling from Germany. She was hysterical, talking about five attacks and the Pentagon on fire and all air traffic grounded and had I gotten there o.k. My friend and I spent the morning wrapped in our blankets, and most of the day, in shock and awe infront of the TV.To this day, I can’t wrap my head around the fact that my mother, in a time zone nine hours ahead of us, would know before us, three hours behind New York, what happened. I get it, but it’s still surreal.