The Wordsmith

"They dont have candles here man" said L to me on the phone

"No candles? What kind of a shop is it that doesnt..."

"Chil!! I mean they dont have birthday candles. Just the ordinary candles and the number candles and they dont have the numbers 2 and 3"

"Oh well what DO they have"

"Hmm. They have 0. yeah. and 5"

"Ahhh!! Get 0. Given F's 0 IQ and 0 level of maturity and 0 malice in her heart ideally 0 oughta be the right number"

"Heh Sure" said L and hung up.

Its soooo easy to make someone happy. Sooo easy. Soo easy to make someone's birthday a little special. You dont need event "management" skills, you dont need big plans, you dont need money, you dont need candles, hell!! you dont even need a birthday cake. All you need is a huge group of friends who havent met for a long time to go the office of the person whose birthday it is and totally totally surprise her.

I dont think I will forget the expression on F's face till the day i die when she saw the whole group casually waiting to have lunch with like it was THE most natural thing in the world to do.

I dont think the cake which we bought really mattered to her. And Oh yeah!! she did blow the "0" candle (she didnt even ask why 0. Sheeeesh!!) and she did cut the cake and all that but frankly cake or no cake I dont think it really made a difference to her. She was just so glad to see us. (Welll!! This does seem like we were a bunch of super humans or incarnate of God who had come to earth just to have lunch with F the way i keep going she was thrilled to see us but honestly she was :P)

It just feels so great to surprise a really good and totally sweet friend

Happy Birthday F. You are without doubt the nicest and sweetest person I have ever met and u deserved the little surprise we planned for you (I maaaaybe a tad too late with this post but hey its the thought which matters right!! :))