Party Hard

In India, there are a few popular ways to spend your free time: watch movies (on TV or in theater), go for a picnic to a park, or eat at a nice restaurant. Mostly due to limited finances as well as limited exposure, very few people know how to do fly fishing, sailing, rock climbing, or other pastimes from the West. So what did I do on my birthday?

In celebration of my 36 years, we had a simple but nice celebration which involved: a movie and eating good food. Looks like I've adapted to the culture.

Seriously, there were several simple, but wonderful things about the day:
1. I got to sleep in til 8:30am thanks to my wife and in-laws. With 3 kids, this is rare priviledge.
2. We had pancakes for breakfast.
3. My wife got me a subcription to one of my favorite magazines, Wired. I also received a generous amount of cash from some relatives. Maybe I'll use it for subscriptions to Outside or Outlook Traveller.
4. I had a nice, long conversation with my friend Sumeet, who recently moved away to North India.
5. Had take out food from my favorite Chinese restaurant in the city. And HOMEMADE chocolate b-day cake with REAL Philadelphia Cream Cheese frosting.
6. Watched "The Peacemaker" with Nicole Kidman and George Clooney, one of my favorite action movies of all time and probably the first DVD I ever purchased.

Simple, but nice. That's how I'll remember this b-day!

P.S. Thanks to the dozens of people who sent me b-day greetings via Libby's Facebook page.