Jalaj P. Jha Technical & Miscellaneous Ramblings

When we celebrated New Year Eve on 30th Dec

How do I celebrate New Year Eve? Well nothing special about it! I am always with my family at home watching television when the calendar rolls into new year, or alternatively, having a sound sleep as with any other day. But the celebrations were a little different on a particular instance a few years back.

We had heard that our office was organizing a New Year Party in a Hotel and all staff and their family members were to attend. Such a gathering was never organized before, so it was natural that we were all excited about it and eagerly waiting for the day.

And then one fine day we came to know that the party was pre-poned to 30^th Dec. Reason? Most said that hotel booking was not available for 31^st! but booking was already done beforehand? Isn’t it right?? Well then someone whispered… this party was the brainchild of our Boss’ wife and now that she was expected to be out of station on the New Year Eve, the party had to be pre-poned to ensure her presence.

So on 30^th at around 8:30-9:00 pm the party started we all enjoyed the dance and song items. In between we all had the dinner. One song item was ended abruptly and was replaced by a countdown 10… 9… First we were confused but then realized that clock was going to strike 12. And then one voice called out “Happy New Year” and many hesitant voices followed “Happy New Year”. Many people were smiling when they greeted, after all the New Year was still 24 hours away. But hey it seems that those people never heard that “Boss’ wife is always right!”