a birthday...

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it's been a while now... since i found anything to write about... i did find stuff, but not much time these days... it's J's b'day today... that makes her a piscean... and i'm totally into the sun signs, linda goodman and all that crap... i've known a few pisceans earlier... so it helps me take it as routine when we disagree with everything- from the mundane to the exquisite...

anyway, it's her b'day and i'm not sure how to handle it... it might not seem much but there's a lot that depends on how, when and where you wish one on their b'day... there's M for example... her bday's exactly 10 days after my own and they are some of the most nervous days of the year... i set the alarm on my phone...a couple of them actually... the calendar, task and timer are set accordingly... i even download special software to buzz me... and finally when the day arrives, and i wish her the bday, i'm so relieved!! like that gasp of breath after you thought you drowned in the deep end of the pool... like taking off those tight, shoe-bity stillettoes at the end of the day... you get the idea...

there are others... for example a friend couple(a couple who are both friends of mine) who mesg me when it's the other's bday and warn me to wish... i think that's adorable!! then there's a few who i've wished so rarely, they are pleasantly surprised the few times i manage... there's one friend i've wished on the days preceding, succeeding but never on his bday... he takes it in his stride...

i really didn't know how J would handle it... like i've confessed before, we had huge gap of communication for a while... my social skills aren't that commendable... so, the last time i wished her was 7years ago or so... that's like a lifetime ago and i wasnt sure... anyway, she's one of those chill things... she came in, extended her hand and said "hey! it's my bday today...".... thank god for such people...!! there are only so many ulcers one can handle a year... i hadn't forgotten!!! i had a little wrapping, ribbon and gift... i liked the wrapping and ribbon... she the gift... we shared accordingly...

and there was the good part abt bdays... the treat! we went to a Barista at a maternity hospital... (only coz it's open 24hrs a day)... and since the only thing to eat there was a (suspiciously)old sandwich, we shifted base to Ching Wua or some similar sounding place... food was decent, ambience good... i ate so much i had to adjust my skirt a couple of times... even that wasn't enough... we had to pack most of the food for 'back home'... so tomorrow's breakfast-lunch-dinner will revolve around it... a healthy break from the lemon-rice...

so, there! that's the end of the bday of a good room-mate... and a better friend...