Where is the cake?...

Yesterday was one of my school friend's birthday... Priyanka... "Our Gang" decided to give her a surprise party.... So what are the requisites for a surprise party?..The people.. done... the gifts... done... What is missing.... Oh yeah! The cake!...
Unfortunately, we had run out of cash just then! So at this juncture, i come up with an ingenious (and stupid) idea.. I said " Why is it that we should have a birthday cake! Its not like a rule is it? Why cant we do something Indian style? How about BIRTHDAY IDLY?!" My idea was greeted with mixed responses... and finally it was decided that we carry on with the 'Birthday Idly' idea (the actual reason being the fact that idly was the cheapest)...
So Arjun and I went to this restaurant and ordered 5 Idlys parcel... and we took them to Arjun's house to do some sorta decorative work... And i opened the parcel... Yuck it was smeared with 'chutney'... There was no way we could give her that... So Arjun and I
ate those Idlys (we were very hungry).. and went back to the restaurant... "Sorry sir, Idly over!" was the waiter's answer...
We tried in other restaurants but it seemed like all the people in Mylapore preffered to eat Idlys only that day... So we bought two packets of "Ready To Use Idly Maavu" and went back to Arjun's house... His mom was kind enough to agree to make the Idlys for us... Meanwhile, Sushma and Pavitra had come and had brought with them a packet of tomato ketchup...
The Idlys were soon ready and i arranged them in some stupid order and then Sushma began her 'Decorative' work on the Idlys.... and PRESTO... The Birthday Idlys were ready!
To add to the indian touch, we placed the Idlys on a banana leaf which in turn was kept on a plastic tray...
So we got ready to leave and surprise 'Piki'... and Arjun's mom suddely exclaimed "Aiyayo! I forgot to add salt!!" We dint care.. we couldnt afford to lose more time!
So we got on our scooters (i was given the responsibility of carrying the Birthday Idlys as it was my idea and if anything goes it will be me who would be blamed!) and rode to Priyanka's house.
We got there, placed birthday candles on the Idlys and lit them. They looked so pretty.. We went in and... "SURPRISE!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!" Priyanka was so taken aback... I placed the Birthday Idlys on the table... it was only then that she realised the they were infact Idlys and she started laughing riotously ( Priyanka is well known for her unique way of laughing ) and soon we all started roaring with laughter!...
Then the Idlys were cut and the ritualistic "Feeding of the Birthday Idlys" followed soon. Then we all hung out together and relived most of our happy school memories...




(P.s : If you want to throw a surprise party for a friend, i would seriously suggest having birthday idlys as an option. They are quite cheap and of course something you can laugh about in the future)