Me and My Serendipity!

Happy b'day to you
Happy b'day to you
Happy b'day dear ashish
Happy b'day to you . . . . .

And so it used to go for many years :)

then come April 1, 2005 suddenly and wtf - everyone forgets it I must confess that it was one of the most nbdu days for me- upcoming MLC elections, b'day bumps, not being able to meet Shweta and Meeta since long, Neha's growing indifference and busyness, no call from didi-jiju at 31st March midnite, another quiz the next day and what not .... ! and amidst all that the only thing I was looking fwd. to was my b'day! but alas. . . . . .

Neither was the nite of 31st a good one - was mostly sleepless :( I woke up early on 1st and was killing the day by sleeping again in afternoon when the watchman announced for me to come down. And being in my towel without anything on, I was cursing him like anything before getting dumb-founded to see Meeta waiting for me downstairs ! Whoaaa another big shock was waiting at the hostel gate- SHWETA!! Yes, Shweta, of all people on the earth! God knows how they both made it till hostel but it was one hell of a lovely surprise I will never forget my life (neither will Meeta forget, I guess, that blown over look of surprise on my face all her life!!). Wishes poured in as usual and not to mention a wonderful short-kurta (the same one I had thot of buying after talking to jiju a day before!) and a lovely Christian Daniel wrist watch. And not to forget a few words (well ... they were actually a few papers!)- very touching and much awaited - basically direct dil seAll of this was obviouslly more than I could ever dreamt about; hence leaving me absolutely speechless, so much so that even a thanks barely came out!

By evening my fellow sysads turned my thoughts about not deserving their trust/confidence upside-down by making the MLC post yet another undigestable reality for me- with 13 votes of 14! Thanks to all of them

Though not the above mentioned one but they both wrote another b'day song to me- an unsung, unsaid song of love only felt within :) and I will be forever grateful to both of you Shweta and Meeta for making it my most rememberable b'day ever

Just that I missed a few special people (I hope they are listening!); and missed them biiig time Donno why but no matter how hard I try I ain't able to get, out of my head, their absence on THE DAY