Two. Six.

well...waddaya know...another year gone...its funny how birthday's change since you're a kid...when you're a kid...it's like you advance in half-year stages...i'm six AND a half! birthdays are bad ass and second only to christmas (or diwali if you're brown)...but then as you get older...it kinda gets to be just alright...i mean when you were a kid...you could at least tell that it was another year...either you lost a tooth...or you gained a tooth...maybe you grew a little...but i think i'm at this point...where i can't really tell...i feel the same as i have for the past 5-6 years...i look in the mirror and i look the same...and then it strikes me funny that i'll be 30 in 4 years!! i just laugh...cuz i really can't see myself as a 30 yr old...i mean...when i shave properly...and wear the right baggy clothes...i could pass for a teenager...i mean...should i stop wearing baggy jeans now? can i not make dorky jokes anymore? what does turning 26 mean??? nothing at all.

i saw this interesting documentary the other day...a reporter had gone to some island in south-east asia...and was trying to converse...he asked this guy his age...and the guy, probably in his 50's, says - i don't know...the reporter was bewildered...but i think that old guy had it right...his culture places less value on age than on what you do with your life...i know people who may biologically be 21...but realistically they live the life of a 60 year old...not making the most of their youth...so...in that respect...i'm glad i don't feel my biological age...and i don't plan to conform to any age guidelines any time soon...i'll catch up when i need to....right now i'll just enjoy life and make the most of it.

well...enough of my sermon...this past week's been chill...just been studying...and doing my normal routine...i swam a kilometer on sunday...and felt really proud...but haven't had a chance to go back again...today was cool..hema came up...and i got calls from literally all over the world...got tons of cards...thanks y'all...we went out to dinner with my fellow lawdawgs...all in all..it was a good nite...stormy, but hey i keep it exciting..ha.

so...tomorrow's another day closer to exams...hema's coming back on the weekend with some friends for more birthday festivities...not sure where to go yet...

well..as they say in gujarati...my 27th year is off and running...so i'm gonna go catch up... g nite.