A pending bday post !
Unlike the bday post I made last year, I have been procrastinating making one this year, though I did http://www.livejournal.com/update.bml quite a number of times before exiting. Well, I realized that getting older means turning lazier too :)
This time I planned to take R and her hubby S and their little one Mihi out for dinner. After Mihi's arrival, they have been out very rarely and I thought it would be a good outing for the little one too. But then, 2007 has been a real mix, the rains ruined all plans of dining out. So Rash and I were held up at her place and RSM were at their home. Adamant as always, Rash and I drover her bike in the drizzle post 10 pm, got some food packed home. While we got the dinner home, R made hot and yummy Gulab jamoons which we had after getting soaked in the rain ! Like last year, the cake thingie was again a spoiler, no surprises for me! The worst part being, I carried my bday cake most of the time friday evening, when Rash was busy parking her bike !! :P Also, we were too busy playing with the kid post dinner, that I had to remind my buddies at 11.55 that they had to set the cake for me !! Well, actually the time thingie atleast had to be right !!! Mihi at 9 months, was given a trial experience to cut a bday cake !! We are getting her ready for her first bday !
Chocolate Burfi has been in my mind for some time now, and early saturday morning admist attending bday calls, I decide to take over R's kitchen after breakfast ! Rash's 6th sense suddenly got a spark and she made a timely escape to office ! Well, the chocolate Burfi was so sticky and bad that it didnt qualify to be called a Chocolate Halwa either :( Another flop for the day ! It was indeed a bad idea to waste a couple of hours in the kitchen, especially when R volunteered to make some alternative sweets ! Another lesson to be remembered.
Good thing about this year was the weekend bday, so I got to catch up with some of my old friends for lunch and dinner both on saturday and sunday. The bad thing being all the extra calorie intake :( And I still have pending treats for the office kids at Corner House ! The most dangerous one wrt to calories !!
The past 365 days have gifted me a rich experience of many things, both sweet and bitter ! At 26, though not very happy, I am content and more confident about many things which life has to offer me, friends, relationships, career, cooking, minus the chocolate burfi ! From every failed step, I am learning a new experience, a new way to brush aside past and move forward, I no longer feel sad about people taking me for granted, I have begun to experience that when people hurt me, they help me prove that I am a better individual than him/her. It makes me pleased to realize that sometimes I am a better friend to him/her than what she or he is to me. With this elated thoughts and perspective of looking at people, I move ahead with a lighter heart !