Belated Happy (?) Birthday

Its been 23 years and 3 days since a strange creature, named : Achan landed on the 3rd rock from the sun. Where or which celestial body this creature has its genesis in, is a fact only known to the almighty.
3 days after my birthday, which i celebrated in the safe confines of my home in Delhi, i was subjected to another celebration, this time in the hostel. And if it is celebrated in the same fashion 362 days from now, there is a very slim chance, my friends will get to give me 25 blows the year after next.

Today was the hardest ever bash (literally) i ever got. Never in a brawl, never in a joke, have i ever been hit so hard.....by many of my 'friends'. Every single one of them embodied the soul of Beckham, trying hard to bend it (my back this time), and kicked as hard as they could. May be they knew, they would never get a ball this big, again, to practice soccer.

My back and Bums are blue (i checked that out), the ones who hit the hardest are now suggesting 'Haldi waala doodh' and stuff.
3 hours and 2 painkillers later, i am lying on my stomach working the comp. Everytime i try to sit or lie down, i relive all the zillion birthday bumps i was subjected to. And then Shubham HAD to try his birthday drencher trick on me. And it almost worked.


The days between 30th of october and 8th november went past faster than my Aston. Before i knew i was on vacation, i was boarding Air Deccan DN666 back to Mumbai. THE most cherished week in a long time. Met a lot of old friends, drove a car after a long time, did 100 on the Honda once more, it is the Ring Road in Delhi, you know. One cant imagine going faster than 60 for more than a minute on ANY Mumbai road. Then the 7th was a happy (birth)day too, spent with family and very few close friends.

And now am back to the daily HumDrum of MBA life. Back to the endless series of Presentations, Project submissions and a sprinkling of Mid-terms to spice things up, as if they weren't already hot enough.

I better get some sleep, the Marketing prof doesn't give much margin after 9, and i have a serious problem with that..........i am never on time!!!

P.S. I am still lying on my stomach....But I forgive you .....the perpetrators of the birthday Bumps......Like the Avenger dude.....i feel like GOD.
hehehehe :-)