Buon Compleano mia sorella

So today I get free reign of the blog.
As you may know I am not really allowed “to write the blog”. Yes, it is meant to be “our blog” but Manth really is the writer and I’m good at “other stuff.” (Already, Manth would have a problem with the number of inverted commas and capitals I’ve used… and she’ll still have to sub it before it’s published!)

So today is “her birthday” or in Italy “suo compleano”. Fittingly, I granted Manth three wishes and here is how she chose to use them...

Wish #1. Do not mention my birthday to our Italian class!!
I understood why especially because our class has an average age of 21 and the next obvious question would be, “How old are you?” The last time we answered that question one of our fellow students said “…wow, no… really?”
We are still not sure if this was meant to flatter or offend.

Wish #2. I wanna have Prosecco with lunch!!
Easy peasy japanese. We always have Prosecco in the fridge and always drink with lunch. Today is not that different to yesterday or the day before that or probably tomorrow! (is that bad?)

Wish #3. Don’t get me any presents!!
Ok… if you insist. I tried…really I did.
It just wasn’t that successful.
After standing in a bookshop for 30 minutes while all the Italians got served first when it finally came to my turn to buy the book I was holding I also thought I might be able to buy a birthday card, so I asked “Avete buon compleano carte?” or “Do you have happy birthday cards?”
Well clearly this is a very odd question in a liberia or bookshop because immediately a search was done of the store catalogue – surprisingly there was no book called “Buon Compleano carte”!

Ok, well that’s it from me… I promise not to write again.