For people who don’t remember, my bday falls on 7th of August every year.I recently celebrated my 28th bday with frnds in Namma Chennai at a restraunt called Kabul.
While going to the restraunt, my sis called and asked whthr i hav got my bday bumps already . I told her, i m becoming too old for tht kinda shit . We r corporates now.
Tht was purely a overrated statement , becaus i hav a bunch of frnds who never grow up, despite few of them being married and having kids.
I got my bday bumps after the dinner and booze, outside the restraunt, right on the road .Well i made sure i get a gift from each one of them in return. But as one of my frnd pointed out, they gav us the bumps ‘pyaar se’ and he was
right . If it would hav been my hostel, dunno know for how many days i would be unable to sleep due to the pain from the bday bumps
I remember, when bdays used to be a scare . Ppl would hide under cots / under the water tanks to avoid get beaten up . And wht beating it would be, i would not wish a similar beating even for a thief or my enemies . Hostelites get a chance to practise thier martial arts skills on the poor fellow . Some practise thier painting skills using shoe polish, shampoo , talcum powder , basically whtever comes to the hand at tht moment . Getting a cake for ur own bday is a huge risk as most of it ends up in the bday boy’s face . when frnds get a cake for the bday boy, they keep this in mind and get the cheapest one possible
One trick which i used to follow is , to befriend the biggest guy in hostel and keep him as my bodyguard (Thank u Balram for being my body guard for 4 yrs) . Few guys invariably slip and attack me. For them i keep a bowl of rasagullas ready . ‘Pehle ek rasagulla to le le’, but this just delays the inevitable and i get beaten up sooner or later after the bowl is empty . Then comes few days of painful sleepless night . Few ppl even resort to pain killers.
Thrs this one guy who used to be favorite gunny bag and whole hostel waited for his bday eagerly . He even threatened once , agar is baar bumps pada to khidki se khud jaunga (if u ppl beat me this time, i will jump off the 4th floor window) . His frnds replied, u r most welcome to do so . u will brk few bones, but still we wont pity u and beat u up. He went forward with the beating alone.
This happens during the midnight , the next day used to be happier as u always get showered by gifts . This followed by the wallet going for a toss over the treat.
