For the First 15 years of my life Birthday was such a red letter day in my calender. It meant all friends would be home and I would blow a candle and cut the cake, get a new dress, plus gifts and we would play endlessly. It was the planning and anticipation which was sooo much fun!
But as we grew older Birthday parties started seeing a change... it meant friends would gate crash at 12, there would he those painful birthday bums ! It would be one treat for which you would save money for like months together.... and of course if you are lucky to co incidentally have a friend with birthday around the corner it would mean pool in. But it would mean hours of logistic about where to we go out and eat and have fun.... but parties were more of a friends and family celebration held separately....
The B'day gal in her new dress
Then I grew up further ( Wow! that's news ) and started working, birthdays became a formal social calender event with some cake cutting, formal cake smashing and nice dinners..... now with family friends and colleagues. With a visit to the temple thrown in!
But, last Sunday we decided to bring the good old Birthday Party back home on my Roomie's Birthday. Well after months of planing which had her parents come in from Kolkata... we had all the classic bits like a B'day cap, Balloon filled with glitter which were suppose to be burst at the stroke of 12 ( but due to a malfunction kept blowing up as weird timings...) and a huge " Happy Birthday" wall hanging, cake with candles on it, Friends standing all around with gifts in hand (well it was a gifts must bring event).....
After ages it felt great to be blowing balloons and putting up decoration in the house, deciding the menu took more time then the finance minister takes to draw up a budget.....
If you are wondering whats special in all this ? No no it was not a surprise party, but still the joy of celebrating just like when we were kids was fun. After a long time we had something to look forward for with childish enthusiasm , unabashedly looking forward for gifts and goodies.... It was nice to be a child again.
It doesn't take a lot to be Happy :) And... Happy Birthday Arpita Mukherjee...
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happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you to u dear Arpita
may god bless you
may god bless you ....happy birthday to u Aprita
but ashamed to ask for my return gift...as i am still to give her something....ya neha tera number agaya
nahi beech mere mera number hai...
My foto my foto, u see
well attributing the source... abhi
By the way forgot an important bit..... eating cake and muruku stuffed in a paper plate and drinking coke out of a plastic glass....... thanks nikhil for bringing it up...
Gtalk conversation with Nikhil Joshi... who has gone through those early parties with me...
nikhiljo86: haha... suddenly remembered the one or two parties I had as a child.
cake, churmuri, and some few other kurkure items in a paper plate was a party!
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...and everyone went home after the party, and it was time for homework. Sigh. I cannot forget that either. ;)
Well thats interesting I somehow cant remember a lot of home work... wonder if I actually attended school!
Hey Arpita...
m so sorry... n'ways B'lated H B'day..
My blessings to you ;)
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