My most astonishing b'day so far!!!

Before i go on to write anything in this blog, it becomes mandatory for me to mention a few lines on :

• Being 23 now, shouldnt i have thought of something better, than to write an essay on such an infantile thingy, just like any high school kiddy??
• Wont the people who even dont know me, find this piece absolutely 'roobish' as Geof Boycott would call it?

Well, well... The answers to both these questions can be summed up in a single word, 'YES'. Yes, i could have thought of something better to be described, but somehow this day left an impression on my mind, heart and soul, it made me realize many many things that i couldnt have otherwise, leaving me with a new horizon in which i breath today. So, for me this day becomes a slight twister of thoughts and confidence and hence finds a place in my first ever blog.

Coming on to the second question and its answer, yes... People who do not know me (and also some who know me) might find this piece to be folderol.. and so... Ammmm.... I cant give them a refund for the few minutes of broadband they might have spent to read till here... Instead i can just offer them my apologies... :)

Well.. well... So, here i go.. The date was 24th March, 2006. Celebrations had already begun a day earlier on 23rd, as my roomies had brought a nice lil cake with loads and loads of chocolate icing.. People at my place, all tired after a tough day at office were desperately waiting for the clock to show 12 since evening 8 o clock... :) And exactly at midnight, amongst the buzzing of the phones, i had the pleasure of cutting the most chocolaty cake i ever had!!!

The morning of the b-day was very usual... After attending many phone calls and acknowleding all the wishes that were showered, i was again busy replying people who succumbed to sleep as my phone was busy the other night... And when i reached the office, i hardly knew that i was to be presented with a surprise... Few of my colleagues showed me a beautiful pinnaple cake... It felt nice to find that they remembered this day!!


But this was not all... We had a group activity event which was co-incidently planned on the same day... We were supposed to go to a place called Ramoji Film City and stay in a 5-star hotel called Sitaara... I wasnt all that exited about going there, as i had been to Ramoji earlier as well, but the idea of spending a day in a 5 star hotel wasnt all that bad!! So, i decided to join in for Ramoji Film City....The route to Ramoji was totally new for me, as the driver, totally baffled & bewildered in his approach, was in search of a short cut to reach there.. :) We had a nice time in the bus, and i found a lot many new faces... I predicted them to be new joinees to the IBU, as they had the usual question marks painted all over there foreheads... :)

The b-day wasnt yet over, and this got reflected in Ramoji Film City. I was presented with yet another cake, this time a bigger one. It was so very enchanting to cut that strawberry cake in front of almost 150+ people, standing in a lush green lawn of a 5 star hotel. It made me feel for while that it wasnt me who was doing the honors... I just felt as if i was a son of a millionaire or may be a virtuso, and was celebrating my bday, with all the guests applauding and singing.. :)




The day was indeed one of the best days i had seen.... I dont know if all the smiles i saw or all the giggles i heard, were real or not :(.. But one thing is for sure, they were huge in number.. :) The day certainly made me realise that sometimes you get happiness from places where you dont really expect.. Made me realise that its not always important to plan everything, there should be some room for randomness in your life as well... :)

Inspite of having an amazing day, when i was about to shut my eyes at night, in that auspicious room of the hotel, there was a sense of dampness that i felt... I had everything i had always wished for... From fame, to luck... From applauses, to wishes.. But then too, there was something that i was missing badly... I tried to figure it out... It was probably the abominable thought of being away from home, away from the people you love, away from the person you love to be with... And with this thought in my mind... off i was... now, with 1 year less to achieve all that i want to!!