Turning 18: A Day to Remember

Don’t know where to start but I have got lots of things to say.
Today is 29th November 2023 and I am 18 years old today.

Yeah, I am officially legal to do a lot of things like having a driver license, PAN card, Passport, Consume alcohol, Vote and do a lot of things.

I was to create a vlog but I stepped back because recording everything I do throughout my day won’t be this easy and the places where I had to go were public and people don’t like to be filmed. Also, I could share lots of my thoughts via a blog properly rather than a vlog.

Let’s start from the start on how my day was. As the clock turned 12, I started getting Birthday Wishes from all over the world [ Just kidding ], I got calls from my Cousin Brother, Sister and My friend Mayank. I got wishes from the founder of the company Buddy where I work and from my co-workers.

This was my first Birthday when I got wishes that too at midnight.

But that’s not the catch; what happens when you are wished a happy birthday by someone [ Nothing ]. So, I wanted something out of my birthday. Since I knew that the iron was hot and now it was the best time to hit the hammer, I asked for a gift from the founder and it was the same that I asked from my mother a year ago; it was the promise of not eating a sentient animal’s body ever and guess what….. he said yes 😅

Since I am sharing these things in public there isn’t a way to step back. I know I could be cheated but I trust him [Blindly], the same reason why I am working for him. If he breaks my trust then there will be no point in working and I will flee away.🕊️

This is what I promised him in exchange

Yet I know that the thought of not eating meat for the rest of your life could be overwhelming but it’s not more important than saving someone’s life.

After talking and chatting with all of them I slept at 1:50 A.M. happily with hell lot of satisfaction after sharing a meme with the team. This was a meme.

Again I woke up at 6:30 A.M. When my mom wished me a happy birthday, I checked my phone for more messages and again shared a meme with the team.

I then went to the toilet, brushed my teeth opened my laptop and started working, and I don’t know from where I remembered that I am legal to do a hell lot of things [ You know what I mean ] Yes it’s about Blood donation.😅

I said this to my mother and she was furious and tried to stop me but I had blood in my mouth so I didn’t stop and left for the hospital.

I have been thinking about this for years but I was a minor so, couldn’t do anything. I called 104 to check if any hospital in my town wants B+ blood and the operator said that I could donate blood in the government hospital in Bettiah itself.

So, I had my breakfast and I was on my way, I took out the last pieces of cash from my account which were around 3000 rupees, I paid 30 rupees to the auto driver and in no time I was at the hospital.

I started asking where I donated the blood and soon enough I was at the blood bank. When I said to the people there that I wanted to donate blood they asked me for whom, I replied that I was doing this voluntarily and they were shocked; they told me to let them talk to my mom about this ( blood donation thing ) which I denied and they just said that I can’t donate blood and to go out of the room at the moment I challenged them that If they don’t take my blood I will donate it to any private hospital because, for the very day, I have been waiting for years.

I was sad, I thought of complaining about them and I reached the control room where a kind gentleman looked into the matter and talked to some senior authority in the hospital; on the recommendation of which I was able to donate my blood. I donated a unit of blood which was 350 ml. Since the senior man was so impressed with me he gave me 100 rupees to get ORSL and rasgullas, I tried not to take but he insisted and I had to take it.

The exact donation took around 3–4 minutes. The man there gave me a spongy ball to squeeze and I could see the blood transferring into the package and it was awesome I could see my red-maroon blood with some bubbles.

In the control room, I also asked about how I donate my organs after my death which in turn shook the whole hospital. Everyone started calling their seniors to get info about the organ donation form. As per them no one had lately come to them for this form and seeing an 18 year guy who on his Birthday searching for that form they were amazed; I got lots of appreciation from them. At last, they said come when you are 21 but I know I don’t have that much patience. I will visit again maybe on 29th Feb when I go to donate blood for the second time.

Now for the whole thing from walking down to streets to walking in the hospital to talking with people, my confidence was skyrocketing, I was walking like a badass MF [for real]

I put those pictures on my WhatsApp status just to share something positive and my parents saw them and the rest is history……..🪦

At 5:30 P.M. I took the money remaining with me to spend it on poor people which I had earlier thought of. On the contrary, when I went outside I saw no hungry people, thank God after lots of searching my search ended at Bettiah Station where I gave a poor old man 200 rupees and he was in disbelief and started to check if the note was real or not.

I ate Paani-Puri worth rupees 30. I don’t know but I was cheated by the seller and got a bad deal for 15 for 30 rupees.

Other than that man I didn’t find any hungry that needed my help, No literally I had around 3000 rupees cash just in search of someone who needed my help. Nevertheless, I found 4 dogs and after they had their dinner I came directly to my home.

Though I had a much higher budget than this let it be. I will be spending the rest of my money slowly in the coming month.

I wore old clothes on my birthday like 2–3 years old clothes, I didn’t go to any restaurant and I didn’t even cut the cake and didn’t even eat a pastry. I don’t have any hate for these but I needed some permanent satisfaction which I got. While writing this article I am in my shorts but I am feeling content from inside……………… proud of making two vegetarians, no fucking amount of money can make me feel what I am feeling right now.

Now this is what you call a Perfect Birthday.

This is Navneet signing off from today’s blog.

Peace 🕊️

Edit: I left the company ( Buddy ) due to some issues. Also, I don’t think the founder, Raja would have kept his promise of not consuming meat for his lifetime.

Edit: I registered at a couple of organizations for my organ donation after my death, still looking for some official means.

Edit: I donated blood for the second time on 29th February 2024. Waiting for 29th May 2024.