Well atleast thats the way it should be sadly enough i think this is my first birthday post, though i think id like to post one regularly, that would atleast guarantee one post for the year.
So Lets catch up a little bit - another years gone and i am (in hushed tones) 32 , well honestly after 30 it doesn't matter that much. I can still remember turning 30 with new friends in a new university, in a new city and a new country, sadly everything about that is stale and no matter how brave a face i pulled that day it did feel old. 31 went all alone (to be read as without family) in london , well managed to have a great day with an old friend from school, not that he much remembered it being my birthday, but i did manage to escape being alone and managed to be well watered by the end of the day.
This year was much better, i think my birthday actually lasted 2 hours more than the scheduled 24 hours of the day, We started celebrating early cos my little nephew had to sleep and it would be no fun cutting the cake without him. There was cheese cake to be had (baked not frozen ) i think my sister has finally perfected her recipe.
The gifts were great i got an 11 cd Audio book for Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, i have so been wanting it for such a long time now, its great to finally get my hands on it.
I got a pedometer which should ideally sort out the daily dash once im back in india, and it works great too , theres enough time to just about calibrate it right, sadly enough the software doesn't work on mac and so ill need to put it on apple or run windows on my mac for it well lets see how i work around it once im home. But more importantly the gadgets really cool
Lastly i got my tattoo. Iv been wanting to get a second one since quite some time now, but then there was always this hesitancy, but as im going back and well in a crazy instance of insanity , i just decided what i wanted where i wanted it and how i wanted it . Its a Tiger and a Dragon in a Yin - yang symbol, its orange , green, blue and black, well here have a look.
Well it was a gruelling 5 hour session, actually 6 hour but we took a lunch break, and yes after the first bit it does hurt a bit specially when he goes over a particular part again and again, luckily i got it on my shoulder and there wasn't much ink directly over the bone that hurts i know that from my previous tattoo . But yeah it seems to be looking good enough. Initially i had wanted the tiger at the bottom somehow over the course of designing and getting the Tattoo he came on the top but i guess thats destiny. While i was at the shop another indian bloke was getting a shiva on his arm it looked good, he was 46, this was his first tattoo and he had wanted it for over 15 years now , his wife thought it was insane, his kids thought it might be cool , i thought does it really matter, and suddenly it wasn't strange being in that tattoo parlour anymore and it was surely not an act of insanity. Im already thinking of what next and when .
Right so i got carried away with that one coming back to the birthday. The Day was shite in terms of weather. And i was thinking that my plans for going out for lunch with the family would surely have to be abandoned. So to compensate for it we had a special birthday breakfast pancakes with peanut butter and honey , it was heavenly and i was clearly throwing caution to the flaring diabetic risk. Well thats a good beginning to the day , and god for a change was with me and granted us a clear afternoon, infact a beautiful sunny though slightly windy afternoon. The mexican street food at wahacas at Convent garden was amazing, and the Tamarind margaritas just out of this world. Hmmm mmm mm m
Followed by running after the baby at Trafalgar square i think it was a good ending to a great day , came home tired the weather was still amazing and i thought might as complete the day with a run , jogged for a bit, almost died , but yeah i think the day was quite good.
So while things change, and as my days here come to an end i look forward to a new life , to India and celebrating my next birthday there lets see how that goes so till next year on that .
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