My 16th birthday

It was my birthday on 27^th April, my mind says “you are 16” but my grotesque body says “you wish”. I had a very nice birthday, everyone I knew made it really special for me. My appreciation to everyone who wished for me, prayed for me and bestowed me with priceless gifts.

I am not too sure if I should be happy that it was my birthday or to be sad for the same reason. As a kid I couldn’t wait to grow up, so every birthday was a year closer to “growing up”. But now every birthday is a reminder of impermanence or old age. Sometimes I wish why it has to be 12 months in a year, why not 13 or 14 or 24 months in a year.

Having poured out my radicle nonsense. What has to happen is inevitable, life has to go on…so here is to all those years filled with ups and downs, to all my friends and foes, to my family..old and new, to heartbreaks and silly mistakes, to skinned knees and pretty dresses, to hangover and birthday cakes, to all the wishing cards and letters, to all the success and failures, to every smiles and tears,to old good byes and new hellos, to sick leaves and holidays, to my guiding angel or the devil in me,here is to what I am today. A year older, a year wiser, a year happier, a year prettier with a tint of grey hair.

I look for more awesome birthdays to come, but I shall be forever 16,as if I care what my body says …wink!! 

Here are some of my birthday pictures 

my birthday cake. thank u parveen, ajita, aliya and ritesh

  we went to the zoo.this was the highlight of the zoo. so charismatic and heavenly the white lion.

my favorite click,look closely, you will know why. 

the birthday girl, with her lovely locks. credit goes to my make up artist punam.

so this is how flying looks like... photography curtsey wangchen