Occasion: Birthday

11th August 2008: The day I saw the last of my teenage life. Turning 20 should have been a big blast, but well, it didn't turn out quite that way but it was an enjoyable day nonetheless. A city in which roads turned into rivers is hardly a city where one would like to party. Inspite of this, we did open up some plans for a dinner blast at a local pub, but then, some weird forgetfulness and sleepiness got us all stuck at home. That's different story all together.
Most of this day was spent alone. But I do feel one must spend some time alone. It gives you time to think about all the things that you couldn't spare time for. 365 days of friends isn't really a great way to learn life. Some time alone (conscious time and not while dozing!!) really opens up the brain to do things that we've been ignoring from a long time. Anyway, this is a personal opinion and people might say, "2 Brains are better than one and an idle man's brain is a devil's workshop, etc.. " It's crap but it could be true...
11th August came to a silent end with me wishing my neighbour kid who was also born on the same day, 1995. The Gold Medal that "an" Indian won finally proved some "inferiority complexes" wrong and the pointed out that Cricket isn't the only sport/game in India.
Natarajan sent me a weird B'day gift through e-mail. It isn't an e-card, it isn't a greeting of any sort. It was simply a collection of old photographs of the times we spent more than 2 years ago. That bunch of images made me laugh so much - weirdo hairstyles, lecturers in my home, spy photos of our ex-Principal's home, experiments with guitars, car-driving lessons, making cocktails out of Sprite and many more funny things - that I really found it satisfying. Nothing was done on this day, but it was oddly fulfilling. It's all the feeling that one needs on his birthday.









On a closing note, I'll remember 11th August as my Birthday and India will remember 11th August as the day when the Barriers of Inferiority Broke Down and the Prayers of a Billion People were Answered.