Sunday, September 2, 2007

Gone are the Days....

When
The school reopened in June, and we settled in our new desks and benches!

When

We queued up in book depot, and got our new books and notes!

When

We wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.

When

We learnt writing with slates and pencils, and progressed to fountain pens and ball pens and then Micro tips!


When

We began drawing with crayons and evolved to color pencils and finally sketch pens!

When

We started calculating first with tables and then with Clarke's tables and advanced to Calculators and Computers!

When

We chased one another in the corridors in Intervals, and returned to the classrooms drenched in sweat!

When

W e had lunch in classrooms, corridors, playgrounds, under the trees and even in cycle sheds!


When

All the colors in the world, decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays!

When

A single P.T. period in the week's Time-Table was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons!

When

Cricket was played with writing pads as bats, and Neckties and socks rolled into balls!

When

Few played kabadi and Kho-Kho in scorching sun, while others simply played book cricket in the Confines of classroom!

Of fights but no conspiracies, Of Competitions but seldom jealousy!

When

We used to watch Live Cricket telecast, in the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks!

When

Few rushed at 3:45 to conquer window seats in our School bus! While few others had Big Fun, peppermint, Kulfi, milk ice and sharbat at 4 O’clock!

Gone are the days

Of Sports Day, and the annual School Day, and the one-month long preparations for them.

Gone are the days

Of the stressful Quarterly, Half Yearly and Annual Exams, and the most enjoyed holidays after them!

Gone are the days

When we spent almost the whole year writing revision tests of tenth and twelfth standards,

We learnt,

We enjoyed,

We played,

We won,

We lost,

We laughed,

We cried,

We fought,

We thought.

With

So much fun in them, so many friends,

So much experience, all this and more!

Gone are the days

When we used to talk for hours with our friends!

Now we don't have time to say a `Hi'!

Gone are the days

When we played games on the road!

Now we code on the road with laptop!

Gone are the days

When we saw stars shining at Night!

Now we see stars when our code doesn't Work!

Gone are the days

When we sat to chat with Friends on grounds!

Now we chat in chat rooms.....!

Gone are the days

Where we studied just to pass!

Now we study to save our job!

Gone are the days

Where we had no money in our pockets and still fun filled on our hearts!!

Now we have the ATM as well as Credit Card but with an empty heart!!

Gone are the days

Where we shouted on the road!

Now we don't shout even at home

Gone are the days

Where we got lectures from all!

Now we give lectures to all...!!

Gone are the days

But not the memories, which will be lingering in our hearts

For ever and ever and ever and ever and ever.....

Gone are the Days.... But still there are lot more Days to come in our Life!!

NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE, DONT FORGET TO

LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL EXISTS......

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