Age is just a number

Yes, I just turned 24 and I am not whining. I love celebrating my birthday. My birthday falls in the beautiful month of December, with all holiday mood all around and it’s always fun coming back home after a tiring semester. This time it was very special as many of my friends who went abroad for studies have come back home for holidays.

 

Incident 1:

 

I have been writing and talking about my birthday all this month. (I try not to, but it eventually comes up). So, on my birthday we were eating at a restaurant wherein I was asked to prove my identity as a major. And after looking at my ID, the person in charge insults me by asking if the person in the photograph is me.

 

Incident 2:

 

Just a week after my birthday(Yet another birthday reference), I get into a restaurant along with my friend who is younger than me by a year. We randomly chose this restaurant as it was nearby, and it turns out they serve alcohol. (FYI, we went to eat fish and chips there). So, at the entrance, they asked for an identity proof to confirm my age. I reiterate here, I was the only one among us who were asked to prove their age.

Do I look like a minor? Do I look like a criminal?

So, I was wondering whether I look like a 24 year or not. I enquired with my friends, they snapped at him first and later everyone assured me of my age. Or do I look like a spooky 24-year-old who needs to be accessed before entering a public place :D.

 

Overall, I enjoyed being identified to be younger than I am.

Before I graduate…

I watched the LOTR part 1 and part 2 in 2011 along with my brother and later he moved to a new city for studies. I have always watched movies with him. And without him around it was difficult for me to watch the LOTR part 3 alone. Its high time I admit this, I am not a big-time movie watcher. I find it difficult watching movies alone. I have always had the company of my friends or family while watching movies. And to add to this weakness, lately, I have started dozing off during the movie. (This is because of my tiring schedule: P). So, coming to the point I had abandoned LOTR without watching the third part.

So, now fast forward to 2015.
I took a temporary hiatus from the world and went into hibernation for a year. This is when I found the love of my life – Amazon’s Kindle and rekindled my past love for reading. Now, I had taken an oath to read all the three LOTR books along with Hobbit and then only watch the films. So, I finished reading the first two books of LOTR series and half part of Hobbit by end of 2015 and then I got busy with my life.

So, now fast forward to November 2017.

I attended this amazing TEDx talk in my city where there was a singer who performed my all-time favorite song, “I see fire” by Ed Sheeran from the movie “Hobbit: The Desolation of the Smaug”. And this gave me goosebumps and reminded me of my oath. I still have no clue why I hadn’t taken such an oath in the first place.

So, now fast forward to December 2017.

I come home for holidays. And the first thing I see on the TV was the movie Hobbit. FYI, I hadn’t watched TV in months and when I sit down all I see Hobbit all around.
Is the universe conspiring? Thanks for all the signs Universe.
Today I decided to make another amendment to the oath by putting a deadline. I am a true Engineer who is deadline driven and I work best with deadlines around.

Oath: Finish reading LOTR and Hobbit before I graduate.

 

 

Together we turn 24 !

Last week by Almighty’s grace I turned 24. It’s not just me, I share my birthday with two of the favorite people in my life- my twin brother and my twin soul sister. Yes, you read it right I said twin both the times. I can write pages about my twin brother but today I feel like writing about this twin soul sister I found on July 8^th, 2016.

July 8^th, 2016- this day will go into my personal history. It was one hell of a judgment day for me. I luckily got admitted into this awesome grad school, it was the first day of my new college. I had little trouble with my admission process but then later that day I met this secret guardian of my life. We spoke for less than few mins but then I don’t think either of us thought that our friendship is bound to last long and our paths are bound to cross.

In one sentence our destinies are intertwined. It like this famous Hutch ad that says, “Wherever you go our network follows”.

Wherever Jarvis goes Mycroft follows.

Now I am writing an exhaustive list of things we share. We share our birthdays, blood groups and we use identical combs. (Cheesy enough right). We have similar habits when it comes to eating or hanging out. And many more. And this list has been better articulated by my dear friend Mycroft in this blog post of hers http://virtualramblings10.blogspot.in/2017/12/to-my-alter-ego.html.

So, in all, we are soul sisters. So, the reason for writing this now is because of all a sudden I have a rush of gratitude feeling of finding such a good friend.

Hey Mycroft,
Thanks for keeping me company in the deserted lab.
Thanks for your unlimited supply of sugar and Maggie.
Thanks for encouraging me to write more.
Thanks for pushing me to read more.
Thanks for reminding me petty chores.
Thanks for being there.
And Thanks in advance for tolerating me for the future years to come.