The first year, he was ambushed, smothered with cake and then flung into a storm drain... But that's a different story.
The third year, he got a blowjob while driving down a highway at 120km/h... But that's also a different story.
The second birthday he celebrated on campus was similarly wild - for everyone except Mike, unfortunately.
The night of his birthday, he had treated all his friends to supper at the 24 hour nasi kandar restaurant opposite campus. The gathering ended outside the restaurant with the guys standing in a circle around Mike, singing Happy Birthday and then proceeding to pummel him into the asphalt road. I even contributed a Bruce Lee kick, and Mike took it like a good sport.
Late afternoon the next day, Mike ran into one of his juniors in the hostel bathroom. Vijendran Purushotaman was in his boxer shorts and staggered groggily. Eyes bloodshot and hair in a mess, there was lousy coordination between his brain and the rest of his body. All the signs of a chronic hangover.
"Dei!" Mike greeted.
Vijay's eyes widened. "Ah, senior!" He'd just recognised Mike.
"What happen to you, da?" Mike asked, although the answer was rather apparent.
"Had too much to drink yesterday, senior." Vijay said, still in dreamlike state. "Massive thanni party for Mikey's birthday..."
It took a moment before it clicked in Mike's head. "Wait a minute... I'M Mikey!"
"You buggers threw a party for my birthday and I wasn't invited?!" Mike tried to play it cool, but it was pretty obvious he felt screwed over.
"No, senior..." the stabbing pain in Vijay's head just doubled.
"We actually planned the party weeks before already," he explained. "We had the booze, we had the ice, we had the cups, and we even had the murukku... We just didn't have a reason to drink. And we couldn't drink without a reason, because that would make us alcoholics. So someone said... 'Hey, today is Mike's birthday! Lets drink to what a kickass senior he is!'... Then we all cheersed to your long life."
Vijay smiled a toothy grin.
At that point Mike wished he knew how to do a Bruce Lee kick.
