Cutting Cake in Bus

On 30th of September I got a call from Vinay informing me about some trip plans. He told he is planning a trip towards Kudremukh and asked me whether I would join. I accepted immediately as I needed a break badly. He told me he is planning for 27th Oct but at that time I did not find anything special for that day and just accepted. But actually 27th was my birthday and Vinay and Pallavi knew it before only. I realized that we are going to Kudremukh on my birthday only a week later when I looked at the calendar for Darjeeling trip. I was all happy that I would be trekking on my birthday. The day came closer and we started discussing more about what all to bring what to avoid and stuff like that. I had bought a new pair of trekking shoes for Darjeeling but the day before the trip Vinay called me and told not to bring any shoes as there will be very less trek and it is more of an outing. On 26th night I went to Vinay’s house where we actually boarded the bus. At Shanthala silks all people joined and we started our journey officially. The bus started to move and we tried sleeping. It was around 11 30 when Pallavi started messaging, as soon as she completes sending any message Vinay was opening his cell and checking something and when he puts the cell back to his pocket Pallavi was checking. I got suspicious that actually these two were messaging. I dint dig deeper and tried to sleep. At 11 55 Pallavi went beside Vinay and Vishwanath Banakar came beside me. At exact 12, from nowhere Pallavi got the cake and announced the whole bus that it was my birthday. I was shocked and felt little shy to go front when she called me to front and told to cut the cake. There were only 3 guys whom I knew before and there were 16 more guys for whom I was totally an unknown. I cut the cake shared with Pallavi, Vinay and Vishwanath. Now came the most important part. Pallavi told me to cut the whole cake and give to each and everyone in the bus. This was literally shocking. I had never cut the whole cake till now or distributed cake pieces to all people in the bus. I did cut the cake and gave the pieces to all. Everyone was wishing me and I was thanking them. After all the wishes Pallavi came back to her seat and presented me a watch. It is a fast-track watch and she had done some research on me before selecting the watch. She had called my mother and brother and had asked me what kind of watch I like and stuff like that and had selected this watch. All the day Pallavi was teasing me by telling she will make sure that all the guys will give me birthday bums. Some 2-3 guys had seriously believed her and were planning to kick me after breakfast in Sringeri. I was hiding from those who were talking about birthday bums. Somehow I managed to stay away from getting birthday bums. But the same night there was a introduction session and Pallavi targeted me and told everyone to ask some question to me. I could not lie as she knows each and everything about me and I had to tell the truth to all if somebody asks me anything. The first question was from Amola asking me ‘who was my first GF?’ this was Pallavi’s question coming from Amola’s mouth. Then somebody just asked me in which technology I am working on and some very mundane questions. Thankfully only 3-4 guys asked and I sat down. After the session I asked Pallavi whether she was really planning for birthday bums and she just laughed. I do not know whether it a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ but I dint get any kicks at the end of the day. Cutting cake in moving bus and distributing cake was one of the unforgettable experiences I had this birthday. Thanks to Pallavi, Vinay for making my birthday an unforgettable day.