BIRTHDAYS-boys-KAPRI

what does a birthday remind you of? cakes? gifts? love?
we at kaprigudda and formerly lalbagh, mens and boy's hostel respectively, receive love of the physical kind as friendly pats on the back.
and kicks on the behind.
and what could that possibly leave the birthday boy with?
1. insomnia.
2. a hematoma on the thigh.
3. tingling and numbness sensation on the leg.
4. incapacitated for the day.
5. red marks all over his body
6. make him regret the day he was born.
well, of course there's the cake. but thats a different matter altogether.
lemme tell you bout how a birthday eve turns out.
5 pm: the birthday boy is met with smiles as he sits in class.
6pm: while he walks the corridors of the hostel, friends and acuaintances giggle as they see him.
8 pm dinner: people around him look at him strangely. with more than a passing glance.
a few pat him on the back reminding him of the times to come.
11 pm: a gf(if present) calls his friends and asks them to go easy with the love. its alright if she gives him enough. the birthday boy begins to have palipitations.at this moment, he is wearing:
a extra underwear.
a short. + jeans+ another pair of pants.
(which wont help anyway!)
he applies lignocaine cream on all the essential parts. ( a painkiller)

at around 11 thirty, while he's inside his room, there's a knock on the door. he wouldnt open with the first knock anyway.. then it would turn into a thump, and before you know it.. the people outside would literally break the door down with the noise.
by this time, our friend's broke into a cold sweat.
he's 'brought' out. made to stand and hold against a resistance which can either be a huge friend. or the grills of the window he is facing.
and what happens next can be liked to the manner in which goal keepers of the english premier league have their practice sessions. of kicking the football across from their side of the field to the other.
and the kicking continues for a cool 20-25 minutes, or in special cases.. lot more longer.
what ensues is like a criminal being tortured. well, the first few kicks or thumps ache, but then, he is numbed as the minutes progress.
then, the roommate suddenly remembers he's bought a cake, and brings it out to keep it in the corridor.
when he does so, all that the crowd of around 30 guys wait for is the bday guy to slice the cake.
the next moment can be likened to a scene from the amazon river in south america. imagine a herbivore(cow, deer) entering into the water, and then the next minute, ferocious piranha's rip the animal apart unitll whats left is pieces of skeleton of the animal.
well, here.. nothing remains of the cake.
thats the typical birthday in the boys' hostel. i've another story to tell which doesn't actually follow this format. catch you guys soon!