My 25th birthday !! :)

Turned 25 Yup, another year goes by,and an year now less in my already shortened life !! (... Happy Birthday to me. !!! )

A week before, I was asked how do i feel about completing a silver jubilee, like I had at 24, and that was the first I was reminded that I had a birthday coming up. I'm kinda making a habit out of forgetting it (joking !!). So here they are, my thoughts on my 25th.

It was a great relief to realise I still have friends who remember. Given the amount of time I've spent doing the much over coveted MBA this last year, hence, not with friends, it was a pleasant surprise (may be orkut birthday reminder woked for them!!). Nice, to the extent of being funny, was when my buddies started wishing me a week in advance and amidst wild guesses of when my birthday actually was, I had one full week of wishes! (Sometimes it's better when people forget. ;))

My brother gifted me a sexy lighter ...he thinks using a matches is down-class ;)) I was plaaning to get one since the time I'm smoking, but now thanx to Gaurav...i finally own one.

(Its good to wait for birthdays before you buy anything for yourself)

Then there's my mother, who comes to wish, and the second thing she says is "You're of marriagable age now!". Supposedly my kundli says I'll get married between 26 and 29, so that's the new ploy to get my plans out about getting chained...sorry married. ;) For the fact's sake she knows and understands all my plans...its just the happiness she derives out of tryin to make me blush :P (Note to self: Devise new ways of staying out of trap!)

I soo love and respect my father....the way he cutely smiled and shaked hands to say the magic words Happy birthday "Beta"....touched my soul and energised me to face the tougher years of life !!!

(I got enough bucks from him to colour and improve my shirts collection)

A drive around the city after watching the movie Dev D and blessing myself with some alcohal, loud music, smoking and remembring what and how life had treated for the last 300 months of my life...was how the day was planned to end as...!! (Lolz for that)

But it didn't turn out that way.... anyways i didn't mind that at all.....The fun part was at home when my brother got us dinner packed from a posh (mind it!!!) restaurant, which was accompanied with BIRTHDAY pastries ;) and I decided to use these as weapons to butter-scotch each other !! I called it cake-thopo time...And yes results are Sweety(my mother, renamed by my chhhota bhai) was the one most grossly cake-thopoed followed by my brother and me and Papa at joint 3rd place :)

(Creams are best when used as edibles and lickables! :D)

I loved my this day ....what more can one ask for.....???

All in all no introspection, no revelations, just plain simple life...and a worth remembering birthday # 25 !!! :))

Waiting for the next birthday and back to studyin Management away from home soon :)) Planned a trip to Vaishno Devi, end of this month...will write it out too with pics !! :)

27 people read and said:

kdatt said...

25 Years seems like a landmark. i like the way u have written abt ur life, family, gf and about people u care for. i am self confessed emotional being and u got be emotional again...neayz!!! happy 25 years of your life....may u always be happy!!!god bless!!!

Abhi said...

I can see u enjoy ur B'Day to the fullest n wish the same to you for rest ... I m becoming a big admirer of ur writing style , m really impressed n l'd love to read all ur topics n share my views on tat ASAP...

Anonymous said...

Hi Sourav, Man Your Blog is Awesome. Believe me even a top author will Fail to write something like this.The way You have Described Your journey so far is Mindblowing. Even Aamir or
Big B doesnt write the way you have written on Your Blog. May God Bless u always & Make all Your wishes come true. Plz mention my name also somewhere in the Blog. lolzzz. Chal Bye Dude. Enjoy. Your treat is also due. Remember that.

S said...

Thanx for your long awaited comments (half a month appx :D)
...i'm honored !!!

Thnx Saurav!!
Treat for sure...!!

Movie.Critic said...

Nicely written.Made me feel like having a wonderful celebration lik yours.without my knowledge i started sporting a smile when i was half the way through ur post:).Enjoy ur life.Have fun.Keep writting

Anonymous said...

your writing skills are pretty good.....dont have much to say at this point...
Keep writing :-)

srishti said...

