It’s always a transition period, be it from a kid to a teen, or from the teens to the 20s. For kids, birthdays are the time, when they get lovely gifts (usually an Amitabh Bachchan signed Parker Pen), and lots and lots of blessings from every elder across the world. For elders, well, not much of gifts, but surely lots of “Happy birthday” messages from family and friends.
We, at college, especially those living in hostels, have a unique style of celebrating our friends’ birthdays! The buzz of b’day starts a week in advance (in some cases a month), and friends go full out threatening anything and everything possible to maximise the chance of “scaring” b’day boys! Delicious birthday cakes are sneaked into the hostel, and all sorts of arrangements are made to literally vandalise the birthday boy!
The ingredients of birthday bash usually consists of shampoo, toothpastes, oils, detergent powders, talcum powder, relief sprays, rotten bananas, shaving cream, boiling water (in warm season) or cold water (in the winters) and sometimes eggs. In every birthday, there has to be a villain or two, who gets the maximum share of beating the b’day boy! And he is usually the one, who gets beaten up badly by others on his b’day. Some are the quiet ones, who just stay behind and chant “oooh-aaah” but never physically threaten the b’day boy. The initial beating starts at 11.55pm when the b’day boy is kicked and kicked and kicked hard. By 12.05 he is fully drenched with water containing the mixture of all the ingredients, and his face is painted by toothpastes and head by shampoo! The clever ones usually strike the death knell by pouring the contents of the garbage bin on the b’day boy, thus making him realise his worth of being born! With the b’day boy fully drenched, it’s time for the villains to showcase their talents. One kick hard, other slap on the back. Ouch!!! This process continues recursively till their heart’s content.
Then comes the birthday cake, with the popular nicknames written on it! Usually the cakes are slapped onto the face almost instantly out of the box, but sometimes, mutual agreement wins and the cake is deliciously shared by all! Yeah, the leftover is always smashed onto the b’day boy’s face. After a hearty photo session, it’s time for the b’day boy to take a nice shower, and then attend to all his calls and msgs, throughout the day and go on the dance floor with his friends!
To be frank, I don’t know about girls’ b’days, but if someone would like to add please do comment!
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Good One! ;D
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