My birthday and 8.08.08

This time I was very excited about my birthday. It was on 08/08/08. It happens once in a century. The whole world was looking forward to this date as myth logically three times eight in a date is considered very lucky. Goddess Laxmi (symbol of wealth) sits on a lotus flower which has eight petals and Goddess Durga (power) has eight hands. That means I m going to be blessed by both power and money. And the planet ruling my sun sign i.e. Shani (thought of as angry god) will also be good to me. Even China decided to host Olympics on 8/08/08 as they consider it very auspicious figure and see Abhinav Bindra had fetch a gold medal for our country (so it has proved to be lucky for India too).

So, here I was all happy and child like waiting for the great 8/08/08. I was in great mood. Taking wishes from family and friends, jumping at every phone call. Then came the evening and we decided to go out for the dinner. Nothing better than this. We always prefer to go to open-air restaurants so that our daughter can run anywhere, shout and play (and no fear of her breaking the cutlery). Otherwise, I have to keep getting up from my chair to bring her back to the table (just like the "fevicol" ad). We went to our favorite restaurant and they had no outdoor arrangements for dinner as they thought it might rain. (Though I can't see a single cloud in the sky) Anyways we thought of going to some another place. We visited another roof-top hotel and the great 8/08/08 party was going on. We didn't want to sit in that loud music and search began for another open-air restaurant. But whoa there were two more hotels in the vicinity and there also this 8/08/08 party was going on. I was annoyed what is this gaga over 8. The world is crazy or what? Well people want a reason to celebrate and for hotels it was a good marketing gimmick.

Then we asked a friend if there were any other hotels (as we are new to Jaipur) and he told us of a very nice restaurant some 15 kms away. We went there (on 5th floor) just to find a bar and no restaurant over there. It was already 9:45 pm and I was losing my patience. I told my husband that we were going back home and I will prepare something at home. We saw a hotel on the ground floor and my husband insisted that we shall have dinner there and he will take care of the baby so she does not mess around. I loved the food over there; it was so delicious that I forgot my ordeal. Even our daughter was happy as the waiter took care of her.

So, all’s well that ends well making me remember the great 8/08/08