Twenty Nine and Counting — October 7, 2007 (2 Comments)
I am twenty nine today (and with a lot of mixed feelings).
Many people have born on October 7th according to these statistics. Apparently the pop-star Alesha Dixon and cricketer Zaheer Khan were also born on this day. 
“Happy birthday!” to everyone who is celebrating their birthday on 10/7 and a big “thank you” to everyone who took the time and energy to send me wishes.
As usual, Nadeera had it all planned for a scrumptious chocolate forest cake along with other sugar-rich delights. It was not a huge deal of a party, although a birthday is a day of celebration for many people out there. The thought of writing this post hit me after overhearing someone talking about birthday related traditions at the Japanese restaurant we went out to dine that night.
The following is a brief on how the modern birthday related traditions came in to establishment in the society.
Party
Birthday parties were held because people believed that evil spirits are particularly attracted to someone on their birthday. The largest birthday party happened to date was in 1970 for Colonel Harlan Sanders for his 89th birthday with over 35,000 guests.
The Cake
Some believe that the birthday cake originated with the Greeks, who baked round cakes to represent the full moon for the goddess Artemis. Candles were places to make it glow, like the moon.
Germans are also credited for the first cake and candle. They represented “the light of life” with the candle and they were more skilled in candle making than anyone else.
The Song
The Happy Birthday song is more than one hundred years old. Written in 1893 by two sisters, Patty and Mildred Hill, who were schoolteachers in Louisville, Kentucky, it originated as a morning greeting to their students, entitled “Good Morning To All”. The ownership has swapped hands in multi-million dollar deals ever since Patty’s death and the current copyright are owned by Warner Communications who purchased it in 1989 for more than $22 million dollars. This song is also the most popular song in English language.
The Card
The tradition of sending a birthday card has started in England about 100 years ago to send an ‘apology’ when a person couldn’t visit someone else in person on their birthday.
That’s it folks. This Wikipedia article has many other birthday related information if you need more. And as always keep in mind that “the best birthdays of all are those that haven’t arrived yet.” - Robert Orben
Facts from: birthdaycelebrations.net
Thanks for the kind words SeeJay. Hope you had a nice time on your birthday too.
I’m in the process of designing a few more WordPress themes to be distributed. There is one I believe that would fit your site :-). Will let you know when it’s done.
Your site, CyberCapital.org is a nice concept. I like geek stuff too. 
Cheers.
Hi! Just came to see the site through your twitter profile. WOW! the site is gorgeous
You certainly got some rare designing skills. I wish i was a designer instead of a er… geek 
If i was,The CyberCapital would’ve been far better looking than its now. 
) And hey, I was born in October too. Keep up the Good work.
By the way happy birth day (although its a little bit late
Adios
-SeeJay