Just Another Instance of the most awesome date ever!

The date this title and this post refers to is the date which when comes in the year, post it I have to increase the number i write in the age column in any form. In simpler words, the date would be my birth date i.e. 9th December. :) Generally I try avoid broadcasting my birthday through any social networking site as I feel that its like asking people to wish you because the ones who are going to remember on their own, its only them who are actually wishing you. Rest of them look like a bit superficial to me. However, i got the idea to write this post to log some good/bad moments i have had on my previous Birthdays, because as I scored quarter of a century recently and it gives me a feeling that i might be having mentionable number of instances now to log them for future reference.

By now, you might already know the most obvious reason for 9th December to be an awesome date ever. Rest of them, I will try to figure out here.

The one that would be most clear in my memory would be the day I wrote my first JEE exam. Not that I had a very great going in the exam, it was the first ever professional competitive exam that I wrote and as obvious it is, I did not make it through.(the reason why its the most remembered one follows later) It reminds me having another exam, following that year, of my first year BE subject maths at IP university. Unfortunately, that has been the single (semi)annual exam in my life that I did not clear, and that too for unknown reasons, as It did not go that bad when i attempted it. Later, my prof himself said ki "maths ka paper thora tough aaya hai and is baar checking bhi kuch aise hi huyi hai!". We had a majority of backs in that paper over the ones that passed. Further, in my defense, I did not give a damn to those papers and that college. Though it was my first college experience, I somehow always knew that this is not the place I belong to, and I actually never did put in much efforts in any activity over there. Had I have to do my BE from that college, I would have gotten an easy admission in KIET instead. At least I would have had a good company over there for the following four years. :) Anyway, I knew I was destined for something better(though only academically/professionally) and I skipped the second semester at IP to get an admit in DCE the following year. In short, conclusion that i draw here would be to not write any exam on this date. Both my experiences have been pretty bad as of now. :)

Another experience common to this date across almost all these years would be that I/we got to be the host for the day. I have been pretty much a family boy since always and most of these days involved a family gathering(read dinner party) almost every year. All cousins and uncle/aunts gather at our place/venue and spend some quality time together. When I say family boy, I intend to differentiate between the way where you generally plan out a party with your (best) friends to spend your evening with them and the way i just described. That again brings me back to my JEE birthday and reminds me that it was the only day when I spent my evening with few friends. As you might yourself guess, not anywhere else, but my own place. Guess we had all the relatives over our place in the afternoon and I invited few of my school friends and Manish to my place in the evening. It was one of the great birthdays I ever had as someone did keep a promise intact, though it was a bit uncomfortable as it seemed intially. We had hawan/pooja in the evening, followed by the home cooked scrumptious dinner. It was a great day as a whole and I would not want to forget it anytime i can imagine...one of the best memories of the day(besides the one in my mind) would be this one:


PS: This one is specifically for personal reference only as most people would not get to understand the portrait, except me or the one in the pic.

One of these dates which I would not forget for being the worse one ever(at least among those i remember) would be some where in the four years at my college. I was told to reach Hanuman temple at Yamuna Bazaar directly from college and other people had to assemble over there too. As you might have already guessed, we(a bit of me too) are pretty religious kind of family. Our birthdays don't get complete without paying a visit to a temple. Anyway, I started from college a bit early so that others shall not wait because of me. I reached there around 3/4 PM, almost at the scheduled time. However, for some unforeseen reasons, the arrival of others was getting delayed by an hour with every passing hour. Had it been known at the beginning that others will get late by another four hours or so, I would have gone home and then came back again with them. But this hourly delay updates screwed my day. Had to wait there, doing nothing(I did not even had a mobile that time), until others arrived at around 8PM and then i reached home at 10 in the night, all exhauted, not in any good mood and directly went to the bed. Though I woke up when guests arrived, but my day was already ruined and I don't remember if i did feel good again that day. Phew, worst birthday ever!

Rest of the days have been almost the same, just differing in the number i get to write post the day in the forms :). Few things, beside the ones already mentioned, that make all instances look similar to me would be the phone calls from the same set of people as the clock hits 12 in the night. The cake I get to cut once every year and then get photographs clicked for eating it and feeding near ones the same. The people around me on almost all instances are similar too.

One thing that made this year a bit different and exclusive was that I shared the day with a friend. As it can be guessed, we got into contact only in recent years(because I shared my special day for the first time :)). As it seems to me, it is very rare to find people who share your birthdays, of course you have one in case you are twins, otherwise, its not that common. So in that way, from now on, the date becomes even more awesome. I also get to say "Same to You" when i get the wishes... :P

A week past since then, I have already started counting the precious weeks being wasted doing same trivial work, not adding much value to my life, either professionally or personally. The warning bell is ringing and I shall soon get past it before these precious weeks get past me.
Will do very soon :)