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Once in a leap year party

Rama Krishna, a 32-year-old planning engineer from India, will celebrate his eighth birthday this year. His hectic job involves a lot of travel, but he's set aside more time to celebrate his birthday this year.

  • By Alice Johnson, Abbas Al Lawati and Emmanuelle Landais, Staff Reporters
  • Published: 00:30 February 29, 2008
  • Gulf News

  • Image Credit: Supplied Picture
  • Rama Krishna will celebrate his eighth birthday this year.

Dubai: Rama Krishna, a 32-year-old planning engineer from India, will celebrate his eighth birthday this year. His hectic job involves a lot of travel, but he's set aside more time to celebrate his birthday this year.

"I don't really mind having my birthday on 29th," he said. "It sometimes makes me feel special when I tell everybody that I was born on this day and it only comes once every four years. I do feel special sometimes."

But he said he does get a bit annoyed having to explain why he celebrates his birthday on a different day.

"Sometimes I get a bit angry because I have to explain things to people - why my birthday only comes once every four years, and why I celebrate it on March 1. But I do feel special and it's always different from other people."

While he doesn't usually have a special birthday on non-leap years compared with a leap year, he is having a birthday party this year.

"My birthdays aren't really that different from year to year - I usually have friends round to my house. This particularly happens on a leap year when my birthday is actually on the 29th.

"This year I'm having a few of my friends round to have a party somewhere in Jumeirah I think. It's not much more than usual, but just a little bit for this special year."

And his birthday coincides with a famous event: "Whenever the Olympic Games come round, I have a birthday."

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