Birthdays

Yep would turn 25 on Feb 24th. Years really do fly by. I usually don't make a big deal about my birthday. Usually spend it like any other day. Even this year I would be in California working for APEX 2005. I don't see a point in celebrating birthdays. So you were born like 365*age days ago.... so what? around with 6 billion/365 people were born on this day. What makes yours so special?

I have had some friends who celebrate their birthdays grandly. Throw parties, get drunk, spend a lot of money... There was this classmate during my undergrad years in Bombay who would spend a lot of time, money and effort on planning her birthday. She would invite her (priviledged) friends, book a hotel and treat us with really good food. Getting invited to her party was a big thing for us. lol... Free food is always welcome. Most of us would be extremely kind to her, flatter her like a week before her birthday to get invited (no would would accept that but I could clearly see this, especially shripad). Neway after her birthday everything would be normal until next year.

Was browsing through Orkut profiles of my friends recently and happened to visit her profile. Checked her photo album and she had posted 3 pictures of her birthday party in the US(including one on her main profile). People don't really change do they? :)