1. I did my first deliberate bunking in class I. Our English teacher was 'e∞ ' times strict and the only thing that scared me more than her was the baba that used to kidnap `children-who-never-finish-their-food’. On Friday, she used to have two periods and it was my weekly habit to suffer from a xyz disease on that day (till my parents figured out that I am quite prone to diseases on Fry-day).
2. My first crush- class II. Our mathematics ma’am was just sooo adorable. I was her favourite student and she liked me a lot. But it was my fault; I misunderstood her likeness as her love. After a few years, I came to know that she is in love with some other senior teacher who was already married. My dreams shattered! Sheesha ho ya dil ho aakhir toot jaata hai…. :’(
3. My second crush-class III. It took me a year to recover from the past one-sided-relationship and this time it was with a girl. We used to sit together and she had a pretty addictive smile. This time I rejected her. Reason- she had dandruff in her hair. Later, I realised that the dandruff content in my hair is much more than hers. But by the time I realised it, it was too late. :(
4. When I was in class V or VI, I asked a girl in a free period, “Toilet chalegi???” Unluckily, there was pin drop silence in the class while I uttered those words. Everyone was staring at me. I think it was the childhood innocence because I realised the reason of their stares after 2-3 years. Nevertheless, it was my first and last act of bravery.
5. I am one of those talented ones who learned to ride the bicycle twice. I learned it firstly in K.G. and then somehow I forgot how to ride it. Then, I learned it again in 2nd or 3rd. Does anyone else have such an experience?
6. I was the first in the class who had an inbuilt stopwatch in the watch. It was quite a rage at that time. We developed a game out of it and used to play it between the periods. Those small things are missing from the life now.
7. I was shouting in the class like mad and a teacher from other class came and gave a tight slap on my left cheek. She was prepared to give a tighter one on my right but in defence, I held her hand in mine (not in a romantic manner). She took my defence as an offence and gave me around 5-6 slaps with full force. Since then, I have never held a hand of any woman or girl in my life (not even in a romantic manner).
8. I was crazy for cricket in childhood. I used to read every issue of `Cricket Samrat’ and had all the issues from 1997 to 2003. Collecting center fresh cricket cards was the in-thing at that time and we used to have setting with the shop-keeper to let us choose the favourite cards. I had hundreds of them. 93 numbered Wasim Akram, 7 numbered Mohd. Azharuddin and 18 numbered Richard Hadlee were the rarest of cards and my prized possessions at that time. These days I think Pokémon cards have replaced them (might be an out-dated information).
9. I had all the cricket gears of my own when I was in class IV or V. Helmet, gloves, pads, bat, wrist band.... u name it and I had it. Though, I didn't have the guard but luckily, I never fell into such a crisis situation. We had tournaments during the vacations and used to distribute trophies (made of wood) to the MoM, MoS, best batsman, best bowler etc. etc.
10. I used to smoke those sweet cigarettes with pride and pretend that the smoke is coming out of my mouth. I think we all had a taste of it. Anyone knows whether it is available these days or not??
Warning: Cigarette smoking is injurious to health and can cause cancer.
11. In class V & VI, my hands (along with hands of a few others) were full of Rakhis on Rakshabandhan and I was very happy to have so many sisters. Silly me!
12. I hated Biology a lot and never studied it seriously even during the Xth boards. But there was a chapter in it in which I scored full marks. All the diagrams and definitions were practiced to perfection. Yup, you guessed the chapter-name rightly!
PS:
1. I do remember the names of above mentioned teachers & friends, but I don’t want to embarrass them. So better let it remain a secret. ;)
2. All those who feel offended can take this post with a pinch of salt. (I think ‘only’ is more suitable than ‘all’ in this sentence. But why take chances.) ;)
3. Those crushes are not the actual type of crushes. Actually, I didn’t know the actual parameters of evaluation then. So, there was nothing serious in it.
4. Some other facts which are not suitable for all age groups of our society are omitted to save my blog from getting an ‘A’ certificate.
5. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this blog post shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of High Court, Lucknow bench only. :P
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