those were the days...

Remember back then when we walked back home together?

Remember how every morning we ran to school?

Remember when we sat under that tree and ate each other’s lunch?

Back then, back then....Do you remember?

     It's surprising how quickly time flies by...wasn’t it just yesterday, when I got out of kindergarten and looked up at mom, with a wide smile....I said “no more school from tomorrow, I can sleep as much as I want now. I’m a big girl now...right mamma?"And the way that smile jus faded away when mom shook her head. I guess I had realized that very moment that it was going to be a lot more than just sacrificing a few hours of sleep and a few hours of play. There was a lot more that I would have to give up...a lot more...Like friends, and the good times I spent with them.

     I have always been a mischievous kid. Some still categorize me as hyperactive. But back then in elementary school this happy go lucky nature of mine got me into a lot of trouble. The umpteen times that my parents were called to school left them with comments like ’She runs around class screaming I am a pop star when I’m teaching.. .’…’She crawls under desks and ties other students’ shoe laces together’ (Christina being my favorite target!!)…and the most common complaint…’SHE JUS WONT STOP TALKING!!!!’

     High school was different. The more I spoke the more my teachers encouraged me. Nonstop commentary during lectures, Paper ball fights in class became my pass time. In 10^th grade when I became head girl, it was big news..coz it was the most unexpected thing that could have ever happened. Teachers who thought I was too naughty to be given the reins of the school wear proved wrong. Though the naughty me didn’t fade away with responsibilities. My friends got away with a lot of things. & those whom I wasn’t very fond of???well…they had a tough time*wink*

    Pre university was a completely different world. New friends, The aloysian choir, The bunking  and everyday music sessions…we even fooled our principal into giving us 100% attendance(courtesy Mr.Jason Rego) If only it had lasted longer…

     Just two years of all that and we had to leave it all behind…move on and focus on more serious things…like career..

     At Sahyadri ive made more friends, more memories and have met more people whom can look up to. But this will also be gone one day, even this will have to be left behind and some day I will look back and say “those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end…”