What am i missing ?

I have been thinking about my childhood and the fun i had and i realized that i am missing so much fun in this mechanical era. So for this valentines day, for a change, i thought i would remember everything i loved and i am missing the most ... so here is top 10 list of the what i am missing the most from 80's, 90's,2000 decade ...

I miss .....

80's

• My family and all those days when everyday me, dad, mom,my brother, my sis use to have dinner together.. and mom feeding us …

•  Those days when my parents use to get exactly same dresses for me and my brother and we both use to have amazing fun...

• Those days when me and my brother use to eat our snack very fast and look at our sis and my sweet sis use to split it into 3 shares...

• All my childhood friends...playing outside the home with friends and family at nights on a full moon day...

•   Hot bajji,pakora, corn or tea on a rainy day and also making paper boats and playing with them in the rain ... ice-cream, sugar cane juice,lassi falooda in summer... and all homemade snacks during festivals

• Ganesh and Durga Navrathri days ,Diwali crackers, flying kites during Sankranthi festival

•   Those days when relatives use to visit our home with sweets and snacks.. and first question we use to ask "what did you bring ".. so that we can start eating sweets and snacks..and of course later a big lecture from parents ...

• All those days when we use to run for cover to dad if mom scolds, and to mom if dad scolds, or to grandparents if both mom n dad scolds..

• Those school days when we use to get stomach ache if there is homework due ...and waiting for Independence day and Republic day to get sweets and holiday...and ya acting like close friends with birthday boys and gals to get more chocolates..

•  Days when we use to visit mom's parents home and all cousins use to come and the fun we use to have... festivals and pujas at my grandparents home

90's
 

•   All my school and college friends and the fun time we had, and all mischievous acts we did ...

•    All the yummy food prepared by mom...

• Watching movies in theatres and telling movie stories to everyone from "Censor board certificate display " to "The end" title display

• All those school days when we use to bunk classes and go to nearby fields for watermelons, corn, peanuts,custard apples...and movies too ...

• Playing kabaddi and cricket with all my school friends

• Crying with homesick whenever we were sent to hostels for studies... sleeping under cots in early winter mornings when hostel wardens use to wake us up by 4.30am in hostel...

• All those days and the ways how we use to sleep in the first hour after lunch in college...

• Boarding running buses and staying on foot board and posing like we reached top of the world..

• Have lunch under tree shade in fields during a sunny day ... and all family picnics... swimming n bathing in ponds...

•  The way we use write our assignments, lab records and internal exams in engineering colleges ..

2001 - 2010

•  All my engineering and masters friends ..   

•   Road side pani puri, snacks, biryani, Chai, dinners and drinks in dhabain Hyderabad, gobi manchurian and churmuri with my best friend in Mysore ...   

• All those internet booming days in India when we use to proudly tell everyone the number of email accounts we had as if it was our bank balance, and also the craziness about online chat rooms like MIRC, Indiatimes, rediff ..

• Exam days when we use to do nightouts and combined studies...when we use to go to a small tea stall for bread omlette and tea at 1.00am as a study break.. n come back n sleep..

• Remembering god only during time of exams and offering awesome bribes.. like 101 coconuts .. or coming to temple by climbing steps etc... in exchange for exam scores…

• All the fun i had in the college where i worked first... all those fun parties in college buses ..

• The day i have seen my brother crying so much when i was leaving for US

• All those days when we use to cook varieties of dishes for friends birthdays and visiting temples in Chicago...dinners with the gang everyday...i miss my Chicago group..ohh ya and the way some novice cooks in my group use to cook food and made me eat varieties like cabbage, spicy Brinjol, fruit custard...

• Days when one friend use to snore and other one use to talk in sleep and i use to sleep with iPod in my ears  .. and days we played blindfolds in apartments, played in snow during winter, in Michigan lake during summer..all those days teaching car driving to my friends.. and varieties of experiences ... 

• All cousins and friends marriages and family events

the list can go on and on.......  i hope i get a chance too enjoy those golden days again :) ... 


Thank you for reading .....And please share what you are missing from childhood :)
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