An old friend of mine recently celebrated her 20th birthday. The party was great! Many guys and girls of our Class of 2010 of School had turned up. We had a great time together. Happy birthday MRS.Gupta!(Yes, that is what I will always call her no matter what the surname of her boyfriend is!) And yes, all of us, in her friend circle had thought of issuing a legal notice to her for committing a breach of contract( The party happened almost a week after her real birthday!) But the idea was eventually dropped!
So, 2 years! That is the duration which many of us had lost contact with each other for. Facebook, yes, did ensure we were not completely isolated but personal conversations are always important. Aren't they?
The celebrations had started much before the actual party commenced. We were already teasing the Birthday Gal with the a few 'special-to-our-class' memorable dialogues like...."Idiot hai kya.."..and a few more newly composed ones..."Is she mad"..."Why did she call us to the Mall, then?"...."Where are the rest of the people?, Mrs.Gupta?" and there were a lot more. I do not remember all.
Anyway, I must quickly come to the 'why' of this post.
I just wanted to thank all the people for making the party such a success ( Thats so much like an acknowledgement...huh! I didnt host the party though! )
There were a few things in that party that always happen at a TEENAGE party.... or a POST TEENAGE one...(Yes, we are growing old :) )And I am always thoroughly pleased to see that:
- People always smile on seeing each other and there is a sense of great joy among the 'good old buddies'
- There are groups- An all girls group, an all boys group and a group that has people of both the sexes in a mixed number- All find it difficult to communicate with the other for a while....
- No matter what the News channels say about the economic crisis in the country, Girls always have more serious issues to discuss,"So, do you have a boyfriend?".....
- And at times, the boyfriend crisis to them is more awful than the economic crisis.."whaaaaaaattttt........he left her????? awwwww..."
- No matter how quickly a girl resolves her boyfriend issue, boys in these get togethers cannot rest until they find their girlfriends- NO! Not the human girlfriends...the electronic ones-- 'Plug points for Music systems', 'Good Music players', 'Good sound quality'......"Chalo yaar...MILI TOH SAHI....tab se dhundh raha tha iss WIRE ko....."
- Cakes are meant to be anointed on the faces....Not eaten first!
- Every body has the patience to stand in the same posture to be able to pose good for TEN different cameras!
- Making weird facial expressions actually gets you more people clicking your pictures.
- Eventually, Unimportant issues like 'Career' and Future start popping up in the middle....And they need to continue popping up! Hardly get a permanent seat!
- And finally, Serve the food...And some worried faces run immediately to the kitchen saying,"Hum log pi lein na fir..? Khana abhi hi nikaal rahe ho?"...
So, all in all, this IS the real age for weird fun! A must attend for all 20+...Dude, We are moving into the third decade of our lives....
So MRS.Gupta...Happy birthday once again! I really wish you a good life ahead! But I really hope you never grow too old to say,"Idiot hai kya?"
