The first one to wish me was my Niece (Second Cousin to the English & Yankees) Sheba who gave me her electronic wishes on gtalk on 30th July'09 itself.
Reaching home from work on the same day (30th July'09) in the evening there was one envelope waiting for me. Opened it to find A coupon from 'Pop Tates' for Rs.151/- and before I was through being happy about it lo and behold there was another envelope from Pop Tates yet again for Rs.151/- (So you see I can treat myself and some deserving soul to Pop Tates, Urban Tadka, Timbuctoo, Masala Mantar and/or Happy Singh! now isn't that reason to be happy!!!
Saturday 1st August 2009 was my Happy walla Birthday!
Made happy and more by the steady stream of phone calls, SMS's & Emails (which I only got to see on Monday in Office :-D)
What a wonderful day -
Breakfast - (Idea by my Mom - Made & served by my Sister-In-Law) - Appams - white fluffy centre and crisp golden borders. ummmmmmm just the way I like em!
Lunch - I cooked :-D - Pulao, Dal, 3 Seed Salad (Chana, Rajma & Kaccha Sheng Boiled together with added salt and a dressing of freshly squeezed Lemon Juice and finely chopped onions), Oil Free Pan Fried Assorted Chicken Salami -ummmmmmmm, shallow fried Prawns & Baby Potatoes in Soy & Chillies Sauce , Pomegranate seeds with a dash of lime and salt, Tawa Fried Picador Chillies De-seeded with Salt, Lime & Turmeric - and to down it all the youngsters had Thums Up and the Oldies had Pints of Tuborg Beer.
All 10 of us! in high spirits hic!!
Come evening it was time to go to the Lord's house to pay the almighty a visit and tell his son to continue to intercede for me as has been always done. Amen to that!
After Mass went visiting my dear Aunty Rita who incidentally shares the same birth date as mine. But then she had turned just 72 years that day ;-) there at her house, not just had the privilege of sharing in the cutting of the Birthday cake but also having a piece of the most delicious and yummy chocolate cake from Hang Out. Well! that kind of chocolate and the tongue is surely going to hang out wanting to have some more of the sinful sweet.
And then Aunty Rita insisted that I join her and her daughter for dinner at Nandos in the In-Orbit mall Malad (ahem! its actually in Goregaon, its just that they like to think they are in Malad)
Dinner - at Nandos - some chicken and rice downed with the most pathetic Iced Tea!
So that was the long and short of merawalla Birthday!
Oh and did I tell you the gifts I got - 1 flower bouquet, 1 Saree, 1 SKD suit, 1 Figurine of the Sacred Heart of Jesus & 2 Munch Bars, 1 Hershey's Chocolate Bar, 1 Purse & 1 small fibre figurine.
Birthday ho toh aisa ho! Well Balanced like a Well Balanced Diet!
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