Let me start off this one by wishing myself a very happy birthday. A self-high five as well as a pat on the back are also in order. Now that I take a closer look at the title it seems awkward? Then again, what isn't? I have no clue as to how this blog entry is going to turn out, so please bear with me.
How was today? Well woke up, completed all the daily must-do stuff and reached office by 9:00 am. A few friends and family rang me up to send their wishes. Actually I can name them all and it's not gonna take up much space. Oh, and don't forget Google who was right on-spot with the cake and candles on their homepage. I liked it! Thanks guys. The first person to wish me in person today was Sreerag who was sitting next to me and he saw the google page and that was that! Of course, last year was different. There was a system generated mail on my birthday that was sent to my project manager who forwarded it to the whole team and they all ended up wishing me, and myself replying with the customary thank yous. This year the auto-generated mail was sent only to me. Ensuring that no-one else gets bothered. However, I ended up telling my Team lead as well, because our conversation went something like this :
"Hey Brian, I'm not too keen on staying back till 10 pm today, I'm leaving by 7. It's my birthday and if I do end up staying late, it'll be pathetic way to spend the day."
He was cool about it and wished me. Met Varun and Kalesh for lunch and they knew. Thanks guys, really appreciate it. Had lunch and back to work. Went for tea in the evening and left office by 6:45. Took a train and here I am at home. They say Home is where your WiFi connects automatically (borrowed from the internet). I hadn't gone online the whole day and WhatsApp was turning green like the hulk. Again thanks to all the wishers. I had hidden my birthday on facebook and still Biju ended up scribbling on my Facebook wall. Seriously if it weren't for Facebook people wouldn't know your birthday. (It's true in 95% of the cases). I don't know, somehow the idea of it doesn't seem too appealing. Here you are scrolling away through your news feed wasting your life and there it is :
Today is Abcde's birthday, make him feel special.
Whaaat ? Like really? Seriously? Let's all drop the shallow feelings of empathy, sympathy and all the other fake feelings because what we all (well most of us) really feel is apathy and antipathy, but we all suppress it don't we? I am not writing off all the facebook dwellers. I salute you the rare breed of saints among the sinners. I'm unnecessarily ranting about unnecessary matters. Now I know why I'm writing this. Years from now when I look back on this post, it might put a smile on my face.
I guess to me a birthday is a time to check up on what you've accomplished. To pause, look back, analyze, correct your course and move on. Be happy that you've lived on one more year. All the miles that you've traversed, all the pain that you've endured, all the things lost and gained. You're doing okay man. So far so good, brace yourself the journey to come. And here be dragons.
Good luck!
