Happy Birthday
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 10:03PM 
Waiting for the table to fill up at the Taj, Bangalore
On my birthday, I have greetings in my laptop and handphone from the computers of a hotel I haunt; from the computer-servers of Bigflix; from AppleInsider and mouthshut and Webshots and a big blogger network. A sales-lady called from a restaurant I avoid, to know if she should book a table for me for tonight. I declined, but politely. Some colleagues shook hands but many know my discomfort and stayed clear; an old colleague called early morning; another colleague from long ago sent a mail. Sujaya wished me awake; within minutes after Sujaya, Yashas called from Hassan and Sowmya and Bharat and Ambar called me while I was driving to work; my mother and sister wished me at the door. Families of friends remembered me by evening. An uncle who hadn't got through in the morning called at night and was so gracious.
Sujaya took me out for breakfast. We dined in, and I ate two slices of a date n’ apple cake my sister baked.
Thank you, dear servers and friends.
Reader Comments (5)
And here I am too, late but unable to resist wishng you 'many more birthdays in the years to come'.
A bit on delay, but I didn't resist to wish you "happy birthday" !
Delayed, (better late than never they say) -- Happy birthday...
Its my dad's official birthday too. his first day of the school - person who took my dad to the school didn't know the actual DOB. So that day became his official one :)
Belated Happy Birthday :) wishing you many more years of happiness and prosperity :)
@Di: So nice to hear from you again, Di. Thanks very much, indeed.
@Mr. Santini: I couldn't believe my eyes, Mr. Santini! Thanks very much. I do look forward to seeing you soon.
@Prashanth: Thanks very much for your greeting, Prashanth. And I am happy to have the honor to share with your father the same birthday!
@Prithvi: Thank you very much for your greetings Prithvi. Do visit often.