Let me be straight here: I never
liked the concept of birthdays from the time I could actually understand what
birthdays were all about. The way I see it, birthdays are just a reminder that
you are 1 year closer to the inevitable fate that all humans, even Methuselah,
were doomed to face. But that was never really my choice now, wasn’t it? I was
always made to “like” birthdays when I was a kid because each birthday had its
significance. My first few birthdays were family affairs, and used to get
everyone excited about it! My next few birthdays went by smoothly, till I
issued a verbal moratorium on birthdays, asking my parents not to waste time
and money on celebrating my birthday.
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| Celebrations @ D-39, STC Colony :) |
My earlier birthdays were quite
typical – have a birthday party, call your friends, distribute chocolates to
classmates at school etc. Birthdays were always looked at as an occasion for fun and
laughter and happiness by everyone involved.
There was a time when I used to
get a fair number of calls on my birthday. Right from my engineering days, I
recall how getting calls from friends saved me from getting some nasty birthday
bumps (which were given to my roommate Ujjal as he did not get calls on my
birthday and hence was an easy prey for the hunters!). I recall last year I was
struggling to juggle calls on my phone at midnight! In the space of 40 minutes
I received more than 10-12 calls J
2012 promised to be a more sombre
affair than 2011. Most of the friends who called me last year were either in
the US, or not my friends anymore, or were considerate enough not to call me at
night J Thankfully,
I could actually spend some quality time talking to the two friends who called J I
was fortunate most friends remembered to call in the day – giving me a perfect
excuse to stop working and talk to them J
My room-mates and friends from
work gave me an expected surprise in my flat – a birthday cake (chocolate
truffle) from a nearby bakery – but it was the gift that I received from a
senior from work that surprised me. Honestly, I am not sure if I do deserve
such a lovely gift, and if will be able to make use of it ever in the future!
So, I managed to complete 27
years of life on this planet. They were fruitful, and had their own ups and
downs… I am optimistically hoping for 40 more fruitful years to come before I
finally catch up with fate…
3 comments:
*Hi-Five* sir! Birthdays are often stressful - it's your BIRTHDAY for God's sake, you better be out partying and getting wasted if you're cool! For just this reason, I wish I was born on the 29th of Feb so folks COULD forget my birthday and I could spend the day in peace :)
No one forgets a birthday that falls on Jan 26, Feb 14, Feb 29, Aug 15, Oct 2 and Dec 25 :-)
Those dates are just too good to have a birthday!
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