1st of all i would like 2 apologize 4 nt commentin before...srry but dint knw wt to write..
so..lets see...strtin with hw i gt 2 meet u...thru ma sis offcourse...as u very well knw bout ur 1st impression on me...even though mine on u ws diff....iv known u 4 over a yr nw...nd i thnk im glad 2 hv known u...okk..enough of senti talk...25yrs is a long time...2 create havoc in the world...nd offcourse 2 find urself..nd create ur id(i mean identity)...in the end i simply luv wt u hv written...all the best 4 the rest 90yrs...nd i hope u do well in ur life...god bless

P.S. the gifts u r gettin better be gud..!!!!;)

Deepika said...

good one!!

anugrah said...

ok....i agree, i was here to return the favor.......i mean i went to a convent school ....and they swear by courtesy........so, i thought what the heck...will read the first few lines and scribble something ( what?? you must agree, we do that all the time)...but it turned out to be my first sip on da red wine, my first frito lay chip.....so, i read on....n kept reading...till i wished you cud have written a li'll more .....so, wanna tell u things.... 1.dats a nice lighter
2. i did da same after watching dev d.
3. i know u didnot potray it....but m sure 'she" is really beautiful.
4. and yeah i think u have a career in screen writing...

cant wait fo' ur nxt b'day

Dr. Chandana Shekar said...

hehehe..nice birthday dude :)

Unknown said...

So Big boy ..feeling enough responsible on completeing 25yrs kina? U knw wht i still remember u as the silent boy in school with whom i hardly interacted thn ..and i regret now ...y the hell didn't i interact thn.. :) The way u hv described ur birthday is really incredible...i really like the way u write... in simple words u write with lot of feelings and thts evident whn a person is reading it...keep writing bcoz i will always be thr to read it.. :D .. Once again sorry for forgetting ur birthday will definetly rememeber it nxt year ...u hv a rocking life and end no of.. such delightful birthdays..

Soumo said...

Hey dude nice written!!
Thats the most I can say about this one...
I am not a writer neither a critic but I like reading and your account was not only readable but surely likeable!!

Meneka, Italy. said...

NO words ... U made me cry ... Wish you happy and a realllllly long life.

Keep fighting ... you did, do and will always ... i know and believe ... :)

@Aunty ... finally ande ka cake khaya ... :? :D

@Gaurav and you : Hell-raisers :-P

Namaste Uncle ji :)

Arunava Mukherjee said...

Really nice!
I like your straight forward writing style.

arun said...

nice one bro...straight forward writing with a lot of humor...loved the way u made something as simple as a bday celebration interesting...belated bday wishes bro...keep writing

Anonymous said...

cute post.nice to see ur so close to ur family.

i almost got a nervous brkdown when i realised i had turned 20 so soon ! thr were soo many thing i wanted to do in my teens u know....but then its fun anyway...me n my frnds ended up plannin this crazy escapade n my 20th bday turned out to be one of the most memorable days of my life...

anyways.. happy belated bday :)

Apparently intellectual said...

hehe i like cake thapoo time too!!!!

Raman.D said...

best part -- orkut being used as bday reminders.... u said abso rite, surprise of, ppl who dont talk for an entire yr, fones up to say bday... nd dat too for 59 sec... I mean, do they have to pay some kinda of tax on dat?? i ever hated that thing... u kno, i never wished my 3 bst buddies, nd even they know it... no regrets, cause v dont believe in formalities.... 25th transition is gr8 i believe, me too going thru 24 now.... whn u c ur childhood walle fnds getting married nd having thr own child... seems some kind of mazakkk.. but it not soo...
nd dude, mums r like dat only, sweet nd caring, nd curious to get a bahu.... nyways, u celebrated ur bday very well wid DevD nd few drinks.... awesome combination...

finally, getting wishes frm dat spl one is feeling u cant xpress... as u r not happy jst because she is wishing u, but its something diff nd unexplainable...

its getting big now.. nyways, gr8 post!!! chao..

Deepak Hariharan said...

its alcohol and not alcohal!!;)
and save your innocent mom from cake thopo!!and do get married..get chained dude @_@

Goblet Pumpkin said...

hey wow...this is superb...very nicely written...the last lines were really too good....keep posting..

fivefeetsmall said...

*smiles to herself*
nice post..
i almost felt i was there at ur birthday :-)

fivefeetsmall said...

25th comment for a 25th birthday post
i have something with coincidences :-P

Hafsah said...

woww..ur trully blessed to hv so many loved one around on ur bday ..
anyhow, happy belated bday!! u shud b proud u hv survived so far, may Allah Pak give u long happy n healthy wealthy life :)

Unknown said...

perfectly framed sentences,fantastically written must say u r gr8...loved it all :) n wished to have been a part of that day :( but very soon i will get that oppourtinity right...hope each day bringsa new beggining for u...

Unknown said...

Loved the cake thopo part! lol .. Sad I missed out on ur bday this time.. Glad that now there are many more to come with me! Belated Happy Bday nevertheless.. :)

S said...

Can I just smile to you in reply Pooja .. I'm sure you'd understand! :)

Unknown said...

Sou.. YES :)