birthdays......

birthdays are always fun...one day of the year when you look back at whats come and gone....the road behind.......all the ups and downs.....the road ahead...uncertain and beckoning.....a day in everyone's life to feel special...one day when everyone remembers you.........wishes you good luck for the days ahead.....of course on the flip side.....if you have violent friends....or impish ones....depending on which ones you have....you either get the living daylights kicked out of you ......or you get cake on your face....or you get pranked......sometimes you may get lucky and have someone cook for you.....:)......whatever be the case.....birthdays are always fun with friends......

i still remember my birthdays at home though....there would be the morning visit to the temples.....which of course meant you would be dragged kicking and screaming from your bed and thrown under a shower at the crack of dawn.....the many phone calls....sadya...the traditional malyali festive lunch.....u know banana leaf et all.....three courses of lunch.....6 curry sabjees.....6 dry sabjees.....three different kinds of pickles and at least two different sweet dishes.....and as a rule....you had to eat everything even if just a little bit.....coz if you didnt....it was considered disrespect of the food.....those lunches were killers!!

i also remember for every birthday close to 6 or 7 years I would chose a GI JOE action figure for my birthday.....so these figures were like about 6 inches big....had movable arms and legs....and some fake plastic miniature weaponry.....and just the prospect of getting one for my birthday would make my eyes sparkle for weeks....endless planning as to which action figure needed to be bought......gung ho....snake eyes....flint.....yes yes i still remember the names.....

yanyways....enough nostalgia.....this toast is for biki.....though he wont be reading this:).....three cheers to him and a very happy birthday:)