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Birthday musings

Posted on March 6, 2008March 6, 2008

“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” ~ Lucille Ball

Thanks to everyone who called, messaged and mailed (and also left messages on Facebook, Orkut, Twitter) yesterday to wish me. Yes, I completed yet another year!

Touched by the light

Arggh.

Age seems to be in a hurry to take over right now just as I’m beginning to apply the brakes and trying to tell it to go slow.

The secret however, I have realised, lies in Lucille Ball’s wise statement. Not so much the part about living honestly or lying about age.

It’s the bit about eating slowly. I think it’s very important to eat slowly and I’m going to endeavour to get it right. I eat way to fast, mostly when I get really excited about the food πŸ™‚

So a couple of weeks after going for the Auroville marathon, I decided to head there again as I hadn’t quite had my fill the last time. This time around, there was loads more time to chill out, relax and taken in the sunshine. Loads more cycling (and falling off, when will this end?!), walking and eating. A bit of yoga, a flute recital and a lot of relaxing!

Love and light

Stayed in a guest house where the lady had 21 cats, most of them black. Can you imagine a whole load of black cats staring malevolently at you with unblinking green eyes? Yes, I am sure you get the picture.

What's going on in my garden?

But I thought I’d herald in the birthday quietly as I have the feeling that I’m in for a noisy and hectic year ahead!

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Comments (19)

  1. Kishan says:
    March 7, 2008 at 12:10 am

    I missed it…belated birthday wishes!!

    Nice way to remind ppl who forgot to wish you πŸ˜‰

    Have a great year ahead and continue you excite us with your pictures πŸ™‚

    Reply
  2. Cindy/Snid says:
    March 7, 2008 at 8:26 am

    Ditto on he birthday wishes!
    the cats just wanted you to know that you weren’t forgotten…

    Reply
  3. Shrinidhi says:
    March 7, 2008 at 9:12 am

    Belated birthday wishes…

    Reply
  4. Anita says:
    March 7, 2008 at 9:55 am

    thanks kishan πŸ™‚

    cindy/snid: thanks! haha. yes, and they kept reminding me of my very own kit kit!

    srinidhi: thanks!

    Reply
  5. Tanay says:
    March 7, 2008 at 10:00 am

    Sorry I missed it, as I am not a regular in any of the social networking sites that you mentioned. So here goes my belated B’Day wishes. Shine on and keep moving. More pics, more books to read, more miles to cover by travel and in all this snake through the crazy traffic to the ‘rozi roti’ center πŸ™‚ Have fun !!!!

    Reply
  6. pamela - santanu says:
    March 7, 2008 at 1:20 pm

    Belated wishes – Many many happy returns of the day

    Reply
  7. Albert says:
    March 7, 2008 at 2:00 pm

    Anita!

    Feliz Cumpleaños!! (that’s Happy Birthday in Spanish…)

    albert

    Reply
  8. M says:
    March 7, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    hey Anita,
    Sorry…missed your bday! Happy returns and dont worry about the age ! chill !

    Loved your header picture! Beautiful I say!

    And looks like you had a good time in Pondicherry too πŸ™‚ But black cats??? I, thanks to all the Bollywood/Hollywood movies, relate black cats to pret/aatma stuff !! Spooky!!

    Reply
  9. Sushanth says:
    March 9, 2008 at 11:43 pm

    I have already wished u on orkut …. but once MANY MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY
    Jeeo Hazaaro Saal !

    Reply
  10. Anita says:
    March 10, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    thanks for the wishes, everyone!

    @ m: thanks!

    black cats yes. but they weren’t really spooky. just a lot of them πŸ™‚

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  11. fibinse says:
    March 10, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    hey Belated bday wishes !!
    The pic in d head bar looks gr88!! Standing in the middle of a busy street are you? πŸ™‚
    Btw I was happy to know that u too were an Infoscion.All for values…eh?

    Reply
  12. Anu says:
    March 11, 2008 at 12:49 pm

    Hey anita, belated birthday wishes….continue to explore the world for years to come!!! πŸ™‚

    Reply
  13. Anita says:
    March 12, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    @ fibinse: thanks! i was actually standing at the side, not the middle and that’s mg road!

    that’s a fact that i keep under wraps and don’t like discussing on my personal blog πŸ™‚

    @ Anu: thanks so much!

    Reply
  14. Venky Krishnamoorthy says:
    March 12, 2008 at 8:29 pm

    Happy Birthday,Anita

    Reply
  15. Anita says:
    March 14, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    thanks venky!

    Reply
  16. sandeep says:
    March 15, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    belated happy birthday wishes, anita

    Reply
  17. Chitra says:
    March 18, 2008 at 7:50 am

    Belated birthday wishes, Anita! πŸ™‚ have a rocking year ahead. πŸ™‚

    Reply
  18. zeeble says:
    April 16, 2008 at 9:13 am

    btw, did you get that bicycle b’day gift? hope on with the camera, and move along at a slow pace. easier to just get off and take a photo. much easier than a car.

    Reply
  19. sufyan says:
    April 18, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    sorry for late wishing u..

    happy birthday

    Reply

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