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Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!

Temperature Normal, Pressure Normal, Mood happy, Height: 6'4'' again normal in my context, Weight Normal...

Nothing changed.

Feeling happy seeing so many smiling, happy faces wishing you. One after the another. People in from of your eyes, people on various communication channels, people sitting @ great distances wish you. Feel so good.

Nothing changed again.

Set myself up for the office. Zipped through heavy traffic. Reached finally. And on time. Moments of embarrassment, balloons taped to the computer screen @ my workstation. G*d. I Smiled @ it.

People rushed in to greet. Smiling faces again. Team mates, ODC mates, HCL mates. Then the flurry of mails. One after the another. Just keeps coming. The web client crashes. Unread mails number increasing with every minute.

Nothing changed again, except one thought came into picture which got me into the wanderer mode. Finding the answer to the question attached with every greeting. "So how are you feeling today!" Really don't know how should i feel today. Checked all parameters again. Feeling normal today again. No change in any of the attributes. Fired a question @ myself, "Hey...are you missin something?" Still wandering. What are my expectations on this day? Isn't it just another day. If its not then boy i certainly need to find out what to do. Probably next time i'll be able to answer differently.

Nothing changed again.

Whatever it is...it turned out to be a rockin day. Like most days.

Introspection

Midnight is where the day begins…slight eXception in my case. The day had begun much before midnight. A best friend calls through out the day, "Rishabh, by any chance are we meeting today…what size do you prefer M or L?" Hey shut up, I don't like this. "Ok, beat me up when we meet but reply, M or L…She's also with me, she also wants this." I surrendered to these people. After all these are my friends.

Then another friend calls up and sings the natal day song … much in advance. The time doesn't matter. The feeling does. Made some plans for the evening. Another call, another friend, sister of the previous caller, the plan gets cancelled, feasibility problem. Compromised on next weekend.

Then comes the surprise, the magic words…"Hey me coming to Delhi next weekend…do come to pick me up…but can't afford to be naughty again like last time…mom's gonna grind me. Happy Birthday Rishabh. This great foody and sleeping giant can't face the torture of waking till midnight to wish me. But a great surprise and also a great birthday present. Looking forward for next week.

"Hey lets meet tomorrow yaar…after office. I can even come to your place right now…if you can take an off tomorrow?" Wish I could! Never mind… the next evening's plan is done. Three of us, @ a gr8 place, will have a gr8 time. Hope nothing gets screwed up.

Then comes the movie, War of the Worlds. Amazing special effects, but ends abruptly, more entertaining than the movie was the effects on a very close friend sitting next to me. Fear, excitement, joy, sorrows everything in one package.

The clock showed all zeroes. These two nuts punched me hard. Then the happy birthday whisper, whisper since this was all that could be done in a packed theater.
Good'ol Navy called up, must say, 12 years since I know this guy, always the first one to call. Then the messages, closest friends again. One message was eXceptionally good. Lot of hard thinking must have gone. Awesome. Feels so good.

Reached home, felt like blogging. Doing so. Don't know if this blog makes any sense, but to me it does. Why is it so complicated, crap, I don't know! Only thing I know is that the events are unforgettable. Great friends I've got. Phone is still ringing...but it'll never ring with the name I want to see on it.

I'm not drunk for sure, not even feeling sleepy…but certainly not in my senses. Feeling happy, ecstatic, sad and restless, all at the same time.

The day has just begun. Feeling great. Time to hit the sack.
:)