Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Gone are the days



I was going through my old mails (of 2006) and found this .. Kept me thinking for a while.. Let me know what crossed your mind after reading this.

Gone are the days..

When

The school reopened

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 saturdays and no Mondays,

Yet managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.

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 we 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",

"murai n chola", " momo!" and " titri !" at
4o 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

f tenth and tenth standards, when

We Spent almost the whole year writing revision tests!

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 even troubled the girls/boys on the street!

now we do have girls/boys around us but

still dont find time to talk to them



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... like the one I'm doing now....!!



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....!!


7 comments:

Sinner said...

Loved ur post immensely....This mail was floating long back I remember...:)

Oh! I miss those days :(

Take Care

Nidz said...

thanks :)

peter said...

CAN'T agree more !!
it happens wid evryone ....college dayz are fun too but nthng like skool dayz !
those were awesm !!

and btw thanks for visting my blog !
:):)

Nidz said...

@ Peter - u r most welcome Peter

Sneha Shrivastava said...

Your words send me down the memory lane and I could relive those beautiful moments.
Nice post.

Thanks for removing the word verification.:)

Nidz said...

@Sneha - No problem Sneha. I didnt knw how i activated that word verification thing even i find it damn irritating. Good u informed me and i removed that thing.

Amit Monga said...

Nidhi

Thanks for commenting on my post..not sure how you reached there? I can see Peter here as well..How do you guys came to know of my blogspot?
I thoroughly enjoyed reading "Gone are the days"!