Of Wishes

Yesterday, I turned 19. As Dad reminded me, I now begin the last of my teenage years. He followed that up by saying that your twenties are the best time of your life so I shouldn’t despair about old age just yet. Then again, when I turned 13, he said that the teenage years were the best part of life. Looks like we just keep going uphill and then somewhere, the track starts leading downhill but we don’t realise it till it’s too late. On the whole, it was a low profile birthday although Karan and Mayank did give me a nice surprise at the stroke of half past twelve (that half hour was spent in the bathroom, because my system refused to listen to me and ignored all pleas from the upper body) with an array of gifts and a very colorful card, which doesn’t wish me a happy birthday anywhere, but the message it does convey more than makes up for that!

Birthdays (like everything else) have changed over the years. A lot of people treat birthday wishes as an obligation that needs to be fulfilled and when 127 people wish you on your Facebook Wall, you know that a lot of them are doing it simply because they have too much time on their hands along with an internet connection. The ones that make the effort to message/call are always much more appreciated.

It’s been a good week in totality – Shivalik finally got somewhere in a quizzing event (most of that has to do with the fact that for the first time, IIT saw a quiz where music featured prominently). I think this result is more motivating than the combined effect all of the discussions I’ve had with people over the past year! Even semesters are always more fun when it comes to extracurricular activities, so here’s hoping for more positive results…