Feb 22, 2006 09:34 AM
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(Updated Feb 22, 2006 09:34 AM)
Today is the 53rd day of the year, with 312 more to go for the New Year. Why am I saying that? That’s because today I am celebrating my 25th birthday. This is the most important day of the year for me. I was born this day, a Sunday on a bright afternoon of 1981. Sunday being a day for lazy birds like me, I have been lazy writing reviews lately. I thought why not break my laziness with a review describing what my birthday is all about.
I always wish my birthday should fall on a Sunday. That’s the best time for me to throw a party for my buddies. But since this year my birthday is falling in mid-week, I have a bahana to skip the party at least for this year. Will my plan succeed? I will keep my fingers crossed. And if it fails, at best I wont return in the evening to reply to your comments hehe.(Bad joke, I know!)
How has my birthday gone so far? My phone started ringing well before my alarm clock this morning thanks to calls from my cousins. Well, even as I write this review I am attending phone call after phone call from my sisters and well wishers asking for(rather I should say – demanding) a party. So far I have stuck to my guns and refused it, how far it can go remains to be seen. I have a few things on my wish list and if I get at least one of them today, who knows I may just throw a party in the evening. What is my wish list? Read on!
Chocolates
Hey, its my birthday and I want my chocolate bar! My 13 yr old cousin is such a smart girl that she somehow cajoles me into buying her a chocolate every time I visit her. The way she then eats, licks and slurps on it is tempting enough for me to go for that chocolate bar. But you know, I am the typical older brother and let her eat it all.
Can I add chocolate cake to it too? Yes I can, because it is my birthday and my review! The most special birthday I have had in my life was my 21st birthday when my bhabhi brought a chocolate cake for me even as I was recovering from jaundice. One day of splurging on it didn’t do me any harm then as I was on my medicines regularly.
Books
Now this is a wish list within a wish list. I love books, and if left alone, you will find me diving deep into books. Even in books I look for a certain category that I want to read. I am particularly enchanted by Indian authors and have made a start by recently buying a collection of books of RK Narayan. Then I also look forward to read biographies/autobiographies of the well known people from around the world.
Go Goa!
What can be a better birthday than to celebrate it in the sun and sand of a Goa beach? I first went to Goa nearly 3 years back and I simply loved it. I had resolved that I would return to Goa soon, at a time when career and money will not be a problem for me. That time is coming soon and I am sure of it. Hopefully in a year or two from now I would be throwing a birthday party at a resort in Goa.
Tintin Comics
The child in me refuses to die. As a kid and in my early teens, I used to drool over Tintin comics. He was the ultimate comic-book hero for me. I used to read those 62 page comics over and over again in my summer vacations. Looking back, I cant help but smile at myself for how much I loved reading those comics. Somebody, pleases buy me the entire collection, I promise I’ll do anything for you!
Blessings from God
Last but foremost on my wish list is god’s blessings on me. I do not visit temples often but I have always kept my faith in god and believed that he will be with me during the most crucial times of my life. I pray to god that he showers me with all his love and blessings.
I wish for a lot more in my life. I may or may not get them but then what are desires for after all? If you don’t have a desire, you will never get what you want. And it is one of my desires to be happy and spread happiness to everyone I know. Is that asking for a lot? I guess not. I am constantly looking for happiness, however big or small it may be but it surely adds a few good memories to my life. My birthday too is one such day.
I can go on and on talking about my desires but that will make the review all the more boring.(Yeah, I know its boring already). I guess I should stop here even as my phone has started ringing again and again. As a footnote I may add that I share my birthday with great American President George Washington(born this day in 1732) and Fijian golfer Vijay Singh(1963).
And just in case, if anyone of you share your birthday with me, here’s wishing you a very happy birthday!
