Naalam naalam thirunaalam....

Afterall oru birthday, adhai ozhunga spend panna mudiyudha ennala? Edho varushathuku oru thadavai varudhe, sandoshama oru naal kodumai illama anubavippom-nu ninaicha....I think my stars are aligned so strongly that there is no possibility of changing my fate.

I was looking forward to this birthday so eagerly, and infact so happy that it was on a Sunday (aamama, nethikedhan)...so sema eager-a pona varusham madhiri midnight-la suspense cake varum, vettalam-nu Rajini-oda latest film edhirparkara kadainilai rasigan madhiri wait pannindhen. First disappointment happened when we decided that we'd leave from our relatives' house (where we had been staying on Friday and Saturday) in the evening, and ended up leaving by 9:15 PM. So obviously there would have been no way for any secret cakes to be purchased, so cake aasai 6th night-e gali. Seri ok, midnight varaikum atleast muzhichittavadhu irupomnu ninaichen, but both of us were so tired that we slept immediately. But then the sincere person called my guy woke me up by 12 AM and wished me for the b'day, and zzzzz....there we dozed off again (infact this was the only good thing that happened on my b'day).

Next day morning - namma thamizhar panpaatu padi, nalla ennai theichu kulichutu puthadai uduthippom-nu ninaichen. Nalla thalaila ennai vachittu I tried calling up my Mom, but no one picked up the call. Partha sms varudhu, call by 3:30 PM-nu - en offshore makkal ellam en b'day kondada Malaikottai padam porangalam! Inga oruthi Tamil padam parka mudiyama DVD vangi parkara, idhula en b'day kondada ivanga movie poranga...ellam...Idhudhan kodumaina, I opened orkut to see a number of people wishing me on my b'day, and a message from Shuba saying she tried to call me and I didnt pick the call. Ennada solra-nu phone-ai eduthu partha, madam had called me by 5:15 AM! Theriyamadhan kekkaren, Sunday, adhuvum b'day aniku yaravadhu 5AM-ku muzhichitrupangala???? Ketta, she wanted to be the first person to wish me-nu reason vera!

Seri ok, coffee podalam-nu poi kitchen tap thirandha..water was literally dripping from the tap. Ennada idhu kaalaila nalladhane vandhadhu, seri ok, edhavadhu intermittent problem-a irukum-nu freeya vittuten. I made coffee, called up offshore folks, and by now it was 11:30 AM. Now we slowly began realizing that the water was still dripping, and called up the water supplier. The bored lady on the other side said that there is a problem with the water supply in the area and that they have started the repair work. Seri ma kanna, ethanai neram aagum-nu kettom, expecting 1-2 hrs...and then she dropped the bomb, "It will be 6 hours from now"! I could see my b'day breaking into a trillion little pieces and floating towards the trash can :(

"Seri parvalla vaa, we will go to your favorite restaurant" appadinu my guy tried enthusing me, but kulikkamaya??-nu hesitate pannite I started getting ready with all that oil on my head (luckily it was only coconut oil, and not gingelly oil, but still a heavy dose). I tried wearing the sleek dress that I had so lovingly purchased to wear to find that it was too small for me, that I ended up spraining my back trying to wear it. Ok, oru pazhaya dress mattitu we left. By the time we reached the place and took a bus, there was a heavy traffic, andha bus azhaga adipradakshanam pannitrundhadhu. Pasi kodumai vera, seri adutha stop-la irangidalam-nu we got off two stops ahead of the destination and started walking to the restaurant. Until now, we had wasted around 2 hrs since we started from home. Anyways, nalla saptutu we thought we'll go for a movie (pls kekkadheenga, eppadi b'day aniku kulikkama ivalo suthinen-nu)

Ok, 6:30 movie, time ippo 5:20, lets try making it-nu we opted for faster services but by the time we reached the destination station it was 6:24 and too late to go for the movie. Finally veetuke pogalamnu decide pantu, we proceeded home for a dull evening. In effect, I spent a b'day without shower, new dress, water or a cake or even a movie:( Ippadi oru day-va spend pantome-nu kavalaila irundha, Siva mail anupparar, ungaluku wishes potruken-nu...enna kodumai sir idhu?