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A day full of birthdays

Date - 20/09/2017

Today was Deepika Di's, Aizhan Aappa's and Anu Manhotra Ma'am's birthday. 

Deepika Di was my senior in Shoolini. She was one of the seniors I have always admired and looked upto. Wishing her a happy birthday was one of the first things I did today. She is intelligent, confident, classy, beautiful, helpful and a sweetheart. I haven't known her for a very long time but it has been a great experience to know her. 

I got to know about Aappa's birthday through facebook. I wasn't sure what to do. I was thinking about it all day. I had just planned to gift her a small choco pie which I had but then did not felt like gifting that alone. 

I just thought that probably a letter with some birthday wishes would seem nice. I don't have any clues about Kazakh so I took a little help from Google.

 I just wrote happy birthday in Kazakh and the entire message was in English. I also wrote Happy birthday in Hindi in the end. She was very happy and delighted and recieved a lot of Birthday wishes. I was glad she liked it. She also gave us Kazakhstan chocolates and we were so happy to recieve it. Her birthday will always be a sweet memory from Korea and her friendship is a bond I would like to keep and cherish forever.

During my first semester, I attended a workshop on Motivation and Positivity by Anu Manhotra Mam. I had stayed in touch with her ever since. I also read one of her books, Mission 2 Be. I was a good read. Today was her birthday but I actually forgot to wish her so just send her my wishes in the evening.

It was really a sweet day and the other pic is just complementary for the day. I captured it on our way back to the University. I really wanted to capture that from a long time. I am not great at photography but that sight is just picture perfect. 😊😊

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  1. Vipin Pubby20 September 2017 at 23:12

    Very well written. Please write more frequently and also take more pictures !

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