Tuesday, July 13, 2010

I want those days back!!!

• I want those days back when I sipped milk from the pink tumbler, oblivious to the hustle-bustle of the world, in the cozy comfort of mom's lap. (Alrite folks, this happened when I was 1 year old. Don't associate anything with respect to color - pink)

• I want those days back when dad bought me two balloons - every single day, mornings and evenings.

• I want those days back when I had my first lessons of Vishnu Sahasranaamam that dad taught me in his Lambretta scooter, on our way back home from the sunday outing.

• I want those days back when me and mom used to enact the 'I am a Complan Boy and I am a Complan Mummy' ad.

• I want those days back when I used to savor the Special Plain Dosai in Saravana Bhavan, TNagar and Bhel Puri in Canopy, Mylapore.

• I want those days back when I used to stand next to my dad in eagerness as I saw him fixing the pendulum styled clock.

• I want those days back when I used to get the stomach pain, only on Monday Mornings, so that I can't go to school.

• I want those days back when mom gave me a severe nimindambazham and cried the whole afternoon - 'achichooooo kozhandhaya killittene'.

• I want those days back when I used to watch Mahabharata in the anticipation that Arjuna will fight in every single episode.

• I want those days back when I really hated Lord Krishna as he went on narrating Geetha Upadesam, rather than allowing the fight between Pandavas and Kauravas to begin.(The wait was for ten 1 hour episodes or so. Folks, that's how long the geetha upadesam is)

• I want those days back when I used to go to Sai Baba slogam class, not to learn slogams, but to eat the kalkandu and to chime the jaalra.

• I want those days back when I used to go to the carnatic music class, not to learn music, but to make fun of the teacher - (Late)Shree Needamangalam Shaastrigal.

• I want those days back when I used to wake up early on sunday mornings to watch Didi's comedy show, Mogli and his friends in Jungle Book and Mickey and Donald Duck Cartoon shows in a hazy and streaky 'Hometech' color TV.

• I want those days back when mom shouted at me 'Pradeeeeeeeeep, vilayadinadhu porum.....ulla vara poriya illayaaaaaaa' as I was busy scoring my winning runs next door with my childhood buddy Jayakamal.

• I want those days back when I used to play G.I.Joe.

• I want those days back when I used to take part in the 'Horse Speed Race'.

• I want those days back when I picked the telephone directory and dialed some random numbers.

• I want those days back when I used to spend my summer vacations in Bombay with my ammaanjees and ammaangaas, playing Scotland Yard, Trade, Pictionary and learning few hindi words along the way.

• I want those days back when I was a BIG BIG BIG cry baby.

• I want those days back when I feared the terror men - Anthony Sami, Prince
School peon and Vasudevan Sir, Prince School Headmaster.

• I want those days back when I regularly used to score poorly in school exams, but still mom and dad said - "Paravailla, adutha vaati nalla pannu".

• I want those days back when dad beat me, once and only once in my entire life, as I did not step out to buy milk.

• I want those days back when I used to do 'Mandi Slogam' with dad, during his sabari malai viradham period.

• I want those days back when I used to wear the fake manikandan mani malai, and go to school, hoping that I can escape the reprimand from the teachers for not having finished my home work.

• I want those days back when I used to play WWF trump card game in school.

• I want those days back when I used to sneak in home after school, to the flowing effervescence of Bhel Puri that mom cooked for me, only for me.

• I want those days back when I used to binge on paruppu saadham and urulai kizhangu chips, day-in and day-out.

• I want those days back when I was caught copying in school exam for the first ever(and only)time but put the blame on another guy, later getting caught in the lie.

• I want those days back when I used to repeatedly hear dad's sermon - "Enakku first rank mukkiyam illa, discipline dhaan mukkiyam".(Folks, trust me. I was not all that bad in behavior. I still don't know why he kept on ranting those sermons)

• I want those days back when for the first ever time I broke into top-3 in class, and for the first ever time I realized I can do good in studies.

• I want those days back when for the first ever time I scored a centum in school math exam, and realized I do have some math skills.

• I want those days back when I used to argue with dad supporting sachin, even though I knew that he played one hell of a horrendous shot to get out.

• I want those days back when I hated talking to girls.

• I want those days back when I felt over the moon for an hour before I realized that I made a stooopid and horrendous silly mistake that cost me a centum in 12th grade math final exam.

• I want those days back when I waited impatiently for the Dial-Up Internet connection to load southindia.com website, where I saw my 12th grade results.

• I want those days back when I floated in seventh heaven for a nano-second, thinking that I had scored 1172/1200 before realizing that the score that I saw was that of my Hindi paper's, in which I got a 172.(Folks, this is a perfect example of scotoma)

• I want those days back when I was dejected seeing my TNPCEE rank of 3875, after having thought that 82.78% in the entrance exam would surely fetch me an admission into Anna University.

• I want those days back when I stepped into college hoping that I can score a chick.

• I want those days back when dad warned me on the first day of college - "No Fathima or No Mary. Iyengar, Iyengar and only Iyengar".(Folks, I studied in a muslim minority college. How in the world could I expect a cute little Iyengar gal there. And the ones that where there....OMG!!! Dont even talk abt it)

• I want those days back when I saw the love of my life for the first time, in MTC bus numbered - PP18.

• I want those days back when I dreaded approaching her.

• I want those days back when I was elated after having got her phone number.

• I want those days back when I used to diligently send SMS, day-in and day-out, surreptitiously.

• I want those days back when I took her for a movie in my splendor for the first time.

• I want those days back when I woke up one fine morning, only to realize that the above 5 events were just a dream.

• I want those days back when I really hoped that one day(in my college life) the above 5 events would become a reality.(Folks, yea I know you are smirking now. It never happened)

• I want those days back when I felt elated to see my first job offer.

• I want those days back when I studied diligently for CAT exam, although I failed it every single time.

• I want those days back when I ...

Yea folks, I want all those days back!!!