Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Cocoa Beans

13. Cricket. Badminton without nets. Lock and Key. Hide and Seek behind parked cars. Swat Kats. Harry Potter - Book 3. Newton's Laws. Scholastic Books. Hardy Boys. Nancy Drew. Backstreet Boys. Sibling rivalry. Comic strips. Bed time: 10 PM. Essay Writing. Fill in the blanks. Boys only. Girls only. Raksha Bandhan in school. Ice lollies. Orange tongues. Ruffles' Lay's. Tazos. WWE. Field trips. Water parks. Terminator 2. Arnold's biceps. School Day. Elocution. Bournvita Quiz Contest. Courtesy. Unusual emotions. First crush. Furtive glances. Helping hands. Kabir ke dohe. Shakespeare. Hanging out around school. Bio lectures. Age of Empires. NFS. First Whisper. Back benches. Passing notes. Link-ups. Pyjama parties. Last year. Captain. Career. Soccer. Half Life. Sexuality. The Lord Of The Rings. Dil Chahta Hai. Summer of '69. First date. Tutorials. Parents. Rebel. School trip. McDonald's. Four letter words. Boards. Relief. Anxiety. Tears. Jubilation. Achievement. Farewell Party. Keep in touch. New friends. Messenger. Sling bags. Reunions. Looks. Hair gels. Low rise denims. Flirting. Weird accents. D-Day zits. Ragging teachers. Mummy, Papa. Mom, Dad. Sleepovers. Pink Floyd. Guitar riffs. Angelina Jolie. Brad Pitt. First cell phone. Coaching classes. 1 AM bedtime. Branded wear. Music. Music. Music. Bunking classes. Relating to F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Black tees. Coffee and conversations. First relationship. Love? Flaunting it. Long walks. Youth. Chinese cuisine only diets. First heartbreak. Tears. Betrayal. Moving on. Peer pressure. Awareness. Breaking rules. Plunging necklines. Rising hemlines. Concerts. Gigs. Makeovers. Midnight gossip. 2 AM tears. Phone bills. Whatever. Practical classes. Long hair. Streaked hair. Youth activism. First bribe. Nuts, screws and bolts. Testing waters. Bitching. Trust. Piercings. Tattoos. Still comic strips. Getting caught. Mood swings. Philosophy. The Internet. AIDS. Grudges. Lonely walks. Identity crisis. Friends. Guy talk. Eves only. Secret crushes. Hanging out. Late nights. Black humour. Gays and Lesbians. Almost flunking. Jealousy. Messaging. Every nerd has his day. Music, yet again. Life's like that. Farewell: The Sequel. Suits and saris. 2nd year exams. Last minute preparations. Photocopying notes. No bedtime. 4 AM coffee. Scraping through. Entrance exams. Abbreviations galore. JEE, AIEEE, PMT, CET, XYZ. Learning it the hard way. Counselling. Glory. Meeting up. Different, empty roads. Misogynist> Bravado> Chivalry> Friendship. Final confessions. Hope. Beauty. Joy. Truth. Apologies. Tears. Hugs. Friendship.18.

A dream ends. A dream begins.



Life.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fanatast ...lovely..well put.

oh btw...

18 heterosexuals.. engg ...gays 22.

White Shadow said...

@deepblue
Thanx.
About engg. though, where there's a Jill, there's definitely not a gay.
:P

Shaikh Yasir Ahmed said...

Shit!
You got me on memory ride right now.
All flashes, black and white, red, sounds and silence came flooding back to me.

I let it drown me.

Anonymous said...

i love it when you let your random thoughts speak for themselves. whether or not we're relating to the same experience while reading, doesn't matter, coz we're definitely relating ..that too, without compelling our mind to do so...

you've executed this brilliantly in a few of your later posts too..don't waste this talent..hope you could do a short movie or documentary..t'would be a treat! :D