MY ORKUT BIRTHDAY ! ! ! 8 th Jan, 2007 !!!

Mindblowing would be an insufficient word to describe the feelings that I experienced on my Birthday this year! When I joined Orkut I never expected that I would befriend so many beautiful people from such amazingly varied backgrounds. …. And when all of them start to wish you well…woooooooowwww… you got to experience it man!!!!!!

I have wished so many friends in Orkut on their birthdays and have often wondered if it was necessary for them to scrap me back thanking me for my wishes… but only this year I realized that it was not a verbal exercise but something from the depth of your heart that had to be expressed...... Because all those wishes struck an emotional chord deep down, giving you a feeling of overwhelming happiness!!!

Before I start getting sentimental [ hehe… did someone tell me yesterday that I was getting older?? }and go sob sob about the public display { Orkut is public , aint it !!] of affection I was showered with, I must confess that it was great fun too!!!

It all started with messages and calls coming in on the dot of midnight … I was told that if my friends could lose sleep in the process of wishing me, then the receiver – yours truly – had no right to crib about lost sleep and better feel blessed ........

And blessed I felt till the wee hours of the morning as I sat half dazed in bed trying to figure out the alphabets on my mobile [I was told in no uncertain terms that I had to acknowledge the messages or they would keep coming!!!!] to acknowledge the messages I was getting , throwing sheepish glances at a puzzled husband – who by the way is no friend of Orkut – who by then had his suspicions confirmed that I had indeed gone bonkers ever since I entered Orkut!

....... tried to switch off my mobile only to have the landline screaming waking the entire household!! And lo behold...... before I got the marching orders to go and sit next to the telephone, I switched on my mobile for dear life and it went on and on and on.....

Morning dawned with my scrapbook loaded with birthday messages from the nocturnal beings in Orkut!!! And as I sat down to thank them along came loads of messages from other dear friends.... I soon found out that I lagged behind by a good 30 scraps in replying…...for every scrap I sent I got two new ones…my scrap rate touched an all time high of 200!!! I certainly hadn’t bargained for this kind of attention on Orkut…and it was so humbling…

It was marathon session on Orkut through out the day …hehehe…guess my typing skills improved by leaps n bounds!!! And it wasn’t just scraps that filled my day !!!!!…had a blown up computerized picture of my own sweet face [ hehehe….i have no claims to modesty ] sent to me as a gift by a good friend Kannan; then there was this really cute friend of mine, Vijay, who came speeding up to my place on his way to office just to wish me with loads of my favorite sweet ; and of course another friend – dearest PC - who insisted that I buy myself a nice gift on his behalf ; and others who were all behind me to have their share of the cake !!! And.....lol...of course some others who insisted that I parcel their share to their respective destinations!!!! Not to forget some beautiful bouquets and loads of E - cards I received !!!!

The best part of the day were the wishes I received from my little young friends..{..lol.... I do have quite a number of school kids in my friends list ! ! ! }.... who, once back home from school, stealthily sneaked into Orkut without their parents knowledge, to wish their ‘Aunty’ happy birthday!!! I was so touched .....

Gosh !!!!!!!.. I never had a birthday like this in my entire life and am I glad I got into Orkut !!!!!!!…coz where else would I have so many good souls – most of whom I haven’t even met – blessing me with the choicest of good wishes!!!!! Thanks guys, I’ll always remember you people for making my day extra special in every possible way. Hats off to all of you !!!