The most awesome day/birthday ever!

My second birthday away from home. I was excited, nervous and anxiously waiting see how it goes.

June 2009

I get to know that I will be in Bombay on my b’day. As many people(obviously) know, for me Bombay = Shah. So, to be in the same city as Shah on my bday was B.I.G.. I mean really! I actually pinched myself to see if I was dreaming!

July 2009

Started off the month in Delhi and came back after a nice long vacation. Unfortunately the Bombay trip was preponed (Yes that is Indian English) by a week and so I would not get to see Shah or Mannat on my b’day. Well actually I did not get to see it at all.
My birthday week, was awesome. I was on a natural high. Like glowing happy. Aren’t we all?? On the eve the day, my guardian Angel (since we are both into ‘code names’ bigtime), a very dear friend and I went for a nice beautiful Dinner at this restaurant called N. It’s actually N Grill. But for us it was just N. Imagine going to a chic restaurant on the eve of your b’day and that too one named after you (now literally it is, right?) After an awesome night of laughter, leg pulling, getting to know each other and deciding what to eat and drink, we headed back home. However not before Angel stole the pink N coaster. Yes it’s OCD. And there I get my first bday gift, gifts rather ~ a Shah coffee mug and a Shah poster :) I bid the both of them farewell and went home. Thank You Ss for bringing in my birthday the way you did. Couldn’t have been more perfect
This was just the beginning. At 12 I get calls from all my dearest friends. One that I’ll always remember is when my literally and otherwise mad friends along with the physics wiz and his children sang happy birthday to me. Hold on, it wasn’t a normal happy birthday song. The tune was a ShahRukh song from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. For all you Shah Fans out there, it’s the Gazebo scene where he dances with Kajol. Shah is wearing a black shirt and Kajol’s in a maroon chiffon sari. For all of you who aren’t Shah fans (How have you lived so far !) ~ please Youtube it! Now!And you’ll see why it’s so very beautiful.
And that kicked off my birthday celebrations. A tune that stayed with me for the rest of the day. And a tune that is going to stay with me for the rest of the year. In fact at 2 in the night, the next day, when I was still humming the tune, this friend jumped and said “ I can’t believe you are still humming that!” So that’s how my b’day started with Shah and music.
After talking to everyone i finally get some sleep and wake up at 8:30 the next day. I get a call from my Angel asking where I was, what I was doing and what my plans for the day were. It sounded like a perfectly genuine question and I gave her a rough idea of what I was planning to do that day. Basically nothing. I heard sounds at the background at her end and I thought to myself that maybe she was out somewhere. But this early on a Saturday? After talking to her, I go about tidying my room, my parents called to wish and asked about my plans for the day. And then Angel calls again. “Come down, NOW” she says. The best words I heard that day. I am in my comfortable green-white checked shorts and God-Alone-Knows how old t-shirt. I change into a tracksuit and a “It’s Better In Goa” shirt and run down the stairs. I see her standing there with a bouquet of Red Roses ( I kept them in my room for months!) with arms open and a BIG grin on her face. I grin back and run to her (like it was almost DDLJ part II) And suddenly in slow motion my steps slow down and I see another shape forming behind her. No, this story is not taking an alien turn. And as my eyes send signals to my mind and my mind registers the face and pulls up a name, my grin starts vanishing. It was one of those “OMG I Can’t believe I am Miss World” moments. Please note that the grin did not vanish out of fear or sorrow but ironically the reason was pure bliss and joy. My Angel had dragged with her my second Angel. There he was with his big toothy grin wearing his blue shirt (yet again!). I hugged Angel one and proceeded to hug Angel II. I couldn’t have asked for anything more that morning. I was with the two people I love the most in Hyderabad on 25 July 2009. After the initial wishes, they say “go get ready lazy bum, we are going out for breakfast!”. And I was still zonked with seeing Angels there. I run back. I can hear “Make it fast “. I Change into whatever I see first. Wore my sacred kajal and lip balm and ran. I mean those two didn’t even give me time to dress up!

We walked to Ofen (Road No. 10 Banjara Hills) for breakfast. The sun was bright, not the harsh bright but the gentle bright, the birds with their melodious chirping and singing, there was a slight sweet fragrance in the air and I was walking with my Rainbow(s). You could call it heaven on earth. I did. For breakfast Angel I had chocolate Waffles (Yummmm!), I had a Mushroom Omlette with bread and butter and Angel II had a Masala Omlette with the same. And a soul-satisfying cup of coffee as the finishing touch. Discussed life, future, work!, i came out with my dream of having three kids and my weird-ass logic for it, we gossiped and bitched. Gossiped more. I as usual went into my reverie and got lost, while they proceeded to make fun of my dreamy eyed look. I then cut a small cake (pastry actually). But not before I blew the magic re-lighting candle on top of it some hundred-thousand times. I had a smile on my face when I closed my eyes to make a wish(which took some 10 mins!). Finally, the most awesomest breakfast ended with cake on my face and with a tussle for who is paying. Angel I as usual had her way.
A walk back home with Angel I behaving like she was drunk and saying random stuff (I still tease her about this). Lord knows what would have happened if she had been actually drunk that Saturday morning. I burn with shame every time i think of it. But hell! it was loads of fun and hence i don’t care. Angel II left (yea, he is usually the busy one) and Angel I and me went home and had an amazing talk about life in general and that morning in particular. Angel I then had to leave. I couldn’t begin to thank her enough. So we both hugged each other tight and I am thanking you now Angel I, for working your magic and making the impossible possible, it was even better than i had imagined it to be. In other words it was perfect and all because of you. I love you woman!
I went to pay my Airtel bill, glanced at Shah waving out, on the shop windows, winked at him and smile. At the counter even the sales rep. smiled at me. I now wonder if she smiled because she saw me wink at Shah! But I did have a glow that day.
After a quick lunch i packed for my Class that afternoon and left home in a hurry. Just as I was leaving I get a call from Angel II asking if I wanted to go for a movie. I went on a spree of should i or shouln’t i, I told him I’ll give him a call in ten. Since I had absolutely zilch planned for the day/evening, I said I’ll join him and his friends. So after a little bit of drama and theatre, and my first experience at acting I go for the movie some 1/2 hour late (thanks to Hyd traffic). Fortunately for me he had already seen the movie and I didn’t feel as guilty. The movie (Ice Age 3) was hilarious and I loved it absolutely. After the movie we went to get some coffee, and his friends ordered a chocolate cake for me, with a pink coloured scented heart-shaped candle (can a girl ask for more??) And there I was with tiny tears in my heart, standing with closed eyes making another wish and thanking God for a beautiful day with my favourite people. We all decide to go for a movie. We tried our luck at three places and all of them were booked. In between I meet my other buddies, who came all the way to wish me and give my sweet little gift. They did not eventually give it, actually they could not due to unforeseen circumstances. The gift, well ahem, is something that I still find hard to accept and which one has to see to believe! But again, I absolutely L.O.V.E it! And it makes me crack up with laughter every time I see it!

Whatever remained of the night passed in a sweet blur, details of which I sometimes remember and sometimes forget. But whatever the case I find myself smiling. Widely.
The awesomeness of the day is undescrib-able and something that I will cherish always. I loved each and every bit of it. And always will. The morning, the day, the evening, the night, the people, the places, the conversations, the time, the city, and the most important thing- the smile and the silence – will stay with me forever and always.
To all those who are mentioned here (y’all know who you are)~ a big Thank You for making my day beautiful and to my very two special Angels- I Love you and always will.